PAEPARD innovative funding mechanisms and lessons learned from Africa-EU ARD4D partnerships

PAEPARDinnovativefundingmechanisms&lessonslearned

fromAfrica-EUAR4Dpartnershipsby

JonasMugabe&RemiKahanePresented@theEFARDTechnical&Businessmeeting

Prague29-30November2016

ObjectivesofPAEPARD

• Overall: BuildjointAfrican-Europeanmulti-stakeholderpartnershipsinARDcontributingtoachievingtheMDGs(todaySDGs)

• Specific: Generate,communicateandfacilitateopportunitiesforinnovationinagriculturebasedonequitable,demand-drivenandmutuallybeneficialcollaborationofallconcernedactorsinAfricaandEurope

19consortiain17Africaincountries

+5ULP

Demand-led research (needsofusers)Oneexample :theULP-COLEACP

Addingvaluetomangonon-food useinWest-Africa(cosmetics,animalfeeding,bio-energy)

Users-LedProcess(ULP):aparticipatorycollectivelearningandownedbrokeringmechanism

Users’ Led

Process

Federating Theme

1

Desk review

2

Induction Workshop

3

MSHRQ Workshop

4

ConceptNote

Development

5

Full ProposalDevelopment

6

TheoriginalPAEPARDtargetedfundingmechanisms

• EC-basedfundingmechanismssuchasFP7,EDF,FSTP,EDULINK• BilateralEuropeanfundinginstrumentssupportingARD

Inadequatefundingmechanisms?From 2010 to 2012 calls for funding were rare but also inadequateto MSP promoted by PAEPARD:

• FP7 launched calls (until 2012) but by then it was research-research oriented in its requirements (excellence of proposalsinstead of relevance/potential impact of projects)

• The AURC launched a call in February 2012 for which PAEPARDconsortia applied with more than 10 proposals. TOR were similarto those of FP7 (with a research partner leading the proposal).Finally no project funded

• Some consortia applied for the CORAF call launched in 2012: onlyone on the Family Farming in Western Africa was successful

Whichinnovativefundingmechanisms?From 2013 to 2016 PAEPARD advertised a diversity of calls forfunding research and development:

• European donors: The Netherlands (ARF), Germany (BLE), France(Agropolis Foundation, Carasso Foundation)

• African donors: C2D (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire), WAPP, AU• Others: Canada (IDRC), Brazil (Market Place), BMG Foundation

Africa-BrazilAgriculturalInnovationMarketplacelaunchedacallendof2010

ü Focus was South-South Cooperation than South-Northpromoted by PAEPARD

ü However 2 of PAEPARD consortia (Uganda & Togo)were selected and funded

With the facilitation of PAEPARD, FANRPAN +NRI won abig project (ATONU) from the BMG Foundation

AjointcallIDRC-AICRlaunchedinJuly2013

ü 13proposalsweresubmitted.Onlytwoshortlistedbutnotfundedattheendoftheselectionprocess

ü Non-researchpartners(privatesector)mandatory.ü Europeanpartnerwasnotarequirement(becauseitwasnotaEuropeanfund)

AppliedResearchFund(ARF)oftheDutchMinistryofForeignAffairsstartedinSeptember2013untilnow.MostfittingcalltoPAEPARDphilosophybecausetheMSPismandatory

ü Leadinstitution=non-researchorganizationü Bilateral.RequiresonlyaDutchpartnerü Verygoodoutcome:5PAEPARDconsortiumproposalsfunded

Other innovative funding instruments: CRF & IF

Competitive Research Fund

- Support of 4 projects selected among the [19+5] - Maximum of 3 years of activities implemented with a maximum of 300 K€- Experiences/processes to be systematically documented to advocate for multi-stakeholder partnership funding- The fund is considered a seed money to search for more funding (sustainability)

IncentiveFund

- Studies - Workshop for refining the research question- Write-shops - Exchange visits

- Maximum of 40,000 € for each application

- Meant to seek a funding opportunity

Somelessonslearnt1.Thecurrentpush-orientedfundingmechanismleadstoimbalancebetweenpartnersandevenregions.Pull-oriented mechanismarebetterpromotingMSP(includingnon-researchstakeholders)

2.Europeanpartnersaremotivatedwhenthereisacallforproposalslaunchedbydonors.OtherwiseitisdifficulttogetaEuropeanpartnerjoiningaconsortium

3.MSPtakestime tofly,becausethearticulationofnon-researchstakeholders’needsisatimeconsumingexercise

4.Flexibility inconsortium/partnershipcreationisneededtomeetdonors’requirements

5.CommunicationisakeycomponentinMSP

RecommendationsfromPAEPARDexperience

“Smallisimpactful”:asmallgrantisjustenoughtoencouragethepartnership,toconfirmsomeconceptsandtolearnwithoutstress“Sustainabilitythroughdiversification”:better2-3smallgrantsthanabigone“Moresustainableformsoffunding”:membershipfees,royalties,crowdfunding,feesagainstservices…“Don’tforgetglobalbrokerage!”:akeyroletoinformorinfluencethedonorsabouturgent,actual,ororiginalchallenges(e.g.aflatoxininfoodandfeed)

ConclusionfromPAEPARDexperience

“Fundingisagoodindicatorofsuccess”: thenumberofproposalsfundedhasincreasedoverthelast3years

“Fundingshallnotbetheonlyindicatorofsuccess”:partnershipsaredevelopingstrategiesbeyondfundingsupport

Visitus!

www.paepard.org