Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC) – Small and Medium Enterprises Development in Alai and Chon Alai

• Economy and Employment
• Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) development

The project goal is to facilitate the growth of local and regional markets through (self-) employment in Alai and Chon Alai, particularly for women and youth to reduce rural/urban inequalities and improved living conditions.

The project vision is that poverty in Alai and Chon Alai is reduced, in particular for women and youth, thus diminishing rural-urban inequalities and giving youth a more positive perception of a future for them in the region. The Project overall objective is to reduce poverty by re-orientating livestock farming towards farming entrepreneurship and by fostering local business initiatives. The project approach is to boost development of Small and Medium Enterprises (formal and informal) through improved functionality of existing value chains with stronger focus on livestock processing. It follows a “Making markets work for the Poor”(M4P)approach.

Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)

CHF 3’610’000

• Increased entrepreneurship of selected livestock farming generates additional employment and income.
• Local small and medium enterprises generate increased employment and income.
• Project stakeholders are aware of systemic constraints and of the steps that are needed at policy and market level to support SME development in Alai and Chon-Alai.

gus_oza@eda.admin.ch

www.eda.admin.ch/sdc

Elena_zakirova@eda.admin.ch

www.eda.admin.ch/bishkek

Kambarbek.adishov@helvetas.org

kyrgyzstan.helvetas.org