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CAN
I SEE A SUMMARY OF THE PROJECT?
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PROJECT
TITLE:
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Business
One-Stop Shop Capacity Building,
Entrepreneurship Training, Business Development and Support, and Access
to Information and Appropriate Technologies to the Informal Sector
Operators residing in rural communities.
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PROJECT
DURATION:
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Five
Years (under the business plan)
October 2002 – September 2007
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PROJECT
SITE:
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Central
Zone of Chimanimani with outreach serving the eastern and western zones.
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PROGRAMME
SECTOR:
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Capacity
building, microenterprise, employment creation and informal sector
development and advancement. |
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EXECUTING
AGENCIES:
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Zimbabwe
Opportunities Industrialisation Centres, Development Technology Centre,
and the Chimanimani Business Trust.
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STARTING
DATE:
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October
2002.
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LOCAL
GOVERNMENT INPUT:
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Donation
of a double-stand on approximately 1,000 square metres of prime land.
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W.K.
KELLOGG INPUT:
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USD
$135,000.
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TOTAL
INPUT NEEDED:
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To
operationalise the business plan, the BOSS will require a total of Z$155
million. Of this amount approximately Z$71 million spread over five
years must be raised from donors. On the basis of detailed financial
projections, it is envisaged that Z$84 million will be covered through
earned income from the service centres.
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For
additional information on the BOSS project, the business plan details the
programme objectives, content, budget and strategies of a proposed business
centre based in the rural areas of Chimanimani.
It is the result of several sessions of joint planning, collaborations
and study efforts undertaken by Zimbabwe Opportunities
Industrialisation Centres, the Chimanimani Business Trust, Development
Technology Centre, the Chimanimani Rural District Council, the W.K.
Kellogg Foundation and external consultants for the purpose of directly
assisting in the development and advancement of Chimanimani’s informal sector
participants.
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