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"Ethiopians may remember the winner of last award :) http://apf-ethiopia.ning.com/profiles/blogs/harbu-mfi-wins-european-micro ; "
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e-MFP Launches Microfinance Award

The European Microfinance Platform launches the 4th European Microfinance Award on Microfinance for Food Security.The award of €100,000 from the Luxembourg Ministry of Foreign Affairs – Development Cooperation will be presented on the 15th November 2012 during European Microfinance Week to an institution based in a developing country, active in the financial services sector, judged to be contributing to…See More
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Call for Ideas: PPP Sustainable entrepreneurship and food security (Public Private Partnerships)

Dear all,You may already be aware that the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs recently launched the Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security Public Private Partnership Facility (FDOV) . This facility is open for 60 countries including Ethiopia. There is currently a call for proposals for possible PPP between Dutch and partners in developing countries. We consider this call for proposals an opportunity for some of you that already involved in such arrangements or are seeking for such…See More
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Call for consultants DFID

Alex Vadala is sharing the following:Please find attached a call for expressions of interest from consultants for the PSNP Climate Smart Initiative. The work requires a thorough mix of academic, research, operational and evaluation skills. I would appreciate it if you would circulate this email to your contacts working in the sectors of climate change, social protection, food security, agriculture and DRM.The official announcement is published in the following website (click…See More
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"can you share upcoming holidays in the event calendar. it would be good for dutch professionals planning their trip to your magnificent country!"
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IOB is sharing their preparatory study for PSD in Ethiopia

IOB is the evaluation dept within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.In the second part of 2012, IOB will evaluatie the private sector development programme in Ethiopia. This preparatory study is a source of information for the evaluation process.IOB is not only sharing their preparatory study, they also allow for comments, suggestions and questions in their 'online workspace'. And you can track progress here too.This space is…See More
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"In Ethiopia for a couple of Agri-Hub meetings this week. Good rains !"
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Gender in Value Chains Workshop and Coaching Track in Ethiopia at Addis Ababa, Kaleb Hotel

February 7, 2012 all day
Click here for the workshop documents.InvitationAre you a value chain practitioner interested in learning practical tools to integrate gender in your work? Are you a gender expert responsible for mainstreaming gender in agricultural development programs?   In both cases this workshop is for you! Agri-Hub Ethiopia is organizing the gender in value chains workshop as a practical training…See More
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Call for concept notes: "Reducing food losses through post-harvest management"

The SDC Global Programme Food Security (GPFS) is identifying new innovative projects and initiatives that fit into theme “Reducing food losses through post-harvest management” and are within its strategic framework 2010-2015. A more detailed description on the desired thematic orientation of the proposals is given by the bidding document “Thematic orientation of proposals”. The document as well as the GPFS Strategic Framework can be downloaded from…See More
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ISSD launch phase 2 at Sheraton hotel

May 4, 2012 from 9pm to 11pm
ISSD stand for Integrated Seed Sector Development programme. The Netherlands Embassy is supporting the ISSD programme as the supply of quality seed is key in agricultural transformation in Ethiopia.The ISSD programme is run by four Ethiopian universities (Bahir Dar, Haramya, Hawassa and Mekelle), the Oromiya Seed Enterprise and ESGPA and facilitated by Wageningen UR.In this launch of phase 2, ISSD will present the achievements and lessons of the past and discuss the main objectives and…See More
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Which organisation do you work for?
Agri-ProFocus
What is your position/function within the organisation?
network facilitator
What does your organisation do to stimulate farmer entrepreneurship?
APF is a network of dutch development organisations, knowledge institutions, credit organisations. Our mission is promoting farmer entrepreneurship. Ethiopia is the one country with many APF members active in agriculture, including joint programmes on oil seed action research and chain empowerment. My perspective is to build further with APF members and their Ethiopian partners towards more and better support of farmer entrepreneurs and their producer organisations.
Does your organisation have a website?
www.agri-profocus.nl
Please introduce yourself briefly (tell us something about your life..)
I studied animal production and worked in Latin America. I joined the APF support ofiice in 2006 and dedicate my time to Ethiopia and Mozambique. In our team of 6, I work on the theme of access to finance.
Who invited you for this ning?
I created this ning
Do you have a personal website, weblog or profile (LinkedIn, Facebook) to share?
http://linkedin
Which themes are you interested in?
Farmer entrepreneurship, Value Chain Development, Access to Finance, Sustainable Food Production, producers organisations
What do you want to learn about farmer entrepreneurship?
I am interested to learn how we can organize the dissemination of basic business skills, as needed in the changing context of agricultural markets.
Do you have any innovative practices to share?
for me, this ning is an innovation. I am interested to hear how we can improve access within ethiopia.

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e-MFP Launches Microfinance Award

Posted on May 18, 2012 at 3:18pm 1 Comment

EMP%20logo The European Microfinance Platform launches the 4th European Microfinance Award on Microfinance for Food Security.

