Communications and Policy Advocacy Annual Regional Policy Dialogues Francis Hale September 2009...

Communications and Policy Advocacy

Annual Regional Policy Dialogues

Francis Hale

September 2009

[email protected]

Outline• Overview of FANRPAN

- Stakeholders

- Stakeholder expectations

• Communication Tools

- Publications

- Electronic/Digital Media

- Networking and engagements

- Multi-stakeholder Dialogue

• Advocacy Strategy

• Way Forward


- Network topography

- Membership

- Membership expectations

• Multi-stakeholder Dialogue

- Definition

- Characteristics

- Process

- Outputs

• Way Forward

Who are our Stakeholders?

What are their expectations?

Overview of FANRPAN

Government/Policy Makers

Farmers Organisations

Private Sector

Researchers/Policy AnalystsTechnical Partners

Development Partners

Media and Advocacy

Expectations?

Overview of FANRPAN

Government/Policy Makers

Farmers Organisations

Private Sector

Researchers/Policy AnalystsTechnical Partners

Development Partners

Media and Advocacy

Policy Advice/Options/Evidenceto support policy development

Enabling policies – Production toTrade and Markets (Value Chain)

Enabling policies – Production toTrade and Markets (Value Chain)

Platform for research, analysis and dissemination

Grant worthiness – track record

Rallying point for regional FANR news

FANRPAN

Comm

unications Strategy



- Membership



- Definition

- Characteristics

- Process

- Outputs

• Way Forward

Our Communication Tools

FANRPAN Communication ToolsElectronic/Digital Media – www.fanrpan.org

FANRPAN Communication ToolsElectronic/Digital Media – www.africaclimatesolution.org

FANRPAN Communication ToolsElectronic/Digital Media – Where are we being viewed from?

FANRPAN Communication ToolsElectronic/Digital Media – www.africaclimatesolution.org

Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID)

FANRPAN Communication Tools

Electronic/Digital Media – ACCID News Digest

• Weekly distribution of pertinent issues and developments

• Database of active recipients - +6 000 Africa and beyond

FANRPAN Communication ToolsElectronic/Digital Media – Compact Discs

– Case StudiesMalawi Success Stories and EvaluationsSocial Protection, Targeting and Livelihoods – HVI Launches

- EventsAnnual Regional DialoguesNational Dialogues and Country Round TablesProject Launches, etc

- Tools Household Vulnerability IndexDatabases (Stakeholders, etc)

- PublicationsBooksResearch Studies

FANRPAN Communication ToolsPublications

– Policy Brief Series

– Newsletters

– Policy Advisory Notes

– Project Brochures

– Country Studies

Multi – Stakeholder Dialogues

An all-inclusive platform for discussion and sharing of views with the ultimate goal of generating resolutions.

– Equal participation by all – Acceptance of different or divergent views– Agenda is set by members– Enables entry of research outputs into policy– Information is shared freely

Process

Across 12 Countries(All Members from Stakeholder Groups)

Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland,

Tanzania, Zambia, Zimbabwe

Ongoing Research Studies

Emerging Issues andFANR Policies Tracking

National Policy

Dialogues(Periodic)

NATIONAL LEVELPolicy

AdvisoryProcess

Issues forRegional Dialogue

REGIONAL LEVEL• Coordination of multi-country studies

• Synthesis of issues from NodesInto Agenda for Annual Regional Dialogue

• Network Administration and Development (Networking, Fund Raising, Membership drive)

Southern Africa Region(Representatives from all FANR

Stakeholder Groups)• Farmers’ Organisations• Governments• Private Sector• Researchers• Development Partners


Annual Regional Dialogues 2001 - 9

2001: Agricultural policy making in Southern Africa: Issues and challenges

2002: Strengthening institutional capacity for policy research and analysis among

stakeholders in the SADC region

2003: Regional Stakeholder Meeting on Agricultural Recovery, Food Security and Trade Policies in Southern Africa

2004: Policy strategies needed to promote permanent agricultural recovery and productivity growth in the SADC region

2005: Creating a conducive policy environment for a food secure Southern Africa

YEAR THEME

2006: Creating a conducive policy environment for inputs intensification and market development for increased production and productivity

2007: Meeting the demand for effective Food Agriculture and Natural Resources Policy Analysis in Southern Africa

