The 2019 SEEP Annual Conference theme – Building Resilience through Market Systems – will highlight proven and experimental strategies that harness the potential of the market to support people, enterprises and communities that are highly vulnerable to the shock-stress-shock cycle. Shocks and stresses are increasing in frequency and intensity around the globe. Climate and weather variability, population dynamics, local and global price shocks, illness and disease, political instability, and conflict are intersecting in complex ways that threaten the lives and livelihoods of people and erode hard-fought development gains. Consequently, SEEP members are becoming increasingly focused on strategies that identify opportunities to mitigate risks and decrease vulnerabilities for priority populations including women, smallholder farmers, refugees, internally displaced persons and other marginalized groups. Market systems approaches are an important means to this end.
The 2019 SEEP Annual Conference will highlight insights and evidence for more effective responses to the most challenging questions we are tackling now and in the future:
The conference theme is articulated around four technical tracks:
Convened by Chemonics
Facilitated by World Relief
Convened by Danish Refugee Council
Convened by International Rescue Committee
The SEEP Network
Facilitated by iDE Global
Convened by RTI International
Convened by MEDA
Convened by HOPE International
Convened by Women for Women International