Action for Enterprise (AFE) is offering a five-day workshop that presents the latest methodologies and practice for designing value-chain programs that incorporate strategies for sustainable impact. Participants will learn how to design programs that result in market-based solutions to MSME constraints such as market access, input supply, technology/product development, management training, policy reform, and access to finance. Examples will be used from enterprise development programs and practitioners worldwide. The training targets those who wish to improve their facilitation skills and design programs that respect the latest thinking in value chain and market development principles.

Participants will develop skills needed to:

• Select value chains
• Conduct value chain analysis/identify constraints and opportunities for growth and competitiveness
• Identify and assess market-based solutions to address value chain constraints and promote market growth
• Design program interventions that respect the latest market development principles and result in sustainable impacts
• Monitor and evaluate program performance

For each of these program design steps, the AFE-led training team will present the latest tools, concepts, and best practices from the field of enterprise development, and an exercise in which participants (in groups of 6 or less) apply the tools and concepts to a case study.

Follow the link below for more information and to register for this training. The cost is 1,600 USD per participant for the 5-day workshop. Individuals who are interested in AFE's work in market development may appreciate this report from the CYES resource library.