Contributed by: JOEL TECUICO

 ENTERPRISE DEVELOPMENT

Enterprise development is a bottleneck in any development endeavor.  Not so many groups could claim total victory when it comes to a successful livelihood enterprise down in the community level. 

In spite of perceived difficulties in implementing enterprise development, the current phase of work revealed timeliness to go into livelihood projects. Relieving the pressure on the marine resources entailed parallel in-land activities that could either supplement the livelihood or provide economic alternatives to people.

It was thereby appropriate to temper the existing resource management activities with concrete viable economic enterprise. This experience will provide the lessons while the vision and mission set the realistic goals.  The workers, must decide that any activities done within the livelihood premises must be well-considered and executed with great care and accountability.

This required that value clarification and formation must go together and that any possible livelihood activity should meet the following:

1. Started from and within the people’s available resources;
2. At least a good number of members have knowledge of, skills and experience on the project;
3. Must be transferable, viable and marketable if the project is introduced by outside institutions;
4. Premised on the people’s needs and problems; and;
5. Environmentally sound.

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