what are learning & practice alliances and communities of practice?
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Originally posted on the ILRI slideshare (http://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/presentations), this is a presentation I gave for a training workshop on the facilitation of multi-stakeholder processes for the project EAU4Food.TRANSCRIPT
What are LPAs?What are CoPs?
What matters to make them work?
EAU4Food LPA-CoP facilitation training workshopILRI Ethiopia, Addis Ababa
13-15 August 2012
Ewen Le Borgne
Overview
• What are LPAs/CoPs in EAU4Food?• Why such platforms?• The ingredients of an LPA/CoP• Activities to facilitate LPAs/CoPs• Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs/CoPs• The CoP/LPA facilitator…
What are LPAs/CoPs in EAU4Food?
What is a CoP? What is an LPA?
Approach?
Process?
Network?
What is an LPA?
… who come together to share learning, support innovation
and scale up solutions
‘A group of actors, including researchers, decision-
makers and practitioners …
What is an LPA?
Researchers
Focused on the big picture
Other technical experts
Decision makers
Merging policy and practice
Diverse membership
Private sector
What is a CoP?
‘A specific group of like minded
practitioners…
… who come together to solve shared
problems’
What is a CoP?
Farmers
Farmer-led
Extension workers
Researchers
Locally-focused
Practice-oriented
What is a CoP? What is an LPA?
Membership will overlap…
… and evolve
Local researchers
NGOs
Government experts
CoP / LPA representatives
Privatesector
Academics
FarmersLocal TechnicalExperts
Extensionworkers
Local researchersResearchers
EAU4FoodConsortium
LPA
CoP
Researchers EAU4FoodConsortium
Policy/ decision makers
Why such platforms in EAU4Food?
Why such platforms in EAU4Food?
Why platforms?•Involve stakeholders in the research and innovation process and enhance commitment to research processes, ownership of research results and strengthening of research capacities•Ensure that research aims to tackle the problems encountered on the ground •Ensure that research results are translated into policy and practice by involving the direct users (e.g. farmers, decision makers) in the research process •Create conditions for long term cooperation and coordination in the sector•Link up the local level where research usually takes place with the sub-national / national arena where policies are formulated
The ingredients of an LPA/CoP
The ingredients of a learning and practice alliance / community of practice
A vision Its essence
Credits: Kristin Marshall
The ingredients of a learning and practice alliance / community of practice
A Structure
Its arborescence Credits: Carlos Zardoya
The ingredients of a learning and practice alliance / community of practice
Activities
Its presence
Credits: ILRI
The ingredients of a learning and practice alliance / community of practice
Embedding
Its resilience?
Credits: Kelly Hart
The ingredients of a learning and practice alliance / community of practice
Some impact
The evidence of its success
Credits: CIAT/Neil Palmer
Activities to facilitate LPAs and CoPs
Activities to facilitate LPAs and CoPs
Convening themCredits: ILRI/Ewen Le Borgne
Activities to facilitate LPAs and CoPs
Cementing them
Building relationships, Building an agenda, Organizing activities to get people to work together
Credits: ILRI
Activities to facilitate LPAs and CoPs
Connecting them
Among & across platforms
Credits: Ewen Le Borgne
Activities to facilitate LPAs and CoPs
Understanding them
Monitoring, process documentation etc.Credits: ILRI/Tezira Lore
Activities to facilitate LPAs and CoPs
Sustaining them?
Rotating activities? Technical inputs? Financial and other resources? Institutionalisation ?
Credits: The Pauls
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Relevant agenda?
Credits: Bilal Kamoon
Key issues to consider in facilitatingLPAs and CoPs
The right mandate?
Credits: European Parliament
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Power issues?Credits: NotBruceLee
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Representative members?
Credits: ILRI / Ewen Le Borgne
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Solid engagement?
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Turnover?
Credits: The-G-UK
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Incentives?
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Action!
Credits: ILRI
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Time!
And other resources…
Credits: Darren Tunnicliff
Key issues to consider in facilitating LPAs and CoPs
Impact!
Credits: ILRI
The CoP/LPA facilitator
Profile of the CoP/LPA facilitator
LPACoP Both
Good communicator
Well networked
Good listener
Technically apt
Technically respected
Good negotiator / conflict resolution
Flexible
Generalist with specialist focus
Respected
Specialist with generalist aptitude
Committed
Charismatic
Digs deeper Goes wider
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