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Promotion du Développement DUrable dans les systèmes de la Recherche Agricole du Sud

Oliver OLIVEROSDURAS Project Coordinator

DURAS Competitive Grants Scheme: Supporting multi-stakeholder research partnerships in ARD

I. Introduction and rationale (cont.)

Agricultural research to be effective… Should be defined, driven, implemented and managed not only in consultation but in partnership with all stakeholders, particularly with the civil societyShould valorize local and traditional knowledge and should employ participatory approaches

Novel and multi-stakeholder approach being promoted by GFAR

This new approach to doing research is the inspiration in implementing DURAS

DURAS Project Overview

Objective is to contribute in strengthening the involvement of southern stakeholders in ARD process and in ensuring that their voices are heard at the international level

Components1. Support the facilitation role of GFAR Secretariat2. Enhance electronic EGFAR and develop RAIS

(Regional Agricultural Information Systems) 3. Implement Competitive Grants Scheme

Launching : April 2004; Ending : June 2008 Total budget : 4 million EUR c/o MAE-France

DURAS : Institutional context

FAO

GFAR

IARCs

RegionalFora

Civil Society(NGOs, FOs,…)

NARIs

Donors

Secrétariat AGROPOLIS

(1, 2)

INRA

IRDCIRAD

(3)(3)(1, 2)

(1,3)

(3)

DURAS

MAE

FSP

DURAS Geographic coverage

Near East: Lebanon, Autonomous Palestinian Territories, Yemen

North Africa: Algeria, Morocco, Tunisia, Sub-Saharan Africa: and Indian Ocean: Angola, Benin, Burkina-Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Gambia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Equatorial Guinea, Kenya, Liberia, Madagascar, Mali, Mauritania, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Uganda, DR of the Congo, Rwanda, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, South Africa, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Zimbabwe

Indochina Peninsula: Cambodia, Laos, Vietnam

ZSP countries covered by DURAS Project

CGS objectivesTo encourage and promote innovation in ARD To enhance scientific capacity of southern stakeholders

Budget: 2 million eurosTwo Calls for Proposals on four priority themes12 projects selected; started in October 2005 Award size : between 90k euros to 150k euros over 2.5 years

DURAS Competitive Grants Scheme

DURAS CGS : Governance & Management

Project Steering Committee

3 representatives from French government

MAE-DCSUR (Chair) DCT Ministry of Research

3 representatives from university or research organizations

1 French research institution 1 Regional For a (AARINENA) 1 Sub-regional Fora (CORAF)

3 representatives from the civil society (2 from South, 1 French)

1 Observer: EIARD member (non-French) 2 Ex-officio members: GFAR Secretariat

and Agropolis Int’l

Scientific Partnership Committee

2 representatives from Agropolis

2 representatives from the GFAR Steering Committee (APAARI and FARA)

1 member from the collectivité territoriale

1 French small and medium enterprise

1 French NGO

University, preferably mandated by Coordination Universitaire (CPU)

Research organizations and technical/professional organizations participating in the projects

Representative from MAE-DGCID-SUR

DURAS Project Office : Project Coordinator + 1/3 Agropolis SD Officer + 1/3 Assistant

1st Call for Proposal (July 2004)

Agro-biodiversity and genetic resources management for food securityLocal knowledge in natural resources management

2nd Call for Proposal (December 2004)

Agro-ecology and other sustainable farming practicesLinking farmers to market by supporting small and medium agro- enterprises (agri SMEs)

Submission and evaluation of proposals : DURAS CGS Themes

• Themes defined by GFAR stakeholders (GFAR 2000 Conference)

• Consistent with the identified regional research priorities identified by the Regional Fora

Open to all stakeholders with the Lead Proponent (LP) From a university, national research center or a civil society organizationFrom a ZSP country (all countries to be involved)

Proposed project should involve at least three (3) stakeholder groups, 1 should be from CSO group

Proposed project should involve at least two (2) ZSP countries (not necessarily from the same region)

