On Track with APF Uganda (?!)

Coordination Meeeting

17 March 2010

Kampala, Uganda

Welcome Back!

Coordination Meeting objectives

1. Assessed progress CF and supported each other

2. Identified actions for focus areas and coordination

3. Captured elements for strategy and next steps

Programme Today

09.00 Introduction

09.15 Relevance Check: A Practical Vision!

10.00 Group Updates

11.00 Coffee break

11.15 Group Updates cont.

12.15 On Track?

13.00 Lunch

14.00 On Track!

15.00 Coordination / Collaboration Issues

16.00 Tea break

16.15 Activity Plan and Next Steps

17.00 Closing with a celebratory drink

Introduction

Basic Thoughts on Country Focus Process

Recapping Entebbe Outcomes

Agri-ProFocus: What’s it about?

Agricultural producer organisations

in developing countries are key to economic

development and poverty reduction.

Promoting farmer entrepreneurship

through cooperation, exchange and learning is the goal

of our partnership.

Focus is on seven African countries

and four themes: value chains, financial services,

sustainable food production and gender

Country Focus: Multi-Stakeholder Process

Country Focus: Vision 2015

Indications of Success: A vibrant locally owned platform Actively exchanging, learning and innovating; Coordinating and harmonising key farmer

entrepreneurship areas; Joint action for more and better support to

organised farmers.

Operating Principles: Working from & within existing efforts Combining networks Core-business: no new funding Shared commitment and agreement

APF Uganda in Pictures

APF Uganda in Steps and Focus

Inception / Programming• Overview matrix• Invited local stakeholders• Synthesis paper• Interactive agenda setting• Multi-stakeholder workshop

Identification – Formulation• 5 Thematic Groups• Support from APF members• Developing roles, strategy and

activities• Linking to colleagues & other

organisations

Agri-ProFocus Uganda Implementing

Relevance Check: a practical vision!

1.Reflect on the relevance of the APF network

Take 5 minutes with your neighbor and discuss if and why APF Uganda is (still) relevant?

Note your expectations down on cards (be practical!)

2.We share the points, cluster and assess them

Are our joint expectations coherent / realistic?

Group Updates

Per Group

Group presentation (15 minutes)

Questions (5 minutes)

Share

Priorities of the group (the focus)

Activities done and planned

Context update: new issues?

Collaboration in group / role of team leaders

Coordination Update

APF members

Finance: HIVOS (Triodos), Cordaid, Agriterra, SNV, Oikocredit

Farming Systems / Services: KIT

Market information: SNV, HIVOS, Cordaid

Policy: Cordaid, Oxfam Novib

Farmers organisations: all

PUM, Sustainable Agriculture Alliance (incl. AELBI, Heifer, ETC), HIVOS Knowledge Programme, FFS, PTC+

Context

LEAD, DANIDA, DISP/CAADP

NARO/NAADS, TRIAS, Broederlijk Delen, Prolinova, ICCO,

MFS II – April 1st

On Track(?!)

What is the emerging focus? Does that fit with our expectations?

What are recommendations:

- for each group?

- for CF general?

Keep in mind: organisations missing, context issues, linkages between groups, value chains, …

Organisations involved / interested

Coordination / Collaboration

SNV to coordinate

APF to coach and support

WUR for learning process

Local team leaders for 5 thematic groups

Stakeholders to sign up and participate in groups

APF members support groups.

Communication on ‘Ning’

Exploring Coordination / Collaboration

1.What is working well in this set-up?

2.Which challenges do we encounter?

3.How can we harness / solve these?

Activity Plan and Next Steps

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