Hi
We are interested in a workshop on participation to achieve pro-poor impacts at scale.
Below are some thoughts on the workshop content. Is anyone else interested in this and would you like to join us?
thanks
Alison (Practical Action)

Promoting participation of a wide range of market stakeholders to make markets work better for the poor can be a contentious area. At one extreme some may consider participation to be a resource-heavy distraction from the real business of getting bi-lateral commercial transactions going. Whilst at the other end of the spectrum some agencies embed it deeply as a “principle” in their approach regardless of its effectiveness in producing lasting results. This workshop will explore these issues by considering a space for participation called Multi-stakeholder Forums. The interactive discussion will be informed by three case studies that draw on field based learning from Peru, Nepal and Sudan. How participation and, specifically Multi-stakeholder Forums, can help to achieve lasting sustainable change for the benefit of large numbers of poor producers, and not just a “lucky few” will be at the heart of the session.