Deadline: 30 November 2024
GIZ SuATI invites young women and men in Assam, India to propose innovative ideas to start a business, or expand their existing services, around the dissemination of agricultural training videos using a Digisoft Smart Projector.
This call for Entrepreneurs for Rural Access (ERAs) is part of the “Support of Agroecological transformation processes in India” (SuATI) project, which is being implemented by the Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)-India in collaboration with partners, including Access Agriculture.
They invite young women and men in Assam, India to propose innovative ideas to start a business, or expand their existing services, around the dissemination of agricultural training videos using a Digisoft Smart Projector.
Members of Self-help groups (SHGs) and Farmer Producer Organisations (FPOs) are preferred.
Eligibility Criteria
- Applicants: Teams of up to three young people – preferably led by a young woman or have young women as members of the team – can submit a proposal
- Age: 18-35 years
- Residence of ERAs preferred: Assam, India
- Submission deadline is: 30 November 2024
- Language skills: Assamese, and working knowledge of English
Selection Process
- A committee of communication and development professionals will review and assess the proposals based on the novelty and strength of the business proposal in promoting agroecological practices and principles using Access Agriculture videos.
- A shortlist of pre-selected applicants will be developed by the committee.
- The pre-selected applicants will be informed via email and/or phone call.
- An online interview will be held with shortlisted applicants.
- The shortlisted candidates will be informed about the outcome of the interview within a week of the interview.
- Selected teams will have a face-to-face meeting with the regional ERA coach to clarify roles, reporting, training on the use of the smart projector and handover the smart projector.
Implementation required for selected teams
- If you are selected, you will be expected to sign a code of conduct document that stipulates that you will continue using the smart projector to show Access Agriculture videos until the end of the project to grow your business or services, to promote natural farming and agroecology and organic farming and report back regularly to Access Agriculture. After the end of the project, the projector will become your property.
- All selected teams are obliged to start activities within one month after receiving the Smart Projector. Access Agriculture reserves the right to take back the smart projector for failure to carry out activities.
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