INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE MEETING Paolo Sarfatti Agrinatura EEIG
Jan 13, 2016
INTRODUCTION AND OBJECTIVES OF THE MEETINGPaolo Sarfatti
Agrinatura EEIG
Content of the presentation
•Meeting rationale•Expected outputs•Background and introduction•Agenda
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Meeting rationale
•Growing body of experience (since the emergence of FAAP)
•Evolving context •Programming cycles (of donors and of African organisations) are coming to a turning point (in a cumulative way?)
•Need for collective reflection for future action (short term and long term)
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Expected outputs
•Raised awareness of the role of African organisations
•Deepened understanding of challenges and opportunities
•Recommendations (to development partners, but also to African organisations, principle of mutual accountability)
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Background
•Global context•CAADP•Pillar IV•African organisations
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Key issues
•Funding•Role of African Organisations•Monitoring & Evaluation
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Funding
• FAAP projections (2006)• Actual level of funding (2009)• Funding volatility (and predictability)• Donor coordination and pooled funding / MDTF (issues)
• Programmatic funding / time bound activities
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Role of African organisations
• FARA and FARA Secretariat (accountability)• Principle of subsidiarity (what is the experience so far?)
• The “newcomers” not so new: advisory services and capacity development (tertiary education and beyond)
• Stakeholder organisations’ role in the Pillar IV Theory of Change (farmers organisations, private sector, civil Society, etc.)
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Monitoring & Evaluation
•FAAP (indicative indicators)•M&E at the level of individual organisations
•Need for a Pillar IV M&E framework (and collective work)
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Agenda of the meeting
DAY 1 setting the scene, share experiences, lessons learned, and future perspectives
DAY 2 looking into the future: challenges and opportunities
DAY 3 the way forward
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DAY 1
• Presentations in plenary (African Organisations and Development Partners)
• Highlight on impact: the case of the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Programme
• General debate
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DAY 2
Parallel sessions:
•Thematic work groups
•Bilateral meetings
•Internal consultations
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DAY 2
Thematic work groups:1. Funding mechanisms (programmatic and project
funding, pooled and bilateral funding, competitive grant schemes, regional projects, etc.)
2. Monitoring & Evaluation (current practices and approaches, future perspectives)
3. Roles of continental and sub-regional organisations (principle of subsidiarity; networking functions; support to national organisations and to AUC/NEPAD)
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DAY 2
Bilateral meetings:1.FARA
2.AFAAS
3.CORAF
4.ASARECA
5.CCARDESA
6.ANAFE/RUFORUM
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DAY 2
Internal consultations:
1.DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS
2.AFRICAN ORGANISATIONS
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DAY 3
• Reports from breakout sessions • Wrap-up and way forward • Closure
• Launch Presentation of the Montpellier Panel Report: Growth with resilience – opportunities for African Agriculture in 2012.
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Recommendations
• informal meeting • space for interaction • identify key issues, challenges and opportunities
• identify priorities, key steps, actions to be carried out in the immediate future and in the longer term
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