Rural business Pakistan

Match making

EYW Pakistan team has identified the key topics for learning: 1. access to finance for rural entrepreneurs; 2. E-jobs; 3. recycling waste management. Based on these key learning topics, the composition of the E-motive visit group is then finalized.

Learning group

Seher Afsheen

Age: 40

Position: Team Lead Empower Youth For Work, Oxfam

As the Team Lead for Empower Youth for Work project in Pakistan, my motivation is to learn from the solutions around all the 3 identified problems and implement these in Pakistan program after due customization. After this E-motive visit, I will consult relevant stakeholders in country to design customized solutions for access to finance, job opportunities and solid waste management. Also, i will give my full support to partners and EYW team in implementation of these solutions.

Syed Kazim

Age: 34

Position: Project Manager

I want to learn how rural women can be connected with e-jobs (job opportunities). I am participating in the trip so that I can explore the approaches that will enable rural women to discover different options of earning using an internet platform. As a leading role in EYW project at Jamshoro, I will imitate the learning from the trip and share the knowledge with my team.

SHAHEEN ZAMIR

Age: 49

Position: SVP/Head Marketing & Service Quality

I am associated with the First Women Bank Ltd (FWBL), which empowers women and their families. I want to learn innovative ideas and methodologies so that I can replicate in the Bank. I do believe that reinventing the wheel is not the solution, we want to adopt the best practices around the world. I am confident that this programme would be highly beneficial for FWBL to achieve its objectives but will also contribute to my personal development. I have been in the development sector since 2000 and accomplished/supervised several projects for women. I headed the Business Development Centres and also Women Entrepreneurship Development Division of the Bank. I want to work for the betterment of girls/women and want to make a positive change in their lives. After my learning I will not only replicate the projects but also develop and launch new innovative products.

Hafeezullah

Age: 35

Position: Program Manager - TIE

I primarily wish to enhance my knowledge and understanding about various models of access to finance, particularly for rural enterprises being practiced in rural. Moreover, I would like to observe and learn from best practices adopted by various organizations in Egypt and enhance my networking with Egyptian organizations and enterprises for future collaboration on knowledge sharing. Access to finance is one of the key objectives of EYW-Pakistan program. Micro-enterprises currently developed under EYW project either unable to access the conventional methods of access to finance offered by various financial institute or unable to meet the pre-requisite of seeking financing. We would like to implement the best practices learned from the visit, to introduce sub-conventional & creative methodologies of financing in partnership with partner financial institute so that the rural enterprise can fully benefit from the services.

Saiqa Rani

Age: 36

Position: Head of Program-Bargad

Exploring e-job models and incorporating them in EYW Layyah, Pakistan is the main objective of this visit for me. Besides, I'm also interested to know how rural women are enabled to increase or start their livelihood. Waste management is another attraction showing how these models work in Egypt and how they could be utilized in context of Layyah. Creating new employment opportunities or linking with existing opportunity is main component at Bargad’s part. E-job is the area we are trying to explore. The knowledge and learning of the visit will help to strengthen E-job component. Though Bargad has started to take part in training digital kills, however I feel a lot could be improved and nourished.

Zhiren Ye

Age: 26

Position: Junior officer of Empower Youth for Work

As the E-motive website master, I’m responsible for managing and writing content for E-motive website. This trip will be a precious opportunity for me to develop better understanding of E-motive and to seek for improvement. Secondly, as the project officer of the EYW, I’m concerned about the progress of country team. The trip is thus a learning process for me to know better about the project, Pakistan country team, as well as the innovations. I believe that the trip will undoubtedly deepen my understanding of the project, E-motive, country team and innovations. These understanding will enable me to support Pakistan EYW team better from project management unit level.

Shahzad Shakeel

Age: 32
Position: Project Officer - EYW

I am excited to learn around three diverse areas: Access to Micro Finance, E-Jobs and Waste Management business models.

E-Jobs: I am eager to learn models around youth employability and engagement of youth through innovative learning platform that enhance their chances of employment.

