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NEPAD-Agriculture. 2008-09 Report. Martin Bwalya Senior Specialist – SLM/Support to country CAADP Implementation. Presentation format.
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NEPAD-Agriculture 2008-09 Report Martin Bwalya Senior Specialist – SLM/Support to country CAADP Implementation
Presentation format • NEPAD – Agriculture: Set-up and operational framework Progress/Achievements: 2008 Major Programmes and Activities Challenges: Key issues and lessons Thrust for 2009-10
NEPAD – Agriculture Set-up & operational framework
Agriculture Science and Technology Access to markets Peace and Security The NEPAD Core Action Areas Democracy and political governance Health Environment Infrastructure Human resource Transport
Socio-economic growth and improved standard of living and clean environment Wealth creation and support to industrialization Food Security and Income Generation (Poverty Alleviation) High and sustainable Agriculture Performance Target goal of 6% annual growth rate in agriculture productivity Organizational development and Institutional reforms Policy reforms and policy review structures Partnerships and coalitions and collective responsibility Capacity development and alignment/harnessing Knowledge; analysis and evidence based planning
Public sector Private sector CSOs Integral / systemic in institutions and systems undertaking agriculture and rural development Organizational development and Institutional reforms Policy reforms and policy review structures Partnerships and coalitions and collective responsibility Capacity development and alignment/harnessing Knowledge; analysis and evidence based planning Change /Reform in the “WAY-BUSINESS-IS-DONE”
CAADP Implementation – Core Institutions • NEPAD .Technical backstopping to RECs • M&E and continental peer review mechanism • Partnership and resource mobilization • Facilitates mutual learning Growth AUC e.g. (i)Operationalisation of the CAADP M&E system (ii) Budget tracking Pillar Institutions e.g. (i) Developing and nurturing networks of Knowledge Centres (ii) Technical backstopping National Govts; partners e.g. Partnership developmentPolicy and institutional reforms; Capacity building for the CAADP Implementation; priority setting and implementation RECs e.g. Regional policy harmonisation and peer review; CAADP implementation support
Pillar Frameworks NEPAD-Agric Strategic Functions Quality agricultural investment programmes and enhanced implementation capacity and supportive policy environment Companion document issues/Key sector drivers Enhance African Ownership and leadership and Support quality CAADP implementation Managing communication and information in support M&E – Impact assessment Lessons sharing/ Learning and Peer review Partnerships linking resources to agriculture Investment programmes Harnessing key thinking & experience – emerging knowledge/ issues
NEPAD Secretariat …. Partnerships and Resource mobilisation Support quality Development Planning and partnerships Public Govt Budget NEPAD-CAADP Principles Evidence based planning Private Sector - multinational Common vision Local Private Sector Collective responsibility M&E – Impact assessment Lessons sharing/ Learning and Peer review Foundations M&E and benchmarking Development Aid Peer review framework Knowledge; Knowledge Systems and Strategic thinking Emerging issues Indicators Peer learning Cutting edge knowledge Managing communication and advocacy Awareness & advocacy Information support Institutional memory
Operational arrangements and capacities - NEPAD Agriculture - Agric. Advisor Unit Management Team (Includes 5 team leaders and Advisor) TEAMS Partnership and Coalition Building for resource mobilisation Team CAADP Implementation Support Team M&E Team Communication and Information Support Team Strategic and Policy support Team NEPAD Secretariat Agriculture Unit Staff Compliment
