1. SPARK DEVELOPING CAPACITIES FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION A Partnership Initiative in the Local Capacity Development Facility (LCDF) Family LCDF principles: joint investment, local ownership, country specific

3. Market challenges in Vietnam Growing number of non-state providers of Capacity Development Support Social Entrepreneurs, local organisations with capacity needs Existing funding streams (government, donor, NGO, private sector) Low quality services, limited outreach Poor demand articulation, low ability to pay Pre-determined Capacity Development Support Response to government and donor agenda’s Low investment & low enabling environment, funding for pre-packages services Compete against subsidizes public providers Imperfect, non transparent Capacity Development market

5. 2 main strategies… Dynamic and Transparent Market for Capacity Development Services Strategy 1: Up-scaling social innovation Strategy 2: Market facilitation for local level CDS Creating opportunity to demand for CDS Enhancing outreach and quality of CDS outreach Finance flow to local and tap local resources Match making events Market surveys Seed funding CDS learning & quality standards Solution scanning & selection SPARK Ambassa-dors Web-based platform

7. Strategy 2: Market Facilitation- CDS investment Match making events Develop cross cutting competencies for service providers SPARK Ambassa-dors broker new relationships and promote social entrepreneurs, service providers, users Web-based platform reference center for social innovation, CD tools & methods Market surveys monitor growth, outreach & quality of CDS CDS learning & quality standards professional learning between service providers quality standards among local service providers

9. SPARK organisation: A Social Investment Fund SPARK (LCDF Vietnam) Board Advisory Board Secretariat / Implementing Unit LCDF International Management Fund raising / Communication Research & Assessment Matchmaking / Brokering Market monitoring SPARK Ambassadors

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