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Stakeholder Dialogues – Stakeholder Dialogues. Thalia Kidder and Mulu Tesfaye, Oxfam GB June 28, 2010. Stakeholder Dialogues. Contribute to research Support communications Review & ‘own’ findings Wide range of actors Women smallholders!. Stakeholder Dialogues – 3 rounds.
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Stakeholder Dialogues – Stakeholder Dialogues Thalia Kidder and Mulu Tesfaye, Oxfam GB June 28, 2010
Stakeholder Dialogues • Contribute to research Support communications Review & ‘own’ findings • Wide range of actors Women smallholders!
Stakeholder Dialogues – 3 rounds Phase 1:Research on Collective Action Phase 2:Strategies for Promoting Collective Action Developing in-depth case studies to map and identify the best strategies for development actors to use in support of women’s collective action Identifying under which conditions different forms of collective action in agricultural markets can produce gender-equitable outcomes March /April 2010 January2011 Oct / Sept2011 Stakeholder Dialogues
Stakeholder Dialogues – Phase 1 Deliver on Research • Sub-sector Selection • Mapping Collective Action • Concepts
Stakeholder Dialogues – Phase 1 Deliver on Research • Sub-sector Selection • Mapping Collective Action • Concepts Wide Range of Actors • Primary Stakeholders – 60% • Of Smallholders, Women: 50%
Stakeholder Dialogues – Phase 1 Deliver on Research • Sub-sector Selection • Mapping Collective Action • Concepts Wide Range of Actors • Primary Stakeholders – 60% • Of Smallholders, Women: 50% Communications Strategy • Outreach, documentation • Mechanisms for follow up
Stakeholder Dialogues: Contribution to Research Preparation phase In session Region 1 • PARTICIPANTS: • Discuss RANKING • Confirm SHORT list • CATEGORISE and PREFERRED list • C. A. MAPPING – INVENTORY • Support to research • RESEARCHERS: • LONG LIST of SUB-SECTORS • MATRIX for RANKING • EXCLUDE: no WCA In session Preparation phase • RESEARCHERS: • Presentation • PARTICIPANTS: • Confirm 3 sub-sectors per region • Further develop CA inventory RESEARCHERS AND PARTICIPANTS: • support to research process • mechanisms for comms, follow-up • RESEARCHERS: • Evidence on Preferred sub-sectors • Prepare presentation: overlaps & research considerations Two regional stakeholder dialogues / country Region 2 • PARTICIPANTS: • Discuss RANKING • Confirm SHORT list • CATEGORISE and PREFERRED list • C. A. MAPPING – INVENTORY • Support to research • RESEARCHERS: • LONG LIST of SUB-SECTORS • MATRIX for RANKING • EXCLUDE: no WCA National stakeholder dialogue
Sub-sectors: Listing and Ranking Example from Sikasso, Mali Long List Sub-sectors: Women’s Participation & Market Potential
Sub-sectors: Categories of Markets Categories have implications for women’s collective action
Sub-sectors: Categories of MarketsJima, Ethiopia Categories have implications for women’s collective action
Sub-sectors: Mapping Collective Action Tanga, Tanzania Maize Vegetables
Contribution to Research: Understanding Concepts • Criteria? • women’s participation and market potential • Sub-sector? • Great debates! “Closely-related products; linked by raw material; scope depends on range and complexity in zone” • Collective Action? • formal and informal: “collaboration on a regular basis…” • the significance of collective action in women’s power in markets • Research… • is learning relevant for other sub-sectors • is focused – not on all gender inequalities & barriers for women
Stakeholder Dialogues Wide Range of Actors – Conveners • Mali: • National Federation of Rural Women (FENAFER), • Association of Professional Producer Organisations (AOPP) • Ethiopia: • Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MoARD) • Organization for Rehabilitation and Development in Amhara (ORDA). • Ministry of Women’s Affairs • Network of Ethiopian Women Associations (NEWA) • Tanzania • National Network of Small-Scale Farmers Groups (MVIWATA) • Tanzania Association of Women Leaders in Agriculture and Environment (TAWLAE) Ms Mestefaker (MOARD) Ms Engedaye Eshete (President of Women Entrepreneurs Association) Rahel Tesema (OGB Gender Advisor)
Stakeholder Dialogues Wide Range of Actors – Women Small Holders • Smallholders, producer organisations and unions, women traders, private sector, academics, government ministries, international and national NGOs • Required significant outreach and networking (learning by doing!)
Stakeholder Dialogues - Communications • Video documentation • Newsletters • Participants’ communications • Media reports in Tanzania & Ethiopia • Reference Groups set up • Wiki pages
Stakeholder Dialogues Ambitious Groundbreaking Challenging Results!
Building on Existing Initiatives • Use of national learning forums • Regional multi-stakeholder taskforces • Zonal Value Chain Forum
Potential influence of research • For development actors to go beyond current focus on formal institutions • Recognition of the significance of informal collective action for women’s livelihoods • Engagement of women’s standing committee of parliamentarians • Involvement of Ministries
Opportunities for Impact • SDs increases outreach to stakeholders • New ways of addressing women’s empowerment: informal collective action previously hidden • In SDs new issues exposed that increase our understanding of trends: • e.g. impact of technology and globalisation on women’s collective action in honey & spices
SDs: Lessons and practical issues • Keeping power balance in SDs • Underestimation of time the SD preparation and design requires • The demand of stakeholders to support innovations in women’s collective action as part of the process (before research concludes)
