| Date: | 2013- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | This programme strengthens the capacities of communal and territorial landholders and autonomous local governments, in alliance with other organizations and local institutions. Specifically, it supports the community-based implementation of farming systems adapted to the widely varying conditions of high plateaux, inter-Andean valleys and some lowland areas. In addition, ACCESOS cofinances the development of self-organized community enterprises to connect producers with markets and create economic alternatives in the rural non-agricultural sector. It particularly focuses on women and young people. The programme also promotes broad-based access to financial services, including savings, credit and insurance. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Rural households in food insecure or poverty status |
| Area of intervention: | Support to self-employment |
| Geographic scale: | National -rural municipalities that are among the poorest (including La Paz, Oruro and Potosí; Cochabamba, Chuquisaca and Tarija; and Santa Cruz, Beni and Pando) |
| Targeting method: | Categorical |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Supreme Decree No 1480,2013; Law N° 391/ 2013 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Rural Development and Land (MDRyT) |
| Executing organization(s): | ACCESSOS |
| Source of funding: | International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Spain Trust Fund and Government of Bolivia |
1) Natural Resource Management, Asset Investment and Economic Entrepreneurship
| Recipient(s): | Participation landless groups, especially women and youth between 19 to 39 years old |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Description: | Contribute to capacity building for recovery and community management of renewable natural resources; and promote the development of productive initiatives and community economic entrepreneurship (PRONERs) in order to strengthen food security and better revenue from users, especially women and youth. In addition, ACCESOS supports the consolidation of other non-agricultural economic initiatives through the promotion of micro enterprises for processing, handicrafts, tourism and other services, which do not exceed the applicable financial ceilings in this component. |
2) Financial Inclusion and Protection
| Recipient(s): | All programme participants |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Description: | The main objective is to facilitate the access of low incomes rural families to diversified financial services (savings, credit and micro-insurance), enabling them to develop their capacities in resources management, increasing their possibilities of investment in human, physical and social capital and improving their ability to generate revenue and protect their assets. |
3) Adaptation to Climate Change (ACCESOS ASAP)
| Recipient(s): | Small farmers living in the municipalities selected for the programme |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Comments: | It is divided into two main sub-components, namely capacity building for community adaptation and climate risk management. Selection criteria: municipalities which have a higher vulnerability toward climate change. The programme is expected to help up to 11000 families. |
| Description: | The aim of the ACCESS-ASAP program is to increase the resilience of the participants to the effects of climate change families. Further adaptation to climate changes will result in a safer agricultural production which will be reflected by increasing income and consumption of beneficiary families. This programme operates in sixteen municipalities within three different departments: Chuquisaca, Potosí and Tarija. |
