Sunday, May 25, 2008

PRE-TRAINING INTRODUCTORY SESSION

Workshop objectives

The objective of this training is to enhance the ability of ADRA workers (project practitioners) to identify and develop strategies that increase small producer’s participation in the national and international markets. The training curriculum is designed to provide participants with a practical review of the value chain approach and its applications. Following this training, participants will be able to use the value chain approach as a tool for understanding trends in globalized markets and conditions under which micro- and small enterprises can benefit from the increased competitiveness that globalization requires.

Workshop immediate objectives

  • Provide participants with a deep understanding of value chain frameworks to analyze and deal with value chain development issues;
  • Provide participants with a deep understanding in how the value chain framework can be integrated into program design (understanding the conceptual foundations of the VC approach, selecting promising value chains, analyzing the structure and dynamics of value chains, developing strategies to overcome constraints and increase value chain competitiveness, etc.);
  • Analyze some experiences that ADRA has had in value chain development, in order to extract best practices;
  • Promote the utilization of value chain approach as a tool for formulating and implementing agricultural development projects in ADRA’s network.

Questions driving the training session

  • What is a value chain?
  • Why conduct a value chain analysis?
  • How to conduct a value chain analysis?
  • How can value chain analysis help policy makers and development project practitioners?
  • How to use value chain analysis to make an impact?

1 comment:

Alexis Musabimana said...

I 've read the document of training session. It 's my fist time to hear this approach. I hope that after this training I 'll find its applications in my activities.