Welcome to the SEEP Network’s On-Line Conference: Urban Value Chain Development, April 29 – May 22, 2008 – Extended! to June 6
Facilitated by Mary McVay
With expert discussants Aly Miehlbradt, Linda Jones and Sohini Sarkar
Thank you for joining the Enterprise Development Exchange community for this seminal conversation, the first of our series of conferences and activities to advance sustainable poverty eradication.
Together we will …
- Learn basic frameworks and vocabulary from different communities of practice
- Share perspectives and strategies for addressing urban poverty
- Explore opportunities and challenges for applying value chain development to help eradicate urban poverty
This conversation will form the basis of the research agenda in the upcoming program The Value Initiative, which is funded by The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.
Participants and Participation
A diverse group of approximately 70 professionals have joined the conference so far. We are comprised of value chain and urban development experts, senior and junior level professionals, people from every region of the globe; and we represent practitioners, technical consultants and trainers, and investors and funders. I am so pleased at the diversity of perspective and look forward to hearing from all of you. To see for yourself, click on the “Contacts” tab at the top of this page. In order to facilitate this “meet and greet,” I will post an “Introductions and Networking” message later today.
During this conference, we will be getting familiar with different approaches and seeking synergy among them. This is a great time to ask basic questions, and to push forward innovative new thinking. Please feel welcome. Your participation makes the interaction successful. We value your contribution and will provide all contributing participants with a certificate of appreciation.
Agenda
The following is a list of the lead posts you can expect to receive from me during the conference.
Technical/Procedural Instructions & Questions (You received this via e-mail already.)
Welcome & Paper (April 29)
Introductions & Networking (April 29)
1. The Urban Development Challenge (April 30)
2. Urban Development Solutions (May 2)
3. Value Chain Development (May 8)
4. Synergy for Innovative Solutions (May 15)
5. The Value Initiative (June 2-6)
Materials
To launch the discussion, we are providing you with a draft overview paper presented for your comments and review:
“Urban Value Chain Development: Potential and Challenges in 2008.”
This paper is attached. You can find it and synthesis of the conversation at: http://communities.seepnetwork.org/urban/node/121
Feel free to post your own relevant documents by attaching them to a posting.
How to proceed
Please begin by posting your introduction and reading the paper. We will then post a set of questions to start with.
To make a post – just reply to this or any other e-mail/posting.
To receive responses in your e-mail in-box, click on the option at the bottom of the the welcome e-mail to “subscribe to discussion posts in the group.”
If you have any questions at all—about content, procedures or technical problems—please address them to me, and I will see that the appropriate person responds.
Thank you so very much for joining us! I look forward to learning with you.
Mary McVay
Director, The Value Initiative
The SEEP Network
708-660-8140
mcvay@seepnetwork.org
“www.seepnetwork.org”: www.seepnetwork.org
http://edexchange.seepnetwork.org
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