Brokering the multi-stakeholder partnerships in ARD: role of SMEs

Africa Agriculture Science Week

Kigali, 13th June, 2016

PAEPARD Partners

Objectives

Overall: Build joint African-European multi-stakeholder partnerships in ARD contributing to achieving the MDGs

Specific: Enhanced, more equitable, more demand-driven; and mutually beneficial collaboration of Africa and Europe on ARD with the aim of attaining the MDGs/SDGs.

STEP 1Partneship formation «Searching partners andfunding opportunities»

STEP 2Inception workshop

« Building partnerships »

STEP 3Writeshop

« Writing/development of research

proposal »

SLOW TRACK

FAST TRACK

PAEPARD FIRST BROKERAGE MECHANISM BASED ON CALLSe

lecti

on

STEP 4

« Applying to funding

opportunity »

Sele

ction

OUTSIDE PAEPARD?

+ capacity strengthening+ support for facilitation

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

1 2 3 4 5 6

Number of months

Number of months

- Call 1: 14 December 2010 & Call 2: 03 J une 2011

2011

PAEPARD’s learning approach for a users led process (ULP)

4

Users Led Process

5 sub-regional ULPs4 led by a Farmers Organization1 led by a professional organization19 consortia in 17 African countries

Users Led

Process for

Consortia

Analyze of the needs & prioritization

Example of Citrus Consortium Innovation Platforms Farmers, Private sector, MPs, NGOs, Researchers

t

FOUR INSTRUMENTS GENERATED BY PAEPARD

Users Led Process for Consortia

Incentive Funds for Consortia

Competitive Funds

Strategy of communication

and capacity strengthening

20 Agricultural innovation facilitators trained55 concept notes and proposals drafted

Incentive Fund

for supporting

promising

Consortia & ULP

Translate the needs into research questions and identificate funding opportunities

Example of the Round Table of experts on aflatoxine issues in Africa

Competitive

Research Fund

Example of a production unit of Trichoderma for the management of soil fertility in vegetable farming in Burkina Faso

21 project proposals funded since 2010

Convert concept notes into research proposals and sustainable fund sourcing

Strategy of

communication

and capacity

strengthening

Intranet and Internet toolsDgroups and blogposts with over 6,500 followers> 500 participants in training workshopsReflection and analysis publications

Some lessons from PAEPARD’s experience to be further discussed:

• Not always easy to translate development issues into research questions that’s why it takes time to build the multi-stakeholder partnerships

• Brokerage is key to organize and strengthen multi-stakeholder partnerships in ARD

• Funding is key for the sustainability of a multi-stakeholder partnerships hence time dedicated to fund searching.

• The benefits of a multi-stakeholder partnership cannot be restricted to financial aspects; capacity building, lessons learning and sharing etc. are among other benefits