Project 09fw-5300 - agro-info

09fw-5300 Consolidation and Strengthening of WOPD Guindulman

budget	€ 104.596,75	status	execution
start date	01-01-2009	date end	31-12-2009
location	Guindulman, Bohol	country	philippines
financer	Agriterra
executor	WOPD-Bohol	intervention level	local
Programmes	\| work area 14: Gender and Women in Development \| IFAP 03: Enhance capacity of farmers' organisations \|
description	The Women’s Organisation for Progress and Development of Guindulman Inc. (WOPD) is a non-stock, non profit and voluntary member-based federation of women in Guindulman Bohol. It was established in January 2000 as an offshoot of the strategic gender planning. It is a federation of rural women organisations and (...more...)
description	The Women’s Organisation for Progress and Development of Guindulman Inc. (WOPD) is a non-stock, non profit and voluntary member-based federation of women in Guindulman Bohol. It was established in January 2000 as an offshoot of the strategic gender planning. It is a federation of rural women organisations and presently it is composed of 17 member women organisations (on Barangay level) with a total of 500 members. WOPD has a partnership with ZijActief Noord- en Zuid-Holland. WOPD is working towards its "vision 2010" meaning to become a strong and independent (self-managing and self-sustaining) member-based federation of local women organizations in Guindulman. However WOPD is striving to be independent, the organisation still needs assistance to realise all the organisation plans. The general objective of the proposed project is to upgrade the services of WOPD through assessments and evaluations of all income generating projects, capability building activities, all local organisations and the members itself. (...less...)
results & observations	Generally, the activities of WOPD for 2009 were carried out as planned. Some activities however, were not pushed through or delayed, mostly because of bad weather (either heavy rains or effects of long dry season. Basically, WOPD was implementing the same kind of activities as in previous years, focusing on (...more...)
final results & observations	Generally, the activities of WOPD for 2009 were carried out as planned. Some activities however, were not pushed through or delayed, mostly because of bad weather (either heavy rains or effects of long dry season. Basically, WOPD was implementing the same kind of activities as in previous years, focusing on the water & sanitation project and on managing its local members organisations’ economic initiatives. The most striking output of this year’s activities was that the federation has moved another step forward. It has accepted another three new local women organisations: Canhaway Women’s Organisation (CWO), Catungawan Norte Group of Women Farmers (CNGWF) and Catungawan Sur Women’s Association (CSWA) as regular members of the federation. The federation has also organised two new LOs: Women of Eskaya Tribe Organisation (WETO). WOPD’s plan to raise funds from other sources must be diligently pushed through to sustain and progressively become strong and independent. With regard to the economic projects of the LOs, which are hardly profitable, it remains a challenge to achieve sustainability. (...less...)

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PROPOSAL

Agri-agency	Own contribution executor	Other parties	Total requested budget
Agriterra	WOPD
€ 0,00 + € 0,00	€ 0,00	€ 0,00	€ 0,00

The project proposal is a continuation of project 07fw-5077 “Continuity on Consolidation and Expansion through Capability Building Activities and Livelihood Projects”. Activities are aimed to work further towards WOPD’s “Vision 2010”, which is the guiding tool of WOPD. It is aimed to strengthen WOPD and its 14 local member organisations (LO's).

Specific projects objectives are:
1. To equip the WOPD Board of Directors (BOD) the necessary skills in assessment and evaluation of projects and programs;
2. To equip the WOPD BOD and local organisations with the necessary knowledge in troubleshooting problems;
3. To continue the implementation of the water/sanitation project to other areas in need;
4. To make an annual special edition of the newsletter for the external communications with government organisations, NGOs, and other PO’s;
5. To implement backyard gardening to every member of the local organisations.

Project activities can be categorised as follows:
1. Capability building activities:
- Training of staff and Board (i.e. bookkeeping and English), meetings and assemblies, M&E;
2. Cooperarte with ZijActief in the implementation and monitoring of various projects:
- Business plans, technical assistance;
3. Project Implementation:
- Water project, eatery;
4. Lobbying/Networking/Advocacy:
- linkages with other POs and government organisations;
5. local organisations member expansion:
- Duero, Bohol, Cansiwang, Guindulman, Bohol;
6. Communication
- i.e. newsletter.

Total budget is P4,118,612 (€ 66.969)
Request for Agriterra P1,251,613.00 (€ 20.351)
Other sources (Zij Actief, Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) contribute P187,150.00 (€ 3.043)
Total project budget is expected to be 1,25* 20,351 = € 25.439
Own contribution needs some clarifications, some errors found in budget.

WOPD has assigned an area based Board together with the staff to
monitor the development of the LOs and the projects they execute. For the whole Board to be updated, these developments will be shared during the monthly board meeting. ZijActief Noord- en Zuid-Holland is supporting the implementation of the project.

The federation will be sustained through LO contributions, which is a 5% percentage share (this used to be 1%, but was modified after a recommendation of the ZijActief mission end 2007) from the net income of their livelihood projects, fund raising from the government (DOLE), and support from ZijActief and Agriterra, and the income of WOPD livelihood projects like eatery, consumer store and other income generating activities.

GOALS

The general objective of the proposed project is to upgrade the services of WOPD through assessments and evaluations of all income generating projects, capability building activities, all local organisations and the members itself.

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