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A Partnership-based Blended Learning Programme to Support Food Security
Professionals in Africa
presented by:
Mehmet KorkmazE-Learning Officer
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United NationsRome, Italy
Blended Learning
Title: “Improving the abilities of Regional Organizations to develop, implement and monitor food security learning programmes”
Project Overview:
Support 2 regional organizations in designing, developing and delivering learning programmes to strengthen capacities of food security professionals in their member states to:
• analyze and report on the food security (FS) situation and• support policy formulation and emergency
response strategies.
Project
Regional Organizations
New Partnership for Africa's Development
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
20 member states
Permanent Inter-State Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
Economic Community of West African States
17 member states
Framework
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)CAADP is a continent-wide framework for developing, implementing and measuring agriculture development investments. CAADP is entirely African-led and African-owned. Pillar III aims to increase food supply and reduce hunger.
Our role:
• support CAADP Country Teams and Food Security Thematic Working Group Members ;
• provide required skills and knowledge to support the design and implementations of the CAADP FAFS in their countries.
Undertaken in tandem with the EU‐FAO Improved Global Governance for Hunger Reduction Programme
Partnerships
ECOWAS
CILSS
Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF)
Agence Française pour le Développement (AFD)
COMESA
University of Pretoria, SA
Worldbank
Western AfricaEastern/ Southern Africa
Providing a continuous learning opportunity:
• e-learning and online collaborative workshops
• face-to-face workshops
• post-workshop online mentoring
Learning Programme
Regional Learning Needs Assessment Workshops
Participants should be mid- to senior-level in agenciesand organizations related to food security and nutritionand:
- have a decision making role or ability to influence decision making;
- advise and guide the work of others in matters of food security; and
- able to create multiplier opportunities to share and spread knowledge, skills and capacities.
Typical ParticipantProfile
Interactive Lessons
Name of Stakeholder/Organisation Type of Stakeholder/Organisation
Kind of data concerning food security they collect
What kind of report do they publish
Ministry of Finance & National Planning
Public Gross Domestic Product Contribution, Sector Growth
Country Economic Performance Report
Agribusiness & Marketing Department
Public Agricultural Commodity PricesAgricultural Producer Prices (inputs)
Market Bulletins
National Food and Nutrition Commission
Autonomous body under Ministry of Health
-National Nutritional Status(statistics on stunting levels,micronutrient deficiencies)-Food consumption patterns
-Annual food and nutrition report- Nutrition Surveillance reports-Recommended daily food pyramids-Nutrition assessment reports
Food Reserve Agency Autonomous body under Ministry of Health
Grain Reserves Strategic Food Reserves for national food security
Central Statistical Office Public Pre and post harvest forecasting Crop Forecast and postharvestreports
Policy & Planning, Ministry of Agriculture
Public Crop Production Estimates National Food Balance Sheet
Crop & Livestock Monthly Performance
Early Warning Report
Department of Veterinary & Livestock Development
Public Livestock Production Annual Livestock Census
Ministry of Health Public Weight for height,Middle upper arm circumference,Body Mass Index
Under 5 Clinic Cards/ReportAntenatal and postnatal Reports
Indaba for Agricultural Production and Research Institute (IAPRI)
NGO Crop forecast, postharvest Data and Livestock
Crop Forecast reports
JCTR Civil Society Organisation
Estimate the basic needs for households
Household Food Basket
Country Mapping Exercise
Expert-led Group Discussions
Facilitated Online Workshop
Country level FNS analysis
Soft Skills (advocacy, facilitation)
Action Planning and Reporting
Face-to-Face Workshop
• 3-months online mentoring by subject-matter experts provided continuous support after the face-to-face workshop
• Guidance and follow-up on action plans
• Participants exchanged experiences and reports with other countries
Online Mentoring
Workshop COMESA ECOWAS Total
Online 58 47 105
Face-to-Face 51 46 97
Male / Female 53% / 47% 84% / 16% 67%/33%
14 of the 19 COMESA Member States participated: Burundi (4), D R Congo (4), Djibouti (3), Ethiopia (2), Kenya (2), Madagascar (2), Malawi (3), Rwanda (3), Seychelles (3), Sudan (4), Swaziland (4), Uganda (1), Zambia (5), Zimbabwe (4)
All 17 ECOWAS Member States participated: Benin (4), Burkina Faso (4), Cape Verde (1), Chad (2), Côte d'Ivoire (5), Gambia (4), Ghana (3), Guinea (1), Guinea-Bissau (2), Liberia (5), Mali (5), Niger (1), Nigeria (2), Senegal (2), Sierra Leone (4), Togo (2)
Status Report
“This is the most effective workshop that I have participated in”
“The course was very relevant to my work”
“Having more than one representative per country was helpful”
“The general layout and the interactive nature of the online course make this one a masterpiece”
“Great learning experience on FNS; useful tools for FNS that we can apply...”
“…an insight on what other countries are doing to achieve food and nutrition security.”
“This workshop in conjunction with the online training has been an ‘eye opener’ for me on CAADP.”
Feedback
Sierra Leone: Participants organized a workshop on contingency planning and strengthening the national platform on food and nutrition security, and are supporting the finalization of a National Food and Nutrition Policy.
Zambia: Participants re-established the CAADP country team and organized a regional stakeholders' CAADP awareness meeting with 40 sector stakeholders.
Seychelles: Held team building exercises for strategic reflection and leadership on issues related to CAADP (including establishing a road map) and requested with the Ministry of Health the assignment a nutritionist to the team.
Impact
Face-to-Face Workshops:
• Photodocumentation (5)• Food Security Trainers (5)
Online Workshops:
• Online Facilitators (6)• Learning Management Experts (2)
Further training scheduled for 2013:• Setting up/ upgrading the learning platform for CILSS and COMESA
Sustainability
E-Learning Guide
Why this guide?• Assist partners in creating their
own e-learning courses • Share good practices (workflow
and methodologies)• Practical aspects of
instructional design
To whom?• CD managers and trainers• Instructional designers • All those interested in creating
e-learning courses
FAO Corporate Document Repository:http://www.fao.org/docrep/015/i2516e/i2516e00.htm
• Negotiation with the regions was a long process – resulted in ”buy in” and co-funding.
• New way of thinking – working with the regions to develop capacities to deliver on their food security frameworks.
• A capacity needs analysis was a key factor in ensuring learning programmes were well targeted.
• Blended learning works – online component builds teams and required knowledge base.
• Collaborative and group learning is an effective mechanism to develop both hard and soft skills.
Lessons learned
EU-FAO PROGRAMME IMPROVED GLOBAL GOVERNANCE FOR HUNGER REDUCTION will contribute €950 000 for follow-up and parallel work to be undertaken in the three regions over the period 2012 15.‐
Further support regional partners to deliver additional learning programmes for food security professionals in the three regions.
The three regional partners and FAO are organizing a series learning programmes in 2013-14 to enhance the communication, advocacy and knowledge sharing skills of food security professionals.
FAO will continue to support the regional partners in the integration of e-learning technologies and methods into their training centres for food security.
Looking ahead
