Systemic Capacity Development to Integrate Agriculture into National Adaptation Planning for

Sustainable Implementation

Organizational and Institutional Capacities

Webinar 19th April 2017

Patrick P. Kalas

Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO)Office of Partnerships, Advocacy and Capacity Development (OPC)

Capacity Development Officerpatrick.kalas@fao.org

http://www.fao.org/capacity-development/en/

What is Development?

“Development is like a tree- it can be nurtured in its growth only by feeding its roots not by pulling on its branches” I. Serageldin

Capacity

Country Ownership

Country Leadership

Joint-Commitment

Sustainable Results

Systemic Capacities (3 dimensions)

Individual dimension areas:Awareness / Understanding, Knowledge/ Skills / Attitudes

Organizational / Institutional dimension areas: functioning and performance of organizations and institutions including:

Coordination mechanisms / Mandates / Terms of References / Information, Data and Knowledge sharing/ Budget and Funding / Multi-Stakeholder Processes

Enabling environment areas: contextin which individuals and organizations exist including:Governance / institutional linkages / implicit and explicit rules / laws and policies / Institutional Political Economy

Technical & Functional capacities

> Understanding importance of agriculture within NAPs among decision-makers > Adaptation sensitive planning skills

>national cross-sectoral coordination between relevant Ministries for NAPs formulation and implementation

> Aligned agricultural, energy and environmental policies within NAPs

Capacity

Development

support

Existing

capacities

• Whose and what capacities are to be developed?

Participatory Capacity Needs

Assessment

• Enhance country ownership, leadership and stakeholder commitment to enhance capacities

• Strategic and targeted

interventions (starting from existing capacities)

• Baseline to monitor progress across all CD dimensions

Why assess capacities comprehensively and with broad participation?

Initial Organizational / Institutional Assessment Agriculture Integration into NAPs, April 2016, Rome

Challenges / Needs:

Actions to Improve:

• Institutional mandates of MoA to engage in Climate Change planning / implementation

• Establish review committee for mandatesharpening

• Inter-Sectoral coordination for Climate Change -> NAPs

• Review and strengthen existing institutional coordination mechanism clarifying roles and responsibilities, rules, procedures etc.

• Alignment and harmonization of sectoral policies

• Cross-sectoral policy review, harmonization and alignment with NAP process

Institutional Capacity “Self” Assessment for NAPs

Joint- Commitment Joint-Ownership Joint-Dialogue

Step 2- What

Challenge Identification

Problem Tree / Solution Tree

Step 3- Who

Identification of key

stakeholders / actors

Netmap / Stakeholder

Mapping

Step 4- How

Assess Capacity

Needs (3 CD dimensions),

Visioning

Capacity Assessment

Questionnaire

Step 5- How

Stakeholder Validation and

Action Planning,

M & E Framework

Participatory Action

Planning Tools

Meaningful Stakeholder Participation Inclusion & leadership

Joint-Diagnosis

Joint Action and Implementation

Step 1- Why

Awareness & Common

UnderstandingGalvanizing

Commitment

Participatory workshop

Joint-Learning Joint-Learning

CapDevDimensions

Categories Present state Desired state (after project)

How to get there

Individual -Knowledge- Technical and Functional Skills- Attitudes

Organizational / Institutional

-Coordination mechanisms (Planning, Monitoring, Budget)- Mandates- Multi-Stakeholder Processes

Enabling Environment

- Legal framework- Governance- Policies- Institutional Political Economy

Capacity Needs Assessment Questionnaire

Participatory and Facilitated Stakeholder Workshop to complete questionnaire

Capacity Assessment Report

Baseline

How are Capacities Enhanced (Interventions)?

Combination of different CD options across three CD dimensions is key

Important: capacity development goes beyond training

Formal training based on Learning Needs Assessment

Blended and Learning on-the-job

Farmer / Climate Field Schools

South-South Knowledge exchanges / Study visits

Evidence-based Policy dialogue

Review Alignment of Policies / Strategies / Plans

Creation of multi-stakeholder platforms for NAPs formulation and implementation

Review of intra-organizational coordination (i.e. vertical coordination between national, state, district)

Review of Ministerial Mandates

Regional Policy Workshop

Strengthen NAPs Inter-Ministerial

coordination mechanisms (i.e.

horizontal coordination)

Suggested Operational Elements for Multi-Stakeholder / Multi-Actor Platform NAPs

Joint- Commitment Joint-Ownership Joint-Dialogue

Joint-Learning Joint-Learning Joint-Learning

Meaningful Stakeholder Participation….from conception stage

Mandate / Charter Modus Operandi(i.e. Decision taking)

Representativeness

Resources

Institutional set-up Monitoring Progress

Joint ACTION

Levels (National, Sub-national) Definition of MSP

Effective CD for Integrating Agriculture into NAPs for Sustainable Implementation means…..

Looking at the “what” and the “how” to enhance capacities (Process matters)

Capacity

Development

support

Existing

capacities

Jointly assessing, designing, implementing and tracking sustainable CD activities

Anchoring in Development effectiveness principles (Country Ownership, Leadership)

Focusing on all three capacity development dimensions (individual, organizational / institutional, enabling environment)

Visit FAO’s New CD Portal

http://www.fao.org/capacity-development/en/

Coming soon: “SUPPLEMENTARY GUIDELINES FOR ADDRESSING AGRICULTURE, FORESTRY AND

FISHERIES IN NATIONAL ADAPTATION PLANS”

Assess + Design + TrackSystemic Capacities

“Development is like a tree- it can be nurtured in its growth only by feeding its roots not by pulling on its branches” I. Serageldin

Thank you for your attention and participation

Country Ownership

Country Leadership

Joint-Commitment

Sustainable Results