RECONOMY
The main goal of RECONOMY is to enable women and youth, including the most disadvantaged and excluded, to benefit from economic opportunities by increasing their income and taking up decent and green jobs, inclusively and sustainably.
Factsheet
- Schools involved School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences
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Institute(s)
HAFL Institut Hugo P. Cecchini
Agriculture - Research unit(s) International Agriculture and Rural Development
- Funding organisation Others
- Duration (planned) 01.01.2024 - 31.12.2024
- Head of project Prof. Dr. Zenebe Uraguchi
- Project staff Prof. Dr. Zenebe Uraguchi
- Partner Helvetas Swiss Intercooperation
- Keywords Sustainable production systems;Access to markets and value chains;Climate change mitigation and adaptation;Project cycle management and impact assessment;Capacity building;Curriculum development;Innov
Situation
RECONOMY is a regional program that is implemented across 11 counties in the countries of the Eastern Partnership and Western Balkans. It promotes green and inclusive economic opportunities by applying a Market Systems Development (MSD) approach and working with multiple implementation partners. The main phases (4 years) for both sub-regions have been approved by the Donor (Sida) and have begun with the beginning of 2023.
Course of action
The core of RECONOMY is using current knowledge and practices and encouraging learning and sharing between countries. The program accomplishes this by involving a variety of stakeholders, including public institutions, nonprofits, academia, and businesses. While doing so, the program focuses on common issues that countries of both regions face as well as shared actors that may step up and support systemic improvements. Since RECONOMY acknowledges that people live in countries, not regions, the program looks at local-regional processes and relationships. Without a place-sensitive frame of view, development efforts that ignore these facts frequently fall short. RECONOMY places a high priority on the “triple dividend,” or the addition of Social, Economic, and Environmental values.
