Building and nurturing a strong community-based ecosystem for enterprise promotion in rural areas is one of the key objectives of SVEP. This is required to ensure the sustenance of the enterprises beyond the end of the project in a block.
The programme, therefore, puts a great emphasis on the capacity building of the community resources used during the programme.
This chapter talks in-depth about the capacity-building initiatives for different community resources and structures, specifically the ones designed and implemented by Kudumbashree NRO.
Who are the community resources?
- BEPC’s members- selected leaders from the community who are involved in decision-making in the project
- The NRLM’s CBO federations- They monitor the progress of SVEP rollout in the blocks and need to be familiar with SVEP and its components.
- The CRP-EP group- They mobilize and identify entrepreneurs and undertake enterprise promotion activities and need to be familiar with the programme details and business concepts.
- Potential entrepreneurs.