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This document provides information for a four-day learning workshop on economic justice being held from March 17-20, 2014. The workshop objectives are to promote peer learning, develop an economic justice community of practice, and enhance partners' abilities to create impact through systems approaches. The agenda includes sessions on themes like influence, gender, enterprise development and resilience building, as well as field visits. Ground rules for presentations and discussions are established. Systems thinking approaches, like considering underlying causes and wider impacts, are encouraged.
Learning event tues slides
- 1. MECIS ECONOMIC JUSTICE COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE LEARNING WORKSHOP WELCOME MARCH 17-20, 2014
- 2. Page 2 PLEASE SIT AT TABLES AS SHOWN U. Alik – ESDC: _________– Fatima Irshaid – Mohamad S - Peter L –– Saida V. Agapi – Chogi – Matteo – Mustafa Ismael – Nickie – PARC: _________ - Shekhar W. Ahmed Sourani - Benoit – Dilorom – PalTrade: _________ - Rita – Roxanne X. Alaa – BWF: Dua - Levan – Maxime – Safarmo – Thomas Y. FTDC: _________ - Ibrahim Shaat – Jonathan – Mahinakhon – Nino – QUODEV: __________ Z. ARIJ: __________ - Beesyna – Ghazi – Ramila – Wael - Wassem
- 3. Page 3 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
- 4. Page 4 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
- 5. Page 5 TUESDAY AGENDA: MORNING 9.00 Review Monday 9.20 Influence • Introduction • Georgia case study and clarifications • Gaza Strip case study and clarifications • Groups: systems questions • Plenary 10.40 Coffee/Tea 10.55 Gender 12.00 Minister(s): official speaker(s) 12.30 Lunch
- 6. Page 6 TUESDAY AGENDA: AFTERNOON 13.30Enterprise Development Case studies: West Bank and Azerbaijan 14.50 Coffee/Tea 15.05 Resilience Building Case studies: Armenia (2) and Oxfam Italy 16.45 Market Place: help sought and offered 16.50 Review day 16.55 Plans for field visits 17.00 Close 19.00 Dinner
- 7. Page 7 TUESDAY GROUP WORK Thinking of the case studies you have just heard, please agree a key question to ask of the presenters of any one or all case studies. Please seek a deep question guided by the 4 systems questions ABCD. Your question does not have to be ABCD. Please also agree a back-up question – in case another group asks your main question first!
- 8. Page 8 GROUPS FOR TUESDAY BISCUITS: Alaa – Alik – Beesyna – BWF: Dua – Ibrahim Shaat – Roxanne – Safarmo – Saida – Wael COFFEE: ARIJ: __________ – Benoit – Chogi – Jonathan – Levan – Mohamad S -–Mustafa Ismael – Nickie – Ramila – Wassem SIDEROOM: Ahmed Sourani – Dilorom – Fatima Irshaid – FTDC: _________ – Ghazi – Matteo – PalTrade: _________ – Peter L – Rita – Thomas LIFTS: Agapi – ESDC: _________ – Mahinakhon – Maxime – Nino – PARC: _________ – QUODEV: __________ –Shekhar
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- 10. Page 10 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
- 11. Page 11 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
- 12. Page 12 DESIGN OF WORKSHOP Balance between sharing on specific details…
- 13. Page 13 DESIGN OF WORKSHOP … and digging into depth through systems thinking
- 14. Page 14 DESIGN OF WORKSHOP Specific details AND conceptual thinking breadth AND depth – especially in field visits
- 15. Page 15 SYSTEMS THINKING: WHAT IS A SYSTEM? • Multiple actors and relationships between them • Both formal and informal structures and behaviours • Unpredictable chains of events • System adapts itself and changes It is real life!
