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| Yon Lakou – Yon Pwodi |
| From Yokohoma, Japan to Bocozelle, Saint-Marc,Haiti |
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Nadège Beauvil, Vice président of Femmes en Démocratie représenting Haïti at One Village One Product in Yokohoma, Japan from August 28 to September 5, 2006 |
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Pursuant to the participation of Nadège Beauvil, Vice president of Femmes en Democratie to a One Village – One Product seminar in Yokohoma, Japan in August 2006, Femmes en Démocratie has been promoting the OVOP movement in Haiti under the Yon Lakou – Yon Pwodi label. Through this movement, Femmes en Démocratie (FED) has been conducting with the support of the KATA program financed by USAID through CHF International, pilot initiatives in Cap-Haitien, Port-au-Prince and Saint Marc from June 2007 to date. These initiatives support groups of artisans and rice producers. |
In June 2008, Femmes en Démocratie has launched with a significative grant of the Multilateral Investment Fund of the Inter American Development Bank and counterpart funds of Geneva Global and Groupe Sogebank an innovative 42 months project “Promotion of economic opportunities for women in rural areas through the Yon Lakou – Yon Pwodi movement” targeting castor oil production, fruits and vegetables, embroidered textiles craft and natural fibers woven products in Jacmel, Marigot and La Vallée, Southeastern Haiti. |
| Those initiatives seek to facilitate market-oriented production and to strengthen the capacity of women micro entrepreneurs (WMEP) to position their products in large markets, as well as promote value added production of traditional and niche products from rural and suburban areas. They support the development, production, branding and marketing of niche products. |
| The Yon Lakou- Yon Pwodi (Creole for One Village – One Product) is modeled after the “One Village One Product” (OVOP) movement begun in Japan’s Oita prefecture in 1979, and which has since been adopted with success in Japan and in several countries in Asia and Africa. It consists of the identification of one or a few products that are specific to a local community, and which show a particular comparative advantage, and to concentrate resources on their production, establishing them as a local brand, and markets it at local and international level. The movement emphasizes the global market for locally made products, which undergo the necessary design and quality adjustments to match market specifications. |
| FED has identified some value chains with these characteristics, where there is market demand with potential for growth, and where there are micro entrepreneurs groups that satisfy minimum requirements in terms of their basic productive capacity and local organization. These include: (i) agribusiness/processed agricultural products; (ii) aromatherapy/oleaginous and essentials oils; (iii) garment, bijouterie and fashion accessories; and (iv) art crafts and home decor articles. Potential markets for these products include: (i) medium-sized domestic enterprises interested in establishing long-term supplier relationships with local producers to feed their production processes or export markets; (ii) the nostalgic markets of Haitian communities abroad, particularly in the US; (iii) fair trade and ecologic, ethic and ethnic international markets; (iv) tourist markets in neighboring Caribbean countries, where Haitian crafts sell as locally-made. |
| Femmes en Démocratie is a non profit organization established in 2000. It forms part of the “Vital Voices” international movement, with which it shares the mission to advance the political, economic and social status of women.This organization connects and supports emerging women leaders through innovative initiatives. FED is integrated and led by several prominent women figures in Haiti that play leadership roles in the country’s society, and which include former parliament and cabinet members as well as successful business women. |
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Pilot initiatives supported by KATA / USAID |
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Asosyasyon Fanm Bocozelle,
An association of female rice growers in Saint-Marc |
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Kòdinasyon Fanm an Aksyon An association of Creole dolls makers in Cap-Haitien
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