Rural Finance Coordinator:

Scope of assignment of the Rural Finance Coordinator is to play a leading role within Productive Investment Component of the Project by introducing various plans/policies/strategies to stimulate investment into the prioritized value-chains of the project. Also, promoting fair trade environment for project beneficiaries allowing them to take advantage of new or improved opportunities promoted by the Project.
Help institutionalize cluster-based approach to create a more enabling environment where small producers can invest, get organized and develop as reliable actors in the value chains by facilitating coordinated action on critical issues from production to market linkages.
Facilitate “Innovation investments” by "first mover" private investors (producers, producer groups, RMSEs) who invest in new production technologies, new business models or other new services/functions needed in the selected value chain promoted by the project.
Develop training modules and facilitate the training events entrepreneurship, micro-credit facilitation, agri-business finance, rural agriculture, value chain and remittance-related financing.
Active participation on “Policy Initiatives” by facilitating debate and passage of key policy/legislative initiatives in the local level authorities promoted through the project by responding to policy/legislative constraints identified within the selected value chains being promoted by the project.
Vital role within productive investment component through strengthening the capacity, outreach and product range of individual financial institutions to build better linkages between wholesale lenders and local retail financial service providers; to increase availability of loan capital and liquidity in the rural finance sector in project areas as well as establishing an effective “Credit Guarantee Mechanism” that can address collateral risks whereby facilitating collateral free loans to otherwise credible loan clients or improved wholesale financing to smaller local Cooperatives.
Promoting “Cluster Brokering” where concentration of interconnected producers, traders, buyers, suppliers, and associated support institutions that creates direct and indirect synergies among them, resulting in sustainable market linkages.
Active role in the supervision and support capacity of new provincial and Palika authorities to provide effective oversight and support for local financial service providers, especially co-operatives, to ensure their members and clients can use their services in confidence.