Capacities and capacity development Expanded capacity/team Structure AUC-NEPAD Teams Staff at RECs and other regional bodies including the pillar lead institutions Staff & expertise at Country level
Communication and Advocacy (2) DOCUMENTS/DOCUMENTATION REVIEW AND COMPILATION REVIEW OF CAADP/AGRICULTURE MESSAGES/NEWS WEBSITE ENGAGING WITH PUBLIC/PRIVATE MEDIA (JOURNALIST NETWORK) STRONGER / JOINT COMMS COLLABORATIONS (AU, RECs…) REPORTS (AGRICULTURE, CAADP, NEPAD-AGRIC, ETC…) CAADP CALENDAR CAADP DOCUMENTARIES
Partnerships and Coalition Building to Link Resources to Agricultural Investment Programs (1) INVESTMENT FINANCING NEPAD-TerrAfrica: US $150 MILLION + US $ 900 MILLION IN LEVERAGED FUNDS FROM PARTNERS (48 PROJECTS IN 30 COUNTRIES) ALL PROJECTS EXPECTED TO BE OPERATIONAL BY JUNE 2009 AT THE CONTINENTAL LEVEL, THE FORUM FOR AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH IN AFRICA (FARA) HAS SET UP A PROGRAM OF 50 MILLION US DOLLARS BETWEEN NOW AND 2010 RESEARCH –INTO-USE (CLOSE TO US $ 50 MILLION). SUPPORT ON PROGRAMMES DESIGN UNDER WAY RWANDA, TANZANIA, ZAMBIA NIGERIA, SERRA LOEN; MALAWI UNDER THE FAAP, US $ 45 MILLION MOBILISED FAAP IMPLEMENTATION IN WEST AFRICAN STATES FISHERIES
Partnerships and Coalition Building to Link Resources to Agricultural Investment Programs (1..) INVESTMENT FINANCING THE REGIONAL IRRIGATION PRORGAM IN SOUTHERN AFRICA, WITH AN INVESTMENT VOLUME OF 150 MILLIONS US DOLLARS, INVOLVING 10 SADC MEMBER COUNTRIES IS IN ADVANCED PREPARATION THE PAN-AFRICA RICE INITIATIVE, TARGETING THE DISSEMINATION OF NERICA VARIETIES, IS UNDER IMPLEMENTATION IN WEST AFRICA WITH A 33,5 MILLION US DOLLAR INVESTMENT. THE MULTICOUNTRY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAMME IN SOUTHERN AFRICA , IS AT AN ADVANCED STAGE OF PREPARATION, WITH A FINANCING VOLUME OF 50 MILLION US DOLLARS RESPONSE TO GLOBAL FOOD CRISIS
Partnerships and Coalition Building to Link Resources to Agricultural Investment Programs (1..) OPERATIONAL FINANCING TO NEPAD AND RECs THE CAADP MULTI-DONOR TRUST FUND (CAADP MDTF) = US $50 MILLION (4 YEARS) BMZ (GTZ and InWent) TECHNICAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT TO CAADP IMPLEMENTATION = Over 2 years in access of 2 million US $ TERRAFRICA – DEVELOPMENT GRANT FACILITY = US $535 over 2008/09
Partnerships and Coalition Building to Link Resources to Agricultural Investment Programs (1...) INVESTMENT FINANCING FRAMEWORK ENGAGING WITH DEVELOPMENT PARTNERS UN INITIATIVE = COMPREHENSIVE FRAMEWORK FOR ACTION/GLOBAL PARTNERSHIP FOR AGRICULTURE AND FOOD SECURITY (GPAFS) INVESTMENT FINANCINAG FRAMEWORK/GUIDELINES FOR FINANCING OF AFRICAMN AGRICULTURE OPEC FINANCING SUPPORT (MOZAMBIQUE, ZAMBIA, RWANDA ENGAGING WITH OLD/NEW FINANCING OPPORTUNITIES – AGRA/FOUNDATIONS; CHINA; SOUTH AFRICA FERTILIZER FINANCING MECHANISM
Facilitating International Alignment • EC Advancing African Agriculture • USAID Initiative to cut hunger in Africa • World Bank Development Report • DFID (Research Into Use) • CAADP Pillar 4 (FAAP) Support Alliance • Global Platform on rural development • Japan – Collision for Africa Rice Initiative • SIDA, UK, NORAD USA support of RECs • TerrAfrica support on SLWM • CAADP Trust Fund (at the World Bank) • Increasing Bilateral and multi-lateral support to countries within CAADP framework
Monitoring and Evaluation; Peer review (3) DEVELOPMENT OF THE M&E FRAMEWORK - ReSAKSS CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT AND ADVOCACY FOR M&E - SLWM NEPAD – THE 10% Budget Tracking Programme Monitoring and Evaluation and a Peer review mechanism – already the CAADP PP an important platform Major CAADP Review to take stock of progress and lift NEPAD-CAADP profile Knowledge and Information Management / Learning - Addis
