The 2013 SEEP
Annual Conference
will take place
November 4-7, 2013
SEEP would like to thank Citi as a sponsor of the 2013 Conference
We look forward to welcoming you to the 2013 SEEP Annual Conference
Sheraton Pentagon City Hotel
November 4-7, 2013!
If you have questions about the conference, please contact us!
Integrating Very Poor Producers into Value Chains Field Guide
Register For This Training Session
No registration for the SEEP Conference
is required to attend technical trainings.
Training Provider: World Vision
Date: Monday, November 5
Description: The purpose of this Training of Trainers training session is to provide workshop participants tools to disseminate to field staff the “Integrating Very Poor Producers Into Value Chains Field Guide.” The Field Guide provides a suite of tools for facilitating linkages between producers with suppliers and buyers. This includes vertical win-win relationships, trust in vertical relationships, factors impacting buyer and supplier linkages, learning and information flow in vertical relationships, and working with the private sector. It also includes topics such as horizontal ‘producer-to-producer’ linkages like trust in horizontal relationships, limited ability to take on risk, limited access to resources, lack of confidence, non-financial incentives to participation, exclusion of women, and leveraging niche markets.
Furthermore, this workshop will include case studies on adapting value chain development tools. This will include practical worksheets and will address the implementation phase of the value chain approach. Copies of the Field Guide will also be provided electronically for those at the training to pass on within their organization.
The Field Guide has been developed based on feedback from workshops in Ethiopia, Bangladesh and Tanzania. There are also case studies included in the Field Guide from Kenya, Sierra Leone, Ethiopia, Angola, Haiti, and Bangladesh. The Field Guide Coordinating Committee includes Jennefer Sebstad, Anicca Jansen, and Lane Pollack from USAID and Nussi Abdullah, Paul Bundick and Samantha Ackerson from FHI 360, as well as Margie Brand and Dan Norell.
Space is limited to 35 participants in each training, so register now.
Target Audience: Head Office or National Office Technical Specialists.
Trainers: Dan Norell
Dan Norell works as a Senior Technical Advisor in Economic Development for World Vision, Inc. providing technical services to grant acquisition for US Government and foundation funding in enterprise development, microfinance, economic strengthening, economic recovery, and other economic development interventions. He also provides technical services to World Vision National Offices in economic development programming.
Margie Brand
Margie Brand is the founder, executive director and board member of Ecoventures International and has had consulting assignments with ACDI/VOCA, FHI360, Aga Khan Foundation Canada, USAID Economic Growth and Trade Training Office, Banyan Global, Save the Children US and QED Group. With over 15 years of experience, Margie is an expert in areas such as economic strengthening for vulnerable populations, market development, enterprise development and value chain development.
Tom Roberts PhD is the Food Security and Economic Development Director for World Vision International for the Southern African Regional Office. He has a sound background in agriculture, livelihoods, and small enterprise development. In the past seven years, Tom has implemented independent and combined approaches in post-conflict settings to improve the livelihoods of vulnerable households.Fees:
| Membership Status | Before Sept. 21 | After Sept. 21 |
| Member | $200 | $250 |
| Non-Member | $250 | $300 |
No registration for the SEEP Conference is required to attend technical trainings.
