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Resilience & Market Systems: The practical application of systems thinking to resilience challenges |
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During this training, participants will engage in discussions around the emerging application of systems thinking to improve the resilience of vulnerable communities. As practitioners continue to gain insights from applying systems thinking in resilience contexts, they are learning about the importance of aligning resilience frameworks and practice guidance with the longer-term emerging path to self-reliance frameworks. Initial efforts to build aligned frameworks are being tested, and participants will emerge from the training with an understanding of the new frameworks, as well as early results/indications from these initial testing efforts. Case studies from ACDI/VOCA, Mercy Corps, and RTI will be shared, among others. The training will also highlight possible next steps and emerging gaps in the learning journey as systems thinking is applied to resilience challenges.
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Facilitators
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Margie Brand is the founder and director of EcoVentures International, an organization specializing in sustainable market systems development. She supports practitioners and donors in strategic planning and facilitation, intervention design and implementation, and capacity building and training. Ms. Brand has developed market systems development, value chain, enterprise, microfinance, and entrepreneurship, and workforce development curricula and tools that have been translated into over 15 languages and used in over 35 countries. Ms. Brand has, as part of teams, developed many of the frameworks governing development of value chains, market systems, vulnerable populations, livelihoods, and youth development. She has designed and managed several large development programs, and has worked in over 20 countries in Asia, Latin America and Eastern Europe, with a focus on her home continent of Africa
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Mike Field has over 25 years of designing, assessing, implementing and training on systems based approaches to market, educational, health and enabling environment challenges. Through his work, Mr. Field has played a key role in setting learning and research agendas in the field of systems approaches. He is currently a Senior Technical Advisor at EcoVentures International. Previously, Mr. Field led USAID’s Agricultural Value Chain project in Bangladesh. Other recent experience includes advising and training donor and project staff in Mozambique, Kenya, Thailand, Nigeria, Stockholm and Zimbabwe on applying systems concepts to private sector, resilience, and enabling environment challenges. Mr. Field continues to provide guidance on improved practice on systems approaches via various learning platforms
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Participant Profile |
While open to all levels, this training can be particularly useful for those participants who are interested in resilience and systems thinking
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EcoVentures International (EVI) introduces core approaches to market systems development implementation through high impact learning methodologies to share effective practice and practical cases from the field. For many market systems development teams across the globe (such as value chain, M4P, and other private sector development project and organizational teams), there is an urgent need for practical market systems development training. EVI has created a range of multimedia tools that can be used to change behavior and build capacity around effective market facilitation strategies and implementation of market systems approaches.
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Suggested
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For suggested background readings prior to the training workshop, see the USAID-published Market Systems Resilience: A Framework for Measurement. Additional Market Systems Resilience Measurement resources can be found on Marketlinks, here.
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