Team members from the eight different 2SCALE countries have kicked-off activities of the second phase of the program, with a meeting in Nairobi, Kenya.
This meeting’s main purpose was to bring together the 2SCALE team, which consists of around 50 team members from the the eight (8) countries where the program is implemented. Several new colleagues joined the team, amongst other from new 2SCALE partner SNV, and with new colleagues from the two new program countries, Burkina Faso and Niger.
The meeting provided a great opportunity for the team to meet, share past experiences and learnings, in such a way that the entire team is ready to start a new portfolio of 2SCALE partnerships in the months to come. New program director Henk Van Duijn opened the training, explaining that 2SCALE is a flagship program for the Dutch government’s food security policy. He also referred to the fact that 2SCALE aims to contribute to the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) 2, 8 and 17 and to the overall goals of the Dutch government to having 180,000 jobs created, 2,500 SMEs supported, 20 m people improve food security, 5.5 m farmers increase income and productivity, and 5 million hectares under eco-efficient production.
Throughout the training, the team worked on standardising approaches for partnership building around local food producing SMEs and farmer organisations, so called business champions. The aim for the coming period is to build 60 of these partnerships for inclusive agribusiness in the eight countries the program is active. To make this happen, staff was trained on how to structure the process of partnership development, how to build impact pathways, and how to effectively facilitate partnership design workshops.
In the months to come, more updates will follow on this website, with different new partnerships to be presented in detail, so stay tuned!
