IDC conducts ValueLinks seminars with registration available for participants in Germany and other countries such as Cambodia, Ethiopia, Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire and Colombia. Seminars are currently being prepared. If you are interested, please send us a message using the form below.
Benefits for users are:
- A versatile methodology that you can customize for value chain promotion and transformation of agrifood systems
- Holistic, yet simple, tried and tested tools
- Structured analysis including planning of fields of intervention and support activities.
Organiser
The seminar is organised by IDC Unternehmensberatung GmbH in Aachen, Germany. IDC runs ValueLinks training seminars regularly in different countries since 2008 and has already organised or co-facilitated more than 180 ValueLinks Introductory Training and Training-of-Trainers seminars.
Participants
The training seminars are intended to serve consultants, planners and practitioners at development agencies, consulting firms, government organizations and business associations.
Main contents of the training seminars
The seminars give participants a profound introduction into the concept of value chain promotion. The training follows an interactive method, in which the presentation of concepts, facts and methodology alternates with exercises to apply hands-on tools and know-how to concrete cases in working group sessions.
In particular, the training covers the following subjects:
- Selecting high potential value chains
- Structural, environmental, social and economic analysis of value chains
- Developing a VC upgrading strategy
- Project and process design for getting transformative action underway
- Introducing innovative ecological and social business models
- Facilitating reliable and fair horizontal and vertical business linkages
- Improving access to services
- Strengthening finance and insurance arrangements
- Quality and standards
- Contributing to favorable policies and institutions.
Training material
Participants will receive a seminar binder and the complete set of the presentations including additional information material.
Venue, duration and number of participants
To be announced. The maximum number of participants is 25.
Language
Seminars are conducted in English, French and Spanish.
Trainers
The seminars are facilitated by experienced ValueLinks trainers and members of the ValueLinks Association.
Registration and Fees
Training fees vary slightly from seminar to seminar and will be announced in each case.
