IN COLLABORATION WITH WILL HOST A COURSE ON GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT AUGUST 24 - SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 (Arusha, Tanzania & Nairobi, Kenya) COURSE RATIONALE The concept of Value Chain as originally developed by Porter in the 1980s focused on firm level value creation processes. The concept was developed on the premise that primary and secondary activities, together with the related costs, are antecedents of a firm’s competitive strategy. With the liberalization of economies across the globe, multinational firms have established global production networks in multiple countries with a view to leveraging cost, efficiency, location, volume and profitability gains. Increasingly, the inter-dependence of functions within and across firms; the growing importance of intangible assets in value creation and co-creation; the complexity of coordinating global supply and value chains and the skills deficit in designing, developing, financing and monitoring performance of these chains has given rise to the need for capacity development in the field of global value chain analysis and development. Instructively, there is a need to develop human, technical and institutional capacity in these emerging areas. ESAMI and Strathmore Business School, (SBS) have partnered with COWI and Danish Fellowship Centre (DFC) to launch a premier, experiential and practical course on Global Value Chain Analysis and Development. COURSE OBJECTIVES The main objective of the training is to enhance the analytical capacity of Participants and to equip them with the necessary tools to support value chain development in their respective countries. Participants will be encouraged to reflect on how they can transform their new knowledge into actual value chain development/support within their respective companies/organizations. The training also provides an opportunity to establish a network amongst the course participants in order to exchange experience within support to value chain development. By the end of the course, participants should be able to: ● Map and analyse value chain ● Select promising value chains based on the analysis ● Apply value chain development tools and approaches to enhance organizational and sector competitiveness ● Participate in policy and regulatory dialogue on GVCs within their countries ● Support other organizations in value chain analysis and development ● Evaluate and select the most appropriate value chain upgrading options ● Lead the value chain upgrading agenda and process in their organization COURSE CONTENTS The first course week will be held at ESAMI (Arusha, Tanzania) and the second week the course transfers to Strathmore Business School (Nairobi, Kenya). Week One – ESAMI (Arusha, Tanzania) ● Introduction to the course (objectives, learning methods, facilitators and participants) ● Main concepts and theories within GVC (definitions, main actors, types of GVCs, main challenges and potentials, GVC and poverty reduction) ● Made in the world concept, applicable regulatory frameworks and its application in Regional integration ● Analytical tools (mapping of GVCs and main actors, commercial analysis, context analysis, risk analysis) ● Financing of GVCs (how are value chains financed, who are the relevant financial institutions, what are the available financial products) ● Identifying, selecting and supporting promising value chains (on the basis of a thorough context, stakeholder and commercial analysis) ● Analyzing successful and less successful value chains (why are some GVCs 8more promising than others?) ● Role and potential of GVCs on a national scale (examples from the countries of the participants) Week Two – Strathmore Business School (Nairobi, Kenya) ● Analysis of well-functioning value chains (study tours focusing on products, technical and financial feasibility, co-operation between actors, challenges etc.) ● Calculations at different levels of the value chain (value added, quality and certification considerations, pricing etc.) ● The role of development assistance in supporting value chains ● Analysis on the effectiveness of support given through development assistance at various stages ● Evaluating the impact of value chains (and of the impact of support to value chains) ● Defining and working with action plans (how can the participants enhance the support to GVCs? Formulation of GVC action plans, follow-up on action plans) MODE OF DELIVERY The course will be delivered through short lecture sessions, individual and group assignments and simulation exercises. Participants will also be required to develop action plans which they can implement upon return to their organizations. TARGET GROUP Private sector actors, private sector organizations and public sector institutions involved in private sector development. In addition, economists from various ministries and NGOs involved in GVCs may also benefit from the course. PARTNERING INSTITUTIONS Eastern and Southern African Management Institute (ESAMI) is a Pan-African regional management development Institute owned by ten Governments from the Eastern and Southern African region. The Institute is the leading provider of customized training and management consultancy in the Sub-Saharan Africa, with corporate learning and experience spanning over 30 years. Our clients include development partners, government departments, parastatals, NGOs, international