Four Focus Areas, each integral
to the objectives.
These Focus Areas are intertwined and span all entities in ACE due to the cross-cutting nature of processes, services, and objectives. It is important that they are not viewed in isolation, but as an organisational change matrix that will support ACE in becoming more efficient and effective.
01
ACE Tailor-Made Services
Ensuring that ACE Trust understands the stakeholders and context within which it operates, reassesses assumptions, and develops or improves services as needed to meet identified needs.
- Context mapping
- Improve current ACE services
- Develop new ACE services
- ACE has a clear understanding of all stakeholders within its operational sphere.
- ACE has a clear and up-to-date understanding of potential gaps in service provision.
- ACE maintains highly efficient and relevant services through regular reviews.
- ACE develops new services as necessary, either internally or with partner organisations.
- Adoption of ACE services increases and retention rates improve.
02
Trainings and Outreach
Ensuring engagement with rural stakeholders results in a strong understanding of their needs, co-development of solutions, and effective implementation of those activities to increase the impact of ACE services.
- Smallholder farmer and MSME engagement
- Capacity building and trade support
- Capacity building for field staff
- ACE footprint and sensitisations
- Smallholder farmers and MSMEs have a good understanding of structured markets and are engaged in the system.
- ACE staff are trained on the knowledge, skills, and tools to deliver quality trainings.
- Stakeholders have a clear understanding of what ACE does, and where and how they can make use of these services.
03
Partnerships and Donors
Ensuring that ACE Trust works to develop, improve, and expand relationships and networks with key implementation and funding partners to increase the scale, impact and sustainability of activities, while finding synergies and disseminating information to increase recognition of ACE operations and services.
- Engaging donors
- Creating partnerships
- Enhancing communication with donors and partners
- Well managed, strong, and reliable partnerships offer improved and new complementary services that ACE alone could not offer.
- Increased visibility of ACE due to partnership engagement and linkages.
- Adoption of ACE services increases due to more farmers being in a position to access them.
04
Organisational Development
Ensuring that ACE improves internal processes and governance to guarantee effective implementation of all activities and funding utilisation, boost the morale of staff, and build confidence in stakeholders in relation to ACE services and operations.
- Human resources
- Administration
- Governance
- ACE becomes a more efficient, enjoyable, and impactful workplace.
- All staff are trained on standard operating procedures and understand their responsibilities.
- Internal monitoring and evaluation systems support better decision-making across departments.
