Overview of FANRPAN Sept 2010 - Sept 2011

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Overview of FANRPAN Sept 2010 - Sept 2011

Presentation by Dr Lindiwe M. Sibanda, FANRPAN CEO FANRPAN High-level Food Security Regional Policy Dialogue

Swaziland, 19-23 September 2011

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Monitoring and Evaluation

Agenda Setting

DecisionMaking

Policy Implementation

Policy Formulation

The Policy Actors

Civil Society

Donors

Cabinet

Parliament

Ministries

Private Sector

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RESEARCH SYSTEMACTORS•Research

Public (universities and research centre)PrivateCivil SocietyPolicy makers

POLICY SYSTEMACTORS• politicians & political system •Civil servants•Universities•Civil societies and groups

PRACTICE SYSTEMACTORS•Producers of goods and services•Input providers•Organized groups

LINKING ACTORS•Education, Institutions, •Incentives, Innovation policy, •Political systems and channel •Stakeholder platforms

Fig 1: A framework for linking research, policy and practice

The Policy Environment: The Key Players

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• Getting agriculture moving in Eastern and Southern Africa and a Framework for Action– Prepared by M. Rukuni in consultation with:

• C. Ackello-Ogutu• H. Amani• P. Anandajayasekeram• W. Mwangi• H. Sigwele• T. Takavarasha

• Commissioned by World Bank on behalf of Global Coalition of Africa

• February 26-27, 1994, Harare

Genesis of the FANRPAN SEED

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ESA Ministers of Agriculture’ Call

Official Gazette of COMESA, Volume 1, No 1, 9 December 1994

“The Annual Conference of Ministers of Agriculture for Eastern and Southern Africa as constituted in a meeting on 14-15 April 1994 in Harare, Zimbabwe should be the policy organ for food security in the COMESA region”

•Create a regional agricultural policy analysis network to enhance indigenous capacity for policy formulation and analysis as ESA countries develop comprehensive agricultural policies and food security strategies

•The network, in collaboration with regional universities, to be responsible for research and analysis leading to the coordination of agricultural policies and strategies in ESA

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• Each ESA country shall, with immediate effect, start developing such comprehensive and implementable agricultural policies which indicate national priorities within each prime mover

• This network will assist the convening of the Conference of Ministers to review the progress of the implementation of agricultural sector policies and strategies

Recommendations of the Ministerial Conference

(14 – 15 April 1994, Harare, Zimbabwe)

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FANRPAN’s Strategic Plan (2007 – 15)

Common VisionA food secure Africa free from hunger and poverty

Purpose: Promote appropriate policies in order to reduce poverty, increase food security and enhance sustainable agricultural and natural resources development in Africa

WHAT– Facilitate linkages and partnerships between government and civil society

– Build the capacity for policy analysis and policy dialogue

– Create capacity to demand evidence for policy development

– Promote evidence based policy development in the Food Agriculture and Natural Resources sector

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FANRPAN Strategic Framework

Capacity Building Policy Research

Voice

Conducive

Environment

1 2

3

POLICY ANALYSIS & ADVOCACY

Agricultural Policy

Burning Policy Issues

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FANRPAN Priorities• Increase the knowledge base

• Increase visibility of policy champions

• Increase capacity to do policy research and advocacy

• Promote institutionalized evidence based policy dialogue platforms

1. Community Level2. National3. Regional4. Global

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• Deepen regional integration

• Reduction in poverty

• Improve on information technology, communication and policy advocacy

• Harmonization of policies and creation of legal and regulatory framework

• Human and social development through capacity building

Regional Policy Priorities

SADC and COMESA(14 Countries) (19 Countries)

8 countries are members of both RECs

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FANRPAN

Developing the COMESA CAADP Regional Compact

Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative

for Policy Dialogues (ACCID)

COMESA

Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development

Programme (CAADP)

Climate Change Initiative

FANRPAN Support to COMESA

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FANRPAN Support to SADC

SADC

Regional Vulnerability Assessment Committee (RVAC)

SADC Land and Water Management Applied Research

Programme

Seed Security Network

Phase I Outputs

FANRPAN Household Vulnerability Index

(F-HVI)

FANRPAN - The Limpopo Basin Focal Project (LBFP)

Seed Security NetworkPhase II

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FANRPAN Achievements

Sept 2010 – Sept 2011

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FANRPAN Board of Governors: 3 meetingsRepresentatives of:

•Government (South Africa and Zimbabwe);

•Farmers (Honorary Lifetime President-SACAU);

•Private Sector (Vacant);

•Regional Economic Communities - SADC (FANR Director) & COMESA (Secretary General);

•Research Institutions (University of Pretoria);

•Donor (USAID);

