CEMCA has several on-going projects that are either supported from CEMCA’s core funding or are supported by external funding. External funded activities supplement CEMCA core activities and gives greater visibility to its activities and results in better impact at the grassroots level.
CEMCA, in collaboration with Foundation for MSME Clusters (FMC), New Delhi, the lead partner and with Small Industries Development Bank of India (SIDBI) and the Copenhagen Business School (CBS), is implementing a four year European Union Project (January 2018-Dec 2021), named “Promote Bamboo MSME Clusters for Sustainable Development” funded by the European Union (EU) under its SWITCH Asia Programme. CEMCA is directly undertaking activities amounting to Euros 2,80,437 (EU contribution Euros 1,45,226 and CEMCA contribution Euros 1,35,211)
The overall objective of the project is to promote bamboo as sustainable resource by creating/ upgrading sustainable enterprises and generate green jobs. The project is designed to help local communities and other stakeholders to collaborate for the promotion of green economy, sustainable growth, economic prosperity and poverty reduction along with mitigation of climate change.
The project is being implemented in the 9 states (Viz: Assam, Arunachal Pradesh, Meghalaya, Mizoram, Tripura, Odisha, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand & Madhya Pradesh) in India.
It is aimed to provide technical and vocational inputs to the bamboo farmers/ harvesters, artisans and enterprises for making value-added, standardised and eco-friendly treated bamboo material and gain access to better remunerative markets. It also aims to strength the Business Development Service Providers (BDSPs) for specialised services and suppliers for providing eco-friendly preservatives, glue, hand-tools & more efficient primary production machinery. It will result into improving the financial status of those involved and help the climate reducing multi-level of pollutions.