The working draft describing the vision and three strategic principles that guide MaFI's priorities and actions.

1. MaFI’s Vision and Strategic Principles
Updated September 2016
Vision
MaFI will become the mostimportant partner for SEEP members interested in adopting a
market systems facilitation approach in their initiatives to reduce poverty, vulnerability and
marginalisation of producers and consumers.
ThreePrinciples:
Refocus– supportingandleveragingthepowerof SEEPmembers
 After many years promoting facilitation of inclusive marketsystems, MaFI willfocus on
the needs of SEEP members related to the adoption and use of marketfacilitation in
their programs.
 MaFI will supportSEEP members’ ambitions to use marketfacilitation approaches more
effectively in strategic sectors such as food security, WEE and financial inclusion.
 MaFI will leverage the capacity and resources of SEEP members with experience in
market facilitation to promote the adoption of good theory and practice among other
SEEP members who want to use marketfacilitation.
Deepen– reachingoutto practitionersin thefrontline
 MaFI’s ultimate measureof success willbe determined by its effects on field
practitioners who are engaging with strategic local actors to transform marketsystems.
 MaFI will collaborate with SEEP members to increase their capacity to mobilise their
field staff, coordinateinitiatives with them and local partners, and translaterelevant
knowledgefor them. Cost effectiveness through increased economies of scalewill play
a key role in this collaboration.
Connect – building synergies withexperts,organisationsandnetworks
 MaFI will work with SEEP members to build synergies with national and international
networks such as Microlinks, BEAM, ASOCAM, CGAP, MDFN(Nepal) and MDF
(Bangladesh) to producerelevant knowledgeproducts and engaging networking events.
 The online platforms that MaFI already has on LinkedIn, Twitter and Facebook will
continue to exist and will stay open to development practitioners, academics, donors
and entrepreneurs interested in facilitation of inclusive marketsystems development.
 MaFI will improvecollaboration with SEEP’s communication team and learning
communities to informand engage external organisations and networks.
 MaFI will continue developing methods to reduce knowledgeproduction costs, build
bridges with academia and providefield practitioners with usefulknowledge products.