Technical proposal Organizational Profile Name

Margdarshak Community Development Support Services Pvt. Ltd

Year of Establishment
2004

Address
B-905, CID colony , Mahanagar Lucknow 226006, Uttar Pradesh

Contact Name
Sandeep Srivastava

Contact Telephone Number

0522-6453025

E-Mail Address
sandeeps@margdarshak.org.in

Thematic Area of operation

Agriculture Strengthening and Livelihood Promotion Micro, small and medium enterprise development Micro finance development.

Geographic scope of work: All of India , Bangladesh Past Client Organization: Provided with the list of Assignments Turnover
One year ago? 35.98 INR lakh Two years ago? 32.16 INR lakh Three years ago? 8.16 INR lakh

Name of the assignment

LIST OF ASSIGNMENTS Name of Nature of the Agency technical inputs Oxfam GB Oxfam India Trust Oxfam India Trust Data analysis of baseline data Impact Assessment Resource base analysis, value chain analysis Survey and Strategy development Impact Assessment Intervention strategies Impact Assessment Value Chain analysis Impact Assessment Business Dev Service Business Dev Service Business Dev

Assignment for data analysis and report writing for household survey in Badakhsan, Afghanistan Impact Assessment of Natural Resource Management Programme, UP and MP Documentation of Agricultural marketing scenario of Orissa and subsequent Resource Base Analysis and Value Chain analysis of Agri-produce in 5 selected districts of Orissa. A survey to identify potential livelihood opportunity for widows in Varanasi Impact Assessment of Disaster Preparedness and Livelihood Promotion Programme Development of Livelihood Intervention Strategies for Sitapur , Barabanki and Kanpur Impact Assessment- Food distributions, Supaul flood response , Bihar, India Conducting spices value chain analysis in the state of Uttarakhand Impact Assessment of Flood recovery program 2008 for Bihar and Orissa Project Consulting support to Traidcraft Bangladesh for EU supported SLIPP project Rural Industries Programme, Barabanki, Cluster Development of Mini Rice Mills in

Resourc e Allocati on 3000 USD 12000 US$ 10000 US$

Location

Duration

Offsite Bundelkhand Orissa

Feb 2009 June 2005 Apr- Aug 08

Opportunity International Oxfam India Trust World Vision India Oxfam India Trust Appropriate Technologies Oxfam India Trust Traidcraft UK SIDBI EDA Rural

5000 US$ 18000 US$ 10000 US$ 9000 US$ 8000 US$ 11000 US$ 52000 US$ 20000 US$ 22000

Varanasi 6 districts of Orissa Sitapur, Barabanki & Kanpur Bihar Uttarakhand Bihar and Orissa 2 districts Bangladesh Barabanki , UP Allahabad, UP

May-Aug 07 Jan- Aug 07 Dec 07Feb 08 Oct-Nov 2008 May-Oct 08 Nov 08Feb 09 Jan 08- Dec 09 2006-09 2005-08

Allahabad Consultancy Services for BDS and Technical Assistance to Samudaram Assessing the feasibility of micro-enterprise development in the region Value Chain Analysis of Agricultural Produce

System Oxfam GB/ UAA PANI Parmarth

To conduct baseline survey for members of Oxfam GB the fishing cooperatives in Tikamgarh and Chattarpur districts of MP

Service Business Dev Service Intervention strategy Value Chain Analysis Baseline survey

US$ 25000 US$ 2200 US$ 3500 US$ 8000 US$

4 districts of Orissa Faizabad, UP Jalaun, MP Tikamgarh MP

2008-2010 Oct- Nov 07 Jun-Oct 06 Nov 08Feb 09

Assignment deliverables
Baseline study will focus on 20 pilot SMEs in the State of West Bengal in India ( The definition of SME will be any registered business entity having more than 10 employees and less than 250 employees) Baseline data will include basic information about: 1. The business- sales turnover for the last three years, any other occupation, markets (both domestic and international), details of products, high selling items, pricing and costing at each stage of production, profitability, no of people employed, employment record, peak season, initiatives on product development, any interventions by government or NGOs, bank linkages, any other support received, raw material procurement sources, supply chain actors, 2. Environmental and social standards- the efforts for conserving the environment, the social benefits to the workers, criteria for selecting a worker, payment schedule, working conditions, availability of facilities at the unit, health hazards while producing, water pollution, 3. Household data (including social development issues such as health and education), no of family members, social capital, any health cards/ medical facilities