Submit Letter(s) of Intent of partner institutions

Proponents may identify a prospective French or European partner

Submission and evaluation of proposals : Eligibility criteria

DURAS CGS : Selected projects

Theme 1: Agro-biodiversity and genetic resources management for food security

Project titleLead

proponent Countries involved

Morphological, zootechnical and genetic classification of the local poultry populations of the genus Gallus gallus in the coastal countries of West Africa

Université d’Abomey-Calavi– Bénin

Bénin, Cote d'Ivoire, Ghana, France

A regional network of dialogue-research centers to improve the identification of farmers' needs and spread the use of new varieties of banana and plantain

CARBAP-Cameroon

Cameroun, Bénin, Gabon, Guinée, France

Theme 2: Local knowledge in natural resources management

Project titleLead


Farmer Access to Innovation Resources: Action Research on Innovation Support Fund (ISF)

Farmer Support Group-S. Africa

S. Africa, Uganda, Cambodia, Ethiopia, The Netherlands

Innovations and smallholder skills in the forest ecosystem management practices in West and Central Africa: diversification of forestry systems combining perennial and food crops

IRAD-Cameroun Cameroun, Ghana, Guinee, France

The implication of the local knowledge in the increasing integration of animal husbandry in the farming systems of disadvantaged communities

SFI - Vietnam Vietnam, Laos, France

Valorizing local knowledge of combining crops and livestock for the sustainable management of sub humid savannah ecosystems in Africa

CIRDES –B. Faso Burkina Faso, Mali, Tchad, Cameroun, France


Theme 3: Agro-ecology and other sustainable farming practices

Project titleLead


Integrative approach to the management of nematode parasitic infestation in Mediterranean and Sahelian market gardening systems

SociétéMARISSA (Groupe AZURA

Maroc, Algerie, Tunisie, Senegal, France

Training for Producer Organizations of West Africa in inoculation technology using microorganisms that improve plant production

CLCOP de KeurMomar Sarr

Senegal, Burkina Faso, France


Theme 4: Linking farmers to market by supporting small and medium agro-enterprises

Project titleLead proponent Countries

involved

Linking farmers to markets through valorisation of local resources: the case for intellectual property rights of indigenous resources

University of Pretoria

Namibia, S. Africa, France

Improving the pig and pig meat marketing chain to enable small producers to serve consumer needs in Vietnam and Cambodia

Vietnam Agricultural Science Institute (VASI)

Cambodia, Vietnam, France

Poverty and Pace Setters (POPSe). From sector support for farm products marketing to targeting entrepreneurs by building networks among poverty struck

Centre for Rural Economic Development Research-Vietnam

Vietnam, Kenya, Sweden

Production of quality sorghum or millet malts for small-scale or semi-industrial food production in West Africa

CERNA-B. Faso Benin, Burkina Faso, France


Where are we?

DURAS Project Timeline

April 2004July 2004

December 2004Dec 2004-March 2005

June 2005Summer 2005October 2005

October 2006Nov-Dec 2006

Oct 2006-Feb 2007March 2007

Jan – Feb 2008April 2008June 2008

DURAS Project office opened1st Call for Proposal + Call 1 Results + Notice2nd Call for Proposal + Call 1 Results + NoticePartnership building and full proposal development

Final project selectionLetters of Agreement1st Project Leaders’ Meeting + Start of 12 projects

Mid-term project implementation DURAS mid-term External Review Project M&E visits 2nd Project Leaders’ Meeting

DURAS Experience Analysis and Documentation WorkshopDURAS Project Closing Seminar Ex-post review; Project ends?

DURAS Progress Report

Mid-term external reviewFocused on over-all project implementation and on CGS component Commissioned by MAEE Aimed at reviewing the strategic relevance and the coherence of the project’s objective and analyzing collaboration Review affirmed the relevance and novel approach adopted by DURAS Seen as a potent means to promote multi-stakeholder partnership and to encourage innovationRecommended that the emerging results of and methodological approaches adopted by the 12 projects should be immediately valorized in order to support future participatory research programmes

1st Project Leaders’ Meeting (11 - 14 octobre 2005, Montpellier) • Project contribution to Sustainable Development and indicators to

measure impact • Project M&E systems• Progress and financial reporting• Communication tools

Sharing across 12 DURAS Projects

2nd Project Leaders’ Meeting (28 February – 02 March 2006, Montpellier)

