SPARKDEVELOPING CAPACITIES FOR SOCIAL INNOVATION

A Partnership Initiative in the Local Capacity Development Facility (LCDF) Family

LCDF principles: joint investment, local ownership, country specific

Contents• Market challenges in Vietnam

• SPARK commitment

• Two main strategies

• Adding value to ongoing initiatives

• SPARK organization

• Current state

Market challenges in VietnamMarket challenges in Vietnam

Growing number of non-state providers of

Capacity Development Support

Social Entrepreneurs, local organisations with

capacity needs

Existing funding streams (government, donor, NGO, private sector)

Low quality services, limited outreach

Poor demand articulation, low ability to pay

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Low investm

ent & low

enabling

environment, funding for pre-

packages servicesCom

pete against subsidizes

public providers

Imperfect, non

transparent Capacity

Development market

SPARK commitment

1. Improve the market for CDS at local level

• demand articulation: creating opportunity for local organisations,

to express demand for poverty related Capacity Development

Services

• improved capacity development services: Enhancing the

outreach and quality of capacity development services

• redirect finance flows: to the sub-national level as well as

tapping into local resources

2. Promote social innovations

Dynamic and Transparent Market for

Capacity Development Services

Strategy 1:

Up-scaling social innovation

Strategy 2:

Market facilitation for local level CDS

Creating opportunity to

demand for CDS

Enhancing outreach and quality of CDS

outreach

Finance flow to local and tap local

resources

2 main strategies…

Match making events

Market survey

sSeed

funding

CDS learning & quality standard

s

Solution scanning

& selection

SPARK Ambassa-

dors Web-based platform

Strategy 1: Upscaling social innovation connecting with impact investors

Step 3

Investors’ scan

Step 4

Implement

Step 2

Assessment

Define key

underlying

capacity for

Success =

demand

articulation, costs,

Potential impact

Short listed

solutions posted

in the websites

for investors

scan- Decision

by Govn Board

Step 1

Screening

local

solutions by

Spark

Ambassadors,

other channels

•Brokering

•Linking to

other players

•Develop key

capacity

•Seed funding

•CDS/TA

Step 5

Monitoring

Lessons learned

for further

scaling up with

service

providers,

owners,

promoters

SPARK looks for “talents” that create social change at local level.

Strategy 2: Market Facilitation- CDS investment

Match making events

SPARK Ambassa-

dors

broker new relationships and promote social entrepreneurs, service providers, users

Web-based platform reference center for

social innovation, CD tools & methods

Market surveys

monitor growth, outreach & quality of CDS

CDS learning &

quality standards

professional learning between service providers

quality standards among local service providers

Develop cross cutting competencies for service providers

Adding Value to Ongoing Initiatives

Value added

Market information

Cooperation

Competition

Build on & leverage

Partnership

Influence Funding stream

Funds & Development programsFunds & Development programsP135 National poverty programme

P30A 61 poorest districts

Making Markets Work Better for the Poor (M4P)

Social Entrepreneur Support Programme

The Vietnam Innovation Day

WB’s Civil Society Fund

Small grant Global Environment Fund

Ford Foundation – VCCI Challenge Fund

Learning & InfluencingLearning & InfluencingPeople's Participation Working Group

Partnership Group for Aid Effectiveness (PGAE)

International Support Group – Ministry of Agriculture & Rural Development (ISG-MARD)

Comprehensive Capacity Building Programme (CCBP) to Strengthen ODA management in Vietnam

Hanoi Core Statement on Aid Effectiveness (HCS)

Vietnam Development Reports

SPARK organisation: A Social Investment Fund

SPARK (LCDF Vietnam)Board Advisory

Board

Secretariat / Implementing Unit

LCDF International

Management

Fund raising / Communication

Research & Assessment

Matchmaking / Brokering

Market monitoring

SPARKAmbassadors

Current Spark

1. Plan 2010: 5 local solutions are under way. Outreach

10,000 HHs, additional funding 100,000 USD mobilised

2. Institutional set up

• Partnership agreement signed with founding members

• Started as project with its own structure: Jan 10

• Governance board, PD, POs in place by end Apr

• Identify political supporters for registration & new partners:

on going

We need you

• Service Provider• Mentor

• SPARK Ambassador

• Core Co-Investor• Solution Investor

Thank you for your attention!