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Rural development in Western and Central Africa
VIth ANNUAL DONOR MEETING
9-11 May 2006
Casa San Bernardo - Rome, Italy
Mohamed Manssouri, IFAD
Outcomes of the Regional Workshop on Community-Driven Development: The Way Forward
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Washington 2005: Outcomes on CDD/Local development
General consensus
– Supporting local development operations and global intervention principles
– Need for a more comprehensive approach at both central and decentralized levels
– Two different but complementary approaches based on the communities and the territory
– Difficulty to measure real impact of local development projects– Need for more focused local development projects
Perspectives– Need to exchange on operational aspects for better harmonization
and better quality of interventions– Platform to be spearheaded by IFAD and UNCDF
Way forward
– Electronic conference– Regional Workshop
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Electronic conference
• October 2005 – March 2006• A prelude to the regional workshop• Two hundred participants
• Themes tackled : Definition, Principles, Menu, Targeting, Monitoring and Evaluation, Local Tax System, Institutional development
• Outcomes– Definitions / concepts (partially) clarified
– Key stakeholders identified
– Issues and interrogations identified
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Regional workshop : Objectives
• Exchanges experiences and learn from each othero Latin America (Peru, Bolivia, Ecuador)o AFD (Benin, Senegal, Burkina Faso), ACORD (Chad), World Bank (Mali, Burkina,
Senegal, Ghana), IFAD (Cape Verde; Ghana; Burkina, Mali; Senegal; Guinea, Mauritania), UNDP; Council of Europe; FAO; CIRAD; Dutch Cooperation; farmer organizations; local politicians; central and local governments
o Between 15 to 20 projects and operations
• Clarify meanings and issues regarding CDD approaches, and identify issues for further research
• Define decision tools and guidelines for CDD activities including specific indicators for benchmarking and measuring results
• Explore the creation of a platform for knowledge sharing and learning on CDD in WCA
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Learning from the regional workshop 1/3
Meanings and definitions of concepts relating to CDD– CDD is about empowering communities to drive their own development
– CDD is a matter of degree (level of empowerment, accountability of the
institutions…)
– Choice of domain: need to be governed by principle of subsidiarity
– CDD models linking communities to civil society organizations in addition to local
government tend to promote more pluralistic governance arrangements and to
generate more solidarity
– Equity is at the centre of CDD approaches: Community Development is about more
rational and efficient public choice
– Poverty is addressed by CDD through social cohesion;
– As the poverty agenda tends to be lost at higher institutional levels, CDD is an
appropriate instrument for poverty reduction
– Inter community (area-based) targeting is easier; intra-community targeting is
practicable if based on intra-community social cohesion and solidarity mechanisms
– Community Development is a means for promoting citizenship
– CDD can be combined with other approaches : clusters (filières), NRM…
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Learning from the regional workshop 2/3
Approaches and methods of CDD
– Asset-based approach would lead to more self reliant responses, build more
self esteem and unleash local initiatives and energy (Cf. Latin America)
– Community’s needs or project’s ability and mandate that should determine the
menu of development?
– Importance of local and beneficiary contribution
– Citizenship, solidarity economy, fair trade, social cohesion
Agreement on the DT
- Need to operationalize / apply them within the context of the ongoing programs
- Need to translate them in practical / measurable benchmarks and indicators for
monitoring results
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Learning from the regional workshop 3/3
A few Innovations identified
– Positive discrimination to promote gender equity
– Decentralized cooperation
– Communication as a direct means for empowerment
(mobile video, rural radio…)
– Combination of CDD with private sector-based approaches
(Micro-enterprise / microfinance / filière development)
– Composite planning and budgeting: use of the web-based
tools to share information and reduce transaction costs
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Way Forward 1/2
Apply the learning of the workshop to existing and new CDD ventures:
• Refine and operationalize the Decision Tools• Develop benchmarks, indicators and monitoring tools • Consolidate and articulate the various approaches to CDD
Promote learning and knowledge management in the WCA Region at
project, country and regional levels:
• “Capitalize” project’s knowledge (Fidafrique)• Promote and facilitate exchange and learning amongst partners• Promote dialogue between projects and countries (Platform)• Facilitate and promote the identification, documentation and sharing of
CDD ‘innovations’
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Way Forward 2/2
Help mainstream CDD within IFAD:
Develop an approach/concept paper on CDD• Facilitate a corporate approach to CDD within IFAD• Advocate and promote the adoption of CDD approaches in the other regional
divisions• Promote the CDD Decision Tools
Help mainstream Institutional Analysis in IFAD: • Refine the institutional analysis method• Establish an informal working group of ‘trainees’ of the institutional analysis
training workshops• Table institutional analysis issues and implications • Provide training in institutional analysis
Hold an annual review for learning and strategic planning
Rural development in Western and Central Africa
Thank you
VIth ANNUAL DONOR MEETING
9-11 May 2006
Casa San Bernardo - Rome, Italy