- 16. Page 16 Transport Business Development - minimal services due to vertical integration MARKET SERVICES (DIS)ENABLING ENVIRONMENT MARKET CHAIN Smallholders (80%) growing Olive Oil (100,000 HHs) Consumer: •International Farm intensification – limited complimentary livelihoods: Herbs, Honey, Almond, Cous Cous Informal Gulf Gift market (30%) Bottlers (9) Domestic retailers (20%) Commercial presses (280- presses) US, Far east and European Retailers and Supermarkets (10%?)Differentiated Markets by quality and certification -virgin/extra virgin -- FT/Organic/non FT -- Solidarity/mainstream Israeli’s define trade policy, logistics and access to assets Lack of trust between actors in the sector Export logistics in current security situation Liberalisation: disruption in input supplies, quality control problems Lack of power/influence of Olive oil council and other farmers’ representative org. Limited access to water sources Producer organisation (40) Limited research - drought /pest resistant crops Extension All delivered through NGO’s Finance Working capital and export Credit Insurance Savings Pests and disease Rainfed ag. – limited and unpredictable rainfall OPT Agriculture viewed as an investment Non-commercial actors with limited business and financial skills By-product – Olive paste Access/maintenance of farms near settlements/ behind the wall/mountains Supply Stability Sector management and Trade policy Land claiming by Israeli’s, declining soil fertility and fragmentation Assets Farmer’s and Coops/groups lack of a business mentality/passivity Women lack time and ?? attitudes and beliefs Consumers solidarity with Palestinian cause Education levels and skill transfer from Israeli Ag. Quality image being eroded by ‘Gift’ trade Wholesalers (120) Domestic Manufacturers (5%) Export Manufacturers (?%) Home consumption Irrigation – limited technologies Donor interest High labour cost Coop Presses FLO/IMO/Or ganic certification FLO pricing Donor money Low overall quantity Storing changes specification First mover advantage on FT 100% Women 95% Men 90% Men 100% men 100% men Men and women 15% women Men and women 100% men 100% men
- 17. Page 17 SYSTEMS THINKING: SOME KEY QUESTIONS A. What underlying causes were being addressed? How did they link to the interventions used? B. What were the wider impacts beyond immediate beneficiaries? What lessons can be drawn from these wider impacts? C. What were the main factors causing inequality between men and women? How did you tackle these factors? D. What relationships with others were important? What did you do to build and benefit from them?
- 18. Page 18 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
- 19. Page 19 Enterprise Development Resilience Building Innovative Services Gender Influence & Investment New Business Models
- 20. Page 20 GROUND RULES • Tight timing on presentations: 12 minutes plus 3 minutes for handover and points of clarification… What else? • Punctuality? • Mobiles? • Use of laptops? • Confidentiality? • How to talk about the work of other people? • ANK?
- 21. Page 21 Acronyms Nobody Knows
- 22. Page 22 CONTEXT: BY LOCATION Armenia – Azerbaijan – Georgia – oPt (2 groups) – Tajikistan Please summarise on matching coloured Post-its the context in your location: briefly in marker pens: • What is positive for Oxfam’s work • What is negative for Oxfam’s work - within each of the 5 sectors: Positive Negative Public sector Private sector Civil society Smallholder agriculture Household/domestic culture
- 23. Page 23 CONTEXT: BY SECTOR Please study Post-its in 1 of the 5 sectors: how much is the same and how much is different between locations? Table U + ARIJ: Public sector Table V + Ramila + Wassem: Private sector Table W + Beesyna: Civil society Table X + Ghazi: Smallholder agriculture Table Y + Wael: Household/domestic culture After every 4 minutes we shall move round. PS CS SHA HH/DC PS
- 24. Page 24 INNOVATIVE SERVICES: GROUP WORK In Tajikistan and each location represented in the group that has supported innovation in services to women and men smallholders: 1. In relation to innovative services: a) what worked well? b) what did not work? 2. Systems questions: group 1 answers A / group 2: D / group 3: C / group 4: B – see paper Please choose someone to record key points on the flipchart and report back a summary in plenary.
- 25. Page 25 NEW BUSINESS MODELS: GROUP WORK In Azerbaijan, West Bank and each location represented in the group that has supported links to commercial buyers and wholesale markets through new business models: 1. In relation to new business models: a) what worked well? b) what did not work? 2. Systems questions: group 1 answers B / group 2: A / group 3: D / group 4: C – see paper Please summarise your answers in pictures and choose someone to explain the pictures in plenary.