SANREM CRSP Annual Technical Meeting Chris Kosnik USAID EGAT/ Office of Natural Resources Management June 26 th, 2007.

SANREM CRSP Annual Technical Meeting

Chris KosnikUSAID EGAT/ Office of Natural Resources

Management June 26th, 2007

Outline of Presentation

• Recent Transitions at USAID• Foreign Assistance Framework• SANREM Program Review• Soils Research• Getting the word out

Recent transitions in USAID• Consolidation of roles: USAID Administrator and

State Department Director of Foreign Assistance (DFA)

• Elaboration of the Foreign Assistance Framework & Common Indicators

• USAID & State Department joint planning & budgeting

• USAID focal shift to Rebuilding & Developing Country Categories

• Interest in USAID resource flows to local partners and institutions

• Henrietta Fore named acting DFA and awaiting confirmation as USAID Administrator

Rationale for Foreign Assistance Reform

This major change in the way the US government directs foreign assistance aims to:

• Ensure that foreign assistance is used as effectively as possible to meet our broad foreign policy objectives

• More fully align the foreign assistance activities carried out by the Department of State and USAID

• Demonstrate that we are responsible stewards of taxpayer dollars.

http://www.state.gov/f

Foreign Assistance Framework

Country Categories• Rebuilding• Developing (8)• Transforming (1)• Sustaining (1)• Restrictive• Global Programs

FAF Objectives• Peace & Security• Governing Justly &

Democratically• Investing in People• Economic Growth• Humanitarian

Assistance

Program Area & Elements

What are they and what are they for?

“a standardized program structure and definitions”

– Program Objective 4: Economic Growth– Program Area 4.5: Agriculture– Program Elements:

• 4.5.1 Agricultural Enabling Environment• 4.5.2 Agricultural Sector Productivity• 4.5.3 Agricultural Program Support

Soils Research

• Soils CRSP ending December ’08• Limited resources will be available for:

– on-going research– Dissemination & outreach related to SM

CRSP research

• USAID will be working with relevant partners to identify high priority SM CRSP research

Relevant Common Indicators

⁻ # individuals receiving USG supported short-term training (men/women) similar indicator for long-term training

⁻ # new technologies/management practices under research

⁻ # of technologies or management practices being field tested

⁻ # of partner organizations benefiting from USG assistance

⁻ # of producer organizations, water user associations, trade and business associations & community based organizations assisted

⁻ # of technologies made available for transfer as a result of USG assistance

⁻ # policy reforms analyzed with USG assistance

⁻ # of policy reforms presented for legislation or decree as a result of USG Assistance

⁻ # analytical studies of policies or institutions disseminated

What Does This All Mean To You?

• Limited USAID staff access & availability• Possible funding and programmatic shifts• We will need to become familiar with the

Foreign Assistance Framework• We will need to report on relevant

common indicators & provide targets for out-years that are linked to budget allocations

SANREM CRSP Review

• Conducted by USAID & SPARE in consultation with BIFAD

• Consists of three parts:– SANREM EEP Technical Review– Administrative and Management

Review (AMR)– Program Review (to answer specific

BIFAD questions)

Looking forward…

• Cross-cutting Efforts:– Watershed Modeling/Spatial Analysis, Gender, Soils,

Biodiversity, Resource governance

• Getting the word out:– Disseminating articles & relevant reports to USAID

HQ and Mission staff;– DC presentations & seminars– Platforms for communication in-country

• Reporting…– Biodiversity attribution, Climate Change– Capturing the story of local institutions in carrying

out SANREM research

Reminder: elements to meet biodiversity code

1. The program must have an explicit, but not necessarily primary, biodiversity objective

2. Activities must be identified based on an analysis of threats to biodiversity

3. The program must monitor associated indicators for biodiversity conservation

4. Site-based programs must have the intent to positively impact biodiversity in biologically significant areas

The End

Important Websites:USAID Biodiversity Code and

Definition-http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiversity/code.html

USAID Environment- http://www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiversity/coastal_coral.reef.html

Director of Foreign Assistance-http://www.state.gov/f/