The way we work – Issues and Options

1. The way we work – Issues and Options

2. SUSTAINABILITY: PRACTICE CHANGE Evidence understand problems and opportunities DIALOGUE Exchangeconsult Assessments Foresight Indicate solutions Platforms Joint action Harmonized parameters and procedures Guidance Regulations and standards Targeting financing Awareness Innovation Markets PRACTICE CHANGE CONTINUOUS IMPROVEMENT TOOLS GUIDANCE (RULES) INCENTIVES

3. Key Factors for Practice Change Commitment Clarity on substance Facilitate innovation Enabling environment

4. Agenda focus: Commitment Broad-based, concrete Expression of political will, (and follow-up) Setting objectives social and environmental targets by the private sector/producers Specific social, economic and environmental principles that underpin sustainability

5. Agenda focus: Clarity on Substance Assessment and analyses Measurement Impacts, interactions Sectoralguidelines (voluntary) Consensus on resource use governance

6. Agenda focus: Innovation Brokering linkages Producers, industry, policy makers, social movements, NGOs, academia and research - knowledge and experience and learning National and local MSPs processes Support/linkages to existing MS processes and catalysation of new clusters, networks, partnerships Regional / Global collaboration and lessons

7. Agenda focus: Enabling Environment Agreements on resource access and use Incentives, taxes, payments Policy, regulatory, institutional change

8. The Agenda • Global Local • Unique joint Vision / Objectives at all levels • Catalyzing unique joint multi-stakeholder processes, learning, and action at different levels • Towards continuous practice change: • all levels; • all stakeholders; • all facets of sustainability

9. Support structures - Issues and Options • MSP: • “Sign-up” to consensus • Constituency representation • Focus area groups • Refinements? • Reporting? • Guiding group • Constituency basis? (clusters) • Executive committtee • Support team • Changes? • Extra staff (funding) • Renaming • Funding

10. MSP Discussion point: What steps can be taken to encourage greater adherence (‘sign-up’) to the Agenda Consensus? Do you agree that the Agenda needs to develop a mechanism to have ‘guaranteed’ constituency representation during its meetings?

11. Focus area groups Discussion points: Are any changes required to their aims, scope, membership, communication, and means of operation? What regularity and type of reporting is required from these groups? (Reporting to the Guiding Group, and to the MSP)

12. Support team ToRs: The Agenda Support team supports the building and implementation of the Agenda in particular through: (i) facilitating stakeholder interaction, coordination and consensus building; (ii) providing and coordinating expertise and analysis; (iii) assisting in the preparation of guidance for technology and policy development. 

13. Support team Discussion points: Are any changes to the Support Team arrangement required? Do the Support team’s terms of reference need significant revision?

14. Guiding Group - Refinements Up to 5 representatives from clusters: a) Public sector; b) Private sector; c) Academia/research; d) Donors; e) NGOs; and f) Social movements and community-based organizations; The 6 clusters will structure themselves and decide how they want to be represented on the Guiding Group. Focus Area Groups will be expected to ensure their views are expressed through member balance across these six clusters; Focus Area Chairs and Chairs of any new Agenda-supported regional, national, or local MSPs will have a seat on the Guiding Group;

15. Guiding Group - Refinements Guiding Group will be appointed for a two year term. Members may be reappointed by their constituency for subsequent terms; The Chair of the Guiding Group will be selected by its members and appointed for a two year term, renewable once. The establishment of an “executive committee”: small executive group selected from the Guiding Group who, with the Support Group, tackles the issues the Guiding Group has discussed and agreed; Executive committee composed of the Guiding Group chair, the 3 Chairs of the Focus Area Groups plus another two representatives from the Guiding Group.

16. Global Multi-Stakeholder Platform Composed of Works through Stakeholder clusters Focus Area Groups Public Sector Efficiency Private Sector Grassland Research Waste Guiding Group (with exec. com) NGOs Pilot MSPs Social movements Region Support Team Donors Country

17. Guiding Group - Refinements Discussion points: Is this proposal for the Guiding Group and the establishment of a small executive committee acceptable? If endorsed, the current Guiding Group, in collaboration with the Agenda Support Team, will develop this proposal in more detail, to prepare for the transition to this new set-up within the next 6 months.

18. Renaming Discussion point: The Guiding Group proposes to rename as follows: “Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock”

19. Resources Prepare ‘modular’ business plan and concrete actions on the basis of the discussion document and the outcomes of the MSP meeting(for submission to prospective donors); The organization of a resource mobilization meeting within the next 6 months to present the above described business and concrete action plan.

20. Funding Discussion point: Is this proposed resource mobilisation strategy adequate? Do you endorse the preparation of the identified business and action plan by the Guiding Group in collaboration with the Agenda Support team?