Business Development Services and National Outreach / Initiatives
SIDBI Cluster Development Fund (SCDF) scheme
EDII, under the SIDBI Cluster Development Fund (SCDF) Scheme has been appointed as the Project Management Consultant at PAN India Level. The 2-year project aims at developing industrial and social infrastructure for development of MSMEs in various clusters and industrial parks. Structured implementation of the project has been initiated in Andhra Pradesh, Uttar Pradesh and West Bengal.
Under the scheme, SIDBI has also chosen few artisan clusters where soft interventions are being planned. The objective is to promote age-old crafts and make these clusters sustainable. The interventions have been initiated in Himroo shawl cluster in Aurangabad, Maharashtra. Based on the revelations of the diagnostic study, soft interventions are being planned in the cluster to support weavers through sensitization and knowledge upgradation on craft management and sustainability.
Core Activities
MSME Cluster Development and Cluster Development Executives Training
The objective of Cluster Development project is to facilitate holistic development of MSME clusters.
BDS Market Development
The objective of interventions in this domain are to ensure that MSMEs operating in clusters derive benefit of quality Business Development Services provided by private and public BDS providers.
BMO Capacity Building
The role of Business Membership Organizations (Industry Associations or Chamber of Commerce and Industry) as facilitators of business (of MSMEs), by extending a range of meaningful value added services to their members cannot be understated.
Entrepreneurship and Skill Development Programmes (E-SDP)
The objective of the programme is to motivate youth from different sections of society including SC/ST/women, differently-abled, ex-servicemen and BPL persons to consider self-employment or entrepreneurship as a career option.
Programme under Digital MSME
One of the ways of increasing productivity of MSMEs is adoption of Information and Communications Technology.
Technical Training Programmes
The institute conducted a series of technical training programmes with the objective of inducting manpower in different vocational streams.
Promoting Bamboo based Entrepreneurship
The project, ‘Implementing Bamboo Based Entrepreneurship and Livelihood Development Programme’, under support of National Mission on Himalayan Studies (NMHS), Ministry of Environment,
Scheme of Fund for Regeneration of Traditional Industries
The SFURTI Scheme, sponsored by the Ministry of MSME, Government of India aims at creating common infrastructure in the cluster and benefitting artisans through skill upgradation and distribution of advanced tools and equipment.
Training of Traditional Artisans under One District, One Product Scheme
Sponsored by the Directorate of Industries, Govt. of Uttar Pradesh, the programmes, conducted under One District One Product (ODOP) scheme of the State Government
Crises Resilience Model
EDII’s initiatives stand out because they support market-demand and display social responsiveness.
SIDBI Cluster Development Fund (SCDF) scheme
EDII, under the SIDBI Cluster Development Fund (SCDF) Scheme has been appointed as the Project Management Consultant at PAN India Level.