Nelson Aruquipa, Vice Minister of Micro, Small Enterprises and Handicrafts, explained that the program spanned the last three years and was expanded to 16 municipalities in six departments of the country, with an investment of more than 33.6 million bolivianos (almost five million dollars ). ).
As a result, he added, the manufacturing plants have improved their production capacities, increased their economic income and created direct and indirect jobs.
“In support of the productive development in this case of the micro and small business sector, which is part of our government’s policy, Cosude’s contribution was very important,” he said.
Aruquipa described as successful the project led by the Ministry of Productive Development and Plural Economy, which was carried out by the organization ProBolivia.
For his part, the Executive Director General of this institution, Vidal Coria, recalled that the national government had signed an agreement with Cosude Bolivia to obtain technical and financial support for the Promype Phase II project, with the aim of improving the production and Improve business capacity micro and small manufacturing enterprises.
He claimed that in this way the textile, food, leather, wood and metal processing sectors would be favored in the departments of La Paz, Cochabamba, Potosí, Oruro, Chuquisaca and Tarija.
“Through the measures implemented, 1,066 production units benefited through the transfer of production assets with an investment of more than 11.6 million bolivianos (more than one million 600 thousand dollars),” he explained.
In addition, 2,194 people received training and technical assistance services with a disbursement of 1.2 million bolivianos (more than $171,000).
Sources from the Productive Development and Plural Economy portfolio estimate that 1,241 MyPE owners have received the competency certificate, 2,248 have used financial services and more than 4,500 have used commercial advertising and electronic commerce.
The head of the SDC, Ueli Mauderli, in turn declared himself “proud” of the presence of Swiss cooperation in Bolivia with the Phase II project Promype, which aims to develop these economic structures.
“We believe very much in small and micro-enterprises because they are important for the innovation of a country’s economy,” emphasized Mauderli, and with the support of Promype we support the productivity of each micro-enterprise and their marketing so that they can sell better. “.
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