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Empowering the Artisans to participate in planning, development, decision making, and governance at the grassroots.
Islampur Cottage Industries Association (ICIA) is not for profit organization registered under the ‘Society Registration Act, 1860.’ ICIA works for marginalized communities with a focus on artisans. Historically, the artisans are socially, culturally, politically, and economically excluded. Thus our goal is to create an inclusive environment for them by refining their skills, increasing income, and rising living standards, and ultimately, empowering them socially and politically.
Our main tools for achieving the goal are sensitization, mobilization, organization, capacity building, and networking. Over the years, ICIA had been undertaken different small-medium-sized interventions in the areas of livelihood, technical, vocational, and managerial training, women’s economic development, civic participation, and action research.
While working with several national and international organizations, ICIA has accumulated vast experience and expertise in the field of development, especially in Enterprise Development, Value Chain Assessment, Participatory Rural Appraisals, Research, and Capacity Building, marketing, sale, particularly online sale, and creating linkages with international buyers and markets.
Apart from donor-funded projects, ICIA also sells its services in the areas of research and capacity building (training) to generate income for running the organization.
Enabling and facilitating the artisans of cottage Industries to promote their products in national and international markets…
Capacitating communities to organize themselves, interact with stakeholders and satisfy markets’ needs in efficient manners.
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Educating and facilitating the artisans to adopt natural dyes and process for production to safeguard biodiversity and environment.
Building movement to eradicate Child Labour from Cottage Industries and to create environment for schooling and education.
Empowering the Artisans to participate in planning, development, decision making, and governance at the grassroots.