• Progress in project implementationLessons learned on project implementation

Management and coordination of multi-stakeholder initiativePartneship buidling

Emerging project contribution to sustainable developmentDiscussion on next steps


2nd DURAS Project Leader’s workshop Key issues discussed

Enhancing communication and exchange across projects Involving small and medium agro-enterprises particularly in research projects that involves the whole “filiere”Mainstreaming innovative approaches in research projects Using local knowledge as a take off point in doing research, including how can these traditional knowledge feed into researchEnabling farmers to be better involved in researchEnsuring project results accessibleResearch ownership and Intellectual Property (IP) managementPromoting synergy with other projects/initiatives and promoting research-development-education linkage

OVER-ALL STATUS OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION

Project ID Report Period: dd/mm/yyyy

Project Title:

Reported by:

Balance Actual spent to dateTotal Budget:Project Budget Figures

Insert justification of its status (4-5 lines)

Green/Orange/RedCSF 4: Scientific Outputs


Green/Orange/RedCSF 3: Functional Involvement of stakeholders in project implementation


Green/Orange/RedCSF 2: Project implementation progressing as scheduled


Green/Orange/RedCSF 1: Meeting stated project objectives

CSF Status

Green/Orange/RedOverall Project StatusInsert justification of its status

Legend:Green = Project is meeting ALL Critical Success FactorsOrange = Project is meeting MOST Critical Success FactorsRed = Project is NOT meeting ANY Critical Success Factors, OR is significantly NOT meeting ONE Critical Success Factor

Bilan: Les parties prenantes impliquées dans les 12 projets

Categories of stakeholder Total

Research Institutes 46

Universities 30

Farmers Organizations 89

Individual farmers 4 046

Non-government organizations (NGOs) 30

Community-based organizations (CBO) 42

Small and medium enterprises/private sector 19

Individual entrepreneurs 66

Advanced Research Institutes 9

International agricultural research centers 4

Administrative agencies 5

Government organization (government ministries) 5

Extension Services 8

Total 4 399

TOTAL

Total number of publications and works produced by the projects so far 44

Published by the CGS project about the project32

Published by external entity about the project5

Reference made to the CGS project in an external publication

7

Number of projects to produce Class A publications to date0

Print publications 59

Number of seminars or conferences held by the project to date31

Number of public publications to date

Bilan: Restitution scientifique (les publications, les articles, les séminaires)

Bilan: Les défis et problèmes des 12 projets

Budget Emploide

temps

Compé-tences

Parte-nariat

Mobilisa-tion,

engagement

Environ-

nemen-tale

Equipe-ment,

matériel

Augmentation le niveaud’intérêt et d’engagementdans cette expérience

X X X X X

Comment d’accueillir des nouveaux villages/pays

X X X X X

Améliorer liens & complémentarité au sein et entre organisations

X X X X

Assurer leurs intérêts surles marchés ouverts et les protéger des commercesillicites

X X

La gestion de chocs et de stress économiques et environnementaux

X

Faire entendre les femmes qui demandent des statutssociaux et économiques qui ne soient pas discriminants.

X X X

Defis/Problems

Implications

Budget Emploide

temps

Compé-tences

Parte-nariat

Mobilisa-tion,

engagement

Environ-

nemen-tale

Equipe-ment,

matériel

Difficulté d’irrigationpendant l’hiver

X X

Sous-estimation de coût des activités

X X

La différence en langue parmi les acteurs impliquées

X X X

Comment maintenir l’intérêtdes exploitants et des parties prenants

X X X

Les contraintes financièresrévèlent

X X X X

Départ et arrivée de personnes dans l’équipe

X X

Defis/Problems

Implications

Bilan: Les défis et problèmes des 12 projets

Bilan: L’état d’avancement des 12 projets(30 juin 2007)

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Projet VOLAILLES

Projet BANANE

ISF Project

Project FORET

CROP-LIVESTOCK Project

Projet AGRI-ELEVAGE

Projet NEMATUS

Projet INOCULATION

IPR Project

PIG Project

POPSe Project

Projet MALTO-SORGHO

Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4

Year 1 Year 2

Le projet ne fait face à aucun problème entravant sa mise en œuvre

Certains problèmes mineurs doivent être abordés

Le projet ne rencontre aucun CSF et qu'une intervention directe de la cellule de suivi du projet DURAS peut être justifiée


