Objectives of the Presentation

1. Inception WorkshopIndia Country Programme EvaluationMattia Prayer Galletti, m.prayer@ifad.org Delhi, 13 February 2009Mattia Prayer Galletti, Country Programme Manager, Asia Division and the Pacific, IFADm.prayer@ifad.org

2. Objectives of the Presentation • Description of the main elements of: • India Country Strategy (COSOP) • IFAD-Supported Interventions • New “Modus Operandi” 2. Expectations and Commitment from/to CPE

3. COSOP (2005-2009) Mission • Committed to work in resource poor areas • Focus on disadvantaged social groups • Focus on building social capital through community mobilization, grassroots institutions. • Strong collaboration with Governments and civil society partners. • Strengthening Panchayati Raj Institutions (PRIs) Strategic Thrusts: • Grassroots institution building among marginalised groups • Strengthen supporting agencies • Promote access to productive resources • Promote diversification of livelihoods implemented through community institutions/user groups

4. Selected Features of COSOP Strategic Niches: Innovation, Institutional Sustainability, Targeting, Response to Government Priority States: Orissa, Bihar, Chhattisgarh, Jharkhand, North-East, plus MP, UP, Tamil Nadu, and Maharasthra Priority Target Groups: Scheduled Castes, Scheduled Tribes, Women, Coastal Fisherfolks, Smallholders in marginal, rainfed and upland areas, Rural Youth Cross-Cutting Issues: Sustainable Agriculture, NGO Partnerships, Gender Manistreaming, HIV/AIDS Intervention Opportunities: Micro-Finance Services, Women’s Empowerment, Livelihoods in Semi-Arid Areas, in Mid-Gangetic Plains, in Coastal Areas, Tribal Development in North-East

5. Strategic Themes • Maximizing Net Returns and Income: • Adopt appropriate technology • Reduce post-harvest losses • Increase economic value at farm level • Shorten value chain and move smallholders up • Ensure security of land tenure • Ensure access to rural services and productive resources • Minimizing Risks: • Diversification of income generation opportunities • Climate change adaptation and mitigations measures • Demand-driven financial services and micro-insurance products • Reduction of financial exposure • Price volatility

6. Selected Innovations Innovations: • Self-Help Groups/Community Resource Centres • Allocation of Land Titles on Sloping Land • Social Venture Capital Company • Design and Supervision Process Emerging Ideas • From productivity/unit of land to productivity/unit of labour/unit of water/unit of energy • Institutionalize market-led investment opportunities • Convergence with GOI/SGs programs • New financial instruments • Clean development mechanisms • Remittances • Contract farming • Micro-Insurances

7. North East “Model”: 11 Key-Success Factors • Recognition of Role of Traditional Institutions • Trust Communities and Give Communities the Driving Seat • Ensure a genuine bottom-up approach • Transfer financial authority • Build on their Strengths • Smallholder productivity • Potential in uplands • Unexploited potential of available (dry-land) technology • Establish/Strengthen Inclusive Grassroots Institutions • SHGs • Natural Resources Management Groups • Watershed Users’s Associations • Producers Groups • Gram Sabhas • Ensure Visioning at all Levels, by all implementing partners • Manage Flexibility • Achieve Convergence • Ensure Market Linkages • Sustainability of Institutions and Livelihoods • Continuity in Project Management Staff 11. Change Attitude • From Assistance to Self-Reliance to Empowerment • Provide capacity to access external institutions, credit

8. Convergence Initiatives Solar Light, Fingerling Nursery Integrated Fish Farming, Fish Card Improved Breed of poultry, FFS, Lac cultivation, Vermi-compost, Marketing of NTFP, Group Farm Forestry and Agro-Forestry, Low Cost Latrine, Capacity Building of project staff & NGO Health Card Supporting Agencies JREDA, MART, Fishery department, BAU, Agri. Dept IINRG, RKM, Animal Husbandry dept., Forest dept. BAIF, AFC, ICRISAT, MESO, HARP, Health Dept. Water and Sanitation Dept. Identified RNGO, NABARD PRDIS, Department of Soil and Water conservation, ICAR etc JTDP: Convergence Achievements

