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 ==Organizations/NGOs/Partners==
 '''ICO'''
-International Co-operative Alliance[http://www.ica.coop/fr/]
+(?)
-::The International Co-operative Alliance is an independent, non-governmental organisation which unites, represents and serves co-operatives worldwide. ICA members are national and international co-operative organisations in all sectors of activity including agriculture, banking, fisheries, health, housing, industry, insurance, tourism and consumer co-operatives. ICA has 222 member organisations from 85 countries. ICA's priorities and activities centre on promoting and defending the Co-operative Identity, ensuring that co-operative enterprise is a recognised form of enterprise that is able to compete in the marketplace. ICA's activities include:
-:::#ICA raises awareness about co-operatives.
-:::#ICA ensures that the right policy environment exists to enable co-operatives to grow and prosper.
-:::#ICA provides its members with key information, best practice and contacts.
-:::#ICA is able to communicate the position of the Co-operative Movement on a wide range of economic, social and cultural issues because of its special status with the UN, the Council of Europe and regional development banks.
-:::#ICA provides technical assistance to co-operatives through its development programme.
 '''NGOs'''
-*Pya.Pya
+*Project Consulting organization Pya.Pya
 ::A Development Consultancy working with and for communities directly at the grassroots level, in partnership with dynamic individuals, social groups and local civil society organizations. Fostering of real change and promote gender equality and respect of women’s rights through the utilization of women’s skills and intelligence, cultures and resources.
 *Organisation of Rural Women's Development Association for Progress''
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 *Femmes Étoile de Banka''
 ::Association qui fait dans la transformation du manioc en divers produits(Baton de manioc,Tapioca,Couscous).
+==Evaluating solidity, accountability and sustainability==
+*Criteria
+#ability to take leadership and initiative on gender issues
+#ties with civil society
+#diverisification of activities
+#an integrated process of reflection and learning
 ==Project Description==
-::''what'' : a cooperative of agricultural workers and buyers
+'''coop'''
-::''how'' : use new technologies to facilitate the transactions between producers and buyers( members of the coop can advertise their goods and offers on a Web site with their own Internet addresses, and farmer and trader groups can set up Web sites to manage all these services for their members) and have a local store where producers can advertise and sell their products to local community members.
+*what: a cooperative of agricultural workers and buyers
-::''who'': agricultural workers of Banka/Bafang, buyers of cities (Yaoundé, Douala)
+*how: use new technologies to facilitate the transactions between producers and buyers( members of the coop can advertise their goods and offers on a Web site with their own Internet addresses, and farmer and trader groups can set up Web sites to manage all these services for their members) and have a local store where producers can advertise and sell their products to local community members.
+*who: agricultural workers of Banka/Bafang, buyers of cities (Yaoundé, Douala)
+*Partners
+#Chefferie Banka
+#exportateur de café
+#fonctionnaire au service de l'agriculture
+#radio communautaire
 ====Project Objectives====
-::''why'':
+*why:
 ::-to enable agricultural workers (peasants) to prosper through timely supply of reliable, high quality local agricultural inputs and services to urban buyers
 ::-to faciliate the trade between rural and urban buyers
 ::-to initiate other socio-economic activitities to improve the welfare of the Banka/Bafang community
+*Our short-term objectives are:
+**to mobilize more workers to form a worker cooperative;
+**to obtain space to sell products;
+**to locate funding sources;
+**to organize the flow of production to buyers;
+**to  set up websites for trading;
+**to organize capacity-building workshops and training on worker cooperatives, 	entreneurship and the use of technology;
+*Our long term objectives are:
+**to actively engage in advocacy work concerning women’s rights;
+**to support the promotion of the women's rights and labor rights;
+**to encourage the young unemployed of the cities to return to the villages because the fields are stable sources of revenue;
+**to engage in policy work concerning the labor rights of agriculture workers.
 *Activities
-*Tasks
+Activity 1 : Production and sale of corn and manioc products
-*Partners
+-	Task 1 : form a group of producers and recruit buyers
-#Chefferie Banka
+-	Task 2 : develop a management strategy
-#exportateur de café
-#fonctionnaire au service de l'agriculture
+Activity 2 : Sale of corn and manioc products to urban buyers and local consumers.
