Market Systems Symposium 2019 - Participants & Key Discussions

164 participants from 34 different countries, 62 unique organizations and 48 distinct projects convened in Cape Town for the second annual Market Systems Symposium. The event launched with an optional early-bird Training Day on April 8th, and continued with 3 intensive days of market systems development dialogue, capacity-building, networking, and exchange. The 2019 Symposium featured  4 core breakout tracks, sponsored by ACDI/VOCA, DAI, Habitat for Humanity, and RTI, and offered over 40 other sessions, including more than 24 individuals clinics and 9 deep-dive consultation groups.  You can download the full Symposium agenda below, and view the projects, institutions, and countries represented to the right.  See Symposium statistics at a glance here. 

Projects represented

• ​USAID and PEPFAR-funded Accelerating Strategies for Practical Innovation and Research in Economic Strengthening (ASPIRES)
  
• Amalima Programme, Zimbabwe
  
• BEAM Exchange, Global
  
• Dfid-funded Climate Smart Education & Policy (CSEP), Malawi, Mozambique & Zimbabwe
  
• Dfid-funded Decision Support Unit, Democratic Republic of the Congo
  
• USAID and Sida-funded EMPOWER Private Sector program, Kosovo
  
• SDC-funded Enhancing Youth Employment (EYE), Kosovo
  
• CGAP and Mastercard Foundation-funded Gateway Academy, Global
  
• Dfid-funded Improving Market Systems in Agriculture for Rwanda (IMSAR), Rwanda
  
• Netherlands-funded Inclusive Dairy Enterprise (TIDE), Uganda
  
• SDC and Sida-funded Inclusive Markets, Bolivia
  
• Swiss State Secretaria for Economic Affairs-funded The Lab, Global
  
• Dfid-funded Land Investment for Transformation (LIFT) program, Ethiopia
  
• DFAT-funded More Income Generated for Poor Families in Indonesia (MORINGA) Project, Indonesia
  
• Dfid-funded Private Sector Innovation Programme for Health (PSP4H), Kenya
  
• Sida-funded Road to Jobs (R2J), Afghanistan
  
• Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-funded SELEVER, Burkina Faso
  
• SDC-funded Shomoshti, Bangladesh
  
• DFAT-funded Strongim Bisnis, Solomon Islands
  
• Suchana: Ending the Cycle of Undernutrition in Bangladesh, Bangladesh
  
• Sustainable Economic Policy and Private Sector Development project, Global
  
• DGIS-funded Toward Sustainable Agribusiness Clusters through Learning in Entrepreneurship Incubating Inclusive Agribusiness (2SCALE), Sub-Saharan Africa
  
• United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)-funded Transforming the Assessment and Inspection of Food Businesses in Egypt (TAIB), Egypt
  
• USAID Agriculture and Rural Development Support (ARDS), Ukraine
  
• USAID Avansa Agrikultura, East Timor
  
• USAID Competitive Economy Project, Serbia
• USAID Cooperation for Growth (CFG), Serbia
  
• USAID Cooperative Leadership, Engagement, Advocacy and Research (CLEAR), Kenya
  
• USAID Commercially Viable, Conflict-Free Gold (CVCFG), Democratic Republic of Congo
  
• USAID Feed the Future Agricultural Innovations Activity (Inova), Mozambique
  
• USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Aquaculture and Nutrition Activity (BANA), Bangladesh
  
• USAID Feed the Future Bangladesh Rice and Diversified Crops Activity (RDC), Bangladesh
  
• USAID Feed the Future Enabling Environment for Food Security (EEFS), Global
  
• USAID Feed the Future Cambodia Harvest II (Harvest II), Cambodia
  
• USAID Feed the Future Kenya Crops and Dairy Market Systems (KCDMS), Kenya
  
• USAID Feed the Future Livestock Production for Improved Nutrition (LPIN), Bangladesh
  
• USAID Feed the Future Resilient Agricultural Markets Activity – Beira Corridor (RAMA-BC), Mozambique
  
• USAID Feed the Future Zimbabwe Livestock Development program, Zimbabwe
  
• USAID Innovations for Agribusiness (InovAgro), Mozambique
  
• USAID Local Enterprise and Value Chain Enhancement (LEVE), Haiti
  
• USAID Private Sector Driven Agricultural Growth (PSDAG), Rwanda
  
• USAID Southern Africa Trade and Investment Hub, Southern Africa
  
• USAID Transforming Market Systems (TMS), Honduras
  
• Mastercard Foundation-funded Via: Pathways to Work (Via), Tanzania & Mozambique
  
• Sida-funded Women In Business (WIN), Mozambique
  
• Women and Youth Empowerment Project, Zimbabwe
  
• ZamaKhaya, Zimbabwe
  
• World Bank-funded Zambia Agribusiness and Trade Project (ZATP), Zambia​

institutions represented

• 17 Triggers
  
• Abt Associates
  
• ACDI/VOCA
  
• Adam Smith International (ASI)
  
• Adapt LLC
  
• AgResults
  
• Austrian Development Agency (ADA)
  
• The Canopy Lab
  
• Cardno
  
• CARE Bangladesh
  
• CGAP
  
• Chemonics International
  
• DAI
  
• Dalberg
  
• DCED
  
• Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
  
• Dexis Consulting Group
  
• EcoVentures International (EVI)
  
• ELIM Serviços
  
• Enterprise Partners (EP)
  
• Genesis Analytics
  
• Fair & Sustainable (F&S) Ethiopia
  
• FHI 360
  
• Fintrac Inc
  
• International Labour Organization (ILO)
  
• International Youth Foundation (IYF)
  
• Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO)
  
• Fronteras
  
• Global Alliance for Improved Nutrition (GAIN)
  
• Global Communities
  
• Habitat for Humanity’s Terwilliger Center for Innovation in Shelter
  
• Heifer International
  
• HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation
  
• iDE
  
• International Fertilizer Development Center (IFDC)
  
• The Kaizen Company
  
• Levin Sources
  
• LINC
  
• Marketlinks
  
• MarketShare Associates (MSA)
  
• Mastercard Foundation
  
• Mercy Corps
  
• Mesopartner
  
• Musika
  
• Open Capital Advisors
  
• Organisation of Rural Associations for Progress (ORAP)
  
• Oxford Policy Management
  
• Palladium
  
• Practical Action
  
• Reos Partners
  
• Rikolto
  
• RTI International
  
• SEED Unit
  
• SNV Netherlands Development Organisation
  
• Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)
  
• SWISSCONTACT
  
• Tanager
  
• TechnoServe
  
• Tukule Zambia
  
• USAID
  
• Winrock International
  
• World Vision
  
• WorldFish
  

countries represented 

• Afghanistan
  
• Australia
• Austria
• Bangladesh
• Bolivia
• Burkina Faso
• Cambodia
• Canada
• Costa Rica
• Ethiopia
• Germany
• Honduras
• Kenya
• Kosovo
• Mexico
• Morocco
• Mozambique
• Peru
• Rwanda
• Serbia
• Solomon Islands
• South Africa
• Switzerland
• Tanzania
  
• Tanzania
  
• Thailand
  
• Uganda
  
• Ukraine
  
• United Kingdom
  
• United States
  
• Uzbekistan
  
• Zambia
  
• Zimbabwe

Agenda
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Graphic Recording

The graphics below depict major discussion points and themes from each day of the Symposium, with one graphic representing each day.​​  

To view additional graphics (from the Clinic sessions) click the link below.  

Clinic Graphics

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2019 Sponsors

MSS2019 was proudly supported by the following organizations:

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2019 Photos

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