1. 12 countries, 100,000 employees, 135 million reached
Development Programmes
Social Enterprises
Agriculture and Food Security
Community Empowerment
Disaster, Environment & Climate Change
Education
Gender, Justice, and Diversity
Health, Nutrition, and Population
Human Rights and Legal Aid Services
Microfinance
Migration
Ultra Poor
Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
Aarong
Dairy
Artificial Insemination
Poultry and Poultry Rearing Farms
Feed Mills
Chicken
Fisheries
Salt
Sanitary Napkin and Delivery Kit
Cold Storage
Sericulture
Seed
Nursery
Printing Pack
Bio-Gas
BRAC and Aarong – BRAC is the worlds largest NGO, sustainable development
Fair Trade – financial and other support, ensuring ethical sourcing, good working conditions
BRAC programmes linked to our rural artisans – health care, legal aid, hygiene awareness, awareness on issues affecting women, microfinance
Forward and backward linkage
Financial Institutions, IT
Investments 1

2. BRAC Dairy and Food Project

3. BRAC Seed and Agro Enterprise

5. Homemade in Bangladesh a BRAC social enterprise Tanvir Hossain Manager
BRAC Aarong

6. Aarong One of 16 social enterprises of BRAC
Established in 1978, Aarong means “village fair”
Certified fair trade organisation
50% of profit for BRAC development programmes
BRAC and Aarong – BRAC is the worlds largest NGO, sustainable development
Fair Trade – financial and other support, ensuring ethical sourcing, good working conditions
BRAC programmes linked to our rural artisans – health care, legal aid, hygiene awareness, awareness on issues affecting women, microfinance
Forward and backward linkage
Retail stores, production centres and independent producer management

7. Enterprise Model
BRAC and Aarong – BRAC is the worlds largest NGO, sustainable development
Fair Trade – financial and other support, ensuring ethical sourcing, good working conditions
BRAC programmes linked to our rural artisans – health care, legal aid, hygiene awareness, awareness on issues affecting women, microfinance
Forward and backward linkage 7

8. Home Based Workers
“people working from their homes or from other premises of their choosing other than the workplace, for payment, which results of a product or service specified by the employer.”
-ILO
Low levels of efficiency
Additional income

9. Crafts Inclusive Creative Industries
Weaving Jamdani Tailoring Hand Embroidery Nakshi Kantha Doll Making Wood Carving Metal Engraving Natural Dye Batik Block and Screen Printing Jewellery Pottery Leather Jute
Being inclusive of the marginalised artisan and craft revival
(home based workers, employing women, opportunity for rural artisans, tribal and indigenous craft)
Can engage many people in the supply chain
Engages micro, small, and medium enterprises who have experienced growth as a result

10. Current Threats Demand Wages Skills Market Access Exploitation
Increase in cost of goods
Wages
Direct effect on demand
Skills
Need to diversify
Market Access
Requirements of export
Design - Consumer demand based design, functional products, trend forecasting
Capital – revolving working capital, raw materials on credit, selling risk is Aarongs
QC – selling the product is key, not the artisan; compete on quality and design; insuring good quality inputs
Market Access – no overhead hassle, allows for growth
Marketing – individual artisans do not have the resources
Exploitation
Direct monitoring
Social Compliance
Fair trade, Social accountabilities

11. Interventions E-commerce/New Markets Increase non-financial benefits
Appropriate tools and technology
SourceTrace
Product Diversification
Leading retail chain in Bangladesh, Strong brand recognition
Financial support for Producers
Main source of income is from capital city outlets
Product lines - textiles (70% of sales), home décor, jewellery, leather, tapestry, traditional dolls, taaga
Artisans – 80% women, 35,000-40,000 are hand embroidery home based workers

12. Way Forward Producer Mapping and Private Sector Scoping Study
Capacity Building for Use of New Tools and Technology
Convening of Stakeholders and Workshop
Why is scale important?
Efficiency – in house R&D (AAF and Textiles); working with partners through exchanges (ASEF)
Capacity – importance of training, and staying competitive
E-commerce – market expansion; example of Etsy