Post on 19-Jan-2016
Day 3: Session 4
StrategicallyMobilizing Resources
An analogy…
Overview
1. The need for a strategic approach2. The corporate RMMS and subsidiary
strategies3. New tools – Website, the RM Intranet
and ADAM
A strategic approach
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!
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
RAF/SFW’sResource Mobilization and Management StrategyRMMS
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
Subsidiary RMMS’s
On the map…
•Regional level
•Subregional level
•Country level
Decentralized RM Strategies
Regional Office Subregional Office Country Office
IT’S TEAMWORK!
Questions
New tools•Website www.fao.org/tc/resource-mobilization•RM Guide and Intranet home.fao.org/rm•ADAM www.fao.org/tc/adam
Day 4: Session 1
Preparing An RM Strategy and Action Plan
Brainstorm in pairs:
• How have you gone about mobilizing resources)?
• Do you have some ‘top tips’?
Your experience?
IDENTIFY
ENGAGE
NEGOTIATE
MANAGE & REPORT
COMMUNICATE RESULTS
5 practical steps
• Check you are ready to start... is your programme framework (at country level – the CPF) in place?
• Strategically position FAO... does FAO have a clear comparative advantage/niche?
• Review priorities and the resource requirements... what is realistic?
• Analyse the resource environment... who is out there?
Preparing the Strategy/Action Plan
Achieving
• Establish the goal, outcomes, key outputs and guiding principles... is RM considered important to the everyday?
• Identify resource partners and match interests to priority areas... find out who is really interested
• Develop an Action plan (identify, engage, negotiate, manage and report and communicate results)... get practical and make it your everyday.
Cont’
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
Assessingthe RM Environment
Group Work :
Initiate the RM Strategy and Action Plan
Day 4: Session 4
Engaging Resource Partners
Group work/Discussion:•EU•Emergency funds•GEF•Host Govt and IFIs Private Sector•UNJPs/MUL