Current Members

Counterpart International is a non-profit international development organization dedicated to helping people in the areas of civil society, private enterprise, environmental resource management, humanitarian relief and health care. Counterpart International and its local subsidiaries are actively working to promote social enterprise through a number of projects including a business plan competition in Bulgaria. WDI is proud to include amongst its NGO Alliance members the local Bulgarian and Kyrgyzstan offices.

 

As part of its long-term strategy to strengthen the capacity of the social enterprises it works with, NGO Alliance member Counterpart International-Bulgaria introduced the newest initiative within the framework of its Social Enterprise Program:  a Competitive Social Enterprise business plan competition.  The initiative gives the Social Enterprises a new opportunity to improve their work and enhance each organization’s viability and market niche. The Bulgarian local office also recently ran its first annual business plan competition for social enterprises.

 

Counterpart-Sheriktesh in Kyrgyzstan is currently working on a World Bank funded project to design and deliver community-based projects that are more effective and responsive to the poor. The community empowerment network will further increase the understanding of what makes CDD projects successful, increase the exchange of expertise among stakeholders involved in the design and development of the projects, and enhance the coordination of capacity building efforts for community empowerment among development partners.