Symposium 2019

overview

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
Thailand
Uganda
Ukraine
United Kingdom
United States
Uzbekistan
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Report

Agenda

Graphic Recording

The graphics below depict major discussion points and themes from each day of the Symposium, with one graphic representing key learning from opening/closing Plenaries and the four Thematic Track sessions each day.

To view additional graphics from Clinic sessions, click below.

Clinic Graphics