Goal: To expand practitioner-led learning on market facilitation practices and tools.

Rationale: A wide body of guidance and tools on market research and program design is available, but far fewer resources exist on implementation.

Key questions: How can we work effectively through markets, build relationships, use subsides strategically, promote market adoption? What are the pros and cons of different approaches to market facilitation?

Request for Volunteers for 2008:

• Submission of literature, tools, program documents and case studies for the literature review (April–June, 2008, 1 day or less)
• Participation in the virtual conference on state of the practice in market Facilitation (September 2008, up to 1 day)
• Conference calls and virtual community to identify agenda for tool and resource development (November 2008, 1 day)
• Participation in groups developing tools and other market facilitation resources (January–May 2009, 1 day or less per month)
• Global Launch of Facilitation Tools and Resources via SEEP’s Enterprise Development Exchange (June–July 2009, 1 day or less to prepare and present)

Facilitators
Tracy Gerstle, CHF International
Lucho Osorio, Practical Action

SEEP Network members: To be added to the private workspace for the Market Facilitation Initiative, email Sabina Rogers at communities@seepnetwork.org with your Communities user name.

How do I join the online conference (September 2008)?

State of the Practice in Market Facilitation

If you are new to the Community, to create a user account

1. Visit http:communities.seepnetwork.org/community/user/register.
2. Input your user name (First, Last names) and your email.
3. Before you hit “submit”, to join the online conference in September, click the box for “Join State of the Practice…” (and other public groups you’d like to join).

You will receive an email with instructions and a password. Don’t forget to fill out your profile next!

If you have an account and want to join the online conference in September

1. Log in.
2. Go to your user account (click on your name in green at the top of the page), and click “edit”.
3. Scroll down the page till you see “Groups” and check the box “Join State of the Practice…” (and other public groups you’d like to join).
4. Hit “Submit”.