The training Community Livelihood Assessment and Product Scanning: First Steps to Community Enterprise Development aims to provide communities and organizations with an approach and tools in identifying and selecting products and services with high enterprise development potential as well as in assessing the readiness of the community in setting up a viable community forest enterprise. The training will show how to accomplish this in a step-by-step manner, starting from assessing the livelihood situation, scanning potential products, evaluation of the sustainability of resources, assessing community readiness, and prioritizing and mapping key non-timber forest products (NTFPs).

Content and Learning Objectives

At the end of the training, the participants are expected to have an understanding and basic knowledge in using the following tools:

• Sustainable livelihood assessment tool
• Enterprise readiness assessment
• Resource scanning and mapping and market assessment
• Product/Service identification and prioritization