Global – Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project-Business Development Services (AMAP BDS)
Enhancing Performance and Competitiveness of SMEs
The goal of the AMAP BDS Indefinite Quantity Contract (IQC) is to increase incomes in poor communities and promote economic growth by enhancing performance and thereby the competitiveness of micro and small enterprises. AMAP BDS sustainably links large numbers of enterprises to productive markets. To address growth constraints all along the value chain, AMAP BDS covers a range of solutions and services, including market access, product development, technology support services, and interventions to strengthen the legal, regulatory and policy environment.
As the prime contractor on the AMAP BDS IQC, ACDI/VOCA leads the consortium in providing training, technical assistance, financial and evaluative services to increase the capacity of business development service providers. Additionally, ACDI/VOCA also researches key issues in the microenterprise development field and disseminates best practices to USAID missions and others in the field.
The AMAP BDS IQC draws from ACDI/VOCA’s bank of experience in microenterprise development. For over 40 years, ACDI/VOCA has been increasing incomes by improving the productivity and competitiveness of industries in which small firms participate and ensuring that firms benefit from that participation. By identifying growth opportunities and alleviating growth constraints along a value chain, we increase firms’ incomes, develop mutually beneficial relationships between firms and promote efficient business practices.
For more information, contact Banu Akin at bakin@acdivoca.org.
AMAP BDS Brochure (PDF, 411 KB)
AMAP BDS Task Orders
India Growth-Oriented Microenterprise Development Program (GMED)
Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project-Business Development Services Knowledge and Practice II (AMAP BDS K&P II)
Value Chain Development for Conflict-Affected Environments
Kenya
Accelerated Microenterprise Advancement Project-Business Development Services Knowledge and Practice I (AMAP BDS K&P I)
Haiti Value Chain Analysis