Events

Mark your calendars for November 14-16, 2023, for MSS2023 in Cape Town, South Africa. Join us in an immersive experience where industry leaders, experts, and visionaries come together to exchange ideas, foster collaboration, and shape the future of market systems. Key Themes Include: Climate Change & Adaptation, Conflict-Affected Contexts,  Food Security and Food Systems.

One year after the launch of the Local Capacity Strengthening (LCS) Policy, USAID is excited to host the first annual Learning and Feedback Forum, which will take place virtually over six days between Tuesday, October 10, 2023 and Thursday, October 19, 2023. The Forum will help inform the direction of Policy implementation for the coming year and consists of 11 virtual one-hour sessions that are open to the public and USAID staff.

In the 1950s, Toyota pioneered “lean manufacturing,” a practice adopted by manufacturers around the world. But lean doesn’t just apply to manufacturing giants. The methodology is just as valuable to businesses of any size and sector that have processes, whether to manufacture a product or to deliver a service.

This unique training workshop, held every two years, brings together experienced results measurement practitioners to share lessons learned, solve common problems, exchange practical approaches and build a supportive network. It has gained a reputation for empowering practitioners with cutting edge and yet practical tools and techniques in results measurement to improve program management, impact and accountability.

In the 1950s, Toyota pioneered “lean manufacturing,” a practice adopted by manufacturers around the world. But lean doesn’t just apply to manufacturing giants. The methodology is just as valuable to businesses of any size and sector that have processes, whether to manufacture a product or to deliver a service.

Creating Change through Communications (CCTC) provides an overview of key strategies and tools for leaders and communications professionals at MSD/PSE programs and projects. In 9 weeks, you will: - Learn communication strategies and tactics for mission-driven organizations and MSD/PSE programs - Receive guided development of a tailored communications strategy - Get 1:1 support from the Discovered Markets Team - Join a vibrant community of like-minded individuals - Obtain a certificate of completion

Featuring perspectives from the CEO of an agribusiness in Uganda, a leader in Honduras’ BDS and finance ecosystem, and implementers at Gatsby, ACDI/VOCA, and MarketShare Associates - this webinar will unpack several practical examples where firms, ecosystem actors, and programs are strengthening firm and system-level learning capacities.

Moderator: Ron Ashkin, Technical Director, DT Global Africa Speakers from Private Sector Partnerships in Health (PSPH) programme, Somalia and Somaliland:  Hamda Warsame, Intervention Manager, Hargeisa, Somaliland Dr Mohamed Jimale, Intervention Manager, Mogadishu, Somalia

The first in a two-part webinar series, this event will make the case for why USAID is increasingly sharpening its focus on strengthening learning capacities not only within USAID staff and its implementing partners, but also within stakeholder partners and the systems in which USAID engages.

Markets are volatile by nature and the MSD approach involves analysis and programming to strengthen the ability of markets to bounce back from economic disruptions. This webinar will share examples from the Australian-Indonesian PRISMA programme, with Nina FitzSimons, Mohasin Kabir and Prajwal Shahi

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Available free of charge to development practitioners, the Cooperative IMPACT International Track is made possible by the U.S. Agency for International Development and generously sponsored by NCBA CLUSA, the U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council and its members. Our theme this year is “Forward, Together, through Locally-Led Cooperative Development.”

This webinar will provide insights from Bangladesh’s Rice and Diversified Crops Activity, showcasing practical examples of enterprise pivots and adaptations. The speakers will:

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This webinar will focus on the tactics that enabled GROW Liberia to make a difference:

This webinar will explore the potential for programmes using the market systems approach to be designed to incorporate environmental concerns such as climate change, biodiversity and natural resource depletion.  Drawing on a recent ILO guide, the webinar will explore how greening the MSD approach is compatible with the promotion of decent work and poverty reduction more broadly. Two case studies will be presented: RisiAlbania in Albania and Markets 4 Recycling in Bolivia 

Which models, incentives and businesses are best suited to achieve lasting systemic change? A recent evaluation of SPRING explores how they addressed this question.  Gordon Freer and Heidi Ober, the independent evaluators of SPRING, will use this webinar to examine some of the lessons learned from the SPRING evaluation.

1-5 November and 15-19 November 2021

Market and weather-related risks pose significant challenges to smallholder producers. These risks can make production and incomes volatile from year to year, reduce food security, threaten assets and financial security, and make farmers hesitant to invest in new technologies or practices to increase long-term productivity and welfare.

The detrimental impact of COVID-19 on the workforce participation and career ambition of women and ethnic or racial minority groups is well documented across many sectors, but there is notably limited evidence from the international development sector. The Feed the Future Market Systems and Partnerships (MSP) Activity sought to remedy this oversight by investing in understanding the specific ways in which the global pandemic is impacting the current and future pipeline of senior leaders on market systems development (MSD) activities.

The U.S. Overseas Cooperative Development Council and its members are pleased to co-sponsor the international track at this year’s Cooperative IMPACT Conference, October 4-7, 2021. This is a free opportunity to learn how cooperatives around the world are innovating for impact, strengthening communities and building resilience in the face of climate change. This is the third year partnering with NCBA CLUSA to offer a dedicated international program track.

This webinar outlined the barriers and challenges that LGBTQI+ people face in the labor market and highlighted three successful programs to address them in Brazil, Kenya, and Cambodia. Discrimination, stigma, violence, and criminalization cause widespread exclusion from economic opportunities for LGBTQI+ people, ultimately lowering development outcomes and reducing overall economic potential of societies.

Facilitated by IDEAL, the Food Security COVID-19 Learning Event will create an opportunity for emergency and non-emergency practitioners of USAID/Bureau of Humanitarian Assistance-funded activities to:  Pause and reflect on the lessons learned so far from implementing emergency and non-emergency food security activities during the COVID-19 pandemic; 

Registration for MSS2021 Online has officially begun!

This webinar explored market systems resilience and what tools are available to support measurement.