Micro Finance: In Pakistan, it is not easy for young people to acquire loan from the bank that become hindrance in their journey to economic empowerment especially when it comes to young girls. I really want to learn best models in Egypt because by and large we have similar context.

Waste Management: In Pakistan, we have huge issue of waste but young people are not aware about new ways of using waste material and turn it into a business opportunity. We want to look at those best environment friendly business models and get inspiration to boost this work in Pakistan.

After the E-motive exchange, I will contribute at two levels:
1. Provide support to develop successful models
2. Implement and continuously improve sustainable models

I will work closely with my team and local partner to develop successful models that resolve our issues of employment and micro finance.

These are your results

Learning group composition

Below you can see the outcome based on your previous answers. The results explain which type of roles are already represented in your current learning group, and which other complimentary roles may still be missing at this point.

Well done! Your team is greatly balanced.

Not bad but... Your learning group is strong but you still have some room for improvement.

The following profiles are not included in your group:

Gender

Watch out The composition of the group should be gender balanced (40%-60% gender quota is adviced)

Great The composition of the group is gender-balanced (40%-60% gender quota is adviced)

With a view to changing societal conditions and causing deep changes in power structures, while promoting a richer composition of the group in views and diversity, a 40%-60% gender balance in the group composition is recommended.

Cultural and religious awareness

You have established the following items as things to keep into account:

During the exchange, there may be cultural differences or religious issues that should be taken into account when selecting the dates for the exchange. Diversity in the composition of the learning group, whereas in relation to culture, professional background and/or experience, influences positively the learning process.

Language

Of your group speak fluently the language of exchange that is .

30%

Watch out This could be a serious culprit to your project

To guarantee successful learning, any language barriers should be addressed beforehand. If there are people within the group who have any type of difficulties understanding the language of the exchange, these should be assessed and solved jointly before the exchange takes place. At least 70% of the participants should speak and understand the language of the exchange. If this isn’t possible, it is strongly advised that you make sure some sort of translation is available.

Not bad Still, you should forsee that help will be needed

Great No problem is to be expected regarding language issues

Local Communities

Eco System.

30%

Watch out You may want to consider including more people from the local comunity.

Getting to know the local realities is an asset if you want to fully test, transform and implement the methodology after the exchange is over. To guarantee successful testing, transforming and implementation of the learning outcomes after the exchange, it is recommended that at least 50% of the members of the group are part of the local communities or key actors in the local eco system.

Great This can be very helpful to engage the local community.

Ensure that at least 50% of the members of the group are part of the local communities or key actors in the local eco system. This is key for successful testing, transforming and implementation of the methodology.

General recommendations

There are no strict rules on how a learning group should be composed. This depends on the local context, the objectives of the learning group, the strategy for the group to make a change, etc. However, our previous experience in E-Motive and in our evaluation reports shows that the following are good practices to be kept in mind when configuring a successful learning group, as these can help mitigate and manage any risks and make the most of the opportunities in the learning process.

Sustainability

For E-Motive to reach success, it is important that the learning is implemented in practices and translated into policies. In most cases and according to previous experiences, sustainable change has been guaranteed by a combination of factors.

Make sure that resources are available in order to test knowledge and learning in the local context after the exchange has concluded. Ask group participants to fill in a profile with motivation and proposed actions after the exchange, to make sure you have the best group composition. Bring in actors in the group with powerful resources and network connections.
In the learning group, you need reliable role models from local communities to focus on opening mind sets. In addition, you need influencing actors such as religious leaders, local authorities, and others who could give support in changing practices and policies.
Community engagement is key. We recommend organizing community dialogues after the exchange has taken place so as to share the learning outcomes and experiences. Use local and social media. Bring key actors in the group from the community, local market and government to guarantee engagement and access to local resources for sustainability.
E-motive focuses on changing the way people do things, the way they approach and the way they think about problems. Therefore, you need networkers to gain support and help develop spin-offs and you need to connect to advocacy actors to set up a strategy for influencing mind sets and agendas.

Below you’ll find the outcome of the questionnaire. Based on this, you may want to consider adjustments to your participant list. Alternatively, you could look for other options to connect to the less represented roles either before or after the actual exchange.

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