PAEPARDUsers’LedProcessAssessingEuropeanstakeholdersEngagement&Role

andderivelessons

OnAgriculture ResearchforDevelopmentEFARD

LaurianneOllivierJudithFrancis

CTA12/06/2016

PAEPARDUsers’LedProcessfromsupply-drivenapproachtowardsademand-drivenapproachinARD

WhatcanwelearnfromtheULPapproach?

EAFF: Extensive Livestock value chain in Eastern Africa with Specificfocus on Kenya & Uganda

PROPAC: Urban horticulture value chain inclusive of gardeningcrops in urban areas with specific focus in Congo Brazzaville, DRC &Cameroon

ROPPA: Rice value chain in Benin, Burkina Faso & Mali

FARNPAN: Groundnut value chain in Zambia & Malawi

COLEACP:Adding valuetomango non-food usesinWestAfricawith specific focusonBurkina-Faso,Côted’Ivoire

Newbrokeragemechanism

üPromoteresearchbasedonusers’needsandchallenges

ü Improveexistingmulti-stakeholderpartnerships

üReinforceexistingdynamicsatnationalandregionallevel

ULPObjectives

AssessingEuropeanstakeholdersEngagement&Roleandderivelessons

• EvolutionandachievementofULPsprocess- (engagementofEuropeanstakeholders)

• Motivationsandkeyconstraintstocommitmentandcollaboration• Roleofdifferentstakeholdersintermofknowledgecreationandknowledgesharing

• LearningprocessbetweenEuropean/Africanaswellasresearch/nonresearchstakeholders

ObjectivesofEFARDstudy

• Literaturereview• Interviewkeyactors

ü Questionnaire :ULPcoordinators(5),ULPpartner(~70),includingULPcoregroupmembersandAIFs

ü QuestionnairetoNONULPstakeholders(PAEPARDconsortium-25stakeholders)

ü QuestionnairetoPAEPARDcommunity(D-Group)

• Analyses,Reporting&Advocacy:- Codificationsystem(softwaree.g MAXQDA)

- Occurrencesandsimilarities(ULPVsULPandULPsVsConsortiacall1&2)

Method

MSHRQW04/2013

?

Deskstudy12/2012&02/2013

Deskstudy08/2012

Deskstudy08/2012

MSHRQW05/2013

Ouagadougou

MSHRQW03/2013Dakar

MSHRQW12/2012Nairobi

MSHRQW01/2013Brazzaville

2Conceptnotes2CoreGroups

4/2013?

Deskstudy06/2012

Deskstudy08/2012

Deskstudy03/2013

PAEPARDII4YE

Proposalsubmittedto

CRF?

1ConceptnoteCoreGroup11/2013

Ouagadougou

3ConceptnotesCoreGroup

??

1ConceptnoteCoreGroup9/2013Douala

ConsortiumInceptionWorkshop3Conceptnotes

10/2014

Proposalsubmittedto

BMEL?

Project-NutriHAFAfrica4/2015to?

Project-PAEPARD-FANRPAN?to?

Proposalsubmittedto

Gatesfoundation? Project-FANRPANATONU?to?

• ULPsevolution• Mainachievements

ULPsprogressed

ULPtimeline FANRPANdevelopedconceptnote&wonCRFproject(1)

- Commitment

- Collaboration

- KnowledgeCreation&Sharing

- LearningProcess&Capacityforreflexion

European &Africanstakeholders

Africain71%

European26%

Otherregion

European10%

African90%

European& AfricanstakeholdersCommitment

WastheengagementthesamealongtheULPsteps?

ActorschangeUserremainsconstant

European&African stakeholdersCommitment

Motivations/InterestsAfrica/European

Keyconstraints

o Interestforthethematic/federatingtheme

o Shareexpertise&experienceo Developingnew/existingbusiness

opportunitiesinAfrica(Ps)o CollaboratewithEnduser

o Funding(EU)

EUconstraintso Financialcommitment:e.g

compensationforparticipationofULPactivities

o Availability(longprocess- timeismoney)

Africanconstraintso Diverseconstraint(e.g

finance,time,communicationcapacity)

European&AfricanstakeholdersCollaboration

Leveloftrusto Goodo Changeswhen anewpartner is involved(conceptnote/proposal development step)

Keyconstraintstocollaboration

o Money:e.g.travellingcosto Timeconsumingo Long/discontinuousà waitand

seeattitude(commitment)o Communication:Languagebarrier

o Privatesector:exclusivityontheresults(IPRissues)

Powerdynamicso TowardAfricanduetolowparticipation

ofEuropeanstakeholders

o Changewiththetypeofactivity(e.gproposaldevelopment,researcher/nonresearcher)

• AfricansvaluethecapacityofEuropeantopublish– increasingvisibility

• Europeansvalueusers’experience(fromAfricanperspective)

• Sharingknowledge/creation:constraintbythedifferentperspectivesofresearchinARD(researchandnonresearchstakeholders)

European&AfricanstakeholdersKnowledgeCreation&Sharing

• RegionalMSHdialogueontheprioritiesidentifiedbyusers(federatingtheme)

• Actordiversityandskillisamajorstrength

• Enhanceduser(African)capacitiestoresearchbasedontheirpriorities• Strengtheneduserskillsininterpretingrequirementoffundingmechanisms• Increasedtheircapacitytodevelopconceptnote&researchproposal

European&AfricanstakeholderslearningProcess

NONULPstakeholderslearninglessons

Leveloftrusto Goodo EUtrustincreases when they start tosee thefirstresult

Powerdynamicso TowardAfrican

Keyconstraintstocollaborationo Funding-difficultytomaintainactivitiesoftheconsortium

Yes24%

No

76…

PAEPARDcommunity

PAEPARDUsers’LedProcess

Yes63%

No

37%

Demand-ledresearch

Yes81%

No19%

MSHR&Ipartnership

• Whoshouldsetthedemand?ü Usersü Allstakeholders

Researcher60%

Balance13%

Non-researcher27%

0% 20% 40% 60% 80% 100%

PowerDynamic

0 1 2 3 4 5

Leveloftrust

PAEPARDcommunity

• ULPprocessisavalidprocessbutitis long (UEstakeholdersengagementislow).GeneralacceptanceofMSHResearchandInnovationpartnership

• Funding: ProcessforengagingusersinMSHR&Ineedstobeadequatelyfundedanddispersedinatimelymanner• Diversefundingincludingprivatesectornecessary

• Enhancedcapacitybuilding (users/non-researchers,researchers,African/EU).Value/importanceofresearchincreases

• CRF – ThissupportsMSHR&Ipartnershipandresults(e.g.publications,newproducts)areobtainedinashortertimeframe;EUcommitmenthigh.

• Theresearchcontinues

Conclusions

OnAgriculture ResearchforDevelopmentEFARD

LaurianneOllivierJudithFrancis

CTA12/06/2016

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