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Our
Mission:
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To
develop and deliver demand-driven, state-of-the-art services and products to
the various marginalised segments of the informal sector.
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Our
Vision:
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To create, initiate and promote viable economic
development programmes aimed at combating poverty and unemployment in
communities throughout Zimbabwe.
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Our Core Values:
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Innovation
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Professionalism
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Quality
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Commitment to all operators within the informal sector
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Our
Objectives:
Since inception, ZOIC has made significant progress in pursuance of its
mission and objectives expressed as to:
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Reduce
poverty through employment creation and training of entrepreneurs to start
and run their business. |
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Develop
ZOIC’s micro-entrepreneurship training programme. |
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Improve
business management skills of the Informal Sector Operators (ISO). |
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Develop
training material, curricula and methodology for entrepreneurship training
and business development support in collaboration with OICI and selected
local microfinance partners. |
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Strengthen
the capacity of microfinance NGOs and institutions dedicated to the
promotion and support of entrepreneurship development. |
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Network
for institutional support and resource mobilisation.
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Our intended impact:
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Increased number of informal sector operators moving into the
formal sector.
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Increased number of enterprises in the informal sector moving
towards sustainability.
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Increased number of jobs created or sustained through various
interventions within the informal sector.
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Increased number of members in the more marginalized communities
(e.g. HIV/AIDS infected or affected persons, women, rural-based Zimbabweans,
etc.) of the informal sector receiving direct business development services and
technical assistance.
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Increased number of informal sector operators obtaining access to
information technology.
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