Status and Progress of CPFs in the NENA Region February 2016 FAO RNE Regional Professional Staff Meeting

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1 Status and Progress of CPFs in the NENA Region

2 Status of CPFs (as of January 2016) 2 PLANNED: Libya & Syrian Arab Republic 6 EXPIRING IN THE NEXT BIENNIUM: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Iraq, Mauritania, Morocco 12 ENVISAGED IN THE NEXT BIENNIUM: Bahrain, Egypt, Iraq, Iran, Jordan, KSA, Lebanon, Oman, Qatar, Sudan, Tunisia, WBGS, UAE

3 New Guidelines What s New? Document covers: Short summary on country context and priorities (2 to 4 page) FAO s contribution and expected results Implementation, monitoring and reporting arrangements; 3 Annexes : Max. 20 pages! a) Expected country results related to national priorities/outcomes & corporate outputs and indicators, and resource requirements; b) UN system linkages; c) indicative TCP pipeline Overall length: 20 pages

4 INCLUDING A SITUATION ANALYSIS ASSESSING FAO s COMPARATIVE ADVANTAGE BEING FOCUSED ON OUTCOMES & BEING LENGTHY CONTRIBUTION OF COUNTRY LEVEL WORK TO FAOs SOs (not too clear) + Programmatic + Operational STREAMLINED & SIMPLIFIED INTEGRATED PLANNED COUNTRY RESULTS WITH FAO REGIONAL PRIORITIES AND SOs REINFORCED RESPONSIBILITIES AND CAPACITY OF FAO DECENTRALIZED OFFICES CHANNELED COUNTRY LEVEL RESOURCE MOBILIZATION & PARTNERSHIPS FOCUSED ON OUTPUTS & BEING MORE PROGRAMMATIC/OPERATIONAL Shorter... Simplified

5 CPF Quality Review The Regional Office conducts the Quality Review It Includes five cross cutting areas: RM SSC GENDER CLIMATE CHANGE NUTRITION 5

6 Linkages with SSA 8 FOCUS COUNTRIES: Egypt, Jordan, Lebanon, Mauritania, Morocco, Sudan, Tunisia, WBGS. FOCUS AREAS in 2016/ Tailoring SSA outputs to CPF s Priority Areas Support Governments, Producer Organizations and Rural Institutions promoting capacity development tools on governance, sustainability and equity-based on sound statistical instruments, methodologies and evidence. Support social protection, rural services and access to markets for small-scale farmers and rural communities to reduce poverty and improve food security. Strengthening producers capacities for improving sustainable productivity & value chains through innovative technologies & favoring the employment of youth and women in rural areas.

7 Linkages with WSI 8 10 FOCUS COUNTRIES: Algeria, Egypt, Iran, Jordan, Morocco, Oman, Tunisia and UAE. FOCUS AREAS in 2016/2017 Tailoring WSI outputs to CPF s Priority Areas Climate Change Impact on Water Resources and on Socio-Economics -RICCAR Strategic Planning & Policies of Water Resources -Arab Water Conference- Expanding Protected Agriculture in the GCC Countries Water Accounting and Water Productivity Drought Risk Reduction On-Farm Sustainable Agriculture Intensification Sustainable Soil/Land Management Non-conventional water use Groundwater Governance Expanding Solar-Energy Use in Agriculture

8 Linkages with FSN 11 FOCUS COUNTRIES: Egypt, Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, Libya, KSA, Mauritania, Sudan, Syria, WBGS, Yemen 5 FOCUS AREAS in 2016/2017 Tailoring WSI outputs to CPF s Priority Areas Strengthening capacities for sustainable food security and nutrition. Developing reliable food security data for decision support systems Promoting access to safe, nutritious and diversified food. Building the resilience from the negative impacts of man-made and natural shocks Promoting the development of efficient and sustainable food systems, with particular focus on reducing food losses and waste.

9 KSA Iraq Syria FSN Mauritania Libya Qatar Bahrain Kuwait Lebanon Yemen Sudan Egypt Jordan Iran SSA WBGS WS Algeria Morocco Oman Tunisia UAE

10 FAO S STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES REGIONAL INITIATIVES (RIs) COUNTRY PROGRAMMING FRAMEWORKS (CPFs) RESOURCE MOBILIZATION: South-South Cooperation Programme Global Environmental Facility (GEF) TCP,GCP,UTF, etc.

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