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.
This field manual by the Women’s Refugee Commission has been developed to provide practitioners with usable information and helpful tools so that they can design and implement more effective livelihood programs — programs that are based on market demand and are contextually appropriate; programs that build on the existing skills and experience within the target population; and programs that enhance the dignity and options for the displaced.
The publication is based on two-and-a-half years of research and 10 field assessments covering all contexts of displacement: refugee, IDP and returnee situations, in camp settings, as well as in rural and urban areas. It is informed by several pilot projects in the Thai-Burma border, Burundi, and Bogota, Columbia, among others. It deals with a wide range of topics, including microfinance, enterprise development, markets and value chain assessments, remittances, and monitoring and evaluation.
