GOOD PRACTICE - Handicraft and business through regional integration and fair trade market

RESEARCH QUESTION: 1 – ENABLING ENVIRONMENT

SUB-TOPICS (Research matrix): Advocacy with government to improve legal and policy frameworks to support informal economy enterprises (1.2)

REGION - COUNTRY OF IMPLEMENTATION: Central Asia - Tajikistan

RESUME OF GOOD PRACTICES: 

•    The participative approach (BIOs and SMEs are implementers in some activities, while beneficiaries in others) guarantees a larger commitment and a better future sustainability;

•    International expertise, directly link to the target market, guarantee higher efficacy to penetrate the market;

• Central Asia landscape and the Silk Road history have a strong evocative brand that should be fully exploited;

PROJECT NAME: Handicraft and business through regional integration and fair trade market

YEAR: 2014 – 2016

FUNDING AGENCY: European Commission