•CEO (ex-officio)

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REGIONAL - FANRPAN Board of Governors

FANRPAN CEO

PS Ministry of

Agriculture, Swaziland

USAID COMESA Secretary-

General

National Depart of

Agriculture, South Africa

Ministry of Agriculture Zimbabwe

Former PSMinistry of Agriculture, Zambia

Professor University of Pretoria

27 February 2011, Pretoria South Africa

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FANRPAN Structure: Network of Networks

FANRPANRegional

Secretariat

Malawi

Namibia

Mozambique

Tanzania

Mauritius

South Africa

Swaziland

Lesotho

Angola

Botswana

Zimbabwe

Zambia

Government

Researchers

CSOs

Madagascar

Farmers

Private Sector

Commercial Farmers

Small-scale farmers associations

Commodity AssociationsDRC

Uganda

Kenya

FANRPAN Nodes

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FANRPAN Country Nodes Establishment vs. Year: 2001 – 2011

Year

2001

2002

2005

2008

2010

2011

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8

Number of Country Nodes

2001 - Botswana, Mozambique, Malawi, Namibia, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

2002 – Lesotho, Mauritius, Swaziland2005 – Angola2008 – Madagascar2010 – DRC2011 – Kenya, Uganda

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Angola: Government Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MINADER)

Botswana: Policy Research InstituteBotswana Institute for Development Policy Analysis (BIDPA)

DR Congo: CSO/NGOCenter of Dialogue for Legal and Institutional Reforms (Centre d’Echanges pour des Reformes Juridiques et Institutionnelles (CERJI))

Lesotho: Policy Research InstituteInstitute of Southern African Studies (ISAS)

Madagascar: GovernmentMinistry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries: Department of Rural Development Policies

Malawi: CSO/NGOCivil Society Agriculture Network (CISANET)

Mauritius: UniversityUniversity of Mauritius: Faculty of Agriculture

Mozambique: UniversityEduardo Mondlane University. Faculdade de Agronmia e Engenharia Florestal

Namibia: Policy Research InstituteThe Namibian Economic Policy Research Unit (NEPRU)

South Africa: Policy Research InstituteNational Agricultural Marketing Council (NAMC)

Swaziland: CSO/NGOCoordinating Assembly of NGOS (CANGO)

Tanzania: Policy Research InstituteEconomic and Social Research Foundation (ESRF)

Zambia: CSO/NGOAgricultural Consultative Forum (ACF)

Zimbabwe: Policy Research InstituteAgricultural Research Council (ARC)

FANRPAN Structure: Node Hosting Institutions

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FANRPAN Node Common Visioning Workshop: Feb 2011

• Node annual action plans

• FANRPAN Constitutional review

• Capacity Needs

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FANRPAN’s Thematic Thrusts

Social Protection & Livelihoods

Food Systems

Agricultural Productivity and Markets

Natural Resources and Environment

Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building

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FANRPAN Projects Thematic Focus

• Food Systems– Strengthening Civil Society Engagement in Policy Analysis, Dialogue and

Implementation of the Process– Platform for Dialogue on the Building of Joint African-European Multi-

stakeholder Partnerships in Agriculture Research for Development. PAEPARD (Platform for Africa and European Partnership in Agriculture Research and Development)

• Agricultural Productivity– Strengthening the Capacity of Women Farmers to Influence Agricultural

Policy Development in Southern Africa – Women Accessing Realigned– FANRPAN Harmonized Seed Security Project (HaSSP)– Economic Research and Agricultural Policy Harmonization (Strengthening

Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Advocacy and Harmonization in Southern Africa

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• Natural Resources and the Environment

– Strategies for Adapting to Climate Change in Rural Sub-Saharan Africa: Targeting the Most Vulnerable

– Building Climate Change Resilience in Africa’s Agricultural Research Programs

– Limpopo Basin Focal Project

– Conservation Agriculture

– From Research to Policy: Strengthening Institutional Capacity for Linking Climate Change Adaptation to Sustainable Agriculture in Southern Africa (SECCAP)

– Building Climate Change Resilience in Africa’s Agricultural Research Programs Rockefeller (Pipeline project)

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• Social Protection and Livelihoods– FANRPAN Household Vulnerability Index Project

• Institutional Strengthening– CTA Support to FANRPAN Enhancing Communication and Networking

– Strengthening Evidence-Based Agricultural Policy Advocacy and Harmonization in Southern Africa

– ACBF Capacity Building (Pipeline project)

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FANRPAN Financial Audits

• FANRPAN has had a clean audit trail 2004-11

• The FANRPAN financial audit for the year 1 April 2010 to 31 March 2011 was commissioned

• The financial statements and report to management will be presented for review by the Board and AGM members

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FANRPAN Funding Growth FANRPAN’s annual signed contract amounts grew from US$1 million in 2004 through to US$7 million in 2010. 2011 contracts income is estimated at US$18.6 million. This illustrates the growth in funding and confidence from the donor community in our work.

