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Institutional Strengthening and Capacity Building

Thematic Area

FANRPAN Partners’ Meeting

13 June 2011, Pretoria, South Africa

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BackgroundFANRPAN mandate - to lead, coordinate and facilitate policy research, analysis and advocacy and strengthen policy capacity.

Delivery is challenged by several factors, including:•Lack of human and infrastructural capacity in the Regional Secretariat and node hosting institutions;•Lack of benchmarks and M&E frameworks to track capacity of node hosting institutions;•Poor capacity for country-level resource mobilization, agenda setting and policy advocacy; and•Limited effectiveness of nodal institutions and stakeholder participation in policy processes.

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Project SummaryTitle Strengthening Evidence-Based Agricultural

Policy Advocacy and Harmonization in Southern Africa

Duration 2005 – 2011 (since FANRPAN relocation to South Africa)

Focus SADC region

Funding partner

Grants total $4,2 million

Project components

• Consolidating FANRPAN network capacities and support to CAADP, COMESA and SADC RISDP

• Improving agricultural productivity and nutrition of poor rural households: Strategies for identifying vulnerable households and improved targeting for input support

• Information dissemination to strengthen policy advocacy in agriculture and natural resources

USAID Investment in FANRPAN

FANRPAN’s annual signed contract amounts grew from US$1 million in 2004 to US$7 million in 2010. Cumulative funding over the period stands at US$17.8 million, of which 18% contributed by USAID.

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Key achievements

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  Number of MOUs Signed

Partnerships with regional & international organizations

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FANRPAN Partnerships by Stakeholder Grouping -

A total of 65 partnerships currently:

•Regional Economic Communities (2)

•Governments (4)

•Sub-Regional Organisations (4)

•Farmer Organisation (2)

•Private Sector (2)

•Universities (10)

•Civil Society Organisations (15)

•International Organisation and CGIARs (27)

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Institutional capacity assessment of node hosts

Use Partner Institutional Viability Assessment (PIVA) tool to assess the capacity of node hosting institutions with respect to:

•Governance and leadership•Operations and management systems•Human resource development•Financial management systems•Programmes and service delivery•External relations and advocacy

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Institutional capacity assessment of node hosts

CountryYear

2005 2007 2010Regional Secretariat      

1. Angola      

2. Botswana      

3. DRC      

4. Lesotho      

5. Madagascar      

6. Malawi      

7. Mauritius      

8. Mozambique      

9. Namibia      

10. South Africa      

11. Swaziland      

12. Tanzania      

13. Zambia      

14. Zimbabwe      

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Organisation Development Systems Baseline August 2007

Target by Sept 2009

Actual Score by Sept 2010

Governance System 53 (80%) 60 68

Operations and Management System 73 (74%) 83 103

Human Resources Development System 45 (82%) 49 55

Financial Management System 57 (92%) 61 62

Programme and Service Delivery 25 (66%) 32 39

External Relations and Advocacy System 66 (72%) 80 103

Total score 319 (78%) 365 430

PIVA Results: Swaziland Node Hosting Institution – CANGO

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Capacity needs assessment of node hosts

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Training of media and policy analysts

Training Activity No. of participants Date and venue

1. 2008 Node Common Visioning Workshop• Understanding networks, their functions and

role in policy processes

24 (Node coordinators, FANRPAN Secretariat)

4- 5 February 2008, Johannesburg, South Africa

2. 2009 Node Common Visioning Workshop •Advocating for policy change/reform; M&E of projects; Social network analysis

20 (Node coordinators, FANRPAN Secretariat)

1 - 2 April 2009, Pretoria, South Africa

3. Media reporting on agriculture, food security, climate change and economic development in Africa

20 (Journalists and media practitioners)

27 – 29 August 2009, Maputo, Mozambique

4. 2010 Node Common Visioning Workshop •Results based management; Advocacy; Partner institutional viability assessment

35 (Node coordinators, FANRPAN Secretariat)

24 – 26 February, Pretoria, South Africa

5. Policy analysis training (AWARD training programme)

120 (female agricultural researchers)

January and March 2010, Ghana, Mozambique and Uganda

5. Media reporting on CAADP, agriculture, food security and climate change in Africa

28 (Journalists and media practitioners)

30 – 31 August 2010, Windhoek, Namibia

6. 2011 Node Common Visioning Workshop •Partner institutional viability assessment

26 (Node coordinators, FANRPAN Secretariat)

22 – 23 February 2011, Mbabane, Swaziland

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Regional Policy DialoguesYear Venue Theme Participants

2005 South Africa Creating a Conducive Policy Environment for a Food Secure Southern Africa

108

2006 South Africa Creating a Conducive Policy Environment for Inputs Intensification and Market Development for Increased Production and productivity

43

2007 Zambia Meeting the Demand for Effective Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis in Southern Africa “Triggers” for Agricultural Growth in Southern Africa

176

2008 Malawi Regional Strategies for Addressing the Global Food Crisis 180

2009 Mozambique True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth and Poverty Reduction in Southern Africa Maputo, Mozambique

226

2010 Namibia Livestock & Fisheries Policies for Food Security and Trade in a Changing Climate

250

2011 Swaziland Advocating for the Active Engagement of the Youth in the Agricultural Value Chain

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Moving forward

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Regional to continental• 2010 FANRPAN AGM decision to go Africawide• FANRPAN growth on projects not matched by that on

institutional capacity• New FANRPAN co-funding proposal on

Strengthening Policy Advocacy and Research Capacity for Enhanced Food Security in SADC and COMESA Member States

• Project goal:  Contribute to the establishment of viable food, agriculture and FANR policies in eastern and southern Africa

• Project purpose: Strengthen the capacity of FANRPAN regional and national secretariats to coordinate and facilitate FANR policy research, analysis and advocacy, and of state and non-state actors to participate in policy processes

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Project SummaryTitle Strengthening Policy Advocacy and Research Capacity for

Enhanced Food Security in SADC and COMESA Member States

Duration 2011 - 2015

Focus SADC and COMESA regions

Prospective Funding 

ACBF, B&M Gates Foundation, DFID, AusAID

Grants total  $16,9 million

Project components

• Strengthen institutional capacity of FANRPAN regional and national node secretariats; 

• Enhance capacity of FANR ministries and research institutions to conduct policy research and analysis;

• Strengthen capacity of farmers, private sector and CSOs to demand and utilise evidence-based FANR policies; 

• Strengthen FANR policy dialogue and advocacy structures and mechanisms; and 

• Scale up evidence and advocacy on food security, agriculture and climate change triad. 

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Proposed expansion of the Network• Existing: Angola, Botswana, DRC, Lesotho,

Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Swaziland, South Africa, Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

• 2011: Kenya, Uganda

• 2012: Burundi, Rwanda

• 2013: Ethiopia, Eritrea

• 2014: Sudan

• 2015: Libya, Egypt

• West Africa: as and when any country is able to join

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