12 countries, 100,000 employees, 135 million reached Development Programmes Social Enterprises Agriculture and Food Security Community Empowerment Disaster, Environment & Climate Change Education Gender, Justice, and Diversity Health, Nutrition, and Population Human Rights and Legal Aid Services Microfinance Migration Ultra Poor Water, Sanitation and Hygiene Aarong Dairy Artificial Insemination Poultry and Poultry Rearing Farms Feed Mills Chicken Fisheries Salt Sanitary Napkin and Delivery Kit Cold Storage Sericulture Seed Nursery Printing Pack Bio-Gas     BRAC and Aarong – BRAC is the worlds largest NGO, sustainable development Fair Trade – financial and other support, ensuring ethical sourcing, good working conditions BRAC programmes linked to our rural artisans – health care, legal aid, hygiene awareness, awareness on issues affecting women, microfinance Forward and backward linkage Financial Institutions, IT Investments 1

BRAC Dairy and Food Project

BRAC Seed and Agro Enterprise

Homemade in Bangladesh a BRAC social enterprise Tanvir Hossain Manager BRAC Aarong

Aarong One of 16 social enterprises of BRAC Established in 1978, Aarong means “village fair” Certified fair trade organisation 50% of profit for BRAC development programmes BRAC and Aarong – BRAC is the worlds largest NGO, sustainable development Fair Trade – financial and other support, ensuring ethical sourcing, good working conditions BRAC programmes linked to our rural artisans – health care, legal aid, hygiene awareness, awareness on issues affecting women, microfinance Forward and backward linkage Retail stores, production centres and independent producer management

Enterprise Model BRAC and Aarong – BRAC is the worlds largest NGO, sustainable development Fair Trade – financial and other support, ensuring ethical sourcing, good working conditions BRAC programmes linked to our rural artisans – health care, legal aid, hygiene awareness, awareness on issues affecting women, microfinance Forward and backward linkage 7

Home Based Workers “people working from their homes or from other premises of their choosing other than the workplace, for payment, which results of a product or service specified by the employer.” -ILO Low levels of efficiency Additional income

Crafts Inclusive Creative Industries Weaving Jamdani Tailoring Hand Embroidery Nakshi Kantha Doll Making Wood Carving Metal Engraving Natural Dye Batik Block and Screen Printing Jewellery Pottery Leather Jute Being inclusive of the marginalised artisan and craft revival (home based workers, employing women, opportunity for rural artisans, tribal and indigenous craft) Can engage many people in the supply chain Engages micro, small, and medium enterprises who have experienced growth as a result

Current Threats Demand Wages Skills Market Access Exploitation Increase in cost of goods Wages Direct effect on demand Skills Need to diversify Market Access Requirements of export Design - Consumer demand based design, functional products, trend forecasting Capital – revolving working capital, raw materials on credit, selling risk is Aarongs QC – selling the product is key, not the artisan; compete on quality and design; insuring good quality inputs Market Access – no overhead hassle, allows for growth Marketing – individual artisans do not have the resources Exploitation Direct monitoring Social Compliance Fair trade, Social accountabilities

Interventions E-commerce/New Markets Increase non-financial benefits Appropriate tools and technology SourceTrace Product Diversification Leading retail chain in Bangladesh, Strong brand recognition Financial support for Producers Main source of income is from capital city outlets Product lines - textiles (70% of sales), home décor, jewellery, leather, tapestry, traditional dolls, taaga Artisans – 80% women, 35,000-40,000 are hand embroidery home based workers

Way Forward Producer Mapping and Private Sector Scoping Study Capacity Building for Use of New Tools and Technology Convening of Stakeholders and Workshop Why is scale important? Efficiency – in house R&D (AAF and Textiles); working with partners through exchanges (ASEF) Capacity – importance of training, and staying competitive E-commerce – market expansion; example of Etsy