EFFECTIVE PROGRAMMES FOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION & ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT Name: Sirish Adhikari CA Final Page 1

CONTENTS  OVOP A MOVEMENT FOR ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT  PRINCIPLES OF OVOP  OVOP PROGRAMME IN NEPAL  OBJECTIVES OF OVOP NEPAL  MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (MEDEP)  INCLUDE

ONE VILLAGE ONE PRODUCT A MOVEMENT FOR ENTREPRENURSHIP DEVELOPMENT  THE OVOP POLICY WAS ORIGINATED BY DR. MORIHIKO HIRAMATSU IN 1979  A CO-OPERATIVE VILLAGE/DISTRICT LEVEL MOVEMENT  THE EXPANSION OF OVOP POLICY WAS WIDELY ACCEPTED IN ASIA, AFRICA AND SOUTH AMERICA  CHINA ADOPTED THE OVOP MOVEMENT WITH SLOGAN “ONE HAMLET ONE PRODUCT”

PRINCIPLES OF OVOP(OOIEPC) LOCAL BUT GLOBAL HUMAN RESOURCE DEVELOPMENT SELF-RELIANCE + CREATIVITY Hatemalo Nepali Students Group Page 4

OVOP PROGRAMME IN NEPAL  IN 2006, NEPAL GOVERNMENT INTRODUCE OVOP IN NEPAL THROUGH BUDGET SPEECH  A PART OF NATIONAL AGENDA PERTAINING TO POVERTY ALLEVIATION  A PUBLIC PRIVATE PARTNERSHIP (PPP) OFFICIALLY LAUNCHED IN JULY 17,2006 FOR A PERIOD OF 5 YEARS  MINISTRY OF AGRICULTURE AND CO-OPERATIVE (MOAC) [PUBLIC] & FEDERATION OF NEPAL CHAMBER OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY(FNCCI) [PRIVATE], MAJOR PARTNERS OF THE PROGRAMME  TILL DATE, OVOP PROGRAMME IS IMPLEMENTED IN 32 DISTRICTS WITH 22 PRODUCTS  AWARDED “HIRAMATSU OVOP AWARD 2010” BY OOIEPC

SOURCE :AGRO – ENTERPRISE CENTRE PRODUCTS LAUNCHED IN OVOP NEPAL S.N. PHASE I FY 2006/07 TO 2011/12 PHASE II FY 2012/13 PHASE III FY 2013/14 1BHAKTAPUR/LAPSIJHAPA/ARECA NUTBAGLUNG/LOKTA 2 RAMECHHAP,SINDHULI/JUNAR SUNSARI/TURMERICGORKHA/AGRO TOURISM 3NUWAKOT/RAINBOW TROUTSAPTARI/MANGOILLAM/KIWI 4RASUWA/RAINBOW TROUTDHANUSHA/FISHKAVRE/DAIRY 5 LEKHNATH,KASKI/AGRO TOURISM CHITWAN/BANANATAPLEJUNG/CARDAMOM 6SYANGJA/COFFEEKANCHANPUR/BANANAPARBAT/LAPSI 7BARDIYA/BELLAMJUNG/AGRO TOURISMBAJHANG/OLIVE OIL 8DOLKHA/LOKTAPALPA/GINGER KHOTANG/MAHOTAN/POTATO 9 LALITPUR/CYMBEDIUM ORCHID SALLYAN/GINGERDHANKUTA/GOAT FARMING 10KASKI/AGRO TOURISMMYAGDI/TIMMURNAWALPARASI/ONION 11SINDHULI/JUNAR DOTI/JORAYEL BASMATI RICE

OBJECTIVES OF OVOP NEPAL IDENTIFICATION OF POTENTIAL LOCAL PRODUCTS COMMERCIAL & QUALITY PRODUCTION VALUE ADDITION BRANDING DOMESTIC AND INTERNATIONAL MARKET PROMOTION EMPLOYMENT AND INCOME GENERATION OF THE RURAL COMMUNITY

MICRO-ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT PROGRAMME (MEDEP) Sub Heading  IMPLEMENTED SINCE 1998 WITH OBJECTIVE OF POVERTY REDUCTION  REPLICATED THIS MODEL INTO 50 DISTRICTS BY F.Y. 2013/14  EXPANDS INTO A NATION WIDE PROGRAM ACROSS ALL 75 DISTRICTS ( )  GOVT TARGET TO CREATE 73,000 NEW MICRO ENTREPRENEURS

ACHIEVEMENT FROM MEDEP Sub Heading OVER THE LAST 15 YEARS MEDEP HAS CREATED OVER 66,OOO MICRO-ENTREPRENEURS MEDEP ENTREPRENEURS HAVE PRODUCED GOODS & SERVICES WORTH RS. 9.5 BILLION WITH A PROFIT OF RS. 6.9 BILLION HELPED ESTABLISH 221 FUNCTIONAL MICRO ENTREPRENEURS’ CO-OPERATIVE SUPPORTED TO CREATE ENTREPRENEUR WITH A FOCUS ON WOMEN & SOCIALLY EXCLUDED GROUPS SUPPORTED GOVERNMENT OF NEPAL TO CREATE ENVIRONMENT FOR MICRO ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT IN NEPAL

INCLUDE – INCLUSIVE DEVELOPMENT OF THE ECONOMY Sub Heading oxox  A JOINT NEPALI-GERMAN INITIATIVE UNDER THE GUIDANCE OF NEPAL MINISTRY OF INDUSTRY AND WITH TECHINCAL ASSISTANCE BY DEUTSCHE GIZ ACTING ON BEHALF OF GERMAN FEDERAL MINISTRY FOR ECONOMIC CO-OPERATION & DEVELOPMENT  OBJECTIVE : TO STRNGTHEN LOCAL CAPACITY TO SUPPORT THE DEVELOPMENT START- UPS AND EXISTING ENTERPRISES  PROMOTES ENTERPRISES AND ENTREPRENEURSHIP SYSTEMATICALLY  CAPACITY BUILDING OF CHAMBERS OF COMMERCE & INDUSTRY  SUPPORTS VOCATIONAL TRAINING FOR CONFLICT VICTIMS AND THE DIFFERENTLY-ABLED  ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT IN CTEVT