nucleus entrepreneur exchange: sustainable peace building through economic and social integration...
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Nucleus Entrepreneur Exchange: sustainable peace building through
economic and social integration Implemented by the Nucleus Foundation
Supported by FLICT (Facilitating Local Initiatives for Conflict Transformation)
The Nucleus Foundation designs and executes development projects. It is a not for profit company registered under the Companies Act 7 of 2007 (Reg No. GA2001)
• The Nucleus Entrepreneur Foundation (NEF) was initiated in July 2007 An exit strategy of GTZ for sustaining the
interventions of the project National professional staff from GTZ are seconded
to NEF Present activities of NEF include:
Project design, planning and implementation Monitoring and evaluation systems Training, consulting, and technology transfer Studies and surveys Entrepreneurship development and enterprise
promotion
Background
By now the Nucleus Approach has been used by 6,000 entrepreneurs 17 districts to provide demand driven services to SMEs and livelihood groups.
A 100% bottom up approach for enterprise and livelihood development
Nucleus = A working group of micro, small or medium entrepreneurs of the same sector facilitated by a Counsellor
What is Nucleus?
The Nucleus Approach works because:• Entrepreneurs to share and exchange ideas and
experiences • It creates a support network among peers• It creates an interest group to carry out lobby and
advocacy functions • It helps organise demand for services and negotiate
better terms for those services
• Fosters inter regional and inter ethnic business
linkages Entrepreneurs working together to promote their enterprises develop
business and social linkages
Nucleus advantages for SMEs
Rationale for Entrepreneur Exchange
Resulting in
Economic, Social & Political marginalization
Bringing together ethnically segregated groups to:• exchange ideas and experiences with each other • undertake joint activities • establish a real, meaningful, sustainable communication and exchange process
Conflict due to
Development of economic, social and political relationships between ethnic groups
Problems identified
• Entrepreneurs are isolated in their enterprises • Hold an element of mistrust towards those of other
communities and ethnic groups • They lack access to resources • Are unaware of the opportunities available to them• Entrepreneurs do not have an opportunity to network
and learn from one another • There is an element of mistrust between people from the
conflict affected areas and those in the rest of the country
• Entrepreneur support organisations are ethnically and geographically isolated from each other
• There were instances of pressure from the armed groups (obtaining ransom, demanding hartals etc) resulting in adverse consequences for the business environment
Approach
• Creating Inter ethnic business linkages between Entrepreneurs in Ampara Entrepreneurs in Ampara and other district
• Increasing networking through cross visits with entrepreneurs of other regions experience sharing and idea exchanging events participation in peace building activities participation in motivation programs participation in business development activities
• National and regional media coverage • The learning experiences of the program is shared
and disseminated
Economic, Social &Political
Interaction&
Integration
Approach illustrated …
Political
Social
Economic
When the welder from Ampara wants to bring his sister to the hospital in Kandy he comes and stays with his colleague in Kandy
The Tamil printer gets his graphic design done by the Sinhala printerfrom Kandy which costs him less than sending it to Colombo
The Sinhala, Tamil & Muslim printers form a regional association to lobby for better prices for their supplies
Nucleus Activities
Business counseling
Networking
Workshops
Training
Group functioning economically successfully
Influential socio political lobby group in the region
Groups have effective social relationships
Group formation – initial trust building
Scattered individual entrepreneurs
Leading to
Lose networks of homogeneous relationships
Isolated entrepreneurs
Counsellor
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Expected outputs/ impacts -business promotion-peace building -social relationships -business linkages -etc-Baseline info collection
-Develop indicators -Relationship mapping -Historical context
Monitor process – meetings, activities, treatments
Measure impacts/ outputs
Conceptual framework
Nucleus Entrepreneur Exchange …
Entrepreneurs working in ethnically isolated communities have little empathy for other communities. When persons of such communities are exposed to the Nucleus approach where they exchange ideas and experiences and learn from each other they develop not only business linkages but also develop relationships that cut across ethnic lines, and while increasing incomes they also lead to more economic and social integration and exchanges between the communities contributing to peace building in a sustainable manner.
Contact us at… Colombo:• 160/ 15 Poorwarama Road, Kirullapone, Col 05 Tel. 0117
204218 Fax. 0112 768 913Kandy:• 496/11 Piachaud Gardens, Kandy. Tel. 0777 806329 Galle: • Ground Floor, 139 Colombo Road, Kaluwella Tel. 0772
243835Ampara: • 538/1 Main Street, Nintavur, Ampara Tel. 0777 005816Anuradhapura: • C/o ADCCIA 334/110 E 1, Main Street Anuradhapura Tel.
025 4580770 Mannar• 560 Uppukkulam Mannar Tel 023 225 0135
www.nucleus.lk 0773 622222 [email protected]