Day 3: Session 2

StrategicallyMobilizing Resources

An analogy…

Your Experience….

• Your top tips on mobilizing resources??

Overview

1. The need for a strategic approach2. The SNG/SNO context3. The corporate RMMS4. New tools – Website, IMPACT, the RM

Guide and the RM Intranet

A strategic approach

Programming

Resource Mobilization

Delivery/

Impact

Quality programming is a vital prerequisite to attracting resources

RM – an essential component

The RM Cycle

60% of FAO’s resources come from Voluntary/Extrabudgetary Contributions

Resource Mobilization is

VITAL to FAO!

2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120

200,000

400,000

600,000

800,000

1,000,000

1,200,000

Total new approvals

Low projection 2012

Year

Appr

oval

s (U

SD 0

00)

Average and

2012/13 Target

VC trend and projections

USD 1.6 Billion for next PWB

FAO’s biennial RM Target

1. EU

2. USA

3. MUL

4. Spain

5. UNOCHA

6. Japan

7. UNDP/MDTF

8. Canada

9. Italy

10. GEF/Belgium

11. UK

12. Sweden/Germany

FAO’s top resource partners

• Ad-hoc approach• Many small, isolated projects• Fragmentation

• Economic crisis• Critique of FAO (MAR, MOPAN, AMA)

• New resource partners “on the block”

Challenges and Opportunities

Decentralized RM Strategies

Regional Office Subregional Office Country Office

SNG/SNO Context

The Corporate Resource Mobilization and Management StrategyRMMS

The Strategy aims to achieve adequate, more predictable and sustainable voluntary contributions that fully support the achievement of FAO’s objectives at the global, regional, subregional and country levels

The Corporate RMMS

1. Expanding resource partnerships

2. Communicating priorities for RM

3. Enhancing RM capacities

4. Effectively manage and report on resources

RMMS – Outcomes

All resource mobilization efforts should....• Support FAO’s Strategic Framework and

Members’ priorities• Comply with FAO’s rules and regulations• Are built on trust and mutual

accountability• Are monitored and accounted for• Are coordinated and harmonized

Organization-wide

Guiding Principles

RM roles and responsibilities Corporate-level: the TC Department has the lead role, OSP, OCE, TDs/Strategy Team Leaders have a key function

Regional level: ADG oversees all RM activities, with specific responsibilities assigned to FP Officers and TOs

Subregional level: the SRC manages all resource mobilization efforts with support from TOs and FP Support and Monitoring Officers, and the Regional Emergency Coordinator (where present)

Country level: FAOR lead role supported by the AFAOR, the Chief TA, and the Emergency Coordinator

IT’S TEAMWORK!

Questions

New tools• Website www.fao.org/tc/resource-mobilization• IMPACT www.fao.org/about/en/• RM Guide and Intranet home.fao.org/rm• ADAM www.fao.org/tc/adam

Day 3: Session 3

Preparing an RM Strategy and Action Plan

IDENTIFY

ENGAGE

NEGOTIATE

MANAGE & REPORT

COMMUNICATE RESULTS

5 practical steps See RM ‘Tips &

Tools’ table

• Resource Mobilization Situation Analysis…looking at resource trends, the office’s capacity to deliver, and a list of potential resource partners, identified in the Resource Partner Matrix

• The Resource Target...in line with the CPF Results Matrix

Preparing the Strategy/Action Plan (see Guidance Note)

Achieving

• The RM Action Plan... outlining a list of activities, roles and a timeframe, in line with the outcomes of the RM Strategy and a set of RM Principles

• Monitoring and Evaluation... detailing how RM efforts will be tracked, reviewed and adjusted

Continued…

Consult the corporate RM intranet for updates on corporate guidelines and opportunities in RM

Assign donor focal points within the office team

Strengthen a team approach to RM by having regular meetings, information sharing, updating knowledge through training and developing contacts

Integrate RM activities into the Office’s work plan

Ideas to get started

Group Work :

RM Strategy and Action Planning

Day 4: Session 1

Engaging Resource Partners

•EU•Host Govt, IFIs and GEF•Private Sector•MDTFs•Emergency Funds

Group work/Discussion: