A Study on the Levels of Fulfilling the Expectations of Cooperative Managers of the Social Support Project in Rural Area (SSPRA/KASDEP) Implemented in Şanlıurfa Province
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Social Support Project in Rural Areas (SSPRA) has been put into practice by the relevant institutions in order to eliminate rural poverty and to ensure positive changes in the social structure in rural areas. For this purpose, poor families living in the rural areas of Şanlıurfa were enabled to establish cooperatives and dairy cattle were distributed to the members of these cooperatives through SSPRA. In this context, the number of cooperatives receiving support from SSPRA in Şanlıurfa is 16. In this study, the attitudes of the cooperative managers who received SSPRA support towards the SSPRA implementation and the level of meeting the expectations of the project were investigated. In the research, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 16 cooperative managers. As a result of the interviews, it was determined that the success level of the SSPRA implementation was quite low and that it could not provide positive development in terms of social, economic and organizational purposes. According to the cooperative managers, for the success of the SSPRA implementation, from the first stage of the project to the activity process and its termination, the relevant state institutions should participate in as a balancing element within the cooperatives. Therefore, every process such as the management, supervision and recording of the activities of cooperatives should be under the control of qualified personnel to be assigned by the relevant institutions. The success of projects such as SSPRA will increase if the cooperatives are under the supervision and even under the management if necessary of these personnel from the beginning of their activities until the economically risky period is over.
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Social Support Project in Rural Areas (SSPRA) has been put into practice by the relevant institutions in order to eliminate rural poverty and to ensure positive changes in the social structure in rural areas. For this purpose, poor families living in the rural areas of Şanlıurfa were enabled to establish cooperatives and dairy cattle were distributed to the members of these cooperatives through SSPRA. In this context, the number of cooperatives receiving support from SSPRA in Şanlıurfa is 16. In this study, the attitudes of the cooperative managers who received SSPRA support towards the SSPRA implementation and the level of meeting the expectations of the project were investigated. In the research, face-to-face interviews were conducted with 16 cooperative managers. As a result of the interviews, it was determined that the success level of the SSPRA implementation was quite low and that it could not provide positive development in terms of social, economic and organizational purposes. According to the cooperative managers, for the success of the SSPRA implementation, from the first stage of the project to the activity process and its termination, the relevant state institutions should participate in as a balancing element within the cooperatives. Therefore, every process such as the management, supervision and recording of the activities of cooperatives should be under the control of qualified personnel to be assigned by the relevant institutions. The success of projects such as SSPRA will increase if the cooperatives are under the supervision and even under the management if necessary of these personnel from the beginning of their activities until the economically risky period is over.
