This is the web version of the slides used during the MaFI meeting at the SEEP Conference 2016.

1. MaFI – The Market
Facilitation Initiative
Meeting
Facilitated by Lucho Osorio-Cortes
Member Day
September 19, 2016
SEEP Conference

2. “We should never stop being students throughout our
entire lives and be open to this, as there is so much to learn
and the world is constantly changing faster than we ever
can. The more I learn and the older I get, the more I realize I
don't know. However, just as importantly, we should never
stop being teachers and passing on what knowledge and
experience we do have for others to synthesize, compare,
challenge and absorb. Because teaching others is the
greatest way to test our own comprehension.”
- Mark Harwood

3. Overview of Agenda, 1:30 – 3:30
1) Intro to MaFI
2) Strategy in action: Clinics and Tools Portal
3) Mainstreaming

4. Intro to MaFI
Promoting facilitation of market systems development since 2008.
Facilitation:
Creation of conditions for market actors to
drive change that matters to them and
makes sense to them

5. Hard work and fun: a sense of friendship and
community
MaFI has promoted debates and
learning and produced resources
on issues like:
•Facilitation
•Smart subsidies
•Systemic M&E and complexity
•Capacity building
•Agricultural Knowledge Systems
•WEE
•Programme management

6. Vision and strategic principles (Exercise)
1. Find a partner
2. Browse through the vision/principles handout
3. Share with your partner ONE item from that document
that got you EXCITED and/or INSPIRED

7. Strategy in action:
Market Facilitation Clinics

8. Market Facilitation Clinics
We are always
busy. Too busy
to learn or
reflect…

9. Market Facilitation Clinics
To busy to listen
to what others
are saying and
doing…

10. Market Facilitation Clinics
Whenever we have
time or are forced
to learn, we do it
“backwards”. We
learn from past
experiences.

11. Market Facilitation Clinics
If we only learn
“backwards” we might
lose track of the road
ahead and of the
present challenges.
This is why the Clinics
are useful!

12. Market Facilitation Clinics
• “LEARNING FORWARD”
• ON THE JOB
• FOR THE JOB
• CONTRAST
• NETWORKING
• KNOWLEDGE PRODUCTION
• SENSE OF COMMUNITY

13. Clinics - definition
A place to come to diagnose and move forward with urgent
problems.
NOT coming to experts who will give you the solution, but rather a
group process…
whereby participants help their colleagues respond to challenges
more effectively.

14. The four thematic
groups that were
formed for this pilot

15. Satisfaction with the process: it went well but there is room for improvement.
“Difficult
logistics of
different
time zones”
“I realized
there are no
easy solutions”
“I missed
one key
call”
“Good
opportunity
to get
together”
“Spurred me
to take action
more
strategically”

16. Real changes in real projects took
place as a result of the Clinics!

17. Market Facilitation Clinics (Exercise)
THINK: practical challenge you or your team are facing in a project
SCAN: Clinics flyer (handout) – examples of challenges
WRITE: 1-2 words that describe your challenge – STICKY LABEL
STAND UP AND FIND PEOPLE WITH SIMILAR CHALLENGES
STICK TOGETHER AND FIND A TABLE
IF SINGLE, GO TO THE GROUP YOU LIKE THE MOST
SHARE WITHIN YOUR GROUP ABOUT YOUR CHALLENGE.
IF YOU CAN HELP OTHERS, EXCHANGE CONTACT DETAILS.

18. Market Facilitation Clinics
DO YOU THINK YOU COULD BENEFIT
FROM THE CLINICS?
- HOW?
- IF NOT, WHY NOT? WHAT IS MISSING?
DISCUSS IN YOUR GROUP

19. Market Facilitation Clinics
WANT TO KNOW MORE?
WOULD LIKE TO BE PART OF A CLINIC?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO ASK SOMETHING TO ANY OF
THE 4 GROUPS FROM THIS PILOT?
WOULD YOU LIKE TO HELP THEM?
LEAVE YOUR NAME, ORGANISATION AND EMAIL
ON THE TABLE.

20. Strategy in action:
The Market Facilitation
Tools Portal

21. The Market Facilitation Tools Portal is…
a platform to help inclusive market facilitators
access appropriate tools more quickly and
reliably, improve their productivity and avoid
reinventing the wheel every time they have to
plan and execute common project
management activities.

25. Market Facilitation Tools Portal
Making it work for you
What types of resources and service do you think this
PORTAL SHOULD offer?
(Think also about project managers and field
practitioners)

26. Market Facilitation Tools Portal
Factors that would make it unique:
• Type of resources
• Fine-grain search (better than Google search)
• Quality control
• Tried & tested
• Context
• Networking of users – community of practice

27. WRAPPING UP
How to ensure more application of
market systems approaches in specific
sectors, such as WEE Food Security?

28. Thank you very much!
Lucho Osorio
luchokool@gmail.com
@alchemistbutter
@marketfacil