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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