The main objective of this component is to empower war widows in Kilinochchi District, Military widows in Kurunegala and Anuradhapura Districts focusing sustainable livelihoods/enterprises though enterprise development, marketing and technical trainings as well as providing in-kind grant supports.

ISB is one of the pioneers in conducting value chain assignments for various development agencies, bilateral and multilateral agencies, donors, NGOs/INGOs in Sri Lanka. Since 2010, we have experienced in undertaking over 20 assignments covering more than 50 sub sectors in every part of the country.

These sector includes; palmyrah, potato, cinnamon, dairy, cocoa, groundnut, maize, cashew, organic vegetable, sea bass, maize, pepper, ginger, groundnut, passion fruit, coconut, crabs, prawns and sea cucumber, agriculture and livestock sector, dairy and paddy, spice sector coconut, maize, pepper and ginger, dairy, goat, cowpea, paddy and inland fisheries, paddy sectors, pineapple, mango, big onion seeds, chilli, guava, bitter gourd, papaya.

JICA conducts Ex-post evaluations for the projects financed by them, after two years of completion to assess the impact and sustainability of the projects. OECD/DAC criteria used to assess the project. As per the resilience links established with leading Japanese Consultancy firms on Ex-post evaluations, ISB worked as the local consultant to conduct this study.

The general objective of this program was to support women and youth-led CBOs/CSOs and individuals (i.e. leaders and individual members of CBOs/CSOs) to strengthen their capacity in selected areas, which makes them institutionally, economically, and socially viable and able to advocate for the rights of youth and women including other vulnerable groups.

The purpose of this project was to support 39 POs on business planning, management and advisory support and market linkage support in order to develop viable business plans based on market demand, strengthening their business models and management capacities and tap new high-value markets thereby expanding and diversifying their productive and profit-making capacities. This was implemented in Vavuniya, Mannar, Puttalam, Batticaola, Ampara and Moneragala Districts.

This was conducted to empower more than 1300 youths through enterprise development trainings, counselling trainings, exposure visits, trade fairs as well as grants covering selected divisions in Jaffna, Kilinochchi, Mullathivu, Vavuniya, Mannar, Anuradhapura, Puttalam, Batticaloa, Ampara and Moneragala Districts.