EXPORT-LED POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMME (EPRP):

Vision:

Poor women and men in developing countries are autonomous, develop themselves and their communities through trade.

Mission:

Link through technical support promising products/services from poor communities  to markets, in order to achieve a direct impact on their economic development.

NEWS

13-17 February 2009

ITC/EPRP will participate at the Ambiente Trade Fair in Frankfurt, Germany with products by poor communities from Lao PDR/Cambodia silk and Mongolian felt.

6 November 2008

National Spice Replication Workshop in Ethiopia: All spice stakeholders (agencies, NGOs, research centres, etc.) attended the replication workshop where collaboration was sought to spread the work in more districts and provinces through the cultivation of a variety of spices: paprika, ginger, cumin, turmeric.

November  2008

Initial EPRP Impact Measurement Tool survey was completed in Rwanda with 90 farmers from Nasho and Bugarama.

18 July 2008

Round Table of donors on the launch of a US$ 9 Million Inclusive Tourism project along the 200km Coconut Coast in Bahia, Brazil >>> (see related attached document)

PROJECT BRIEFS

ACHIEVEMENTS

In 2006, EPRP helped around 34,000 poor people by creating additional jobs and higher income.

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