INCLUSIVE RURAL MARKETS - INCLUSIVE RURAL MARKETS-export_new strategy Landsbygdsmarknader Reprogrammed funds to mitigate the impact of COVID-19
The main objective of the project is to improve the living conditions of the target population and thereby reducing their levels of poverty. Specific objectives of the project are to: i) increase the net incomes of productive family units, ii) increase their resilience towards climate change, iii) improve their working conditions (employment/self-employment), and reducing their social vulnerability, iv) enhance the empowerment of women, and v) improve participatory public planning and management mechanisms. 

The Project will have five planned components:
-	Development and access to product markets
-	Development and  access to non-financial services markets, inputs and technologies
-	Development and access to financial products and services
-	Favorable context for social and economic development
-	Women´s empowerment

The contribution is a co-financed between The Swedish Embassy in La Paz (The Embassy) and the Swiss Development Cooperation in Bolivia and the implementing partner is Swisscontact, a global NGO with three offices in Bolivia. 

The intervention is based on the facilitation of coordinated actions where the different system markets actors can bring financial and non-financial services, supplies, technology in accessible and inclusive conditions to rural families (with emphasis on women). Those interventions should allow more and better incomes for the sales of their products in a more environmental friendly business model, lowering at the same time their risk. 
Swisscontact has together with The Embassy been using the multidimensional poverty analysis approach combined with the markets for the poor approach in the development of the programme and in the analysis of context and identification of target groups. These two approaches will be implemented throughout the programme. Omprogrammerade medel för att lindra konsekvenserna av covid-19
Det övergripande syftet med insatsen är att förbättra levnadsvillkoren för befolkningen på landsbygden med speciellt fokus på kvinnor och minska fattigdomen i denna målgrupp genom: 
1) Ökad inkomst för små lantbrukare
2) Ökad resiliens i produktionen för småskaliga lantbrukare mot klimatförändringar
3) Förbättrade arbetsvillkor för män och kvinnor för minskad social sårbarhet
4) Ökad kvinnlig egenmakt
5) Förbättrat deltagande i publik planering och styrandemekanismer

Insatsen är ett samarbete mellan Schweiziska utvecklings institutionen (SDC) och Sveriges Ambassad i Bolivia (härefter "Ambassaden") där genomförandeparten är Swisscontakt, en global NGO med kontor i La Paz. Insatsen baseras på habilitering och koordinering av aktiviteter där olika marknadsaktörer ger människor på landsbygden, med fokus på kvinnor, ökad tillgång till  finansiella och icke finansiella tjänster, teknik och service. 
Aktiviteterna väntas bidra till ökad inkomst framförallt i försäljning av livsmedel, främjandet av miljövänliga marknadsmodeller (såsom ekologiska produkter och hållbara produktionssystem) och en ökad ekonomisk, social och miljömässig resiliens. 

I utvecklandet av programmet och analys av kontext har Swisscontakt tillsammans med Svenska Ambassaden arbetat med den multidimensionella fattigdomsanalysen (MDPA) tillsammans med en "Market for the poor" (M4P) ansats och dessa två ansatser kombinerade kommer att genomsyra genomförandet av insatsen. The main objective of the project is to improve the living conditions of the target population and thereby reducing their levels of poverty contributing mainly to SDG 1. Specific objectives of the project are to:
- i) increase the net incomes of productive family units,
- ii) increase their resilience towards climate change,
- iii) improve their working conditions (employment/self-employment), and reducing their social vulnerability,
- iv) enhance the empowerment of women, and
- v) improve participatory public planning and management mechanisms.  The intended outcome are: - 27.000 Small Farmers will get access to services, resources and markets in a favourable environment - 16.000 Small Farmers will increase Productivity and Employment - 10.000 Small Farmers will rise their Net Incomes more that 30%  In all cases an analysis of men and women´s participation will be done.
For achieving the goals proposed for the project,  five components have been established:
- Component 1 Development and access to product markets
- Component 2 Development and access to non-financial services markets, inputs and technologies
- Component 3 Development and access to financial products and services
- Component 4 Favourable context for social and economic development
- Component 5 Women's empowerment
Additional comments for the 3rd amendment of the programme:
The overall objective of the intervention will not change, but the environmental focus will be further strenghtened. Especially the added part of the intervention focusing on reforestation will hopefully have long term positive effects on the target group, since apart from decreasing greenhouse gases it will provide better farming opportunities on the high plateau of Bolivia.