“Triggers” for Agricultural Growth in Southern Africa

2008: Regional Strategies for Addressing the Global Food Crisis

2009: True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth and Poverty

Reduction in Southern Africa Maputo, Mozambique

Outputs

• Dialogue Proceedings and Resolutions• Policy Recommendations• Stakeholder development commitments• Case Studies of success stories to facilitate best practice

transfer• Agenda setting and coordinated next steps/way

forward




- Membership



- Definition

- Characteristics

- Process

- Outputs

• Way Forward

Our Advocacy Approach

Communication and Advocacy Teams

• Background

- Stakeholders working in silos

- Suspicion between state and non-state actors

Researchers, CSOs, Private Sector Government

• Way Forward

- Identification and mobilisation of eminent people

- Formation of thematic advocacy teams

- Engage in policy formulation processes

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Networking and Project Engagements

1. Madrid, Spain High level Meeting on Food Security for All

2. Delhi, India Delhi Sustainable Development Summit

3. Paris Global Donor Platform for Rural Development International Organisation

4. New York, USA Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting – UNCSD

5. Copenhagen, Denmark Beyond Kyoto-Addressing the challenges of Climate Change

6. Copenhagen, Denmark International Scientific Congress on Climate Change

7. Copenhagen, Denmark 30th Session on the Subsidiary body and UNFCC Convention Subsidiary bodies

8. Bonn, Germany IFPRI Climate Change – CGIAR Science Forum

9. Washington DC Conference on Regional Integration and Africa Food Security

10. Bonn, Germany IFPRI Climate Change Project Meeting

11. Iowa, USA World Food Prize

12. India, Thailand and China Australian Habitat Studies, International Executive Workshop

13. Caribbean The Caribbean Week of Agriculture

UN/Global Engagements

Networking and Project EngagementsContinental Engagements1. NEPAD Offices World Bank/ NEPAD Work Program of the Sec General's High Level Task

Force on Food Security

2. Nairobi, Kenya ACCID Workshop: Post Poznan Conference, feedback and Training

3. Nairobi, Kenya COMESA Climate Workshop

4. Windhoek, Namibia African Agriculture in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges, Making a Sustainable Green Revolution High level Meeting

5. Nairobi, Kenya AGRA Regional Markets Conference

6. Accra, Ghana FARA NSF 3 Annual Programme Planning Meeting

7. Midrand, South Africa CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting

8. Lusaka, Zambia Regional Conservation Agriculture Tour

9. Accra, Ghana IFS / AWARD / CGIAR Proposal & Scientific Writing Training

10. Kadoma, Zimbabwe COMESA Climate Change Meeting

11. United Kingdom Media Tour on “Farming First” principles

12. New York, USA United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (17th CSD)

13. Nairobi, Kenya AGRA International conference on market development and poverty alleviation

14. Nairobi, Kenya Pre – AMCEN and AMCEN

15. Libya 13th AU Summit, 18th Ordinary Session

Networking and Project EngagementsRegional Engagements

1. Lilongwe, Malawi Meeting with the President H.E Bingu wa Mutharika

2. Lusaka, Zambia RUFORUM Ministerial Meeting

3. Harare, Zimbabwe SDC Workshop on Food Security

4. Pretoria, South Africa Node Coordinators’ Common Vision Meeting

5. Durban, South Africa SACAU Policy Dialogue and AGM

6. Johannesburg, South Africa Hyper Endemic Pillar Working Group Meeting

7. Lusaka, Zambia COMESA Climate Change Partners Meeting

8. Johannesburg, South Africa IDASA Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture workshop

9. Gaborone, Botswana SADC – REDD

10. Livingstone, Zambia ACTESA Workplan and CAADP Compact Workshop

11. Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Private Sector Alliance Conference on Environment

12. Johannesburg, South Africa CSO – PAP Dialogue

13. Vic. Falls, Zimbabwe COMESA Policy Organs meeting and Summit of Heads of State and Government

14. Zambia IFS AWARD Training

15. Pretoria, South Africa HSRC Seminar Series - Darfur: The problem and the way out of it

16. Namibia CropLife East and Southern Africa Hub Meeting

17. Pretoria, South Africa FANRPAN Partners’ Meeting



- Membership



- Definition

- Characteristics

- Process

- Outputs

• Way Forward

FANRPAN AwardsCelebrating Success, Sharing Best Practices

FANRPAN Food Security Policy Leadership Award

• Inaugural Winner 2008 – His Excellency. Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika – President of the Republic of Malawi

Thank You

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