4. In which ways is the initiative creative and innovative?
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Since the establishment of the MSE strategy there were further implementation mechanisms such as by encouraging and supporting the TVET and University graduates to join the MSE sector creates job opportunities as per their academic/technical backgrounds.The implementation of the strategy was further extended/strengthened ,by building the capacity of Micro and Small Enterprises’ promoters and other implementer/ actors, facilitating access to financial resource, providing working and selling premises, facilitating adaptation, development and transfer of technology among themselves and from others in collaboration with TVET, facilitating market linkage locally and abroad. Currently implementation of kaizen philosophy is being pursued in the promotion of the MSE sector. It is supposed to help them to increase their product quality and productivity, which shall ultimately bring about transformation of enterprises from Micro to Small and from Small to Medium size enterprises.
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5. Who implemented the initiative and what is the size of the population affected by this initiative?
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The stakeholders of the sectors are:-
• Micro Finance Institutions
• National Bank of Ethiopia
• Technical and Vocational Educational Training Institutions(TVETs)
• Ministry of Trade
• Ministry Industry
• Ethiopian Revenue and Custom Authority
• Ministry of Science and Technology
• Ethiopian Entrepreneurship Development Center
• Ministry of Women, Childe and Youth Affairs
• Metal and Engineering Technology Corporation (METEC)
• NGO’s and private sectors such as investors, suppliers, and other concerned bodies
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6. How was the strategy implemented and what resources were mobilized?
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As Micro and Small Enterprises are business creation entities, there are resources needed like a Land, finance, human resource, machineries and other materials. The mobilization mechanism is coordinated at federal levelin the Federal Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agency and supplemented by other institutions working together that allocategovernmentbudget to the success of Micro and Small Enterprises.In regard to this,provision of finance for MSEs is facilitated by the Micro Finance Institutions,production and selling premises for micro and small enterprise are provided by the city administrations of the respective regions, technical and managerial trainings and supply of machinery for MSEsis provided by the regions/citiesTechnical and Vocational Educational Training Bureaus/centers.
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7. Who were the stakeholders involved in the design of the initiative and in its implementation?
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The most successful output in the development of MSEs isCreation of job opportunity for theyouth and women, creating developmental investors, entrepreneursand wealthy people that results in increment of household income. In other dimensionsWomen empowerment and saving culture of the people increased. Since many manufacturing based enterprises are developing the industrialization process is enhanced to some extent
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8. What were the most successful outputs and why was the initiative effective?
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The monitoring and evaluation mechanism of the sector includes monthly &quarterly, semi-annual and annual reporting system,quarterly & special field supervision programs and constant downward feedbackfollowing the field visit and periodicreview meeting with the head of Regional Micro and Small Enterprises Development Agencies and other executing bodies.
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9. What were the main obstacles encountered and how were they overcome?
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The main obstacles challenging the development of the sector were mainly the attitudinal problems (which is this time mitigated noticeably)of the society towards the sector. The other constraining problems include;unbalanced electric power demand & supply for the MSE clusters, poor ICT infrastructure for exchanging up-to-date data, dependency syndrome (Expecting everything from the government) prevailing in the sectors’ elements, lack of co-ordination and capacity to solve problems at all levels,the teaching capacity of the TVET trainers.FeMSEDA and regional Micro & Small Enterprises Development Agencies are taking measures to overcome these obstacles using constant awareness creation over the strategies for the MSEs and for target groups,expanding best practice of model Micro and Small Enterprises for youth & women by using different medias at each stages, through provision of refreshment trainings for the sectors executive bodies about implementation of manuals at the same time share experiences from each other.
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