The Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development

1. The Platform for African – European Partnership in Agricultural Research for Development policy@fanrpan.org www.fanrpan.org

2. Objectives of National Dialogue on the PAEPARD project • Ensure that participants have a good understanding of the PAEPARD project • Provide information on the project implementation process at national level • Feedback from participants on key issues related to the project

3. Objectives of PAEPARD • Overall: Build joint African-European multi-stakeholderpartnerships in agricultural research for development contributing to achieving the MDGs • End poverty and hunger • Universal education • Gender equality • Child health • Maternal health • Combat HIV/AIDS • Environmental sustainability • Global partnership

4. What does PAEPARD hope to achieve? • Specifically: Enhanced, more equitable, more demand driven and mutually beneficial collaboration of Africa and Europe on agricultural research for development with the aim of attaining the MDGs. European multi-stakeholders African multi-stakeholders • Beneficiaries of the partnerships • African non research (private sector, NGOs, Farmer associations)/African research scientists • European non research/European research scientists

5. What are the benefits to stakeholders? • Opportunities for partnership • Capacity building training relevant to the stakeholder sectors • Information on calls for proposals (d-groups platform) • Knowledge and information sharing

6. EXPECTED RESULTS • Increased awareness of partnership opportunities in Europe and Africa for agricultural development in Africa. • Improved mobilization and coordination of European ARD stakeholders and African non–research stakeholders • Increased knowledge on European funding opportunities among African ARD stakeholders • Support for partnership development will lead to increased number of high quality ARD proposals.

7. Management and coordination (WP7) Advocacy and policy coherence (WP6) Promising innovations Emerging issues Capacity building (WP4) Mobilizing stakeholders (Europe and Africa) WP1&2 Partnership building, institutional assessments Facilitation and negotiation Mapping of stakeholders Co-innovation mechanisms, proposal writing, use of tools Internal consultations Information and communication systems (WP3) • System to aggregate • Supply vs demands • services vs products Funding or partnership opportunities Success stories Institutional profile Themes Partnerships brokerage (WP5) Pre-seed funding Online matching F2F encounters /brokerage Incubating partnership thru seed funding support Concept notes Proposals and agreements

8. PAEPARD Partners

9. ROLES AND RESPONSABILITIES OF CONSORTIUM PARTNERS

10. Expectations Stakeholders mobilised for AR4D partnerships Relevant agricultural research agenda in Africa and in Europe Enhanced mutual understanding and trust AR4D collaboration driven by end-user demand Strengthened capacities and mutual learning, at all levels Effective European-African multistakeholder AR4D partnerships More effective contribution of AR4D to MDGs

11. Result of increased African participation and leadership in future calls (not only EC calls)? • Facilitation of impact-oriented and entrepreneurial ARD partnerships for agricultural research, training and innovation • Information and knowledge exchange • Advocacy on alignment of priorities to resource allocation for African and European ARD • European universities/research institutions respond to African agenda • European and African initiatives linked to regional frameworks i.e. CAADP, EU Strategy for Africa and African priorities

12. Total Project Budget • The total budget for the Action is 6,850,000 Euros • EC Contribution= 5,500,000 Euros • Contribution of Partners= 1,350,000 Euros

13. Conclusion Challenges • Maintaining dynamic information system of potential partners • Multi-stakeholder partnership does not necessarily mean equitable partnership • Institutional commitment & resource allocation (financial and human) • Complex administrative procedures Way forward This the only way we can be responsible of our agriculture development. PAEPARD

14. Work Package 2 FANRPAN: Co-Leader policy@fanrpan.org www.fanrpan.org

15. AFRICAN PARTNERS • East Africa Farmers Federation (EAFF) - WP2 Leader • Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN) – WP2 Co-Leader • Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions (SACAU) • Network of Farmers' and Agricultural Producers' Organisations of West Africa (ROPPA) • Sub‐Regional Platform of Farmers’ Organisations in Central Africa (PROPAC)

16. WORK PACKAGE 2 OBJECTIVES • Create an enabling environment for successful partnerships in ARD. • Improve participation of non research stakeholders (CSOs, FOs, private sector organizations, government) in conceptualizing, implementing and evaluating research projects.