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FANRPAN Thematic FundingFANRPAN works in five thematic areas namely; Agricultural Productivity and Markets, Food Systems, Natural Resources and Environment, Social Protection and Livelihoods and Institutional Strengthening. The graph below shows the percentage income proportions received from donors by thematic area from 2004 to 2011.

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FANRPAN Secretariat• FANRPAN Staff Establishment

• 2007: 5• 2011: 18

FANRPAN Annual Planning Meeting• Development of programme Gantt chart, workplan and logframes• Profiling of staff – Psychometric profiling • FANRPAN Values:

• Respect (patience; people; tolerance and human dignity)• Integrity (trust; accountability; commitment)• Excellence (innovation; learning)• Professionalism• Relevance (responsiveness; proactive; reactive)• Transparency • Partnerships (connected)• Gender sensitivity• Learning organization

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FANRPAN Structure: Organogram

Implementation - Countries and Lead Institutions

Angola (Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development); Botswana (BIDPA); DR-Congo (CERJI); Lesotho (ISAS); Madagascar (Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries); Malawi (CISANET); Mauritius (University of Mauritius); Mozambique (University of Eduardo); Namibia (NEPRU); South Africa (NAMC); Swaziland

(CANGO); Tanzania (ESRF); Zambia (ACF); Zimbabwe (ARC)

Natural Resources and Environment

Programme ManagerProgramme Assistant

Social Protection and Livelihoods

Programme Manager Programme Assistant

Food Systems

Programme ManagerProgramme Assistant *

Agricultural Input and Output Markets

Programme ManagerProgramme Assistant

Board of GovernorsRepresentatives of:

Government (South Africa and Zimbabwe) ; Farmers (Honorary Lifetime President-SACAU); Private Sector (Vacant); Regional Economic Communities ; SADC (FANR Director); COMESA (Secretary General); Research Institutions (University of Pretoria); Donor (USAID); CEO (ex-officio)

MEMBERS/SHAREHOLDERSAngola, Botswana, DR-Congo, Lesotho, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe, (Kenya &

Uganda)

Regional Secretariat

CEO

M&E Programmes Officer Director: Policy Research *

Director: Communication and AdvocacyManager

Consultant

Director: Finance and Administration

Office Manager; Protocol & Networking Officer; 2 Finance Officers

Institutional Strengthening

Programme Manager * Programme Assistant *

* Denotes vacant

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Development Partners1. Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation2. CGIAR-CPWF3. Climate Change for Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) 4. Common Market for Eastern and Southern African (COMESA)5. Department for International Development, UK6. European Commission7. Food and Agriculture Organisation, United Nations8. German Agency for Technical Development (GIZ)9. International Development Research Centre (IDRC) 10. Rockefeller Foundation11. Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation (SDC)12. Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA)13. United States Agency for International Development (USAID)14. World Vision International (WVI)

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FANRPAN MoUs with Partner Organizations, 2002 – 2011

2002

2003

2004

2005

2006

2007

2008

2009

2010

2011

1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13

Number of MOUs Signed

Year

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Namibia Outcome: 2010 FANRPAN Regional Policy Dialogue

Namibia played host dialogue – in Windhoek from 30 August – 3 September 2010

Theme: Livestock policies and the sector’s contribution to food security and agriculture to be major part of deliberations

Attended by 237 delegates from 4 continents and 24 countries:•Government - 51 participants including the Deputy Minister of Livestock and Fisheries from Zambia and two Ministers, Permanent Secretaries•Farmer organisations - 21 participants •Researchers – 44 from universities and research institutions •Civil Society & Non-Governmental Organisations - 26•Journalists and media practitioners - 28 from 9 African countries•International non-governmental organisations and UN bodies – 20•Regional Economic Communities – 3•Private Sector – 15•Sub-regional Organization – 3•Development Partners – 7

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2011 FANRPAN Regional Policy Dialogue

Number of 23 Countries

5 Continents

•Development Partners – 9•Farmer organisations - 17 participants •Government - 34•Researchers – 22 (from universities and research institutions)•Civil Society & Non-Governmental Organisations - 19•Journalists and media practitioners - 28 from 9 African countries•International non-governmental organisations and UN bodies – 18•Private Sector – 5•Regional Economic Communities & Sub-regional Organization– 8

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• CAADP multi-stakeholder policy dialogue platforms in DRC, Swaziland, South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Malawi

