Grow Africa Investment Forum,

May 10-11,2016 Lemigo Hotel Kigali, Rwanda

COUNTRY COOPERATION AGREEMENTS (CCAS) AS A TOOL FOR IMPLEMENTING NATIONAL AGRICULTURE

INVESTMENT PLANS (NAIPS)By: Dr. Nalishebo Meebelo and Samson Jemaneh Mekasha

COUNTRY CAADP IMPLEMENTATION-EMBRACING MALABO The National Agriculture and Food Security

Investment Plan (NAIP) is the key instrument for country CAADP Implementation.

Embracing “Malabo” will require that existing NAIPs are appraised to ensure they are well formulated, sufficiently rigorous and consistent with the CAADP goals.

This appraisal should also address how the commitments in the Malabo Declaration will be achieved.

NAIPs may in some countries be represented by the National Agricultural Development Programme or strategy through which the Nation budgets and plans for its agricultural sector.

CAADP/MALABO PRINCIPLESCAADP Principles as highlighted in the Maputo decade of

CAADP

Malabo Decade aims to highlight additional Principles and values in the light of the

increased focus on implementation, results and impact. Below are the principles and values

Malabo Declaration is highlightingo African

(local) ownership and responsibility

o Accountability

o Transparency

o Inclusiveness

o Evidence-based

 

o Enhanced country leadership capacity to champion CAADP implementation

o Accountability and Transparency: institutions held responsible and accountable for their commitments. The processes used should be inclusive and participatory, drawing on broadly-based stakeholder representation.

o Multi-sectorialism: particularly in the context of linkages between Agriculture and industrialisation; markets and trade, energy; environment and natural resources, education and health, etc.

o Equity: policies and programmes purposefully designed and implemented to ensure equity in access to economic opportunities for women, young people, the poor and other marginalised and vulnerable groups

o Sustainability: Taking all necessary measures to ensure all agricultural development actions and results are socially, environmentally and economically sustainable;

o “Wealth creation”: a central aspect in the drive for agriculture transformation with the domestic private sector as a critical implementing partner

o Regional integration : an integral part of national action

COUNTRY CAADP IMPLEMENTATION

MALABO IMPLEMENTATION AT COUNTRY LEVEL

Main componen

ts and Milestones

NAIPs Appraisal and Country Profile 1.1 NAIP Appraisal:

Establish status of the NAIP in relation to other tools and instruments informing national development initiatives including national public budget

1.2 Country Profile on key Malabo Commitments related parameters

1.3 Government endorsement and pronouncement on

Analysis, Priority setting and NAIP formulation and/or adaptation 2.1 NAIP Formulation and

design include domesticated national CAADP Results Framework and detailed performance monitoring and reporting matrix

2.2 Independent Technical Review (ITR) exercise

2.3 Project preparation for discrete thematic Projects and Programmes (within the NAIP)

Fostering Execution and delivering Results- Impact 3.1 Policy review and

alignment for accelerated and effective/efficient execution

3.2 Assessing & brokering implementation partnerships & alliances

3.3 Mobilising and aligning investment financing

Monitoring, Reviewing progress and performance and learning 4.1 Monitoring

progress and performance

4.2 Joint Sector Review (JSR) Platform – performance and accountability dialogue

4.3 Biennial impact review and submission of progress statement at the

Key Product

Outcomes

1a. Country-specific NAIP Status Report 1b. Country Profile Report

2a. The National Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition Investment Plan (NAIP)

2b. Independent Technical Review (ITR) Report

3a. National annual investment financing statement – status on public, private and donor financing flows for the year

4a. National Implementation and JSR Report (annually) 4b. Biennial impact Assessment Statement

Milestone 1: Government endorsement of

Domesticated Malabo Implementation Roadmap

Milestone 2: Business Meeting and Signing of Compact-2

Milestone 3 (annually) Joint Sector Review

Platform

COUNTRY COOPERATION AGREEMENTS AS A TOOL FOR MALABO IMPLEMENTATION

For the Malabo Declaration, CCAs are particularly relevant to achieving the following targets: Doubling productivity Reducing post harvest loss by half Sustaining 6% agricultural sector growth Establishing and/or strengthen inclusive PPPs for

at least 5 priority agricultural commodity value chains in each country, with strong links to smallholder agriculture

Create job opportunities for at least 30% of youth in agricultural value chains

Tripling intra-Africa trade in agricultural commodities

STRENGTHS OF CCA Engaging the private sector in a targeted and efficient

way, that has strategic value for them Ensuring policy efforts align to market needs, rather

than operation in silos-promoting creation of more enabling environment

Identifying issues and opportunities for policy change, and galvanizing partners around these

Heightening mutual accountability and transparency, so that partners are more likely to deliver their commitments and behave responsibly.

Promoting learning and innovation on systemic challenges

AUC/NPCA coordination and ownership Mutual Accountability on implementation

(Governments, Development Partners, Private Sector held jointly accountable on progress)

WEAKNESS OF CCA Only 10 CAADP countries currently have CCA Lack of clarity on how the CCAs and NAIPs are linked Lack of clarity of roles and responsibilities in managing

and coordinating the CCA Lack of common understanding across all partners,

whether at country, regional or continental level. There is lack of clarity on how the CCA get updated as

Contexts change, or Commitments are completed Commitments are cancelled

CCAs undergo country reviews, but the timing of these is not well coordinated within JSRs.

