TO REINFORCE SOLIDARITY

UEMOA

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STUDY VISIT – AFRACA CTA

THEME :

THE ROLE OF WOMEN IN THE DEVELOPMENT OF MICROFINANCE IN

AFRICA

Plan of presentation

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PLAN OF PRESENTATION

1. BRS GROUP CREATION CONTEXT2. BRS – BURKINA MISSION3. INTERVENTION FIELDS4. TARGET POPULATIONS5. PROCEDURE USED BY BRS 6. DEVELOPPED CASES7. EXCHANGES - QUESTIONS - ANSWERS

CREATION CONTEXT

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Ceaseless aggravation of poverty in the UEMOA,

Increase of unemployment rate December 8, 99 Heads of State

conference declaration May 10, 2004 Constitutive general

assembly in Lome (BRS GROUP HOLDING)

CONTEXT OF CREATION

Precedent Context

Mission

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MISSION BRS-BURKINA Precedent Mission

Objective of the BRS- Burkina

To fight against Poverty by the promotion of Independent Employment and development of micro companies

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OBJECTIVE OF BRS- BURKINAPrecedent Mission

Field of intervention

• To finance incomes generating activities• Initiated by people without access to the financial system• In order to promote independent employment

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Field of interventionPrecedent Field of intervention

All activities particularly:. Production. Processing and manufacture. Marketing of local products. Provision of services

Target populations

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Unemployed high school graduates bearing viable and profitable projects

Well trained Apprentices Women Non-financial co-operatives of workmen,

farmers, craftsmen, fishermen...

Target populations

Precedent Target populations1/2

Target populations

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Operators of micro- activities aspiring to the modernization or the extension of their activities,

Decentralized Financial systems Descolarized young people with a knowledge

to make and bearing viable projects.

Target populations

Precedent Target populations 2/2

Approach of BRS - Burkina

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To develop partnerships with: Institutional partners Technical Partners Partners financial relays Financial partners Commercial partners

To work in synergy with professional actors to secure the operations

Precedent Operating method

Approach of BRS - Burkina

Roles of the various actors

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UPSTREAM SIDE To carry out the feasibility studies, market surveys To reinforce the technical and organisational

capabilities of promoters

Support in the assembly of the project files

DOWNSTREAM SIDE Managing & technical assistance Follow-up of the activities or the financed projects

Precedent Role of Technical Part.

Approach of BRS - Burkina

Developed examples

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Precedent Mrs TRAORE

DEVELOPPED CASES

. Activity : sale of « dégué » and local drinks

. Employment create : 3 including 2 occupied by women

. Promoter : dynamics, Expert

. Granted amount : 5 million for 24 months

. Specificity : activity contributing to the local product increase in value like : millet, « les feuilles

d’oseilles », ginger

Female grouping Na-Maneg-B. Zanga

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. Activity : Fattening Bovine.

. Created jobs : 1

. Promoter : Female grouping of 60 members with 3 years of experience

. Granted amount : 15 million for 12 months

. Specificity : generating activity of incomes which contributes to the improvement of the living conditions (schooling, health,

equipment…)

Precedent Female grouping

DEVELOPPED CASES

Credit Interdependent of the women

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. Activity : Granting credit

. Method : under distribution of the credit between the final recipients and interdependent garantee of

members. Promoter : Operators of micro activities of

production and transformation. Granted amount : 50 millions Francs for 200 women

. Specificity : support to modernization and development of female activities

Precedent CVECA’s examples

DEVELOPPED CASES

Principal teaching

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Précédent Teaching

DEVELOPPED CASES

With its device of partnership, BRS- BURKINA can be used as sure channel for the reinforcement of the role of woman in the development of Microfinance

CONCLUSION

16 Exchanges - Questions/Answers

INVITATION

JOIN THE BRS FOR :

To make welfare, the thing best shared

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END OF PRESENTATION

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