Exploratory Meeting DURAS - Research Into Use (RIU) ProgrammeExplore areas for possible collaboration between the two initiativesPossible involvement and support of the RIU Programme to the planned DURAS Documentation Workshop to be held in early 2008 and DURAS Project Closing Workshop in April 2008DURAS Phase 2

RIU Innovation Challenge Competitive Grants Establishment of Learning Alliances on innovation systemsFollow-up needs to be made further

Project Monitoring and evaluation

… to strengthen project design and implementation, stimulate partnership with project stakeholders, and “help improve performance and achieve results” (UNDP, 2003)

Monitoring field activities provides early indications of progress in the achievement of resultsEvaluation is “a selective exercise that attempts tosystematically and objectively assess progress towards theachievement of an outcome”

M&E is “a systematic examination of a project, aiming to answer specific management questions and to judge the overall value of an endeavor and supply lessons learned to improve future actions” (IFAD, n/d).

Capturing the DURAS Experience and Lessons (being) learned: Analysis and Doc WS

Taking M&E a step furtherSystematic analysis of the project experience jointly undertakenby both project staff and participantsGenerate lessons to be fed back to improve the project, strengthen learning and organizational capacities of organizations involvedProject experiences documented and made accessible to a larger public

4 reps from different stakeholder group per project Co-facilitation by ILEIA2 workshops

English Workshop to cover 5 projects (Venue: Hanoi in January 2008) French Workshop to cover 7 projects (Venue: Cotonnou in February 2008)

DURAS Project Closing Workshop

PresentationsResearch outputs/findings Process (from Documentation WS)

Discussions Scaling upInnovation and innovation processLearning alliance ?

Open MarketplacePoster displaysInformal/open discussions and networking

Open for all To be held in April 2008 (or June 2008 during the GFAR-FAO Day?)

Towards DURAS Phase 2

1. Consolidation of experience and lessons learned from Phase 1 To further improve the launching, management and coordination ofsucceeding Calls Analysis to be translated into policy briefs for advocacy Continued support to performing projects and/or integration of some currently-supported projects

2. Improved linkage with Regional Fora and expanded geographic coverage

More “regionalized” DURAS (linkage with RFs)Synergy and linkage with identified regional priorities CGS in other regions ?


3. A set of accompanying measures3.1 Support to implementing Regional Priorities

Focused analysis of research priorities Mechanisms to foster inter-stakeholder dialogue on research priorities From research priorities to research programmes


3. A set of accompanying measures3.2 Support to Civil Society Organizations

Specific funding window for CSOsLinkage among CSOs involved in DURAS projects and the network of CSOs at the regional level

3.3 Capacity BuildingProposal writing Management of multi-stakeholder researchIntellectual property rights (IPR) management Use of ICM toolsS-S, N-S exchange among young professionals in ARD


3. A set of accompanying measures3.4 Support to unforeseen micro-valorisations of several ideas or outcome

To facilitate integration and collective reflection on implementation of projects To stimulate linkage and synergy across projects and with other initiatives

Multi-donor DURAS2 Matching donor interest with stakeholder and regional demands and priorities

Conclusion

DURAS: Multi-stakeholder partnership bias…

This is a deliberate effort to foster the involvement of non-traditional research actors in the research process- Involvement of at least three types of stakeholder groups (notorganizations) per project One of which should be an NGO, a farmers’ organizations, or small-medium agri-enterprise

South-South + North-South partnership- Involvement of minimum of two countries from the South and a European collaborator

Conclusion

DURAS experience shows that it is possible to operationalize aninnovative CGS that supports research activities that are multi-stakeholder in nature, promotes innovation and development-oriented.

It is hoped that this pilot activity will inspire other donors to comeforward and support the scaling up of this exciting and innovativeundertaking.

DURAS Project OfficeAgropolis International

Avenue AgropolisMontpellier F-34395

Cedex 5 [email protected]

www.duras-project.net

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