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AgriterraCAF
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The project was defined within the strategic plan of CAF for 2007-2011. Its main objective is to strenghten the internal capacities of CAF and its 35 members and help them adapt to the economic and climatic changes of their environment.

The 35 members cooperatives of CAF provide services in various sectors such as crops, beef cattle, milk, fruit production... They represent in total approximatedly 12.000 farmers.

This project is divided in 3 main components:
1. Increase the participation of the members and their families in the cooperatives and improve the communication between them. A particular attention will be paid in this component to women and youth.
Activities planned: workshops about the consequences of the economic crisis on the co-operatives, about the managment of the co-operatives and the necessity of strenghtening the internal communication, workshop on internal managment specific for women and youth, improvment of CAF intranet and increase of its use by its members...

2. Strengthen the capacities of CAF members in adapting the managment of their cooperatives to the changes of their environment (economic changes, climate...).
Activities planned: workshops and analyses about agricutural products and food markets, elaboration of tecnical reports on oil crops, workshops and tecnical assistence about climate changes with an emphasis on water problems in agricultural production...

3. Strengthen the strategic capacities of CAF and its leaders.
Activities planned: definition of the function, relationships and competences required for elected leaders and tecnical staff of CAF, elaboration of a document of presentation of CAF its history, its strategy..., tecnical assistence to the cooperative members to adapt themselves to the new law on cooperative movement.

The project will have a duration of 9 months. The activities will be caried out at national and sub national levels. The project will increase the internal communication within CAF and improve the participation of women and youth in the managment of their co-operatives. It aims also at improving the capacities of the leaders in analizing the changes in the food market and adapting their managment to it. Tecnical assistance will help the cooperatives find innovative solutions to the lack of water for agricultural production. The project will improve the cooperatives and their leaders strategical capacities and their lobbying capacities. The organisation of CAF and especially the share of roles between leader and tecnical staff will be improved by the project.

The total budget of the project is € 32.500, the requested budget from Agriterra is € 25.000 (€ 26.378 including special services) and the own contribution of the organization is of 23% of the budget.
GOALS
Objetivo general:
Las cooperativas agrarias desarollan la capacidad de mantener un nivel importante y adecuado de gestion en lo economico y social y que sus socios y familiares conserven una actitud progresista, productiva y participativa en sus cooperativas.

Objetivo especifico:
La estructura organizativa de CAF se consolide, afirmando las capacidades tecnicas, politicas y gremiales de sus integrantes.

Componentes:
i) Mantenimiento de niveles adecuados y crecientes de participacion y comunicacion en las cooperativas, con enfasis en tema de genero, juventud, grupos de afinidad (participacion y comunicacion).
ii) Monitoreo de los nuevos escenarios economicos y climaticos para orientar una eficiente gestion cooperativa (monitoreo de los nuevos excenarios).
iii) Consolidacion en CAF de la capacidad tecnica y gremial (lobby y cabildeo) de sus dirigentes y tecnicos, y que la misma se refleje en la estructura organizacional de CAF (consolidacion de capacidades en CAF).