Swisscontact, together with the Economic Development and Financing Facility (EDFF) have launched a new program, called Peningkatan Ekonomi Kakao Aceh (PEKA). Addressing the development of the cocoa sub-sector in the Aceh province, this program will reach out into five selected districts and 12.500 cocoa farmers throughout the province.
Prior to the program’s implementation, the MoU between Swisscontact and the Government of Aceh has been signed in the office of BAPPEDA Aceh on July 2nd 2010. On behalf Swisscontact was Prashant Rana, Deputy Regional Director South East Asia, whilst Government of Aceh was represented by Syahyadi S.Pi, Msc, Task Force Leader of BAPPEDA ACEH.
In accordance to the implementation at the five districts, each district has to sign MoU with PEKA. On July 8th, the first district MoU signing took place in the Government of Aceh Barat Daya office. Swisscontact was represented by Manfred Borer, Program Manager PEKA, whilst Mr. Syamsurizal, Head of the District, was acting on behalf of the Government of Aceh Barat Daya District.
The Minister of disadvantaged areas of the Republic of Indonesia (PDT), Ir. H. A Helmy Faisal Zaini visited one site of the Peningkatan Ekonomi Kakao Aceh (PEKA) project, sub-project Aceh-EDFF in the district of Pidie Jaya on Thursday, the 9th of June, 2011. Hosted by the Regent and Vice Regent of Pidie Jaya, the Minister […]
Swisscontact Asia Report 2010 provides an overview of Swisscontact’s activties and projects under the two Regional Offices in South Asia and South East Asia based in Dhaka and Jakarta respectively. The pdf version of the publication can be found here.
Swisscontact, through its project Peningkatan Ekonomi Kakao Aceh (Improvement of the Aceh Cocoa Economy), a sub project of the Aceh Economic Development Financing Facility (EDFF), has successfully organized the 1st cocoa conference in Aceh. The Aceh Cocoa Conference (ACC) was specifically held to discuss the cocoa commodity in Aceh. The event, which took place in […]
