Before the Project "Supporting cooperatives managed by women, creating jobs for female workers by 2030" (Project 01), in Hai Duong province, the work of supporting cooperatives managed by women was limited, not attracting the participation of female workers while the demand for jobs of female workers was very large.
The birth of Project 01 has created a premise for policy mechanisms as well as a legal corridor for the People's Committee of Hai Duong province to develop and issue Plan No. 3474/KH-UBND dated September 18, 2023 on the implementation of Project 01. The plan focuses on 6 contents: Propaganda and awareness raising; strengthening and improving the quality of cooperatives; supporting training and capacity building; strengthening inter-sectoral coordination; prioritizing the development of new cooperatives; supporting market connection and trade promotion.
In the implementation work, the Plan especially emphasizes the inter-sectoral coordination between the Hai Duong Provincial Women's Union and relevant departments and branches (Department of Planning and Investment, Department of Agriculture and Rural Development, Department of Labor - Invalids and Social Affairs, etc.) to provide comprehensive support for cooperatives managed by women, from consulting on establishment, production development to trade promotion and market search. The Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee requests the Provincial Women's Union to step up consulting and supporting the establishment of new cooperatives and cooperative groups managed by women; setting a goal in the 2023-2025 period to support the establishment of 5 more cooperatives and 15 cooperative groups managed by women.
Along with the direction of implementing Plan No. 3474/KH-UBND, Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee prioritizes funding for the Provincial Women's Union to deploy the contents of Project 01, focusing on training activities, improving capacity on collective economy, cooperative economy in the new situation for female cadres and members; management, operation, science and technology knowledge for members of the Board of Directors, leaders, members of cooperatives, cooperative groups managed by women...
More than 600 members, women, female members participating in the Board of Directors, and the leadership of cooperatives in Hai Duong province have been trained and improved their capacity by the Association. At the training courses, women have boldly discussed, exchanged experiences, learned from each other, and at the same time formed a network of connections through social networking platforms such as Zalo and Facebook. The results achieved from the training courses not only help women confidently do business, participate in establishing and developing cooperatives, but also inspire the spirit of entrepreneurship and starting a business.
Ms. Luong Thi Cuc, Head of VietGap VAC Agricultural Production Cooperative (Lien Mac Commune, Thanh Ha District), shared: "Our cultivated land area is about 8 hectares, mainly growing guava trees. After participating in the training courses of Project 01, our production organization has been optimized. Everyone cultivates the same technical process, has the conditions to help and support each other. The output is also more stable, many schools and businesses know and place orders."
Mr. Tran Van Quan, Vice Chairman of Hai Duong Provincial People's Committee (middle); representative of Hai Duong Provincial Women's Union and leaders of some departments, branches and sectors of the province attended the Conference to launch Project 01, March 2023
Activities to support women in establishing and developing cooperatives and cooperative groups have been actively promoted by the Women's Union at all levels. In nearly 2 years of implementing Project 01, the Women's Union at all levels in the province has supported 8 cooperatives and 12 cooperative groups managed by women to develop and expand production scale; and supported the establishment of 7 new cooperatives. Cooperatives and cooperative groups managed by women in the province have created stable jobs for about 600 female workers.
"Participating in the activities of Project 01, the activities of cooperatives managed by women have clearly changed. Cooperatives managed by women not only play an important role in improving the lives of members and female workers but also contribute to the collective economic development of the province," said Ms. Trinh Ngoc Anh, Vice President of the Women's Union of Hai Duong province.
According to Ms. Trinh Ngoc Anh, in order to implement the activities of Project 01 as required by the Government, additional resources are needed. The budget allocated by the Provincial Women's Union to implement Project 01 has only stopped at training activities, capacity building through specialized training courses; supporting the development and establishment of new cooperatives and cooperative groups at the consulting and indirect support level; policies to support loans for cooperatives to develop production and business have not been resolved. The coordination to implement Project 01 between the Provincial Women's Union and the Department of Industry and Trade, the Department of Agriculture and Rural Development of the province also needs to be closer, not just stopping at reviewing and counting cooperatives and cooperative groups managed by women.
"To promote the activities of Project 01, the Hai Duong Provincial Women's Union recommends and proposes that the Provincial People's Committee continue to pay more attention to supporting and connecting social resources; at the same time, have close instructions to specialized departments, branches and People's Committees at all levels to coordinate with the Provincial Women's Union in implementing the Project effectively and practically," Ms. Trinh Ngoc Anh expressed.
Source: https://phunuvietnam.vn/hai-duong-tang-cuong-trien-khai-de-an-01-20241202163922196.htm
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