4. Information of service providers for the business: types of services available in the region, if availed any, experience and suitability, cost, time taken Study will also look at synergies and interdependencies (existing and potential) between SMEs in Bangladesh and India Baseline study will identify some of the key issues facing SME, identify needs and expectations, what are the gaps in services, demand for services

Methodology & Approach of the study

2.1 Research design

The type of research tools to be designed will be longitudinal in which only fixed sample of the population is measured repeatedly on the same variables. It means sampled population in both experimental and control group will be interviewed over regular interval of time. It will help in detecting any changes on income, expenditure, socio-political status, enterprise behavior towards environment etc of the sampled population in regular intervals throughout the project period. The present scope of the work will be to collect the baseline status of the proposed beneficiaries in the project area. 2.2 Sampling frame & Sample size

2.2.1 Selection of SMEs for survey

A population list of SMEs dealing with Jute Diversified Products will be collected through yellow pages or through JDMC in the geographical locations where the project is going to work. From this list, randomly 25 enterprises will be selected for the survey. This group will be called

as the (experimental group). In the 2nd phase of the survey, 10 enterprises not to be included in project implementation will be selected as non beneficiary and will be called as ( control group).
2.2.2 Selection of stakeholders for in-depth interview

a. NGOs working in the field of JDPs b. Various associations involved in Jute, primarily exporters, jute mill owners, traders etc
c. Govt. support institutions for JDPs

d. Research Institutions in the field of JDPs

2.3

Secondary literature review

2.4 Data collection tools

For collecting primary data from various stakeholders a mix of data collection tool will be administered. These tools will be designed in a way to collect quantitative and qualitative data from social, economic and political dimensions of community for interpretation. Following are the data collection tools.
2.4.1 Structured questionnaire

A Structured questionnaire will be designed for survey of the small & medium enterprises. These questionnaires will primarily collect quantitative data of about the business status of the enterprise, environmental concerns of the promoter, household data of the promoter.
2.4.2 Open ended questionnaire

Open ended questionnaires will be prepared for facilitating in-depth interviews with the key stakeholders. Different set of questionnaires will be prepared for different stakeholders.

2.5 Matrix of indicators

Objectives Indicator Output 1- Sales turnover for the last three years Business status Markets (both domestic and international), Data collection tools SME survey SME survey, Stakeholder interview, Secondary literature review Details of products, high selling items, peak SME survey, Stakeholder interview, seasons, initiatives on product development Secondary literature review

Pricing and costing at each stage of production, profitability, No of people employed, employment record Any interventions by government or NGOs, bank linkages, any other support received Raw material procurement sources, supply

SME survey, SME survey, SME survey, SME survey,

Objectives

Indicator chain actors, Criteria for selecting a worker, payment schedule, The social benefits to the workers, working conditions, availability of facilities at the unit, health hazards while producing. Water pollution, the efforts for conserving the environment, House hold information such as family members, source of income, education level, amenities at home etc Healthcare facilities

Data collection tools

Output 2Environment and social standards

SME survey,

SME survey, Secondary literature review SME survey, SME survey, SME survey,

Output 3 Household data

Output 4 IndoBangladesh synergies

Synergies and interdependencies (existing SME survey, Stakeholder interview, and potential) between SMEs in Bangladesh Secondary literature review and India

Output 5 Key issues affecting SMEs

Identify some of the key issues facing SME, identify needs and expectations, what are the gaps in services, demand for services

SME survey, Stakeholder interview, Secondary literature review

3 Team composition
MCDSS will be providing a team of 5 personnel for this assignment, 2 will be senior staff and 3 will be Junior professionals. The CVs of the team is being attached separately.

Activity plan
SN Activity 1 Development of template for 1 sampling framework in excel sheet 2 Sampling (SMEs) , 3 Refining of data collection tools (Structured questionnaire for SMEs, Open ended questionnaire for in-depth interviews with 2 3 4 5 Week 6 7 8 9 1 0 1 1 12

SN Activity stakeholders) 4 Pretest of research tools Induction workshop for field 5 surveyors, consultants 6 Field investigation work Centralized editing of filled forms, computerization of data, Data 7 cleaning 8 Data analysis, tabulation etc 9 Report writing Literature review 10 Finalization of report as per 11 comment

Week