17. WORK PACKAGE 2 EXPECTED OUTPUTS • Improved number and quality (in terms of diversity, pertinence and balance in partnerships) of African non research stakeholders mobilized into ARD partnerships with European stakeholders, targeting African-European priorities of mutual interest and benefit. • African research stakeholders more open to balanced participation of non research stakeholders in ARD partnerships.

18. WHERE ARE WE NOW ? • Grant Agreement between FARA and EU signed, in January 2010 • Consortium Agreement between FARA and Implementing Partners signed, 19 July 2010 • PAEPARD II Project launch at the FARA GA Assembly in Burkina Faso, 19 July 2010 • Common visioning with FANRPAN network members at the FANRPAN Annual High Level Regional Policy Dialogue on Food Security, 30 August 2010 • Contract negotiations between the Regional Secretariat and the FANRPAN nodes for project implementation at national level. • Agreed outputs for year 1.

19. FANRPAN Membership FANRPAN

20. Angola – Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development and Wambo University Botswana – Botswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA) DR- Congo: The Center of Dialogue for Legal and Institutional Reforms (Centre d’Echanges pour des Reformes Juridiques et Institutionnelles (CERJI) Lesotho – National University of Lesotho, Institute of Southern African Studies (ISAS) Madagascar: Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Department of Rural Development Policies Malawi - Civil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET), Mauritius – Department of Agricultural Production and Systems, School of Agriculture University of Mauritius Mozambique – Faculdade de Agronmia e Engenharia Florestal, Eduardo Mondlane University Namibia - Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU) South Africa – National Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC) Swaziland – Department of Agricultural Economics and Management, University of Swaziland and Coordinating Assembly of NGOs (CANGO) Tanzania - Economic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF) Zambia - Agricultural Consultative Forum (ACF) Zimbabwe – Agricultural Research Council FANRPAN Structure: Node Hosting Institutions

21. WHERE DO WE GO FROM HERE? • Project implementation at national level of year 1 activities

22. FANRPAN Structure: Network of Networks Commercial Farmers Farmers CSOs Commodity Associations Government Malawi Small-scale farmers associations Zimbabwe Namibia Private Sector Zambia Botswana FANRPAN Regional Secretariat Researchers Angola Mozambique Madagascar Tanzania Lesotho Mauritius Swaziland South Africa

23. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • Identify and Map African Stakeholders • Desk review of existing databases and similar studies e.g. GCARD database. • Identify the stakeholders keen to be involved in PAEPARD • Categorize potential partners according to their interests, needs and services they offer • Categorise partnerships according to stakeholders with existing European partnerships and those looking to establish partnerships • Collective development of a mobilisation strategy

24. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • Conduct internal consultations for each stakeholder category • Common understanding of the PAEPARD project and a definition of the related expectations by each stakeholder category. • Categorize potential partners by interests, needs & services they offer. • Review partnership experiences with research and other ARD stakeholders. • Identify interesting case studies of multi-stakeholder ARD partnerships. • Identify capacity strengthening needs for the establishment of balanced partnership between non research and research stakeholders. • Proposed strategy for the mobilization of African and European stakeholders for collaborative ARD. • Information sharing.

25. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • Conduct multi-stakeholders consultations • Common understanding of the PAEPARD project and a definition of the related expectations by each stakeholder category. • Define appropriate ways of facilitating partnership formation. • Discuss and amend partnership guidelines. • Identify and review country case studies • Identify and validate joint capacity strengthening needs. • Identify joint innovation challenges (and set priorities). • Validation and prioritization of joint capacity strengthening needs

26. PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION • Identify case studies – success / failure stories • Lesson sharing and learning. • Advocacy for greater partnerships between Africa and Europe.

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