An Overview of PAEPARD II By Joël Sor Cirad/Agrinatura CAAS-Net-Plus REC on Africa-EU STI co_operation Pretoria, 4-5 February 2016

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1 An Overview of PAEPARD II By Joël Sor Cirad/Agrinatura CAAS-Net-Plus REC on Africa-EU STI co_operation Pretoria, 4-5 February 2016

2 Where does PAEPARD II come from? Problems iden7fied under PAEPARD I Declining European- African ARD collabora7on Projects concentrated in a few African countries Research- research collabora7on, no other stakeholders involved Driven by research interest of European partners with African research stakeholders (=supply approach) Dominated by European research organiza7ons Solu7ons sought that PAEPARD II will bring Increased number of European- African ARD partnerships Projects spread over more African countries Inclusive partnerships with non- research stakeholders (FOs, private sector, NGOs) leading those partnerships Driven by demands of end users Balanced partnerships, led by African non- research stakeholders

3 Objec7ves Overall: Build joint African- European mul6- stakeholder partnerships in ARD contribu6ng to achieving the MDGs Specific: Enhanced, more equitable, more demand- driven; and mutually beneficial collabora6on of Africa and Europe on ARD with the aim of againing the MDGs. From PAEPARD II document: It aims at moving from the current largely supply- driven approach in ARD towards a demand- driven approach.

4 What does PAEPARD do to achieve these objec7ves? PAFO FANRPAN WP2- WP1 Mobilizing research and non- research stakeholders for Europe- Africa ARD collabora7on IAO/NRI/CIRAD CSA FARA WP3 Providing tools for knowledge sharing and access to informa7on CTA WP5 Bringing partners together around common innova7on challenges (=federa7ng themes) WP4 Strengthening capaci7es of stakeholders to work in inclusive balanced partnerships COLEACP WP6 Advocate with research funders for support to inclusive ARD partnerships FARA CIRAD RUFORUM ICRA PAFO NRI FARA WP7 Management & Coordination AGRINATURA

5 Who are PAEPARD Partners?

6 Brokerage of African-European partnerships mechanism: launching calls 1&2 STEP 1 Brokeraging the partnerships: «Selec'ng the theme, Iden'fying partners and funding opportuni'es» STEP 2 Partnership Incep7on workshop «Building partnerships» STEP 3 Write- shop: «Development of research proposal» STEP 4 «Applying to funding opportunity» Submission & selec7on + capacity strengthening + support for facilita6on + Financial support Mentoring/ Outside of PAEPARD?? Virtual meeting using Skype, , phones Physical meetings organized with representative from institutions and actors 2 write-shops organized Entebbe & Cotonou 9 consortia from call 1 completed step 4 in March 2012 Some of the 10 consortia from call 1 completed step 4 in March 2012 The 19 consortia were opportunistic-based: from PAEPARD calls This brokerage mechanism was criticized to be much top down. It did not allow partners to own the process. A new one was needed

7 Consortia from call 1 Sub- regions Consor7a Themes /Objec7ves Southern- Africa Zimbabwe (University of Zimbabwe) Improving the incomes of smallholder farmers through increased access to livestock markets and livestock produc7on to marke7ng value chain Malawi (University of Lilongwe) Partnership for Enhanced Aquaculture Innova7on in Sub Saharan Africa (PEAISSA) South- Africa (NERPO) Overcoming barriers to sustainable livestock enterprises among marginal smallholders in South Africa East- Africa Uganda (Makerere University) Enhancing capacity/developing networks between North- South Universi7es in Research Methods training at PhD level Kenya (KARI) Reduce aflatoxin contamina7on along the maize value chain West- Africa Ghana (Concern Universal) Improving food security and income for smallholder farmers through improved post harvest technology Togo (Ins7tut de Recherche Agricole) Agribusiness autour du Soja Togo (CASADDVR) Caractérisa7on de deux variétés du piment rouge pour améliorer la mise en marché et transforma7on semi- industrielle Senegal- Mali (Terra Nuova) Un partenariat Europe Afrique pour la créa7on d un ou7l de suivi de l agriculture familiale

8 Challenges & Lessons learned (1) 1- Mul7- stakeholder partnerships building takes 7me: (a) communica7on; (b) trust and mutual understanding; (c) differences in organiza7onal culture and working prac7ces: these delay repor7ng & implementa7on of some ac7vi7es; 2- Difficult to engage African non- research stakeholders in the process (at the beginning); the ar7cula7on of their ARD demand/needs takes 7me ; 3- Difficul7es to engage researchers (evalua7on process)

9 New brokerage partnership mechanism: Users Led Process (ULP) Federating Theme 1 Desk review 2 Full Proposal Development 6 Users Led Process Induction Workshop 3 Concept Note Development 5 MSHRQ Workshop 4

10 Mid- Term Review (MTR): 2 major recommenda7ons 1- One year no cost extension to ensure that the all models (including Sub- Regional Farmer Organiza7ons) to build a partnership are tested up to Full proposal stage; 2- A third phase should be agreed with emphasis on implementa7on of the best models to form mul7 stakeholder partnership and include funds to support up to 5 Full proposals

11 PAEPARD II EXTENSION & CRF- IF Component 1- PAEPARD II Four Years Extension (4YE) Contract Agreement signed on 15 th December 2013; 3 opera7onal work packages: - WP Communica7on and Advocacy= WP3+WP6 - WP Capacity Strengthening = WP4 - WP Partnerships= WP1+WP2+WP5 2- CRF & IF component approved and Contract Agreement signed with a budget of 2,222, [EC (90%)=2,000,000 ; OC (10%) =222, ]

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13 Ques7ons issues raised - ULP : to put together needs and research - IF : necessary to convert the expression of needs in a research ques6on - CRF : to design some pilots and test the innova6on methods - Communica7on strategy : useful to communicate on the best prac6ces and for the substainability beyong the project - How to give more substainability?

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