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19th REVIEW CONFERENCE – KNOWLEDGE FOR A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE

19th Review Conference

Partnerships and alliances


Chair: Prem Warrior, Chief Operating Officer, Valagro SpA and

CABI Board member

Panel: Professor Dyno Keatinge, CEO, Tropical Agricultural

Development Advisory Services Ltd

André Laperrière, Executive Director of the GODAN Secretariat

Ms Karin Nichterlein, Executive Secretary, Tropical Agriculture

Programme

Ms Xiangjun Yao, Director for Regional Strategic Programme

Coordination, FAO Regional Office for Asia and the Pacific and CABI Board member


What makes a good

partnership?


AIRCA worldwide


• Alliance with 9 member centers

• Established in 2012 at a meeting at FAO Rome

• To improve global food and nutritional security by supporting

smallholder agriculture within healthy, sustainable & climate-smart

landscapes

• >60 member countries comprising >70% of world population

• On-going R&D activities in all major geographic regions &

ecosystem types


Communities of Practice

Benefits for the

organizations

Benefits for

staff and partners

Short-term value: Improved Outcomes

• Arena for problem-solving

• Quick answers to questions

• Reduced time and costs

• Improved quality of decisions

• More perspectives around problems

Short-term value: Improved Work Performance

• Immediate help with challenges

• Easy access to expertise

• Sense of belonging and camaraderie

Long-term value: Development of

organizational capabilities

• Experience in knowledge and capacity

development projects

• Global knowledge-based alliances

• Increased organizational retention of

knowledge

Long-term value: Mentored Professional Development

• Forum for enhanced skills and expertise

• Network for keeping abreast of field

• Enhanced professional reputation

Finance, M&E, HR, Communications, Open Access, Carbon Footprint etc.


Organized and hosted by AVRDC in March 2016

AIRCA members: AVRDC, CABI, CFF, ICIMOD and IFDC

1. Improve capacity in using theories of change in program

planning and implementation

2. Strengthen theories of change of selected key programs

3. Share experiences among the AIRCA partners on impact

evaluation, gender impact research, scaling, cost-effectiveness

4. Improve collaboration between AIRCA centers and partners

Theory of Change Workshop


Our network

TROPICAL AGRICULTURE PLATFORM (TAP)

On behalf of TAP and CDAIS Project

Karin Nichterlein

Secretariat, Tropical Agriculture Platform, FAO

Supported by the EU-funded project

Global partnership fostering global coherence and greater impact of CD

approaches for AIS

Advocacy and policy dialogue

Common Framework on Capacity

Development for Agricultural

Innovation Systems

TAPipedia knowledge hub

2012

2013

2014

• Informal

Stakeholder

Consultation,

Rome

• TAP launched at

G20 MACS,

Mexico

• TAP partners

meeting, GCARD,

Uruguay

• Regional

needs

assessments

• TAP Inception

Workshop &

TAP Partners

Assembly (PA),

China

• EU funds mobilized

(CDAIS by

Agrinatura & FAO)

• TAP Global Task

Force & CD Expert

Group launched

• Virtual TAP PA

2015

• CDAIS project launched

to support implementing

TAP Action Plan

• Common Framework

(CF) for Capacity

Development developed

• Design of TAPipedia

• G20 Action 5 of G20 FSN

Framework Implem. Plan

TAP major milestones

2016

• TAP PA & CDAIS

meeting & approval of

TAP CF

• TAP CF at GCARD3,

G20 MACS

• AIRCA adopted CF

• TAPipedia α-version

• E-conference &

symposium

TAP Common Framework used in

8 countries with national partners

TAP Partners

http://www.afaas-africa.org/

http://www.agra-alliance.org/

http://www.agreenium.org/

http://www.agrinatura.eu/

http://www.apaari.org/

http://www.arc.agric.za/

http://www.asbraer.org.br/

http://www.caas.net.cn/caasnew/

http://www.cabi.org/

http://www.cacaari.org/

http://www.at0086.com/CATAS/

http://www.catie.ac.cr/magazin.asp?CodIdioma=ESP

http://www.cgiar.org/

http://sito.entecra.it/portale/index2.php

http://www.cta.int/

http://www.embrapa.br/

http://www.fara-africa.org/

http://www.gchera.com/

http://www.egfar.org/

http://www.g-fras.org/

http://iaard.go.id/

http://www.biosaline.org/

http://www.icimod.org/

http://www.icipe.org/

http://www.iica.int/

http://www.ifad.org/

http://www.inea.it/

http://www.inifap.gob.mx/

http://www.procitropicos.org.br/

http://www.jircas.affrc.go.jp/

http://www.mineco.gob.es/portal/site/mineco/idi

http://www.planttreaty.org/

http://http/www.gre.ac.uk/schools/nri

http://www.usaid.gov/

http://www.wageningenuniversity.nl/

http://www.worldbank.org/

http://www.ypard.net/

http://www.aarinena.org/

http://www.fao.org/in-action/tropical-

agriculture-platform/en/ http://www.tapipedia.org/

THANK YOU


Better fulfil its mandate in a rapidly evolving environment of increased complexities and a growing number of actors; Enhance its technical performance and competence to ensure that it remains the repository of cutting-edge knowledge; Optimize use of resources and services to Members, particularly in situations calling for cross-sectoral and multi-disciplinary approaches and solutions, or where administrative collaboration could lead to more efficient and effective assistance; More efficiently and effectively reach out to final users of its services.


FAO’s key partners: other UN agencies, regional organizations, civil society organizations, producers’ organizations and cooperatives, academic and research institutions, and the private sector. FAO partnerships are critical elements in achieving FAO’s Strategic Objectives and ensuring that hunger, food security and nutrition remain high priorities on the global post-2015 development agenda.


Guiding principles: mutuality, effectiveness, comparative advantage, flexibility, neutrality & impartiality; Six main areas of collaboration: policy dialogue; normative work; technical and field programmes; advocacy and communication; joint use and mobilization of resources; and knowledge sharing; Two main levels of interaction: global level and decentralized level.


Trust building Sharing common visions & meeting mutual interests Commonly interested areas Based on comparative advantages Seedling money to incubate partnerships Accountability and credit Value addition - Contribute to and benefit from partnerships

Match Makers – Brokers - Facilitators


What are the main

challenges in partnership

working?


How do funders view the

importance of partnerships?


How do governments want

to work with not for profits?


What are the differences when

working with commercial

organisations?


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Questions from the audience


What is the potential for

helping farmers to work

together?


What is the potential for more

south south cooperation?


Do your respective

organisations have any

experiences to share?


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