Value Chain Facilitation

Value Chain Facilitation leads to motivated value chain actors who understand the challenges, and actively and jointly pursue their common goals. Structuring the facilitation process, identifying competencies and applying effective tools is central to successful value chain development.

Participants:
You are working for an NGO, searching for effective facilitation approaches and tools for value chain development. You are a consultant, aspiring to offer value chain facilitation services to value chain actors, donors or NGOs. You are working for a donor, facilitating the design and implementation processes of value chain development projects.

Course objectives:
By the end of the course you will be able to design a structured facilitation process for pro-poor value chain development. You will understand the role facilitation plays in the various value chain development models. You will learn to identify and manage the sequential facilitation phases and define roles and tasks. You will be able to define and practice competencies for effective facilitation. You will learn how to deal with powers and conflicts. You will be familiar with tools and practices to facilitate actors to develop and implement their value chain strategies.

Course outline:
Day 1

• Introducing the value chain approach
• The role of facilitation in different value chain development models
• How to structure the facilitation process

Day 2

• How to identify, understand and ensure the interests of relevant stakeholders
• Motivating and supporting actors to develop and manage action plans
• Identifying roles, phases and tasks for facilitation processes

Day 3

• Ensuring the right competencies
• How to deal with power games and conflicts
• Developing your next step

The course is developed and conducted by Hans Posthumus Consultancy and MDF.

Cost: 1,500 Euros

For more information and to register go to MDF’s website