organizations, private firms and national training Institutions. More information may be obtained on the website: www.esami-africa.org Strathmore Business School’s (SBS) is an institution that serves society by developing virtuous leaders through providing world-class executive management education in a local setting. Founded in 2005 the institution commits to pioneering world class standards in executive management education, research and application of business knowledge. SBS has over the years developed over 5000 leaders and managers locally and aims to ultimately continue to seek to provide a service and an enabling environment that leads to the development of each individual into an ethical leader at personal, organizational and society level consequently resulting to True Personal Transformation through Virtue. More information at http://www.sbs.strathmore.edu COWI is a leading Danish consulting company with more than 6,000 employees and 85 years of consultancy experience worldwide. Since 1930, COWI has been engaged in more than 50.000 projects in 175 countries - including development and delivery of courses within Global Value Chains. More information at www.cowi.com Danida Fellowship Centre (DFC) manages and implements Danida Capacity Development Support Programme which supports capacity development in Danida’s Programmes and projects worldwide. ABOUT THE TRAINERS Henry Waruhiu is an international management consultant with a wealth of experience in training and advisory services to Government Institutions and the Private Sector. He has provided training in Global Value Chain Analysis and Development as well as Public Sector Leadership and Governance, in different parts within Africa and engaged in consultancy services serving the World Bank, UNICEF, GIZ, SCF-UK, Action Aid International as well as regional bodies such as the EAC and SADC. Henry is a faculty m ember for ESAMI Business School and the Director for Consultancy and Advisory Services at ESAMI. Peter Kiuluku is an international management consultant and the Executive Director for trapca. He has undertaken many training sessions across different parts of Africa on competitive strategy, trade and strategic organisational development and change management for organizations among others. Peter has conducted value chain analysis and training, with detailed sector and sub-sector analysis for a number of clients in ESAMI’s service area. He is a faculty member for ESAMI Business School. Daniel D. de la Cour has worked within the field of capacity and competence development since 1987. His extensive experience in cross-cultural technical assistance, training and project management has been gained through numerous long-term assignments on development projects in Africa, as well as short term formulation, evaluation and training missions in various countries. Competence development through training and coaching is one of Daniel la Cour's main specialisation areas. He is an experienced teacher in project management, and holds courses both internally, for COWI personnel, and externally for clients in Denmark and abroad. Daniel la Cour has more than 20 years' experience as a course planner and manager. Dr. Monica Kerretts-Makau is a Governance and Public Policy expert with a focus on Institutional governance Management. She has worked with Governments, and private sector institutions on policy implementation with a focus on leadership and management orientation in the private and public sector. She has also facilitated several training programs aimed at organizational development and people and change management in both private and public sector institutions. Dr. Kerretts is passionate about the use of ICT for Development. She has served as Board Director for the Communications Authority - Kenya and has worked with the World Bank as a consultant on Policy and Regulatory frameworks for the ICT sector. Currently she is a senior faculty member at Strathmore Business School. COURSE FEE The course is co-funded by the DANIDA supported Fellowship Programme. Programmes and projects are charged DKK 1,500 per participant per week. In total the investment for this course is DKK 3,000 per participant. This covers accommodation, allowance, study fee, course materials, Arusha-Nairobi transfer and international air ticket for international participants and travel insurance. HOW TO APPLY Interested applicants can follow the application procedures as indicated in “Guidelines for Danida Fellowships”. The guidelines and the application form can be downloaded from DFC’s website www.dfcentre.com . The Fellowship form should be filled by the applicant, and endorsed by the Danida programme/project and the Embassy Desk Officer in order to ensure that the training is within the framework of national sector plans for capacity development. The Embassy will forward the application form to DFC. Deadline for submitting applications to the Embassy is June 8, 2015. ESAMI can be contacted at: P.O. Box 3030, Arusha, Tanzania Tel: +255 27 297 0070/1/2/3 Fax: +255 27 297 0066 Email: mbd@esami-africa.org / esamicommunication@esam i-africa.org www.esami-africa.org DFC can also be contacted at: Hostrupsvej 22, DK-1950 Frederiksberg C, Denmark Tel: +45 3536 1322 Fax +45 3536 2095 Email: dfc@dfcentre.dk www.dfcentre.com Deadline for submitting the forms to the Embassy is June 8, 2015
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