Pekerti Foundation

The duration project stage 2 is 6 month, that started on May until October 2008. The project stage two has a goal to Strengthen and enhance the capacity of the Seukeu Aceh Cooperative to be stand alone, independent and sustain as an umbrella and a center for women pandan business activities. To achieve this goal, it will use program as follows :

1. Cooperative Strengthening

The program stage 2 will maintain sustainability of Seukeu Aceh coop as a center of women pandan business. To make the coop sustain, it has to be strengthened through , giving board motivation to be active on cooperative, board reshuffle, skill training for cooperatives management, cooperative business plan arrangement, cooperative regular meeting, group regular meeting.

2. Widen Project Services

In order to widen the project services to wider beneficiaries, this stage is for new 200 beneficiaries, they will be given all the training and program that given to previous beneficiaries on the project stage 1.

3. Product and Production

For sustainability of Seukeu Aceh Coop , after project intervention of the stage 2, coop also has to have qualified and marketable product. To achieve this objective, it use program Product development training in Java for selected beneficiaries then they transfer the skill to other beneficiaries in field.

4. Developing Standard Marketing System

Marketing is an important part of the business. To support the cooperative business development, experience and insight in marketing are needed, through the project stage 2, we do some activities that support the standard marketing system of coop. The activities are marketing administration training, marketing consultation, marketing session plan for coop, iimplementation of marketing plan, exhibition and Promotion Preparation, promotion to national and international focused exposition (PPE and PKA), Coops Web Site Development.