Skills

  • • Private Sector Engagement & Partnership Develop
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  • • Market Systems development
    9
  • Value chain analysis & development
    10
  • • Livelihoods & Economic Strengthening
    10
  • • Capacity Building & Training Facilitation
    10
  • • Government & Stakeholder Engagement
    10

Experience

Odoch Patrick Marvin

Work experience
  • January, 2023 - February, 2025
  • Fulltime
  • Published "Engaging Private Agricultural Input Suppliers for Lasting Impact (Lessons from the Graduating to Resilience Activity in Western Uganda)" on the FSN Network website.
  • Developed the AVSI Foundation Private Sector Engagement Strategy, ensuring alignment with USAID Graduating to Resilience Activity objectives and humanitarian principles.
  • Developed the AVSI Graduating to Resilience Scale Activity Partnership Engagement Manual.
  • Organized a webinar in collaboration with PRO-WASH and CRS Maharo Activity to disseminate learning on "Engaging Private Agricultural Input Suppliers for Lasting Impact," reaching an audience of 145 from the community of practice.
  • Presented a paper on "The Effect of Cash-based Interventions in Improving Mental Health and Psychosocial Wellbeing of Youth in Refugee Settings" during a REPSSI conference in South Africa.
  • Led engagement with over 200 private sector actors, linking 13,200 refugee and host community households to market actors for enhanced livelihoods and resilience.
  • Organized market events connecting agro-entrepreneurs, FinTech firms, banking institutions, and solar energy companies to provide economic opportunities for women and youth.
  • Supported the creation and scale-up of 3,500+ business start-ups, facilitating access to markets and business-to-business linkages.
  • Designed public-private partnerships, providing governance and management tools for sustainability and institutionalization of project interventions.

Related persons

Ahimbisibwe AlexAgromist at Rainbow agro science company Ltd