-#radio communautaire
+-	Task 2 : devise marketing strategy
+Activity 3:  Education and capacity-building
+-	Task 1: Identify needs for capacity-building
+-	Task 2: build network of support and expertise
+Activity 4: Advocacy and policy work
+-	Task 1: Develop a priorities list
+-	Task 2: Develop advocacy strategies
+-	Task 3: Increase awareness on labor and women’s rights
+*Working groups
+**Working group 1: research, assessment and product quality
+- responsible to monitor the quality and flow of the production and gather information. The team will be responsible for organizing capacity training workshops on using different technologies to improve production and quality of 		production.
+**Working group 2: export
+- responsible for making connections with local urban buyers.
+**Working group 3: advocacy and policy work
+**Working group 4: women and youth
+**Working group 5: cooperative management
+**Working group 6: education and training
 ==Evaluating solidity, accountability and sustainability==
 *Criteria
-#capacity to build and maintain relationships with local social movements
+#include gender perspective in their mandate
-#reputation
 #ties with civil society
-#innovative
+#leadership &innovation
-#leadership
+#require a ‘long term’ investment
+#ability to diversify their activities
 ==Gender: 5 Actions with women==
 *5 Actions
-#create publications on women's activities and give out in city and villages
+**integrate her voice in the areas of management and decision-making by ensuring that all of the working groups have women in them, meetings are lead 50% of the time by women and women have a role in developing actions and evaluation plans;
-#capacity-building training seminars on policy work to increase participation in the implementation of priority issues
+**develop capacity-building training seminars on policy work and gender issues;
-#build a support network by organizing forums on rural women's priorities
+**build a support network by organizing forums on rural women's priorities organized by women although both genders can facilitate workshops;
-#reinforce women's entrepreneurial role with management capacity-building training
+**support women's collection, analysis and processing of data. In every phase, women need to integrate time during meetings to recollect in women-only spaces to analyze and discuss data and findings.
-#support women's collection, analysis and processing of data
+**create publications on women's activities and give out in city and villages. This includes information on women’s situation and activities.
 ==Links==
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 *Geographical Information
 **[http://famille.banka.free.fr/images/or_carte/Image2.jpg Haut Nkam District]
+*Cooperative
+**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperatives#Worker_cooperative worker cooperative]
 *ICO/Partners/NGOs Information
-**[http://www.ica.coop/ica/2009-ica-rules-en.pdf International Cooperative Alliance Rules]
+**[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=121fa55c1f23dea9&attid=0.9&disp=inline&realattid=f_fw5dqu698&zw Photo of Femme du groupe Femme Étoile de Banka]
-**[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=121fa55c1f23dea9&attid=0.9&disp=inline&realattid=f_fw5dqu698&zw Femme du groupe Femme Étoile de Banka]
 **[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=1216926e578d42a7&attid=0.1&disp=vah&zw Pya.Pya Constitution]
 **[http://famille.banka.free.fr/ Chefferie Banka]
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 **[http://mail.google.com/mail/?shva=1#search/(from%3A(defores%40gmail.com)+OR+to%3A(defores%40gmail.com))/121fa55c1f23dea9 Hearthstone]
 **[http://mail.google.com/mail/?ui=2&ik=5d96bcf46c&view=att&th=121fa55c1f23dea9&attid=0.4&disp=inline&realattid=f_fw5d8bdj3&zw Corn Processing Machine]
+*FYI
+**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Statement_on_the_Co-operative_Identity Statement on the Co-operative Identity]
+**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rochdale_Principles Rochdale Principles]
+**[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Workers%27_self-management Worker's self-management]
+**[http://www.ica.coop/ica/2009-ica-rules-en.pdf ICA Rules]
+**[http://www.ica.coop/members/stat-questionnaire.pdf ICA Member Questionaire]
+**[http://www.ilo.org/dyn/gender/docs/RES/536/F932374742/web%20gender%20manual.pdf Manual for Gender Audit Facilitators]
+**[http://www.un.org/millenniumgoals/ Millenium Goals]