Events

Date: Tuesday, 12 March 2024 Speakers: Paul Joicey, Team Leader, Strengthening Host and Refugee Populations in Ethiopia (SHARPE) Collins Apuoyo, Chief of Party, Inclusive Agricultural Markets Activity (IAM) Uganda The application of the MSD approach to programmes working in a context of protracted displacement is relatively new, but part of a wider movement that is encouraging the private sector to include refugees within their business models. 

Smaller enterprises in the agriculture sector have long struggled to access adequate and timely capital for their business activities, despite their critical role in moving food from farm to fork. The development finance sector has increasingly focused on such enterprises, launching various funds and initiatives to bridge the estimated US$ 74.5 billion annual financing gap they face across Sub-Saharan Africa.

Cooperatives are uniquely positioned to champion their local communities, creating the foundation necessary for long-term development impact. They are created and owned by the communities they serve, empowering local people and institutions to own the planning, implementation and evaluation of their own growth and sustainable development.

On December 14, 2023, the USAID Women's Economic Empowerment Community of Practice (USAID WEE CoP) hosted “Gender and Climate in Global Supply Chains: Private Sector Innovations in Practice.” We appreciate the 106 attendees from 31 countries who joined this virtual event and would like to extend a special thank you to our speaker and panelists: 

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.

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.

Do you want to learn how to effectively promote Local Economic Development (LED) and Market Systems Development (MSD) in your project or location? Join Mesopartner in Vietnam this September for a training event on A Systemic Approach to Local Economic & Market Systems Development. The training will provide a comprehensive introduction to the two approaches and look at their commonalities and differences.

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

How have recent conflicts impacted global peace? What can the changing geopolitical landscape tell us about the likelihood of future conflict? How can youth enhance and engage in peace and conflict resolution? Join Mr.

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.

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

RECONOMY is an inclusive and green economic MSD program working in the Western Balkans and Eastern Europe.  This webinar will provide insights from RECONOMY’s efforts and the challenges faced in applying an environment and climate change lens at all stages of program development - from sector selection to program design and implementation. It will explore: 

USAID Green Invest Asia, GIZ, and Sustainable Coconut Steering Committee (SCSC) will convene the 7th Sustainable Coconut Roundtable in-person in Makati City, Philippines, with the theme “Advancing Resilient and Sustainable Coconut Supply in Southeast Asia.” The roundtable, to be held on the sidelines of a Philippine Coconut Alliance meeting, convenes stakeholders actively involved in coconut supply chains with shared interests in sourcing and capturing investment opportunities in sustainable coconut and coconut oil value chains.

Join the Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) award for a presentation on its Interactive Dashboard, Synthesis of Evidence from Resilience Programming.

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USAID Green Invest Asia and the Cocoa Association of Asia will host a webinar on November 2, 2022, as the follow-up to the recent CAA International Conference. The event continues discussions on strategies and actions that cocoa industry leaders are taking to reduce the impacts of climate change and increase supply chain resiliency.

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.”

As crises become more global and frequent in nature and economies more interdependent, the need to elevate the ways that market systems adapt to and proactively prepare for shocks and stresses is becoming more important than ever.

Join GAYA (Gender and Youth Activity) on September 1, 2022, at 8:30 AM ET for a participatory discussion to reflect on lessons learned for gender and youth programming during the last few years of massive global shocks and stresses.

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Join us on May 31 for a webinar on private health start-ups and the support they need to succeed. The private healthcare market in low- and middle-income countries has grown significantly in the last decade and only increased in importance during the COVID-19 pandemic. Many innovators struggle to scale their ideas into viable businesses because they do not receive, or do not have access to, business development support and financial services tailored to their markets and unique needs.

The USAID-funded Trade and Competitiveness Activity is pleased to announce the first session of the USAID Center for Economics and Market Development’s summer 2022 Webinar series! This series promotes discussion about the challenges and opportunities of the digital economy and represents a great opportunity for international development partners, private sector leaders, and other thought leaders to discuss the pressing issue of promoting economic development in a post-COVID world.

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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