(HBO) – With the sponsorship of Bread for the World, the Centre for Social Initiatives Promotion (CSIP) coordinated with the Association of Farmers in the northern province of Hoa Binh and the Association of Women in the northern province of Lao Cai to organise a workshop on June 18 to review the implementation of a project on supporting social enterprises for sustainable and innovative rural development for the 2016-2019 period.
From January 2016 to June
2019, the project has brought about new changes and new steps of development
for community-based social enterprises, bringing long-term benefits for local
communities in Hoa Binh and Lao Cai provinces.
Delegates at the workshop are introduced about
agricultural products made by social enterprises in Hoa Binh province.
The project has supported 60 community-based
social enterprises and brought direct benefits for 1,168 locals as well as
helped improve the quality of life for 13,707 others.
In Hoa Binh, the project has been carried out in
Tan Lac, Lac Son and Yen Thuy districts, which have the highest rate of poor
households in the province.
Eleven social enterprises active in agriculture
and services were selected to implement the project. They were consulted by
experts on organisation, production and business plan-making, financial
management, and market connection as well as had an opportunity to share
experience with partners from Lao Cai. Social enterprises were also supported
with capital and seeds with a total amount of 360 million VND (15,416 USD).
At the workshop, leaders from the Hoa Binh
Association of Farmers and Lao Cai Association of Women shared experience in
coordinating and implementing the project’s activities in their localities.
They proposed building plans developing community-based social enterprises in
the two provinces in the future./.
In Lac Thuy district, communes have been succeeded in promoting their One Commune-One Product (OCOP) products while others are still struggling to position their typical farming products in market. Some communes in the district still fail to have their products met OCOP programme’s requirements, while others have seen their certifications expired.
The inspectorate agency of Hoa Binh province has issued Official Dispatch No. 1090/TTr-PCTN to provincial departments, agencies, localities, business associations, enterprises, and investors regarding measures to improve informal component indexes of the Provincial Competitiveness Index (PCI).
Hoa Binh is taking concrete steps to improve its investment environment, with a strong focus on supporting businesses, settling obstacles for strategic investors, and creating opportunities for robust development in the coming years.
Under the blazing early summer sun, the construction site of Nhuan Trach Industrial Park (IP) in Luong Son district is abuzz with activities from dawn to dusk, a testament to the determination of the investor to meet their construction targets on schedule.
