The most important and largest intervention of CCDA initiated in 1993. Women Development and Micro Credit program is now being operated mainly with the support of Palli Karma Sahayak Foundation (PKSF). PKSF promotes Microfinance in Bangladesh through wholesaling credit to NGOs/MFIs for retailing to small borrowers, with special focus on savings, credit and income generation activities (IGA)/enterprise development activities.
Important Features and Achievements of CCDA’s ever expanding Microcredit Program are:
Operation
based on tailor-made Micro Credit Guideline, updated from time to time,
closely monitored and followed up.
CCDA has been implementing the program with associate by
Palli Karma-Sohayak Foundation (PKSF) since 2019. The objective of the project to promote
development of Microenterprises (MEs) for inclusive economic development and
rural poverty reduction. The project expects to support additional 40,000
microentrepreneurs mainly engaged in Manufacturing, Agriculture, Livestock,
Fisheries and Food Processing sectors with special focus on women
entrepreneurship, environmental sustainability and social safeguard in country.
MDP aims that at least 70% of the additional 40,000 ME borrowers will be women.
CCDA has been implementing the program with associate by Palli
Karma-Sohayak Foundation (PKSF) since 2019. The project objective to
increase the adoption of environmentally sustainable practices by targeted
microenterprises. The first of the three components of SEP will support common
services influencing non-revenue-generating physical activities to be environmentally
sustainable through enhancing low polluting businesses as well as increased
eco-labeling, product certification, brand development and access to premium
markets. Besides, organizations’ capacity development and revenue-generating
common services are included in this component. The project, through
component-2, will be extending financial support for income-generating
opportunities to the targeted microenterprises by supporting investment in
activities — which are resource-efficient, low polluting, green and resilient
through organizations as Agrosor loan. Under the
component-3, ensure the project implementation in a timely and effective
manner. It also includes activities for organization capacity building,
facilitating communication and knowledge management, printing-publications,
sub-sector studies, and monitoring and evaluation (M&E).