Project information

StatusFinalist
URLGo to website
CategoryEconomic Development
Business and enterprises
CountryBangladesh
Operational areasUrban, Rural
Target groupsWomen, Men
Fixed connectionDialup, DSL, Cable
Wireless connectionGSM, CDMA , N/A
Access pointsGovernment office, Business, Telecenter, Cafe
InteractLandline Phone, Desktop Computer, Cellphone, Laptop, PDA, N/A
Software License TypesOpen Source

Project location

Random images Challenge 2008

Strengthen Fair Trade within the sphere of Social Entrepreneurship

  • Brief description

  • The Project aims to scale up the fair trade practicing organizations through a systematic process of enhancing organizational capacities in using advanced information technologies, improving Enterprise management (planning & financing, human resource, technology and procurement) systems, and liking them with global fair trade periphery.  

     

    The Project is to provide a model of information management system, which includes Supply-chain management system, Inventory management system, prototyping and manufacturing programs, outsourcing opportunities, facilitating e-commerce, e-marketing and Customer relationship management system.

  • Vision, Objectives and Goals
  • Vision

    A centre of excellence in social entrepreneurship for fair trade practitioners by creating a platform combining the artisans, designers & scholars/academicians/researcher to meet the market demand.

    Goal: To provide support to the Fair Trade Practitioner Organizations in Bangladesh in the areas of Business advisory services, Human & Organizational Capacity building, Policy Advocacy, Promotion of Fair Trade Concept and Business networking & market linkage.     Objectives: Enhance the capacities of Fair Trade organizations in using advanced information technologies towards linking them with global periphery of fair trade
  • How does ICT contribute to the organisational objectives
  •   ECOTA Ltd mainly seeks to enhance the capacities of Fair Trade organizations in using advanced information technologies and to link the Fair Trade organizations with global periphery. Therefore the project is to promote a replicable model of customized information management system.

    Here, only ICT can play the key role for achieving the organizational Objectives, because it can help Fair Trade both to create business opportunities and to combat pressure from the competition. Appropriate ICT can help Fair Traders to minimize cost by improving their internal process, improving their ability in responding to the market need, and better promotion & distribution of fair trade products. In fact, ICT has the potential to improve the core business of fair trade organizations in every step of the business process.

  • Transferability
  • This project idea is rapicable for any kind of Fair Trade practicing organization even small entrepreneur groups can handle this.
  • Project summary
  • ECOTA Ltd. Is maintaining a dynamic website contains information regarding the organization itself & member’s consequently  a web base cataloguing software  called CatGen (Catalogue Generator). Using this software anybody who has fundamental knowledge in computer can make web catalogue for their business enhancement. Through establishing Enterprise Information Service (EIS)  ECOTA has facilitated it’s partners to emerge with customize information, linkage and marketing promotion. Ongoing activity of ECOTA focusing the role of ICT

    1.      Compiling various event information of ECOTA Forum and put them into the web.

    2.      Collecting ECOTA partners organisational profile and put them into the web

    3.      Taking photograph of various products and place them into the web along with the product related information.

    4.      Produce catalogue for ECOTA Forum to use as promotional tools by scanning and digitize Product Photo’s of partners’ in various events.

    5.      Creating database of new products developed Promoting the Products developed through design inputs and others product development support services carried by ECOTA Forum.

    6.      To maintain & archive new photos’ & Products through an inventory system.

    7.      Develop a comprehensive database of Producers, Product range and buyers (ATO’s and Commercials).

    8.      Searching Internet and provide marketing/sales connected information to relevant to partners/producers and assist to encourage them for business deal.

    9.      Develop Computerised MIS of ECOTA Forum.

    10.  To develop computer software for partners and ECOTA to meet their need of automation.

    11.  To visit projects and partners in order to coordinate the IT activities among the stakeholders of ECOTA.

    12.  Assisting/ advising ECOTA partners in various IT related problem,