1. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Regional Economic Advancement Project Matale, Sri Lanka Raising and sustaining the income of poor rural and farm families through providing access to profitable economic activities in agriculture, non-farm employment and non-farm enterprises. REAP in Brief Project Objectives

2. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Regional Economic Advancement Project Matale, Sri Lanka Area covered : Matale District 11 Divisional Secretariats 545 GN Divisions,1373 Villages Target Households 100,000 Funding Agency : International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Total Investment : Rs. 980 Million (US $ 14.8) Project Duration : 2000-2007 Executing Agency : Ministry of Posts, Telecommunication and Upcountry Development in collaboration with Central Provincial Council N

3. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Financial Progress

4. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP

5. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP 1.Agriculture Commercial Development 2.Enterprise Development & Employment 3.Rural Financing & Grant Funds 4. Project & Company Management Project Components Seed Production and Quality Improvement Marketing & Technology Development Land and Water Management Rural Income Generation Micro & Small Enterprise Development Vocational Training Credit Fund Discretionary Fund Group/Admin Support

6. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Regional Economic Advancement Project Matale, Sri Lanka Links between ENRAP and REAP

7. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Workshops participated……….. ENRAP KM Workshop - Kathmandu, Nepal Sri Lanka ENRAP Workshop - Kandy 2 nd ENRAP Workshop - Singapore ENRAP Knowledge Management Workshop Nang Rong, Thailand, ENRAP II Start-up Workshop - Bangkok, Thailand Regional Economic Advancement Project Matale, Sri Lanka

8. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Received Assistance Knowledge Equipments Connectivity Support (funding for hardware) Project visits (coordinator met project staff)

9. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP ENRAP Supported Local Area Network (LAN) Constraints faced before establish the LAN at MREAP Slow connectivity The use of email and Internet was limited Normal dialing system has frequently interruption Regional Economic Advancement Project Matale, Sri Lanka

10. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Design By: Priyantha Adikaram – REAP Matale Nature of the established LAN at MREAP

11. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Information Access and Dissemination for the target community The final objective of this effort is to make easy access of agricultural information pertaining to market conditions and price fluctuations to smallholder farming community assisted by project activities. It will provide technical and market information to micro and small enterprises assisted by the project through credit and training. It is proposed to put-up a one-stop shop for information and Internet Access in the project premises This center will be gather, process, store and disseminate information relevant to the economic activities relevant to the rural sector using an appropriate blend of modern and existing channels of communication. Regional Economic Advancement Project Matale, Sri Lanka

12. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Outputs News Letters – in local languages Docudramas 1. Rural Credit Program 2. Irrigation (tank) Rehabilitation 3. Construction & use of agro-wells Other information sources such as Pocket resource profiles, leaf-lets, book-lets.. Enterprise facilitation centre

13. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Future plans Project website Development Human resources development (report writing skills, usage of email & internet etc;) To enhance knowledge Modern Technology such as Geographical Information System (GIS), Remote Sensing (RS), Global Positioning System (GPS) Email exchange with other projects Sharing Knowledge of innovative activities Cont. leaflets, booklets, case studies, docu- dramas Sharing experiences with other project (National/International)

14. Regional Economic Advancement Project-Matale Financial Progress Project Components Home Link with ENRAP Matale Regional Economic Advancement Project - REAP 104, King Street, Matale, Sri Lanka. Tel :+ 94 66 2233481 up to 3 Fax :+ 94 66 22 22616 E-mail :enrapsl@mreap.orgenrapsl@mreap.org mreap@mreap.org Thank You Regional Economic Advancement Project Matale, Sri Lanka