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ICCO<br />

The ICCO Desk in 2000 had identified five partner organisations that provided<br />

savings <strong>and</strong> credit facilities for their clients. The HDO organisation was however<br />

not considered to have qualified as Savings <strong>and</strong> Credit as it was too small a<br />

segment in their overall programme. The Habaraduwa Participatory Development<br />

Fund (HPDF) in the Galle District <strong>and</strong> Satyodaya are both newcomers to ICCO<br />

funding <strong>and</strong> ICCO has been keenly monitoring their savings <strong>and</strong> credit activities<br />

with concern about the organisations financial management abilities.<br />

Table 7 ICCO expenditure in <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong><br />

Total funding in<br />

<strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>. (In<br />

Dutch Guilders)<br />

1998 1999 2000 2001 2002-03-18<br />

(planned)<br />

638,910 577,687 1,485,536 710,870 903,000<br />

Satyodaya<br />

SEEDS<br />

IFFDP<br />

HPDE<br />

OFERR<br />

Sub-total 126,481 207,779 1,000,000 684,710 0<br />

Sub-total as a %<br />

<strong>of</strong> total funding<br />

19.8% 36.0% 67.3% 96.3% 0%<br />

Source: Hospes et al, 2001.<br />

On the other h<strong>and</strong> the IFFPD was given a phase out grant in 2000, yet on the<br />

other h<strong>and</strong> OFERR, it seemed could count on continued commitment from ICCO<br />

due to their belief that the conflict caused poverty <strong>and</strong> inequality in <strong>Sri</strong> <strong>Lanka</strong>.<br />

The ICCO contributions to SEEDS used to be directed at the Enterprise Service<br />

Division, however in the year 2000 ICCO was funding the total budget <strong>of</strong> SEEDS<br />

as it felt that the work <strong>of</strong> the organisation had become an integrated whole,<br />

however ICCO only provides grants <strong>and</strong> has not become a lending organisation.<br />

ICCO has decided to phase out completely in 2002 mainly because SEEDS is<br />

becoming less dependent on donors <strong>and</strong> it also appeared inefficient that both<br />

ICCO <strong>and</strong> NOVIB should fund the same organisation.<br />

Although the percentage <strong>of</strong> funding to partners with micr<strong>of</strong>inance activities had<br />

grown prior to phase out only a small percentage <strong>of</strong> this was directed at savings<br />

<strong>and</strong> credit operations, seemingly ICCO was more concerned with assisting the<br />

building <strong>of</strong> the capacity <strong>of</strong> its partner organisations to manage their micr<strong>of</strong>inance<br />

operations.<br />

The project portfolio <strong>and</strong> changes to it although guided by ICCO general terms <strong>of</strong><br />

reference or principles leaves the desk <strong>of</strong>ficer really with the overall decision<br />

making as to partner networks <strong>and</strong> portfolio.<br />

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