History and Current Organizational Structure of AfricaRice

History and Current Organizational Structure

of AfricaRice

Dr Harold Roy-MacauleyDirector General

Presentation Layout

• Genesis• Some historical events• Current Organizational Structure and

functions• Conclusion

Genesis• 1971 – Founding of West Africa Rice Development Association

(WARDA)- Autonomous Intergovernmental Research Association- Founding Constitution signed by 11 African countries

• Mission- To bridge the gap between rice production and consumption

• Organizational structure - Governing Council - Scientific & Technical Committee (STC) - Executive Secretariat

- Headquarter - Monrovia Liberia- 3 Departments: Admin& Fin; Res. & Develop.; Training, Com. & Doc.

- Regional Coordinating Offices

History• Shortcomings - structure, research programs, fulfilling financial

obligations, gap between rice supply and demand

• Re-evaluation of WARDA structure, strategy, programs (TAC, 1983)

• 1986: Reforms - WARDA becomes a CGIAR Center– Constitution amended

– Dual Status: Intergovernmental organization + CGIAR (unique)

– Executive Secretary transformed to Director General (internationally recruited from WARDA countries)

– Governing Council transformed to Council of Ministers

– STC replaced by Board of Trustees

History – major events (1)

• June 1987: Meeting of Council of Ministers in Liberia – 1st DG appointed

• May 1988: Installation of WARDA in Cote d’Ivoire (M’bé)

• 1988/89: Approval of 1990-2000 Strategy and 1990-1994 MTP

– New Program structure – Upland/Inland Swamp Continuum (Mbe); lowland rice breeding (IITA, Ibadan); Irrigated Sahel (St Louis); Mangrove (Rokupr)

• 1993: Expanded mission

– To contribute to food security and poverty alleviation in poor rural and urban populations, particularly in West and Central Africa, through research, partnerships, capacity strengthening and policy support on rice-based systems, and in ways that promote sustainable agricultural development based on environmentally sound management of natural resources”

History – major events (2) • 2000: Creation of New Rice for Africa (NERICA)

– Oryza. glaberrima (African rice) x O. sativa (Asian rice) – interspecific hybrid (plant tissue culture technique embryo-rescue crosses survive and grow to maturity)

– Heterosis - improve quality of both parents

– Major scientific breakthrough that won numerous awards including World Food Prize in 2004)

• 2002: Crises in Côte d’Ivoire– 2002: Management moves to Abidjan and Research to Samanko, Mali

– 2004: Management joins Research in Samanko, Mali

– 2005 (Jan): Management and Research move to temporary headquarters in Cotonou, Benin

• 2003 – 2009: Name change – Africa Rice Center (WARDA) – Cotonou, Benin (Council Meeting, 2003)

– Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) – Lome, Togo (Council Meeting, 2009)

Council of Ministers

Board of Trustees

Director General

DDG

Services attached to the DG - Legal - Internal Audit- Resource Mobilization - Strategic Support (Special Adviser and Media

Officer)

Services attached to the DDG- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning- Knowledge Management- Impact Assessment- Risk Management

DCS Support Unit- Finance, Planning & Budget- Facilities/Operations- Human Resources- Procurement/Supplies- Security

DR4D

PROGRAMS

PROJECTS

DPC DCSSupport Unit- Biometry- GIS

Representations- Regional- Country

DPC Support Unit- Marketing & Communications- Capacity Development - Information & Communication Technology - Conventions & Grants

Current Organizational Structure

Director General• Appointed by COM upon nomination by BoT

• Secretary to the COM

• Reports to Board of Trustees and Ex-officio member of BoT

• Appoints, contracts, and supervises all staff of the Center

• Ensures delivery on strategic trajectory of Center

• Major roles: Advocacy, Resource Mobilization, Coordination and facilitation; and Provision of support to CGIAR system organization

Strategic Plan 2011 – 2020: Boost Africa’s rice sector – increase rice productivity and competitiveness in sub-Saharan Africa.

Vision: increase rice self-sufficiency ratio to almost 90% in 2020 (compared to 60% in 2010) leading to a reduction in imports of about 5Mt per year-

September 2011: Approval of plan by the AfricaRice Council of Ministers

Implementation: AfricaRice and different categories of stakeholders across the research to development continuum.

Research for Development Division

Approach: Rice Value Chains

Products & Services:Suitability, Reliability, Affordability…

Partnerships / MSPs:Trust,Win-Win,Equity…

Approach : Global Rice Science Partnership

An evolving alliance of IRRI, AfricaRice & CIAT with Cirad, IRD, JIRCAS and hundreds of research and

development partners worldwide

IrrigatedRainfedlowlandRainfedupland

Each dot represents5,000 ha of rice

Approach Science for Impact

GlobalNational

District, province

GRiSP enabling actions

GRiSP products &

servicesLocal

research

Intermediate users

evaluate

adaptresearch

Action sites (Hubs)

Genetic Diversity and Improvement Program (16 IRS + 80 GSS)

Surveys Product development

Out-scaling

Outcomes

Sustainable Productivity Enhancement Program (15 IRS + 35 GSS)

Surveys Product development

Out-scaling

Outcomes

Policy, innovation systems and impact assessment Program (6 IRS + 8 GSS)

SMART-Valleys demonstration site near Zoungo in the Commune de Ouinhi, southern Benin

3rd year of development activities and.... ...massive adoption of the Smart-valleys development approach across Togo and Benin!

Rice Sector Development Program (13 IRS + 8 GSS)

Corporate Services Division

Functions

• Provide overall assistance to research activities

• Manages the long term sustainability of the Center

• Manages physical, human and financial resources

• Provides the best possible services and control mechanisms at international standards

Units and functions

• Finance: Manages financial aspects (Accounting and Planning and Budgeting)

• Human Resources : Assists in the management of staff

• Operations and Facilities: Provides support service to facilitate implementation of activities

• Security: Designs measures for protecting human and material assets

Division of Strategic Partnerships

Director,Strategic Partnerships

Regional / CountryRepresentatives

Senegal ESA --Tanzania

Nigeria

Sierra Leone Liberia Benin

MadagascarCapacity

Development Marketing/Comm.

ICT

Conventions and Grants

Units

Principal Admin Assistant

Secretary

(M’BE VALLEE)

(DAR-ES-SALAAM)

(COTONOU)

IBADAN ST LOUIS

AfricaRice HQ

AfricaRice HQ & Out-Stations

St Louis, Senegal Ibadan, Nigeria

M’Be Côte d’Ivoire Cotonou, Benin

Dar es Salam, Tanzania

Strategic Partnerships Functions • Formalize, structure, institutionalize and

consolidate Center’s partnerships

• Develop & implement Center’s partnership strategy

• Category of partners - NARIs; ARIs; CGIAR Centers; NGOs; Farmer Groups; Private Sector; Development Organizations; Civil Society; Regional Economic Communities; Universities; Continental, Regional and Sub-regional ag research and development organizations; Donors

• Dual nature of AfricaRice

- Opportunity to position rice science in African political agenda

- Opportunity for Africa rice sector to benefit from global rice

science

Conclusions

• Consolidate decentralization to ensure sustainability of research and uptake of its products

• Complete relocation process from Cotonou to Côte d’Ivoire

• Establish mechanisms for sustainable funding of AfricaRice activities - Public- Private Partnership

• Translate research into use – market oriented research stewardship

• Out-scaling research products – Hubs & innovation platforms, client database, LOAs with major development partners from public and private sector

Perspectives

Thank you!