📋 Tender Overview
Contract partner: Gunz Warenhandels GmbH
Country: Ivory Coast Funding amount: € 110.470,53 Project start: 01.11.2024 End: 31.10.2027
SHORT DESCRIPTION:
Overall goal
The project aims to create thriving and equitable cooperatives by empowering farmers, enhancing their capacities and livelihoods, and strengthening their linkages to international cocoa markets.
Success will be measured by:
- Empowered Farmers: Improved knowledge and decision-making abilities.
- Enhanced Capacities and Livelihoods: Better commercial skills and economic well-being.
- Strengthened Cooperatives: Stronger organizational structures and governance.
- Improved Market Access: Increased connections to international cocoa markets.
- Sustainable Farming Practices: Adoption of environmentally friendly techniques.
- Gender Equality: Active participation and benefit of women in cooperative activities.
By achieving these goals, the two cooperatives in Daloa and Guiglo will become more financially viable, equitable, and sustainable, improving the livelihoods of their members and families.
Expected results
The expected results of the project for the cooperatives in Daloa and Guiglo, Côte d'Ivoire are:
- Increased Income: 300 out of 1,909 (sample size) small farmers will have increased their income by 15%.
- Improved Gender Equality: 59 female farmer members of both cooperatives have increased knowledge on women’s rights and have equal opportunities in households and cooperatives.
- FAIRTRADE Certification: Both cooperatives will maintain FAIRTRADE certification.
- New Partnerships: At least 1 cooperative will establish a partnership with a FAIRTRADE trading partner.
- Training of Trainers: 10 members will complete a ToT program and be able to pass on knowledge after the project's end.
- Sustainable Farming Training: 954 smallholders will receive training in sustainable farming practices.
- Cascaded Training Sessions: 954 smallholders will participate in cascaded training sessions.
Target group / Beneficiaries
The direct target group for the project consists of 1,909 members of two cocoa cooperatives located in Daloa and Guiglo, in the central and western regions of Côte d'Ivoire, respectively. Including their families, the total number of beneficiaries reaches 11,700.
Gunz Warenhandels GmbH is executing this project in collaboration with the local FAIRTRADE team (FAIRTRADE Africa) and FAIRTRADE Austria. Both organizations have extensive experience and established relationships with Ivorian cocoa producers, ensuring effective coordination and implementation of the project activities.
Activities
The project involves comprehensive training and capacity-building initiatives for the small producer organizations (SPOs) in Côte d'Ivoire.
These initiatives focus on:
- Strengthening SPOs: Enhancing the organizational capacity and governance of the cooperatives.
- Developing Commercial Skills and Strategies: Equipping members with essential busines
