Business Opportunities and Support Services (BOSS) NZAID

TIM/12/02/NZE The project will create sustainable economic opportunities by upgrading selected value chains that will stimulate demand for enterprises to develop new products and services. This will be done by supporting relevant public and private institutions to deliver need/market-oriented services to entrepreneurs, promote a better coordination and alignment of private sector initiatives and contribute to a “private-sector-sound” rural development strategy. In particular the Project tackles the lack of dialogue and coordination between the public and private sectors; lack of market access for products and services; ineffective utilization of local resources / opportunities and the weak managerial and entrepreneurial knowledge. The Project pays particular attention to economic empowerment of women and gender sensitivity of the Project’s and SEAPRI’s activities. Using a systemic approach to enterprise development the Project will upgrade the selected value chains. Currently the Project is working in the beef cattle and organic horticulture sectors. The tourism sector has been identified as another target sector to be commenced this year. The proposed expansion of the Project will scale up interventions in these three sectors, and increase the geographic scope. The Project furthermore supports, with existing Irish Aid funding, the booming construction sector to tackle the issue of the limited and often-ineffective involvement of civil works contractors in Government capital works delivery. In this regard, the Project focuses on improving the capacity of local civil works contractors to enable them to effectively participate in basic infrastructure rehabilitation tenders, issued by both local and central Government and to better manage contracts. During the five years of Project implementation, IADE will be progressively enabled to fulfil its mandate of boosting private sector growth and developing the rural economy. This will be achieved by promoting, designing and implementing programmes that foster MSEs and contractors growth through improved market access, business matchmaking and enhanced provision of business development services and business information, ensuring equal access of women and men to services, inputs and markets.

Project symbol

TIM/12/02/NZE

Admin unit

CO-Jakarta

Start date

05/07/2013

End date

31/12/2016

Total allocation

3909165

Total expenditure

Status

Closed

3838823

Development Partners

New Zealand, New Zealand Agency for International Development

Country/Countries

Timor-Leste

Outcomes

Promoting sustainable enterprises