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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