Course objective:
This course provides a basic introduction to the concepts and methods behind M4P. M4P is an approach to understand and overcome the failure of systems to serve the needs of the poor. Contrary to traditional project approaches, in which implementing agencies provide or support services directly to the poor, an agency applying M4P acts as facilitator that aligns key players and functions of a system to produce sustainable results. As the term M4P indicates, the approach was originally developed to analyze and strengthen market systems and private sector development – which will be thefocus of the course. Today, the approach is also applied to systems with predominantly public sector activities, such as education systems.
Key topics:
• Enabling an environment for private sector development• Strategic framework of the M4P approach• Analysing and understanding systems and system change• Sustainability of system change • Facilitation of system change• Monitoring and measurement of M4P interventions• Management of M4P interventions
Lecturers:
Maja Rüegg, HELVETAS Swiss Intercooperation Raphael Dischl, HELVETAS Swiss IntercooperationPeter Bissegger, Swisscontact Michael Fink, Swisscontact Dr. Kenneth Harttgen, NADEL
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The Market Systems Symposium's purpose is to provide the inspiration, capacity building, and connections you need to strengthen and transform your market systems development practice.
Join leading experts, practitioners and donors from around the globe to move forward conversations that explore innovations in research and the application of market systems development strategies, through inspiring dialogues, capacity building breakouts, hands-on tool workshops, and tons of networking. >> more
This 5-days course offers a comprehensive and in-depth understanding of all aspects that practitioners need to set up a practical results measurement system for internal learning and communicating credible results. This course targets intervention and results measurement staff and managers who are working in Private Sector Development programs.
