Inclusive Improvement (5 June)

Quality Management and Poverty Reduction

Hivos has been at the forefront of emerging intervention practices in the market approach for many years, moving from Fair Trade (since 1985) to Organic (since 1989) to micro-credit (since 1994) to Coffee Coalition (since 1999) to ISEAL (since 2001) to mainstreaming market access for smallholders (since 2004). This latest challenge has brought Hivos to showcase attempts to combine upgrading of quality and inclusion of smallholders in attractive market channels. The draft report of these collected experiences, that are being systematized by Peter Knorringa of the Institute of Social Studies (ISS) and Coen van Beuningen (Hivos), will be discussed at the workshop Inclusive Improvement on 5 June (NL).

To participate in the workshop, please register by sending an email to cbeuningen@hivos.nl before 29 May. Please note that participation entails reading the report that will be send to you no later than 1 June.