Project and assignment
Women’s savings groups and cooperative livelihood recovery
CIRD worked with women’s savings groups, agricultural cooperatives and producer groups in Siem Reap and Banteay Meanchey during the COVID-19 livelihood-recovery response. The assignment combined group formation, management skills, member services and participatory quality assurance.
- Period
- July 2021 – May 2022
- Assignment
- Past assignment
- Locations
- Siem Reap, Banteay Meanchey, Varin district, Svay Leu district, Phnom Srok district, Svay Chek district
CIRD’s contribution
Implementation partner commissioned by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations for savings-group, cooperative and producer-group capacity building.
Practical work
- Provided technical support for women’s savings-group formation and management.
- Supported agricultural-cooperative formation, management and services for members.
- Supported existing and new producer groups using participatory guarantee systems, a shared approach to production checks and quality assurance.
Activities and outputs
- Capacity-building work covering 14 women’s savings groups and six agricultural cooperatives.
- Formation support for three savings groups and one cooperative, alongside support for two existing and two new participatory-guarantee producer groups.
Partners and their roles
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Technical partner and commissioning agency
Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation
Funding partner
Connected programmes
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