SEED-SCALE Team

Chido Madiwa (Zimbabwe)Tjivekumba Kandji (Namibia)

Nawang Gurung (Nepal)Laura Altobelli (USA & Peru)

The Mill, Franklin, WVOctober 3, 2014

Proposals for:

Improving the SEED-SCALE Methodology and

Scaling-Up Seed Scale Globally

IMPROVING THE SEED SCALE METHODOLOGY

Goal 1

Seed Scale - Principles

• 3-way partnership – – Outside-in partner should become local partner

quickly.– Include role of business in partnership (could be

top-down, bottom-up or outside-in)

• Human energy is the base– This could be a new principle.

Seed Scale - Criteria

• Equity - clarify that gender equity is included. Consider using the work “Inclusion” instead of Equity.

• Consider a new criteria:– Use of human energy as a criteria or as a principle. – Use of local resources over external budget

Seed Scale - SevenTasks• Study elsewhere - reframe to include training activity, i.e. bringing

information to the people• Local coordinating committee –

– Generate a structure within the committee/organize.– Generate relationships / networks within a community to transform it.– Generate relations between committees to start building a network

(emergence).– At lowest level in communities – generate self-help groups

(productive activities, savings and credit, forestry, health). 10-12 persons per group –mostly women. Each has president, treasurer, secretary, members. Has statutes and bylaws – group constitution – has bank account – with all requisites, are then recognized by goverment as SHG.

• Consider new step: Develop networks

Levels of Scale

• Not clear if Scale One is developing “quality” or “quantity”.

• Not clear if Scale Squared is developing “quantity” or “quality”

• In Scale-Squared Centers, develop local people as facilitators so they can use adult learning methodologies to teach visitors to the center.

General ideas

• FGGS needs more case studies in SS to better understand application of the methodology.

SCALING UP SEED SCALE GLOBALLYGoal 2

Channels for Scaling Up Seed Scale

–FGGS Program–FGGS Alumni–Country Programs–IT system–Other strategies for scaling-up

1 – FGGS Program for Scaling SS

• All professors should be well-vested with the concept of SS

• All or most courses should incorporate SS concepts

• Practicum should apply SS concepts

2 – FGGS Alumni for Scaling SS• Organization of Alumni Network should

incorporate concepts of the emergence theory:– Networks are relationships that grow to transform a

community– Networks evolve to communities of practice– Communities of practice become powerful systems

with global influence.• Incorporate strategies for self-sustainability of:– Individual alumni work in the field in his/her own

situation– The network itself

3 – Country Programs for Scaling SS

• Continue doing research, practice and teaching on Seed Scale applications.

• Complete the country program case studies for dissemination.

• Use country programs as Scale Squared Centers for observational learning.

• Link in country programs to participate in the alumni network.

4 – IT System for Scaling SS

• Develop strong on-line library of Seed Scale literature and case studies.

• On-line learning platform for FGGS students should continue for FGGS alumni to access is not interrupted and can expand.

• Improve www.seed-scale.org so that the methodology and materials are accessible to the general public.

5 – Other strategies for Scaling SS

• Partner with other donor agencies to sponsor regional seminars to discuss Seed Scale and present local experiences with Seed Scale (include FGGS alumni and other applicants)

• Translate Seed Scale into local terminology for better local understanding of the concept.