• CAADP partners formed the Non-State Actor (NSA) Task Team - convened in Sierra Leone, Liberia, Zimbabwe, Malawi and Zambia

• FANRPAN Nodes convened CAADP multi-stakeholder policy dialogue in DRC, Swaziland, South Africa, Mozambique, Botswana, Zimbabwe, Madagascar and Malawi. A total of 246 participants attended these dialogues

• Implementation of the project “Strengthening Evidence-Based Climate Change Adaptation Policies (SECCAP)”

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• Training of women farmers in Malawi and in Mozambique on how to advocate for policy change and to champion their issues

• Submission of bi-annual HaSSP reports to SADC FANR Secretariat

• Participation in COMESA (COMRAP) seed harmonization meetings to develop COMESA’s seed regulatory system

• Working with water-sector partners to strengthen the linkages between the agriculture and natural resources sectors

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• Representation of Government on FANRPAN Board • Republic of South Africa• Republic of Zimbabwe

• New Members of the FANRPAN Network • Kenya• Uganda

• Request to extend the network

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Advocacy Engagements

• African Agriculture Economist conference, 19-21 Sept

• African Development Bank (AfDB) Round table on Climate Change, 21-22 Sept

• Ditchley conference on: FOOD SECURITY, 30 Sept – 2 Oct

• United Nations Economic commission for Africa, African Development Forum (ADF VII), 10-15 Oct 2010 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01004/

• FANRPAN attends Briefing on Financing Agriculture in Southern Africa, 25-26 Oct 2010 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01020/

• FANRPAN attends the Africa Union Conference of African Ministers of Agriculture (CAMA), 26-30 Oct 2010 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01011/

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Advocacy Engagements cont.• Launch of the Montpellier Panel Report 'Africa and Europe: Partnerships in Agricultural

Development 18 Oct 2010 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01012/

• Ministerial Conference on Higher Education in Agriculture in Africa (CHEA), 15-9 Nov 2010 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01036/

• The Hague Conference on Agriculture and food security, 3-6 Nov

• RUFORUM Ministerial conference, 15-19 Nov

• UNFCCC Conference of Parties (CoP16), 28 Nov – 10 Dec

• Regional Conservation Agriculture Symposium, 8-10 Feb 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01099/

• Strengthening Linkage between Policy Research and Policymaking for African Development, 16– 18 FEB

• Addressed the South African Parliamentarians, 31 March 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01095/

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Advocacy Engagements cont.• Linking Climate Research, Policy and Practice for African-led Development, 8-11 Mar 2011

• World Bank Open Forum on Food, 11 April 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01109/

• Southern Africa Launch of State of the World 2011: Innovations that Nourish the Planet, 21 April 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01113/

• Regional Consultative Meeting on Gender, Agriculture and Climate Change, 27-29 April

• 2011 Global Child Nutrition Forum, 3-7 May 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01123/

• World Economic Forum, 4-6 May 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01124/

• The African Presidential Roundtable 2011:“21st Century Energy Agenda for Africa”, 1-2 June 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01138/

• AfricaAdapt Conference – sharing experiences from Local to Global http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01161/

• COMESA Ministers of Agriculture – Climate Smart Agriculture, July 2011 http://www.fanrpan.org/documents/d01180/FANRPAN_attends_4th_joint_meeting%20_of_ministers_of_agriculture_and_environment.pdf

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Advocacy Engagements cont.• UNFCCC - 25th meeting of the Joint Implementation Supervisory Committee, 02-03 June

2011

• FANRPAN Partners Meeting, 13 June 2011

• International Seed Testing Association Annual Meeting, 13-16 June 2011

• Africa College International Conference on Food Security, Health and Impact, 22-24 June 2011

• World Conference of Science Journalists 2011, 25-30 June 2011

• SADC S&T Regional Climate Change workshop in South Africa, 29 JUNE 2011

• Regional Policy Dialogue on “Meeting requirements relating to technical regulations and SPS measures along the agricultural value chain in Africa” , 20 – 22 July

• Parliament of RSA - Millennium Development Goals Consultative Seminar, 5-7 Sept

• Canada Deputy Minister of Environment Canada, Paul Boothe, visit FANRPAN Regional Secretariat, 7 Sept 2011

• African Ministerial meeting on climate-smart agriculture, 12-14 Sept 2011

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Message for CoP17, Durban, South Africa

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THANK YOU

African Ministerial meeting on climate-smart agriculture, 12-14 Sept 2011

Dr Lindiwe Majele

Sibanda, FANRPAN

CEO

Hon. Clement Dlamini, Minister

of Agriculture, Swaziland

Hon. Tina Joemat-Pettersson, Minister of

Agriculture, South Africa

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