9. New Business Model • Country Programme Approach • Portfolio (Loans and Grants) • Implementation Support • Knowledge Management and Innovations • Partnership Development • Policy/Advocacy • Direct Supervision • IFAD Country Office • Country Programme Management Team

10. Process Innovations - Design • GOI’s Key Role in screening applications: • Ensure State Government’s commitment from the outset • Training of SGs on development partners’policies • State Government’s Engagement • Transfer the lead in the design process • Early designation of key project staff • Ensuring continuity in management staff • Multi-Stakeholders Engagement • Mobilize Private Sector, NGOs, Academia and Research, Commercial Banks, from the design • Identification of synergies based on mutual complementarities • Pre-Implementation Activities • Early training of management staff • Preparation of Project Implementation Manual before Loan Negotiations • Reduce gap between design and implementation

11. Process Innovations - Supervision • From Supervision to Joint Review Mission…. • Ensure participation of Central Line Agencies and State Governments in JRM • Discussion of recommendations with all implementing partners. Close follow-up on agreed actions • Critical role of District Collectors, where convergence comes to play • … and Implementation Support • Project management to indicate support needs • Increased horizontal sharing of experiences • Continuous backstopping from Delhi office • Investing in management skills: • Results and Impact Management System and M&E • Results Oriented Annual Work Plan & Budget • Rural Micro-Enterprises and Marketing • Financial Management • Knowledge Management: Information sharing and dissemination • Website (www.enrap.org.in and publications)

12. Partnership Development GOI: DEA/MOF, Planning Commission, MOTA, MPR, DONER/NEC, MWCD, , MOA, MARD SGs: Orissa, Jharkhand, Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Meghalaya, Maharasthra, MP, Rajasthan, Tamil Nadu,UP, Bihar IFIs/UN: WFP, WB, FAO, UNIDO, UNDP, UNIFEM, UNICEF, AsDB Bilaterals: DFID, GTZ, Italy, CIDA, SDC CGIAR/Grants: ICAR, ICRISAT, ICIMOD, WAC, INBAR, IRRI, CIAT, ENRAP, WOCAN NGOs: Myrada, MSSRF, Dhan Foundation, BAIF, SEWA, WOTR, PRADAN, RGF, SERP, Basix, Agragamee, BASIL, MART, AIDMAT Banks: NABARD, SIDBI Private/Corporate: SRTT, ITC Universities: IHD, Delhi Univ. Local NGOs and Districts

13. Meeting GOI/IFAD Expectations • FROM GOI • Projects as “Islands of Excellence” • Test Innovations and Development Models • Sharing Ideas and Knowledge Management • Reality Check on Existing Policies/Programs (NREGA, PESA) • Enhancing Effectiveness of Public Expenditure through Convergence • Contribute to more inclusive growth • Scaling–up successful operations • Respond to emerging GOI’s requests (Post-Tsunami and Vidharba) 2. FROM IFAD • Active involvement during design • Continuity in Management Staff • Close Follow-up during Project Implementation • Ownership of State Governments

14. Expectations from CPE • Awareness about the expectations of IFAD’s EB and challenging objectives as first CPE in India • Mutual learning exercise • Learn from both shortcomings as well as achievements • Interact as much as possible • Capture views of all our stakeholders, the “IFAD’s extended family” • Not “scared” about differences, but value them • Consider corporate-level implications with regard to innovations piloted in India • Pave the way for the next RB-COSOP (2010-1015)

15. Commitment From our side: • Full support throughout the CPE • Comprehensive and open self-assessment • 100% commitment to work on the agreed recommendations • “whatever we do, there is always room to do it better”