MICROFINANCE EVENT: Market Systems Symposium; April 8 - 11, 2019; Cape Town, South Africa

The annual Market Systems Symposium will focus on “inspiration, capacity building, and connections you need to strengthen and transform your market systems development practice.” The mission of the organizer, EcoVentures International, is to support “micro and small enterprises that move beyond the greening of practices to providing products and services that enhance and protect local resources, meet the demands of the marketplace, and provide youth with a greater sense of where they fit into their community and the world.” The event is slated to cover Adaptive Management, Market Systems Resilience, Practical Application of Market Systems Development in Difficult Contexts, and Non-Agricultural Market Systems / Informal Labor Market Contexts. The first day of the program includes optional workshops on the following topics: Systems Thinking and Complexity, Political Economy Analysis, Youth Employment and Employability, Input Supply System Tactics, and Output Buyer Supply Chain Management Tactics.

Background on Organizer: EcoVentures is a US-based nonprofit organization with 2015 gross receipts of USD 378,000.

Cost: The registration fee is USD 865. Participants who register before January 20, 2019, may enjoy a rate of USD 680. Optional “pre-training workshops” on April 8 incur a fee of USD 365.

Event Website: https://www.marketsystemssymposium.org/

For additional information, you may email info[at]eco-ventures.org or call +1 202 470 0043.

By Tiannah Steele, Research Associate

Sources and Additional Resources

Event registration
https://www.marketsystemssymposium.org/registration.html

Event agenda
https://www.marketsystemssymposium.org/agenda.html

EcoVentures homepage
http://www.eco-ventures.org/

GuideStar profile on EcoVentures
https://www.guidestar.org/profile/03-0415607

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