There is lack of adequate grievance management mechanism

Farmer organizations and NGOs do not have their commitments included

Separate institutions responsible for CCA implementation and CAADP implementation (e.g in Tanzania, Mozambique)

OPPORTUNITIES TO ADDRESS EXISTING LIMITATIONS OF CCAS A team has been established at the African Union Commission to

coordinate the implementation of CCAs at country level. The AU team works in close collaboration with CAADP team at

continental, regional and country levels. The coordination of LOIs under Grow Africa has transitioned from WEF

to NEPAD agency-promoting more African ownership of the process and enhancing coordination between the AUC –CCA team and Grow Africa team specifically working to promote the letters of intent (LOIs).

The African Union has already started conversations Member States on how to integrate aspects of the CCAs into overall country level CAADP processes.

These include for example on how to integrate the annual CCA implemenation progress review and reporting process with the CAADP Joint Sector Review process.

Some countries have already started streamlining their annual CCA progress review process in their national agricultural joint sector reviews. (Eg. Ghana, Malawi)

There is an opportunity to embrace CCA reviews as one aspect on ongoing NAIP review process to embrace the Malabo Commitments.

POSITIONING CCAS AS A TOOL FOR MALABO IMPLEMENTATION CCAs can be positioned to better serve as a tool to

address private sector engagement in Malabo implementation.

To do this, the current existing country cooperation agreements should be reviewed to reflect existing realities post Malabo.

The AU team responsible for CCA coordination together with Grow Africa team at NPCA are working on a set of guidelines to constitute a CCA user guide which will help in better managing the Country Cooperation agreements.

The CCA Guide will help in better managing the existing CCAs and also clarifying the roadmap for new member states interested in setting up their respective tripartite coordinating platforms for private sector investment in the sector.

POSITIONING CCAS AS A TOOL FOR MALABO IMPLEMENTATION CONTD. Some countries have revised their CCAs (added more policy

commitments or streamlined existing policy commitments)

For other countries, most of the policy commitments have been completed (there is a need to renew/update the CCAs)

Letters of Intent are not going as planned for some of the companies: categories of LOIs include non-performing LOIs, completed LOIs etc.)

Countries have started integrating the NA reporting into JSR reporting

There is an emerging need for more elaborate donor financial reporting.

Non- State actors (e.g. civil society) in the NA countries would like to see more transparency in the CCA Implementation processes there is call/need for grievance addressing mechanisms to be out in place etc.

LIST OF CCA GUIDES UNDER CONSIDERATION CCA Guides currently under consideration by the AU team & NEPAD Grow Africa team include: Guidelines on Establishing Country Cooperation

Agreements in other Member States Architecture of New Alliance Governance and

Coordination at Country level Guideline on Annual Stocktaking and Review &

Integration to JSRs Guidelines on updating existing CCAs Responsible Business Practice (Grievance

Handling Mechanisms) – particularly for investments involving large scale land acquistion by Letter of Intent Companies

INITIAL STAKEHOLDER CONSULTATIONS (APRIL 11, 2016 IN THE MARGINS OF THE 12TH CAADP PP) The teams at AU and NEPAD jointly organized

initial stakeholder engagement and consultation meeting in the Margins of the 12th CAADP PP which recently took place in Accra, Ghana.

Presentations on proposed Guidelines were made to stakeholders including Government Leads of CCA, Development Partner CCA Leads, Civil Society and voices of the private sector represented by Grow Africa.

Country stakeholders came up with issues affecting the current implementation of the CCAs some of which have been mentioned in earlier slides.

NEXT STEPS

Finalizing CCA Guides (agreeing on timeline) Using the CCA Guides to revamp existing CCAs Getting inputs from this consultation meeting on

how to go forward in integrating the revamped CCAs into National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plans

Aligning CCA Monitoring and Evaluation mechanisms with CAADP/Malabo Results Framework and M&E system

Using the CCA guides to clarify specific roles of the AU team and the NEPAD team currently working on advancing the CCA and LOIs at country level

FURTHER STEPS (INTEGRATING INTO NAIPS) Once the CCA review, refining , updating is finalized, the key step

remains on how to integrate them to the NAIP review process Joint consultations of country CCA teams and country CAADP

teams. In countries where the CCA coordination and CAADP coordination

are done by separate institutions, the AU/NEPAD teams will help to initiate the conversation between the respective institutions.

Exploiting existing CCA /New Alliance governance/support structures at country level Private Sector Development Task Force in Ethiopia Partnership Accountability Committee in Tanzania New Alliance Policy Acceleration Support Unit in Malawi USAID/SPEED Program in Mozambique

Inviting the Regional Economic Communities to the process Some of the Malabo private sector commitments pass beyond

national boundaries Hence, RECs should be sensitized of the role of CCAs in unlocking

private investment and should join the conversation Is this not the right time for Regional Cooperation Framework

Agreements in line with Regional Agricultural Investment Plans (RAIPs)?

Thank YouOur Goal is to accelerate the pace of

policy reforms to create enabling environment in support of both

domestic and international private sector investing in Africa’s

Agriculture.