Strategic Thinking and Knowledge support (4) Climate change and CAADP – preparations for the SDC NEPAD–TerrAfrica: SLWM and Climate Change Agriculture Key drivers of change
Country to country CAADP Implementation (5) Revision and consolidating common understanding on the key benchmarks and principles of the CAADP implementation process/Roundtables – Feb Meetings Information Support to facilitate implementation and related collaborations – the calendar • Capacity development plan for the CAADP Teams (champions) • Competencies • learning support plan • Access to relevant resources including information and operational budget
Support Quality CAADP Implementation Development of the CAADP Guide • February 2008 Workshop • September 2008 consultation and review workshop • Development and final writing
Country Level Implementation Pillar Input Pillar Input Pillar Input Engagement process Evidenced Based Planning • - Quality • Investment • programmes • Policy reforms • Effective • implementation • arrangements Country Programmes… PRSPs SWAPs… Programmes… Institutional arrangements Policies, etc… Building Alliances with Investors Implementation, M&E, Peer Review Pillar Input Pillar Input Pillar Input
Country Implementation: Status / Progress • COMESA • 17 of the 23 countries commissioned • 5-7 Advances stages (Malawi, Uganda, Kenya, Niger, Ghana, ….) • ECOWAS • All countries – buy-in; internalization and alignment • Secretariat support and alignment of ECOWAP • EAC • Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Kenya and Uganda • SADC • Mozambique; Regional Agriculture Strategic review • ECCAS; IGAD • Cameroon
Support Quality CAADP Implementation Lead African Pillar Institutions • P1: University of Zambia and CILSS-Agrhymet (in Niger), Sokoine University, Morogoro • P2: Conference of Ministers of Agriculture of West and Central Africa • P3: Kwa-Zulu Natal University and CILSS • P4: FARA, SROs Pillar framework development • Framework development workshop – Feb 2008 • Finalization/printing of Pillar 2 and 3 framework doc. • Development/review & preparation of final validation workshop
Progress/commitment from African governments 4. Investment programmes NERICA, • Cassava, • CA scaling up – SADC • Fish
Linkages with Key Strategic Partners Within AUC/NEPAD Secretariat … • AUC-DREA (au-nepad integration) • NEPAD Agriculture - Environment (SLWM) • Other NEPAD Units – Communication, Infrastructure, Science and Technology, …. Beyond … • Farmers and Farmer Organisations • CSOs/NGOs • Private Sector (local/international including Foundations) • Specialised institutions
Challenges • Lack of clarity of CAADP as a framework as opposed to a programme • Strengthening regional and continental awareness and dialogue on CAADP • Strengthening linkages with knowledge institutions in the North • NEPAD ability to reach out to all RECs (notably in North Africa) • New “Struggle for Africa” – aligning support from new donors/emerging economies (China, India, Brazil, ….)
Challenges • 6. Engaging the private sector – including Foundations (AGRA, FORD, KELLOG, …) • Engaging the Diaspora – Inability define and sustain a meaningful role • Limited commitment to the MAPUTO DECLARATION by African Government • Strengthening participation of farmer organizations and the CSOs (especially at country level)
The main 2009-10 thrust • Facilitate and support capacity development and alignment for reforms in country CAADP implementation • Finalising the M&E Framework and knowledge and information sharing/management • Strengthening of African institutions (Pillar lead institutions; centres of excellence)
The main 2009-10 thrust • Increased investment financing: Supporting countries in resource mobilisation • Enhancing capacities at RECs to support CAADP implementation • Strengthening AUC–REC–NEPAD linkages • South–South Cooperation