The document provides training materials focused on facilitating systemic and sustainable change, emphasizing the importance of patient and participatory approaches. It includes top tips for facilitating change, guidelines for creating a learning environment, and considerations for using smart subsidies effectively. Key recommendations include valuing small outcomes, encouraging open communication, and being strategic with interventions to ensure sustainability.

1. TRAINING MATERIALS
Module 8
Facilitating Change
Purpose: Participants have the tools and knowledge
to facilitate systemic and sustainable change
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2. Agenda
 Introduction
 Multi-Actor Forums and Market Opportunity
Groups
 Creating the Space for Learning
 Participatory Monitoring
 Smart Subsidies
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3. Top Tips for Facilitating Change
 Value small intangible and tangible outcomes to build
momentum for greater change
 Be patient – outcomes take time to emerge
 Keep your eyes and ears open for small signs of
change
 Frequently review the intervention logic against
experiences in practice
 Always keep in mind the sustainability of the
intervention after you exit
 Create an environment where the team feels that they
can discuss and learn from mistakes and failure
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4. Facilitating Groups & Forums
Self-
determination
Effective
communication
Management and
capacity
Interdependence
of members
Build the
foundations
Time
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5. Creating a Space for Learning
 Do:
 Value and nurture small and intangible steps
 Be patient
 Embrace learning from mistakes and failure
 Empower others
 Stay focused on the outcomes you are trying to
achieve and why
 Be flexible in your approach
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6. Do’s and Don’ts
 Don’t:
 Condemn mistakes and failure
 Rush the process
 Only focus on what you will report to the donor
 Assume you know best
 Stick rigidly to your original plan
 Be afraid to question the underlying logic of your
strategy
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7. Activities for Participatory Monitoring
Frequent Periodic
(weekly, monthly…) (quarterly, annually…)
• Revising the Market Map
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8. Smart Subsidies
1. Why might you use subsidies?
2. What are the risks of using subsidies?
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9. Smart Subsidies
We recommend:
 Keep them minimal
 Be strategic
 Be cautious
Q: How might you mitigate the risks?
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