Community mobilization for poverty alleviation and social inclusion in service delivery (COMPASIS)

The COMPASIS project seeks to protect extremely poor households (with a major focus on women farmers, war widows, unemployed youth, returning IDPs, children, and food insecure people) in the identified districts of Ermera and Oecusse. The COMPASIS project aims to protect these beneficiaries against threats of civil strife, poverty, hunger, poor health, illiteracy and social exclusion so that they are empowered to realize their fundamental rights and full human potential. In this way, the COMPASIS project will use proven techniques of community mobilisation and social inclusion to both a) reduce extreme povertyand improve income generation and food security among vulnerable groups through community mobilization, agro-based micro-enterprises, skills training and post-training support; and b) promote social inclusion in the service delivery system through the education participation of out of school children; community awareness of maternal and child health; and capacity of service providers in planning and executing community-based water, sanitation and primary health/hygiene schemes. ILO contribution to the programme focuses on enterprise development and skills training in rural economic development which are integral to the achievement of the project’s expected outcome 1“To reduce extreme poverty among vulnerable groups through community mobilization, agro-based micro-enterprises, skills training and post-training support.” The ILO’s component targets provision of training services, using the FEFOP programme of SEFOPE, to facilitate creation of 100 micro-enterprises.

Project symbol

TIM/10/01/HSF

Admin unit

CO-Jakarta

Start date

01/03/2010

End date

31/08/2013

Total allocation

343450

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

343450

Development Partners

United Nations Trust Fund for Human Security

Country/Countries

Timor-Leste

Outcomes

Employment Promotion