A VILLAGE GUESTHOUSE IN BULQIZË. ERALD LAMJA FOR USAID. PLANNING AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROJECT IN ALBANIA WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY (WPS): Gender-Sensitive Value Chain Analysis in the Municipality of Bulqizë SEPTEMBER 2019 PLANNING AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROJECT IN ALBANIA WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY (WPS) Gender-Sensitive Value Chain Analysis in the Municipality of Bulqizë GENDER-SENSITIVE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULQIZË | 2 PREPARED FOR THE UNITED STATES AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT, USAID CONTRACT NUMBER AID-182-C-12-00001, ALBANIA PLANNING AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROJECT (PLGP). THE GENDER-SENSITIVE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULQIZË WAS CONDUCTED BY CREATIVE BUSINESS SOLUTIONS (CBS) IN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE USAID PLANNING AND LOCAL GOVERNANCE PROJECT (PLGP) / WOMEN, PEACE & SECURITY (WPS). 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GENDER-SENSITIVE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULQIZË | 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS List of Tables ............................................................................................................................. 5 List of Figures ........................................................................................................................... 5 List of Abbreviations ................................................................................................................ 6 Rationale ................................................................................................................................... 7 Methodology ............................................................................................................................. 7 Method / Approach ........................................................................................................................................... 7 Methodology: Sector Selection ....................................................................................................................... 8 Methodology: Research Limitations ............................................................................................................ 9 Context ................................................................................................................................... 11 National Context on Gender Equality ........................................................................................................ 11 Bulqizë: General Background ........................................................................................................................ 12 Value Chain Analysis .............................................................................................................. 18 General Evaluation Based on Criteria/ SWOT Analysis ........................................................................ 18 Map of the Selected VC ................................................................................................................................. 23 Market System of the Selected VCs ............................................................................................................ 25 Supporting Functions and Rules ................................................................................................................... 26 Research Findings & Opportunities for Women Empowerment in the Selected VC ..................... 29 Action plan .............................................................................................................................. 31 Suggested Intervention Recommendations for the Municipality of Bulqizë ....................................... 31 Bibliography ............................................................................................................................ 33 Annexes ................................................................................................................................... 33 List of Surveys ................................................................................................................................................... 33 GENDER-SENSITIVE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULQIZË | 4 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Population and number of families in the Municipality of Bulqizë ................................................. 12 Table 2. Monuments in Municipality of Bulqizë ................................................................................................. 15 Table 3. Ranking and selection of value chains using Gender-Sensitive Criteria: Municipality of Bulqizë ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 18 Table 4. Assessment of women’s empowerment and gender equality in the MAPs Value Chain ........ 19 Table 5. Assessment of women’s empowerment and gender equality in the Agritourism Value Chain ....................................................................................................................................................................................... 20 Table 6. SWOT analysis of the MAPs Value Chain .......................................................................................... 22 Table 7. SWOT analysis of the Agritourism Value Chain ............................................................................... 22 Table 8. Recommendations for Agritourism Value Chain .............................................................................. 31 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. Methodological Approach ....................................................................................................................... 8 Figure 2. Pre-identified Value Chains from the desk research ...................................................................... 14 Figure 3. Identified Value Chains ........................................................................................................................... 17 Figure 4. Mapping of Agritourism Value Chain .................................................................................................. 23 Figure 5. Illustration of the Agritourism supply ................................................................................................. 24 Figure 6. Agritourism market system – Municipality of Bulqizë .................................................................... 26 Figure 7. Opportunities of the Agritourism Value Chain ................................................................................ 29 Figure 8. Constraints of the Agritourism Value Chain .................................................................................... 30 GENDER-SENSITIVE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULQIZË | 5 LIST OF ABBREVIATIONS ARDA - Agriculture Rural Development Agency ALCDF - Albanian Local Capacity Development Foundation ATTCs - Agriculture Technology Transfer Centers AU - Administrative Unit BDS - Business Development Service CBS - Creative Business Solutions CEMR - Council of European Municipalities and Regions DCM - Decision of Council of Ministers GoA - Government of Albania GSVCA - Gender-Sensitive Value Chain Analysis GIZ - German International Development Agency HACCP - Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point standard IPARD - Instrument for Pre-Accession Assistance for Rural Development in Albania ISO - International Organization for Standardization MARD - Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development MAPs - Medicinal and Aromatic Plants NGO - Non-governmental Organization NSAPGE - National Strategy and Action Plan on Gender Equality OPLD - Operational Plan for Local Development PLGP - Planning and Local Governance Project USAID - United States Agency for International Development VC - Value Chain WPS - Women, Peace & Security GENDER-SENSITIVE VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS IN THE MUNICIPALITY OF BULQIZË | 6 RATIONALE The goal of the Planning and Local Governance Project’s (PLGP) Women, Peace & Security (WPS) activities is to build community resiliency and sustainability through activities that will contribute to the prevention of social exclusion, violent extremism, radicalization, marginalization, recruitment and conflict with a primary focus on women and girls as robust agents of peace and stability through a two-pronged, bottom-up implementation approach, while also strengthening host country capacity to perform these activities at the local, national, and regional levels. The project recognizes the importance of gender equality for sustainable economic and social development and women’s roles in building community resiliency and sustainability. This activity (under Component 3 of the PGLP project) is embedded in: 1. The project objectives of preventing and countering violent extremism, and supporting the