The award of €100,000 from the Luxembourg Ministry of…

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Call for Ideas: PPP Sustainable entrepreneurship and food security (Public Private Partnerships)

Posted on May 11, 2012 at 10:00am 0 Comments

Dear all,



You may already be aware that the Dutch Ministry of Foreign affairs recently launched the Sustainable Entrepreneurship and Food Security Public Private Partnership Facility (FDOV) . This facility is open for 60 countries including Ethiopia. There is currently a call for proposals for possible PPP between Dutch and partners in developing countries. We consider this call for proposals an opportunity for some of you that already involved in such arrangements or are seeking…

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Call for consultants DFID

Posted on May 1, 2012 at 5:46pm 0 Comments

Alex Vadala is sharing the following:

Please find attached a call for expressions of interest from consultants for the PSNP Climate Smart Initiative. The work requires a thorough mix of academic, research, operational and evaluation skills. I would appreciate it if you would circulate this email to your contacts working in the sectors of climate change, social protection, food security, agriculture and DRM.

The official announcement is published in the following website…

Continue

IOB is sharing their preparatory study for PSD in Ethiopia

Posted on April 17, 2012 at 5:13pm 0 Comments

IOB is the evaluation dept within the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

In the second part of 2012, IOB will evaluatie the private sector development programme in Ethiopia. This preparatory study is a source of information for the evaluation process.

IOB is not only sharing their preparatory study, they also allow for comments, suggestions and questions in their 'online workspace'. And you can track progress here…

Continue

Call for concept notes: "Reducing food losses through post-harvest management"

Posted on April 13, 2012 at 8:40am 0 Comments

The SDC Global Programme Food Security (GPFS) is identifying new innovative projects and initiatives

that fit into theme “Reducing food losses through post-harvest management” and are within its strategic

framework 2010-2015. A more detailed description on the desired thematic orientation of the proposals is given by the bidding document “Thematic orientation of proposals”.

The document as well as the GPFS Strategic Framework can be downloaded from…

Continue

Comment Wall (14 comments)

At 9:45am on April 23, 2009, Eva Smulders said…
Just one question: ning?
What does it mean

Other question how are you?

ciao abrazo
At 3:01pm on November 7, 2009, Guus Rozendaal said…
Dear Wim,

I will be in Addis Abeba in the week of November 23rd for an assignment from Rabobank/IFC on Warehouse Receipt Financing (workshop for local banks).

I would like to take that opportunity to meet (on Friday November 27th) some Agri-ProFocus members located there to exchange views on the cross-cutting issue, if any, of (Access to) Financial Services for Producer Organisations.

I sent a message to Piet. Who else (with a special interest in the subject) could I contact best also ?

Looking forward to your reaction.

Best Regards

Guus Rozendaal
At 10:38am on December 14, 2009, Karlijn van Arkel said…
Hi Wim

As promised I am hereby sending the SILC manual developed by CARE/ CRS and used in Zambia (probably also elsewhere). It is a savings and credit methodology aimed at vulnerable communities which are no potential clients for MFIs (yet).

Feel free to use it in relation to the APF Access to Credit discussions.

PS Be careful with downloading/ printing; it is quite a big document

Kind reards, KarlijnSILC Field Guide ENGLISH - 2.0 _Read-only_.pdf
At 10:11pm on March 16, 2010, Tadesse Dessalegn said…
Dear Wim,
We are also preparing for the workshop. Hope the workshop will bring most seed actors together, learn a lot from each other and proceed ahead. Please pass my greetings to Walter and Marja.
Regards, Tadesse
At 11:29pm on April 19, 2010, Tadesse Dessalegn said…
Dear Wim,
I am at Wagenengen for training "contemporary approaches....", already many days back. We have many interesting outcomes from APF-LSB seminar and survey results. Hope Walter/Marja have discussed with you already.
Tadesse
At 10:54am on July 6, 2010, Lorette Lisette Zee said…
Thanks for the invite.......a bit late. Just trying out the use of the site.
At 8:39am on October 11, 2010, Olaf Erz said…
Good morning Wim, how are you? With the Connect4Change consortium which consists of five Dutch development and specialist ICT organisations, AKVO, Cordaid, Edukans, ICCO, IICD and Text to Change, we want to carry out activities in the following countries: Bolivia, Burkina Faso, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mali, Malawi, Peru, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia. Herewith the main objectives are: Improve the income and employment opportunities of small-scale farmers and entrepreneurs through better access to markets and financial services and improved productivity by using ICT; Improve the quality and equity of the education system through the integration of ICT in primary, secondary education, teacher and vocational training with a special focus on girls; and Improve the effectiveness, efficiency and equity of the health care system through an integrated introduction of ICT in health care services and community health with a special focus on health rights for women and girls. With kind regards Olaf
At 2:21pm on October 11, 2010, Olaf Erz said…
Dear Wim, Thank you for the hint regarding the workshop in Addis. We are aware; yet we could not make time for it as we are attending to other pressing issues. Regards Olaf
At 8:41pm on October 26, 2010, Agri-ProFocus said…
hey wim,

nice work. I have adapted some stuff to include links to the thematic pages. Suggestion: why not include ELA and WUR aas separate pages under the themes. For an outsider it is not clear what the diffenece is between collaboartion on themes and the other two: Both are under APF

Also: jeminah Njuki of ILRI has adapted their gender Ethiopia event to January (see gender ning), note the title!. She will also add it here. The event of Claudia can then be deleted.
At 8:43pm on October 26, 2010, Agri-ProFocus said…
This was me Roel

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