GLOBAL VALUE CHAIN ANALYSIS AND DEVELOPMENT

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: [email protected] / 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: [email protected]
www.dfcentre.com
Deadline for submitting the forms to the Embassy is June 8, 2015