By employing ILEIA’s methodology a benchmark was developed at first, which provides an overview of conventional project strategies for enhancing BDS performance. Projects have been employing five strategies ranging from BDSP identification and capacity building over group formation to linkages development and awareness raising.
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Lessons learnt |
Recommendations |
| Gender |
· Limited number of female
BDSPs hampers BDS
performance (outreach and
impact)
· Persistency in intervening enhances achieving set objectives |
Increase number of female BDSPs via:
· more gender sensitive identification and selection (incl. female change agents,
capitalizing on mobility of resource poor women and building upon communities'
willingness to involve and encourage women)
· more gender sensitive capacity building (incl. female change agents, "experience
sharing model" and building upon male relatives’ willingness to build capacities of
women)
Keep on intervening and employ these flexible approaches
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| Credibility |
· Credible BDSPs foster BDS
performance (outreach, impact
and sustainability) |
Systematic BDSP identification & selection according to “credibility-criteria” (incl.
being reliable, social, local, entrepreneurial and willing to transfer know-how)
Systematic strengthening of BDSPs:
· in various ways (e.g. via market exposure visits, community and leadership
management skills training and entrepreneurship promotion)
· via strategic linkages development involving private/public actors (e.g. ASF /
SMEDA) and different settings (e.g. Jirga)
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