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New Economic Opportunities for Northern Kosovo- NEON New Economic Opportunities for northern Kosovo- NEON FINAL REPORT For the period March 4, 2019 through September 3, 2020 Prepared by Kosovo Center for Business Support (KCBS) AUGUST 2020 0 Final Report, for the period March 04, 2019 to March 03, 2020 TABLE OF CONTENTS EXECUTIVE SUMMARY .................................................................................................................................. 3 PERFORMANCE AGAINST INDICATORS SUMMARY ...................................................................................... 5 COVID-19 ........................................................................................................................................................ 9 SUCCESS STORIES ......................................................................................................................................... 11 STATUS OF MILESTONES ............................................................................................................................. 14 Milestone 1: Work plan prepared ............................................................................................................... 14 Milestone 2: Greenhouses and necessary equipment distributed to qualified farmers .......................... 16 Milestone 3 and 4: Established linkages between farmers and market ................................................... 20 Milestone 5. Call for interns completed and interns placed ...................................................................... 29 Milestone 6. 50% of interns complete required internship and receive full-time job offer related to skills generated in internship ...................................................................................................................... 32 Milestone 7. 50% of interns complete required internship and receive full-time job offer related to skills generated in internship ...................................................................................................................... 41 ANNEXES ...................................................................................................................................................... 48 Annex 1. List of farmers that received greenhouse .................................................................................... 48 Annex 2. List of contracts with existing farmers (as direct result from B2B) ............................................ 50 Annex 3. List of contracts with new farmers (as direct result from B2B) .................................................. 52 Annex 4: List of businesses that expressed interest to hire interns .......................................................... 55 Annex 5: List of businesss where interns were placed ............................................................................... 57 Annex 6: List of selected interns and companies (Group I) ........................................................................ 58 Annex 7: List of selected interns and companies (Group II) ....................................................................... 59 Annex 8: List of interns and companies that signed long-term employment contracts, converting interns into full-time employees ................................................................................................................. 60 Annex 9. STTA Report (technical support to farmers) ................................................................................ 62 Annex 10. STTA Report (technical support to farmers) .............................................................................. 69 Annex 11. Personal Stories .......................................................................................................................... 75 Annex 12. Project pictures .......................................................................................................................... 84 1 Kosovo Center for Business Support-KCBS Final Report, for the period March 04, 2019 to March 03, 2020 B2B Business To Business EU European Union KCBS Kosovo Center for Business Support MAFRD Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Rural Development MoU Memorandum of Understanding MTI Ministry of Trade and Industry AGRO Agricultural Growth and Rural Opportunities NGO Non-Governmental Organization US United States USAID United States Agency for International Development 2 Final Report, for the period March 04, 2019 to March 03, 2020 EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) awarded project New Economic Opportunities for northern Kosovo (NEON) - Grant No. FAA-72016719RFA00001, to Kosovo Center for Business Support - (KCBS). The timeframe for implementation of this project is March 4, 2019 through September 3, 2020 On March 4, 2019 Kosovo Center for Business Support/KCBS started to implement activity “New Economic Opportunities for northern Kosovo-NEON”. The main goal of the activity is to increase sales and employment in the north of Kosovo’s agricultural sector, by upgrading its participation primarily in the commercial vegetables value chain. This activity was focused in two main areas: greenhouses and internship program. This activity included several phases such as: business assessment for potential greenhouses, selection of farmers and distribution of greenhouses and neccesary equipment for up to 70 farmers, survey of among companies to identify their needs for employees, call for interns to apply for internship program and selction of up to 100 interns that will work at identified businesses for up to six months, ongoing monitoring of greenhouse production, ongoing monitoring of internship program, including permanent job placement among interns, and finding market for end-products of farmers. Figure 1. Ambasador Kosnett visits farmer’s booth Figure 2. Ambasador Kosnett visits farmer’s booth during B2B event in Mitrovica during B2B event in Mitrovica Main results that were achieved during implementation of the project: • Total revenues for the LOP were 599,250 euros • 312 FTE jobs are created • 71 farmers benefit from grants and/or technical assistance • Internship opportunities are provided to 100 youth • 51 interns obtained jobs after completion of internship program Conclusions and recommendatios: 1. Continued consultancy would help improving the following the production process a. Usage of the drip irrigation system for irrigation, b. Feeding the cultivated plants in adequate frequency with high–solubility fertilizers depending on development stage of the plants, 3 Final Report, for the period March 04, 2019 to March 03, 2020 c. Prevention measures and plant protection from pests and diseases. d. Managing growing conditions within greenhouse, temperature and ventilation. 2. Continued support would help improving the market linkages between farmers in the north and buyers in the south 3. Increase capacity to ‘best’ farmers 4. Introduction, implementation and certification of quality and organizational standards to the leaders 5. Expand support beyond greenhouse production to other sectors and sub-sectors, such as NWFP, textile, wood processing and ICT. 6. Introduce another internship program, divided in three 3-month stages: training, placement and job-retaining 4 Final Report, for the period March 04, 2019 to March 03, 2020 PERFORMANCE AGAINST INDICATORS SUMMARY During implementation this activity, KCBS supported 71 farmers and achieved below results: • Total revenues for 18-month period reached value of 599,250 euros • Employment is generated in the amount of total 312 (98 FT and 214 PT-FTE equivalent jobs) are created • 71 farmers benefit from grants and/or technical assistance • Market chain linkages are improved in minority businesses • Technical advice and training provided tools for more efficient utilization of the greenhouses • Internship opportunities are provided to 100 youth • 100 interns are trained on basic soft skills • Interns are placed at 24 companies of different profiles • 51 interns obtained jobs after completion of internship program KCBS supported farmers with micro-grants provided to them for acquisition of greenhouses and other additional equipment for work in greenhouses, and with technical suppport, throughout entire production cycle, as well as support in selling their products. Technical support provided to these farmers was short-term technical assistance to improve their capacities to plant and grow the types of marketable dentified products, in quantity and quality needed. Technical assistance has been provided in all stages of production cycle in greenhouses: seedling selection and planting, fertilization and irrigation, growing care requirements, harvest, post-harvest for both greenhouse and open field production, and Integrated Pest Management (IPM). In addition, farmers were linked with buyers to sell their products, i.e. aggregators. In addition, KCBS supported aggregators in form of micro-grants provided to them for acquisition of equipment and in form of technical suppport, especially in linking them with farmers and hypermarkets. 5 Final Report, for the period March 04, 2019 to March 03, 2020 Data source & collection Unit, definition and Base-line Base-line IR Performance Indicators LOP Target Actuyal results method disaggregation Year Value Objective: Increased economic opportunities in northern Kosovo IR 2.2/ Target Enterprises/Farmers Sub-IR Value of sales Euros 2018 TBD 400,000 599,250 for enterprise level data 2.2.2 IR 2.2/ Number of farmers receiving services
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