Rural Alliances Project II

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The objective of the Second Rural Alliances Project for Bolivia is to improve accessibility to markets for small rural producers in the selected areas by: (a) promoting productive alliances between different small rural producer organizations and purchasers; (b) empowering rural producers through the establishment and strengthening of self-managed grass-root organizations; (c) increasing access to productive assets, technology and financial services; (d) promoting more effective, responsive and accountable service organizations at the local level; and (e) enhancing environmental sustainability of productive practices. There are three components to the project, the first component being institutional strengthening. This component will finance provision of support for the creation and strengthening of rural alliances in the selected areas including: the carrying out of a communication and dissemination campaign to inform potential stakeholders about the scope and rules of the Project through local workshops and mass-media outlets; and strengthening of the capacity of technical service providers and eligible municipalities to support the rural alliances through The establishment of a technical service provider database in the Regional Operating Unit (ROU), including an outreach program to expand the number of available relevant providers. The second component is the implementation of rural alliances. This component will finance: carrying out of subprojects in support of the effective implementation of the rural alliances investment plans and consisting of, among others, one or more of the following activities ('producer organization subprojects'); carrying out of subprojects in support of the productive goals of the rural alliance and consisting of, among others, one or more of the following activities ('municipal subprojects'); and provision of support to eligible producer organizations for the implementation of producer organization subprojects (including support on procurement financial and environmental aspects). Finally, the third component is the project management, monitoring and evaluation.