Katalyst
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Katalyst is one of the largest projects which work in the field of SME promotion in Bangladesh. It started in 2002 and is currently active in more than 30 sectors: manufacturing sectors such as plastics, furniture, agro tools; agricultural sectors like pond fishery, vegetables, maize and poultry and in service sectors, e.g. accounting, marketing and quality management. KATALYST also works with business associations to improve the enabling environment for businesses. The project’s activities run nationwide with a special focus on areas in and around Dhaka, Faridpur, Rajshahi, Rangpur, Bogra and Jessore.
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[edit] Funding
Katalyst is funded by DFID, SDC, Sida and CIDA and is implemented by Swisscontact and GTZ International Services and works together with the Bangladesh Ministry of Commerce.
[edit] Management Structure
[edit] Katalyst Team
Peter Roggekamp
Manish Pandey
Harald Bekkers
Ulrich Stucki
Rajiv Pradhan
Elke Shrestha
Mohammad Shahroz Jalil
Sadruddin Imran
Fouzia Nasreen
Md. Emdadul Haque
Rubaiyath Sarwar
Fahad Muneem Rahmatullah
Farzana Lucky Ali
Md. Arafat Hossain
Md. Bashir Uddin Miah
Md. Farhanul Enam
Md. Shahid Uddin Akbar
Mishu Rahman
Mir Attaqui Masruruzzaman
M Naveed Akbar
Mohammad Rizwanullah
Monirul Bashar
Mushfiqur Rahman
Shamuna Bint Mizan
Shehzaad Shams
Sohel Manzur
Abdul Awal
Anirban Bhowmik
Ehsanul Haque
Khaled Khan
Kayenat Kabir
Mahbubur Rahman Khan
Manzurul Hasan
Md. Abdur Rouf
Md. Fazle Razik
Md. Rofiqul Islam
Mohammad Muaz Jalil
Mujibul Hasan
Nabanita Sen
Nadeem Rizwan
Nusrat Nahid
Sadia Ahmed
Sabbir Ahmed
Syed Abu Sufian
Rashadul Hasan
Tamanna Sharmin
Tashmin Laila
Wafa Hafiz
Zannatul Ferdous
Zillur Rahman
Bidowra Tahmin Khan
Hosna Ferdous Sumi
S. M. Rakibul Haque
Azman Ahmed Chowdhury
Mahmuduzzaman
Nasir Uddin Ahmed
Tasaffy Madani Hossain
M E K Lutfullah
Farzana Aziz
Marylin Gomes
Md. Billal Hossain
M A Wahab
Mohammad Yusuf
Rabeya Sultana
[edit] Katalyst approach
Katalyst is working in growing sectors where the poor participate in large numbers as producers, employees and consumers. The project's activities in agricultural sectors like vegetables and pond fishery fall under this category. KATALYST also works in service markets which have an impact across many economic sectors and contribute to a modern economy. This refers to the work in accounting services, marketing and media. Business associations play a critical role in advocating for better rules and regulations and the project also works on this. KATALYST identifies and analyses the above markets by using a variety of tools like sub-sector analysis, cluster analysis, UAI surveys and enabling environment studies. In this process it identifies a sector’s constraints and opportunities, its market players, the direction the sector/market is moving in, a vision of the future and what would be key areas for project intervention such as farm or firm productivity, input related issues or output related issues. KATALYST’s assistance can be related to improving market access, management and technical skills, quality and production methods. The project does not give direct support to individual enterprises but tries to stimulate stakeholders to provide their own solutions to problems and identify opportunities. In order to maximise scale and outreach to small and medium-sized enterprises, KATALYST also engages with business service providers who can best address the problems in a specific sector. For example, service providers can be private companies that help others to improve their business or business associations that influence the regulatory framework for SMEs.
