Presented by Samuel Wedderburn Prepared by Rudo Makunike Research & Development Officer Sustainable Land and Water Management NEPAD Secretariat The TerrAfrica/GEF.

Presented by Samuel Wedderburn Presented by Samuel Wedderburn Prepared by Rudo Makunike Prepared by Rudo Makunike Research & Development OfficerResearch & Development Officer

Sustainable Land and Water Sustainable Land and Water Management NEPAD SecretariatManagement NEPAD Secretariat

The TerrAfrica/GEF Strategic Investment The TerrAfrica/GEF Strategic Investment ProgrammeProgramme

forforSustainable Land Management in Sub-Sustainable Land Management in Sub-

Saharan Africa (SIP)Saharan Africa (SIP)

Presentation OutlinePresentation Outline

Background/Overview

The SIP

Progress and status on SIP Implementation

Background/Overview

GEF Programmatic approachGEF Programmatic approach

More efficient allocation of resources based on a defined framework for programming resources

If multi-agency, partnership allows greater opportunities to mobilize co-financing

Regional programs could allow more equitable access to GEF resources and predictable resource flows

Partnership approach could optimize GEF Agency support to countries

More effective coordination of activities and Agencies

Multi-focal area program could allow better integration across GEF Focal Areas and ability to address cross-cutting support

COMMON VISION

Land degradation and unsustainable land management in Sub Saharan Africa (SSA)

= negatively impacting ecosystem

functions

Scaling up Sustainable Land Management (SLM)

= necessary to reverse these trends,

while also addressing a major obstacle to economic growth in SSA

The TerrAfrica–SIP VisionThe TerrAfrica–SIP Vision

UNCCD: Land degradation and combating desertification

NEPAD: - CAADP Pillar 1 and elements of Pillars 3 and 4 of CAADP- Program Areas 1 and 6 of the Environment Action Plan

The TerrAfrica – SIP VisionSupports

MILLENNIUM DEVELOPMENT GOALS

(MDG 1 and 7)

PARIS DECLARATIONon Aid Effectiveness:Directly supporting:

-alignment and- harmonization agenda

NEPAD Principles andDevelopment Targets

-Partnerships- African ownership- 6% growth target

PRSPs

Background and context …

TERRAFRICAA partnership framework, built around a work program based on three mutually reinforcing Activity Lines

TerrAfrica-SIP …..TerrAfrica-SIP ….. AL 1: Coalition Building

• AL 2: Knowledge Management

• AL 3: Investments

TerrAfrica provides a collective vehicle for addressing bottlenecks, resulting in unlocking and increasing efficiency of financial and non-financial resources, allowing for . . .

CountrySLM Investment

Framework (CSIF) Strategic InvestmentProgram (SIP)

Strategic InvestmentProgram (SIP)

Strategic InvestmentProgram (SIP) Financing !!!Financing !!!

The SIP

What the SIP is …What the SIP is …An inter-agency GEF co-financed programmatic approach for SLM in SSA, in support of CCD and NEPAD goals, that:

provides a comprehensive and special support to SSA countries in their efforts to scale up SLM, in line with the objectives of the TerrAfrica platform

prioritises SSA under GEF 4 by allocating $150 million of GEF’s land degradation funding to SSA between 2007-2010, with a 1:4 leveraging ratio

is an innovative operational framework that brings together the World Bank, UNDP, UNEP, IFAD, AfDB and FAO in close coordination with NEPAD, RECs and Countries, and is open to all partners beyond GEF agencies for mutual commitment to joint action on enabling environments and investments for SLM in SSA

As a broad financing umbrella, the SIP aims to bring greater strategic coherence to investments by strengthening coordination between GEF and other funding mechanisms.

• The TerrAfrica principles and the Country SLM Investment Framework (CSIF) lays basis for SIP implementation

• The SIP adheres to the TerrAfrica approach on ways to scale up SLM and the importance of commitments to improve enabling environments, and to further build on comparative advantages

• The SIP is one of the financing vehicles for country programming as defined under TerrAfrica

• The SIP will benefit from the TerrAfrica platform’s support to partnerships, advocacy, advisory services and knowledge sharing (results, success, methodologies…)

What the SIP is …What the SIP is …

Sample SIP activitiesSample SIP activities

Support on-the-ground activities for SLM scale-upSupport on-the-ground activities for SLM scale-up– Capacity building for SLM implementers– SLM pilots with scale-up strategy– Strengthening Farmer/Producer Organizations – Provide incentives for SLM adoption– Explore options to promote alternative non-NR based

livelihoods strategies Create an enabling environment for SLM (at all Create an enabling environment for SLM (at all

levels)levels)– Integrate SLM objectives/elements in other sectoral

policies/strategies– Institutional capacity building for SLM– Review investment programs and public expenditure

framework– Rectify incentive framework

Sample SIP activitiesSample SIP activities

Strengthening commercial and advisory Strengthening commercial and advisory services for SLMservices for SLM

– Capacity building for service providers– Marketing support for SLM outputs (e.g.

certification systems, fair-trade/eco-labeling schemes, etc.)

– Strengthening rural financial services Support Knowledge Support Knowledge

Generation/Management and M&EGeneration/Management and M&E– Support targeted/ applied SLM research– Support knowledge sharing mechanisms– Reinforce M&E for SLM– Develop dissemination strategies for best-

practices

Sample SIP activitiesSample SIP activities

rallying Investments support to SLM

Govt./Public Expenditure

Financing !!!

Private Sector …

Country SLM InvestmentFramework (CSIF)

Other Donors …

Strategic InvestmentProgram (SIP)

Investment Programmes

Investment Programmes

Investment Programmes

Investment Programmes

Progress and status on Implementation

Key issuesKey issues

SIP Implementation …SIP Implementation …1.1. Programme development / Country Programme development / Country

engagementengagement

41 programmes in 30 countries All but 2 have approved PIFs Aligning with the CSIF (advanced under TerrAfrica

support in 7-8 countries) A number expected to be fully financed and

operational by end of 2008 TerrAfrica partners providing technical

backstopping and leverage funds (≈ US $ 900 million)

NEPAD facilitating alignment with CAADP roundtable

SIP Implementation …SIP Implementation …

2.2. The AU/NEPAD and RECs Capacity The AU/NEPAD and RECs Capacity building and M&E Programmebuilding and M&E Programme

- institutional support & CB NEPAD and RECs - institutional support & CB NEPAD and RECs to assist SSA countries in SLM upscalingto assist SSA countries in SLM upscaling

Programme will provide overall framework on capacity development and M&E for the SIP Programmes NEPAD – Implementation / Coordination

UNEP – Support Agency The PPG - Approved Full proposal by August 2008

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