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The Addis Ababa Trade and Industry
Development Bureau
Organizational Structure [top]
The
Addis Ababa
city administration has reorganized the previous Trade, industry and Tourism
Bureau in to Trade and Industry Development Bureau.
The
organizational structure of
the
bureau is as follow
As it is
clearly shown in the structure the Bureau consist of two deputy heads one is
for Micro and Small Enterprise (MSE) and the other one is for trade and
Industry. The MSE sector focus on the development of Micro and Small
enterprises while trade and industry is responsible for the regulatory
part. Micro and Small Enterprises are one of the focal development agenda
for the city government of
Addis Ababa.
Due to this fact the promotion of the sector is undertaken and coordinated
through Trade and Industry Development Bureau at the city level.
The MSE sector
has three main departments
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Micro and
Small
Enterprise
Development
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Marketing
research and Promotion Department
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Cooperatives
Promotion and Controlling Department
The structure
of the MSE is also extended to the ten sub–cities in Addis Ababa. There are
ten MSE teams and ten cooperatives promotion and controlling teams in ten
sub-cities while at the kebele level the micro and small enterprises office
under the kebele chief executive handles it. The sub-city trade and industry
offices coordinate the operational activities of the sector at the sub city
level.
In order to
alleviate the problem of unemployment and poverty the sector is organizing
those people having different skills in to private business and cooperatives
by creating job opportunity and providing different supports and services.
Definition of
MSE
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In Ethiopian
context MSE is defined as follow:-
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Micro –
Enterprises: are those enterprises with a paid up capital of not
exceeding birr 20,000 (which is about $2326), and excluding high tech
consultancy firms and other high establishments.
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Small
Enterprises: are those enterprises with a paid up capital of above birr
20,000 and not exceeding birr 500,000 (which is about $ 58140), and
excluding high-tech Consultancy firms and other high tech establishments.
Vision
and
Mission
of the Sector
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Vision:
To see more
promoted, flourished and developed micro and small enterprises, that would
be a base and good nursery area for the growth of medium and large
industries, which could integrally reduce unemployed and poverty in the
city.
Mission:
To give
assistance and promotion for existing and newly created micro and small
enterprises by solving the problems through providing various supports in
coordination with NGO’s to create favorable environment for the growth of
the sector.
Objectives of
the Sector
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To create
job opportunity for the unemployed and increase their income by expanding
and supporting micro and small enterprises in order to reduce poverty.
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To identify
the problems of the existing and newly created micro and small enterprise
and provide them various support to enable the flourishement, development,
and strengthing of the MSE for further job creation.
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To create
and expand new enterprises by organizing them in to cooperative and by
providing various supports in order to create new job opportunities and
reduce poverty
Focus Areas
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The following
are the main focus areas for MSE, for the reasons that they are assumed bed
to have good potential in the creation of new jobs. These are:
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Textile and
garment
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Wood and
metal works
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Food
processing
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Construction
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Municipal
activities
Activities to
be performed by the sector
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To provide
work place for those involved in textile, metal and wood work.
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Too identify
market place, establish kiosks and Sunday markets in order to solve the
market place for MSE operates.
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To organize
the voluntaries in the sector in to cooperatives.
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To create
conducive atmosphere for operators involved in the sector to sub-contract
them to medium and large scale enterprise.
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To schedule
exhibition and bazaar programs in each sub cities to promote the products
and services of operators and enhance the development of marketing
opportunities.
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To prepare
and dispatch broachers, leaflets, posters and other relevant information’s
for the target groups to enable them to get adequate information services.
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To provide
training to sub –city MSE workers and Kebele extension agents on basic
business management, product design, quality, modern sewing, technology
etc.
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To create
better job opportunities for those involved in food processing and
municipal activities in the areas where the construction of low cost
houses are taking place.
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To conduct
research that can enable solve the problem of the target groups.
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To prepare
educational visit and experience sharing to develop the capacity of the
operators.
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To Provide
One Stop Service for the Sectors
In order to
provide all the necessary services to the operators of MSE just at the spot,
the one stop service is established in all kebeles in Addis Ababa.
The services
include the followings
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Organizing
and legalizing of business.
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To
facilitate credit service.
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Facilitating
training service
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Facilitating
the provision of productive equipments.
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Provision of
work place
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Provision
of registration for those paying tax
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Creating
market opportunity
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Facilitating
the provision of raw materials.
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Provision of
information service
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Provision of
advisory service
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Registration
of those who are in need of job.
Who are the
beneficiaries?
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Those who
are completed from technical and vocational school
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Those who
are already engaged in Micro and Small Enterprises and who own their own
skill and knowledge through experience
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Women who
are voluntary to be organized in to cooperative and those who are ideal
(unemployed)
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The disabled
who are capable to work
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The
voluntaries who are interested to be involved in micro and small
enterprises with a capital less than birr 500,000.
Achievements
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23
production centers (clusters) for wood and metal work were constructed and
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23 wood and
metal work production centers (clusters) were constructed and provided for
50,000 operators working in the sector.
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The sector
is constructing G+4 buildings that can accommodate 50 thousand operators
involved in the production of textile and garment.
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The
construction of shades that can accommodate 10,000 women involved in food
processing is already completed.
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In order to
provide all the necessary services and supports for MSE operators just at
the spot, the one stop service has already established in all kebeles
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Various
capacity building trainings were provided to many target groups.
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Various
marketing opportunities were created for the operators involved in MSE
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Credit
support for large number of operators were provided.
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Better
technologies were introduced, especially for textile and garment, food
processing, dry waste removal etc.
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29,240
operators were trained in different trades.
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85,142
operators were organized in private and cooperative businesses.
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