IFAD HRM Training Workshop

1. IFAD HRM Training Workshop FIDAFRIQUE-IFADAFRICA FRAO GIMPA, Accra, Sept 21 – 26, 2009 Abdou Fall, WCA Coordinator: afall@frao.info/afall@fidafrique.net www.fidafrique.net

2. Presentation Outline I. FIDAFRIQUE/IFADAFRICA : PromotingKnowledge Sharing and Innovation for Rural PovertyReduction in SSA II. The AWP IV. Current activities • Activities planned for the nearest future • Expectations

3. GOAL and Purpose To connect people, organizations and networks for learning, sharing experiences and innovation for rural poverty reduction in sub-Saharan Africa. The programme’s purpose is, via the creation of a consolidated knowledge network for sub-Saharan Africa among IFAD-financed projects and programmes and other development actors to : • increase the development effectiveness of IFAD-financed projects and programmes and, • enhance policy dialogue through strengthened identification of innovation, learning and sharing processes.

4. Stakeholders • The ultimate target group of the Programme shall be the rural poor in sub-Saharan Africa, The network will operate primarily with two groups of stakeholders: • Primary stakeholders: All project staff (directors, M&E officers, thematic component heads, field officers and key staff) of IFAD-supported projects and programmes, country programme management teams and IFAD-supported regional thematic networks in sub-Saharan Africa and their contracted service providers. • Secondary stakeholders: rural organizations, including farmers’ organizations, networks of local actors and NGOs, and other regional and thematic networks related to rural poverty reduction.

5. The Five Components C1: Network set-up and governance C2 : Capacity-building and training C3: Support for knowledge harvesting, sharing and communications C4: Support to Policy Dialogue C5: Network management and coordination

6. Implementation Arrangement • WARF as the grant recipient is responsible for the overall coordination and the financial management of the Network as well as the WCA coordination; • In ESA, the network coordination is under the responsibility of AFRACA, based in Naïrobi; • WARF shall prepare the annual workplan and budget for the overall network, which will be reviewed by the Steering Committee and IFAD • The Steering Committee shall be responsible for overall guidance and approval of annual workplans and budgets. The Steering Committee shall meet at least once a year.

7. Implementation Arrangement (Cont) • Technical committees will be set up as needed to assist FIDAFRIQUE on specific issues, such as defining the communication strategy; promotional, dissemination and training materials, training programme, etc

8. The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan • Some implementation principles • Tailor-made support: • The participation of projects in the implementation of the network’s activities; • Proximity • The articulation of the Network’s interventions with PROSUME, MCSP and the other IFAD regional programmes; • The emphasis for the choice of service providers will be laid on their expertise in the knowledge management and network running field;

9. The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan (cont) • C 1: Network setting and Governance • Objectives • Draw up a communication strategy; • Put in place a functional Steering Committee in relation with the network’s stakes and challenges; • Put in place a technical mechanism for the programme’s management; • Characterize the offer of services in knowledge management and innovation promotion in the different countries of the WCA region.

10. The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan (cont) • C2: Capacity Building and training • A) intensify and extend the capacity-building programme successfully carried out by FIDAfrique so far; • 2 regional workshops on capitalization techniques: Country KO; PC; PM&E, PCO (if applicable) and Consultants • 4 national trainings workshop in 4 countries : 2 francophones; one anglophone and one lusophone • Training workshops coupled with a follow-through at the request of projects. FIDAFRIQUE will take up support/counselling.

11. The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan (cont) • Strengthen the capacity of the project staff and partners for an optimal use of the electronic platform and information and communication technologies (ICTs) for their networking. • Two regional workshops (one francophone and one anglophone) will be organized for the benefit of the appropriate personnel at the level of the projects and their partners.

12. The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan (cont) • Component 3: knowledge collection and sharing and communication: • Activity1: Cartography of resource centres and exchange spaces • Activity 2 : support to the translation and dissemination of the experience available within projects • Activity 3: Publication of vision papers and guides • Activity 4: Participation in the organization of the PA innovations’ fair scheduled for June 2010. • Activity 5 : development of an interactive portal and web sites for the projects

13. The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan (cont) • C4: Support to Policy Dialogue • A) put the knowledge collected from target groups into a relevant synthesis for public policies; Activity 1: Valorize knowledge drawn from the projects’ experiences on rural entrepreneurship, fishing as well as CDD approaches as a contribution to the definition and implementation of relevant development policies.

14. The June 09-December 2010 Work Plan (cont) • C4: Support to Policy Dialogue • b) encourage dialogue focused on public policies to contribute to the debate on possible means of action against rural poverty, in collaboration with actors such as the rural development platform in West and Central Africa. • Activity 1:Strengthen the analysis and policy monitoring/evaluation capacities • Producing and making information available • Training and capacity-building on Policies Analysis & evaluation • Activity 2: Strengthen capacities on the formulation of policy briefs

15. The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan (cont) • C5: Network management and coordination • a) plan out and maintain periodic interactions with participants in the network • Activity1: Training of regional coordination teams on network running and management • Activity2: Putting in place of national mechanisms for the running of the network b) Partnership devt for additional resource mobilisation • design promotion activities and mobilize resources coming from other donors to increase the network’s sustainability • C) Ensure monitoring of the network strategic plan

16. Current Activities • First Steering Committee meeting already organised in Dakar • Designing the Communication Strategy • Development of the new web portal: tenders has published in Senegal, The Gambia, Cameroon and Kenya • Survey to identify highly qualified KM service providers • Preparation of the Capitalization training workhsops

17. Workshops forseen by January 2010

18. What I expect you to do • Feed back to your PC , M&EO, CO, head of the Components of your project; • Preparation to attend the coming workshops both in capitalization and web and ICT; • Discuss as IFAD projects in order to set a national mechanism opened to other rural devt actors and nominate a focal point; • Discuss on how you may organise a training workshop in capitalisation at national level; • Participation/contribution to the KM service providers and the communication strategy design surveys (questionnaires);

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