MECIS ECONOMIC JUSTICE COMMUNITY OF

PRACTICE LEARNING WORKSHOP

WELCOME

MARCH 20, 2014

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WORKSHOP OBJECTIVES

1. To promote peer to peer learning across the region

2. To develop a strong Economic Justice Community of Practice and support structure in the region

3. To enhance the ability of Oxfam and partner organisations to gain greater impact through a systems approach

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AGENDA

MONDAY TUESDAY WEDNESDAY THURSDAY

SHARING EXPERIENCE WITHIN THEMES

FIELD VISITS INTEGRATION & NEXT STEPS

Introduction 2 themes Field visits Integration

2 themes 2 themes Field visits Next steps

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THURSDAY AGENDA: MORNING

9.00 Introduction to Thursday

9.10 Reports from field visits

9.40 Armenia case study: Methodology for assessing vulnerability

10.00 Integration: Introduction

10.15 Integration: Groups – three, self selecting:1. Innovative Services

2. New Business Models: working with cooperatives

3. Influence: multi-stakeholder forums

11.30 Integration: Plenary (break during groups)

12.30 Lunch

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THURSDAY AGENDA: AFTERNOON

13.30Next steps: group work: developing CoP

14.15 Next steps: plenary

14.45 Coffee/Tea

15.00 Other themes such as:• Effective partnerships• Monitoring & finance management

16.30 Check actions

16.45 Review workshop – incl evaluation sheet

16.55 Closing words

17.00 Close

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INTEGRATION GROUP WORK

Thinking of the whole system, please summarise:

1. Modelsa) What are the models?

b) What are the key factors that lead you to each model?

2. How can we ensure that poor women are at the centre of this work?

3. What have you learned at this workshop that could be a promising approach in your context?

Please select a reporter to record answers on flip charts and to give a summary in the plenary session.

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NEXT STEPS GROUP WORKPlease suggest specific and realistic next steps to support the development of the Community of Practice in MECIS:

1. Capacity

a) What are the needs?

b) How could capacity be built?

c) Who might help build capacity?

2. Support structure

a) Organisational roles

b) Information technology

c) Communications eg the blog, webinars

3. Secondments

4. Offers of help, requests for help

5. What else?

Please select a reporter to record answers on flip charts and to give a summary in the plenary session.

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EXPECTATIONS: GENERAL

• To learn what others have done• To learn from colleagues about what worked

and what did not work, especially in oPt• To exchange ideas, learning from each other• To reflect on our own initiatives from

different perspectives• To understand systems thinking and

leveraging – and how they affect theories of change

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EXPECTATIONS: SPECIFIC TOPICS

• Challenges faced by others launching Gendered Enterprise & Markets (GEM) projects

• Innovative agricultural service delivery models

• Programme implementation by partners• Monitoring & finance management, donor

requirements• Motivation for farmers’ cooperation• Implementing gender mainstreaming

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SYSTEMS THINKING

• Popular definition

• Examples from non-MECIS projects:

• Colombia dairy – influencing through stakeholder forums

• Ethiopia Coffee – new business model

• Tanzania Sisal – private sector linkage

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Enterprise Development

Resilience Building

Innovative Services

GenderInfluence & Investment

New Business Models