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Lillian Villeda PLP Learning Facilitator

Wrap Up and Moving Forward. Lillian Villeda PLP Learning Facilitator. The PLP on Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages in Rural Areas. SEEP AGM October 28 th , 2005. Main Points to be Covered:.

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Lillian Villeda PLP Learning Facilitator

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  1. Wrap Up and Moving Forward Lillian VilledaPLP Learning Facilitator The PLP on Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages in Rural Areas SEEP AGMOctober 28th, 2005

  2. Main Points to be Covered: • What is the PLP on Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages in Rural Areas? • Who are the PLP partner organizations? • What learning questions are driving our peer learning process? • What is the learning process and how can you be involved?

  3. The PLP in a Nutshell • The PLP is a USAID funded project managed by the SEEP network • An action research project that engages grantees in a collaborative learning process to document and share findings in order to identify effective and replicable practices and innovations to address challenges in the field of MSE development • Time frame: 18 months – 2 years

  4. PLP in Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages in Rural Areas • Address current challenges in MSE development in rural areas: • What are ways that rural MSEs and producers can sustainably integrate and benefit from improved and more favorable market participation? • What are ways that more finance can be available to rural MSEs, producers and other key players so they can take advantage of potential market opportunities?

  5. The PLP in Strategic Alliances for Financial Services and Market Linkages in Rural Areas • Potential Solution to be explored: • Can strategic alliances between different rural players (like financial institutions, value chain actors, market development facilitators and other service providers) help increase access to financial services enabling MSEs and producers to take advantage of market opportunities. • If so, HOW?

  6. StrategicAlliances with whom? Global Retailers • Strategic Alliances between: • Financial Institutions and value chain actors and producers • Financial Institutions and Cross Cutting Providers and producers • Financial Institutions and Market Development Facilitators National Retailers Sector-specific providers Exporters Wholesalers Processors/Traders Cross-cutting providers Producers Financial (cross cutting) Input Suppliers

  7. Who is in PLP network?

  8. PLP Projects are Global!

  9. PLP Partners in Brief • 7 PLP Projects with 10 current partners • A mix financial institutions and market development facilitators • Accion and El Comercio MFI – Paraguay • American Refugee Committee – Sierra Leone • Caja Nor - Peru • EDA – India • IDEI – India • Kenya BDS and Resource Mobilization Centre - Kenya • MEDA and National Association of Business Women (NABW)– Tajikistan • 3 Resource Panelists, SEEP and USAID

  10. What are the main learning questions? • The main learning questions were identified and discussed during our launch workshop that took place in May 2005. • Four Phases

  11. Phase 1 –Understanding Value Chain Finance • What type of information can financial institutions and market development facilitators gather to better understand the financial relationships in value chains; and the financial bottlenecks in value chain? • How (what tools and methods) can practitioners use to gather this type of information? What analytical tools can we use to better analyze the data?

  12. Global Retailers National Retailers Sector-specific providers Exporters Wholesalers Processors/Traders Cross-cutting providers Producers Financial (cross cutting) Input Suppliers Phase 1 –Understanding Value Chain Finance (continued) • How can practitioners use this information to potentially form strategic alliances with different rural players or to develop more innovative financial products?

  13. Phase 2 – Forming Strategic Alliances or Partnerships • How does an organization select with which players to form strategic alliances with? • How do potential partners structure a strategic alliance? How does a strategic alliance effectively share responsibilities, rewards and costs? • How does a strategic alliance account for changes in partner or client needs over time? • What is the role of market development facilitators in making strategic alliances happen?

  14. Phase 3 –Implementing Innovative, and Commercial Solutions • How do organizations design (or jointly design) financial products based on understanding of existing value chain finance and value chain bottlenecks? • What is the role of market development facilitators in developing financial products? • How can risk be shared among financial institutions and value chain actors to help increase access to finance? • How can market development facilitators assist in developing service markets (agents, financial intermediaries) that support financial institutions?

  15. Kenya BDS and Resources Mobilization Centre will work with financial institutions and savings mobilizers (local consultants) to start savings services Examples of Potential Solutions:

  16. Phase 4 – Replication and Measuring Results • What are the factors that lead to sustainable strategic alliances? • How can organizations replicate these models and approaches in varying contexts? • How can a demonstration effect be encouraged so that more organizations are able to create sustainable strategic alliances to increase access to finance? • How effectively do strategic alliances promote solutions that benefit MSEs and producers?

  17. Document and share findings on an on-going basis The Learning Process Participate in learning activities (workspace, list serve discussion, peer exchanges) Jointly develop learning framework Launch Workshop/Discuss questions partners have in common

  18. Opportunities stay involved… • Pick Up Free Copies • Rural Finance for Value Chains Quarterly • Learning Framework • Stay tuned to products (quarterly newsletter, tech notes, summaries of list serve discussions, case studies, check lists, how to’s, teaching cases) that we are developing for practitioners based on our experience • Contact Lillian Villeda if you want to participate in a list serve discussion, share your experiences in this area or if you are interested in receiving our quarterly newsletter • Lillian@online.com.kh

  19. Questions for the panelists?

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