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Nicaraguan Network of Community Commerce
Description/achievement of initiative

The Nicaraguan Network of Community Commerce is a national network composed of 62 organizations that include cooperatives, rural women and female entrepreneur networks, consumer networks, and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) dedicated to agriculture and crafts activities. It works to create political and economic lobbying opportunities that will encourage the adoption of laws and alternative commercialization channels into public policy. The network also coordinates efforts in 18 farmers’ markets where more than 500 women currently sell their own products directly to the public. RENICC es una red de cobertura nacional, integrada por 62 organizaciones entre cooperativas, redes de mujeres productoras y empresariales, asociaciones, redes de consumidores, y ONGs vinculadas a actividades agropecuarias y artesanales. La red desarrolla procesos de incidencia política y económica en la búsqueda de leyes y canales alternativos de comercialización para que se incorporen en políticas públicas. Articula esfuerzo en 18 mercados campesinos donde actúan más de 500 mujeres que realizan comercialización directa de sus propios productos.

Implementation methodologies

The main areas of work for RENICC are: social economy, food security, rural women’s access to land, free trade agreements, and the efficacy of development cooperation. Los ejes de trabajo de RENICC son: economía social solidaria, seguridad alimentaria, acceso de mujeres rurales a tierra, tratados de libre comercio y eficacia de la cooperación al desarrollo.

Arrangements for Capacity-Building and Technology Transfer

Coordination mechanisms/governance structure

RENICC is a member of the alliance of civil society organizations dedicated to efficient development (AOED-LAC), as well as a member of the People’s Coalition on Food Sovereignty (PCFS). RENICC es parte de la alianza de organismos de sociedad civil para la eficacia del desarrollo (AOED-LAC) y es miembro de la Coalición de los Pueblos para la Soberanía Alimentaria (PCFS, por sus siglas en inglés).

Partner(s)

Cooperatives, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), rural women networks, female entrepreneur networks Cooperativas, organismos no gubernamentales (ONGs), redes de mujeres rurales, redes de mujeres empresarias
Progress reports
Goal 1
1.4 - By 2030, ensure that all men and women, in particular the poor and the vulnerable, have equal rights to economic resources, as well as access to basic services, ownership and control over land and other forms of property, inheritance, natural resources, appropriate new technology and financial services, including microfinance
Goal 2
2.3 - By 2030, double the agricultural productivity and incomes of small-scale food producers, in particular women, indigenous peoples, family farmers, pastoralists and fishers, including through secure and equal access to land, other productive resources and inputs, knowledge, financial services, markets and opportunities for value addition and non-farm employment
2.4 - By 2030, ensure sustainable food production systems and implement resilient agricultural practices that increase productivity and production, that help maintain ecosystems, that strengthen capacity for adaptation to climate change, extreme weather, drought, flooding and other disasters and that progressively improve land and soil quality
Goal 5
5.5 - Ensure women’s full and effective participation and equal opportunities for leadership at all levels of decision-making in political, economic and public life
Goal 8
Goal 9
Goal 15
November 2015
Strengthening rural women in food security for inclusive development / Fortalecimiento a mujeres rurales en la seguridad alimentaria para el desarrollo inclusivo
Financing (in USD)
2,000,000 USD
Staff / Technical expertise
Agronomists, foresters, methodologists, rural promoters / Ingenieros agrónomos, forestales, metodólogos, promotores rurales
Other, please specify
Cooperatives and local organizations / Cooperativas and organizaciones de base
Other, please specify
Volunteers / Voluntariado
Other, please specify
Volunteers / Voluntariado

Basic information
Time-frame: 2016 - 2020
Website
Partners
Cooperatives, non-governmental organizations (NGOs), rural women networks, female entrepreneur networks Cooperativas, organismos no gubernamentales (ONGs), redes de mujeres rurales, redes de mujeres empresarias
Countries
Contact information
Josefa Georgina Muñoz Pavon , Licenciada, georginanic@gmail.com
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