Event
Shifting the locus of learning: catalyzing private sector learning to drive systemic change
- Date
- May 16, 2023
- Location
- Online
- Organisation
- USAID FtF Market Systems & Partnerships
The first in a two-part webinar series, this event will make the case for why USAID is increasingly sharpening its focus on strengthening learning capacities not only within USAID staff and its implementing partners, but also within stakeholder partners and the systems in which USAID engages.
It will explore insights from a new paper - Shifting the locus of learning: catalyzing private sector learning to drive systemic change
The webinar will discuss why programmes can and should shift the locus of learning from being only programme-focused to system-focused. This implies a shift in agency away from a programme directing the learning process to strengthening the capacity of market actors (e.g. firms, other organisations) and the system itself to better learn and adapt on their own.
Through an engaging ‘talk show’ format, representatives from multiple perspectives will unpack why USAID sees this as central to its programming.