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Nur Abdi Presentation for GFAR Evaluation Team May 2006 CSOs participation in GFAR Activities Lessons learned and the way forward

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Nur Abdi

Presentation for GFAR Evaluation Team

May 2006

CSOs participation in GFAR Activities

Lessons learned and the way forward

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• Recent developments - 2004-2006

Outline• Background

• Facts and milestones

Dakar 2003Dresden 2000

• Secretariat’s Approach

• Lessons learned and the way forward and

1st GFAR Evaluation

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• Partnership

• Subsidiarity

• Inclusiveness i.e. involvement of all

stakeholders• Complementarity

• Additionality

Background

Guiding Principles of GFAR

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Dresden 2000

Some facts and Milestones

• Mobilization of Global Scientific

Community

• ...and the WITHDRAWAL of VIA

CAMPESINA from GFAR.....

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First GFAR External Evaluation

“A key responsibility of the GFAR Secretariat is to assist

stakeholders to further develop their constituencies. This

is especially true for farmers’ organizations, in view of

their relative lack of a strong voice in agricultural

research decision-making, and the need to redress this

to make research much more demand-led, and also for

NGOs in view of their large numbers and varied scope

and goals.”

Some facts and Milestones

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Dakar 2003

Building trust with the Civil Society

Constituency

Pre-GFAR 2003 CSOs workshop: involving

about than 40 NGOs and farmers

organization

Some facts and Milestones

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Pre-GFAR 2003 CSOs workshop: Outcomes

Some facts and Milestones

• Identification of Farmers Organizations and

NGOs Regional Focal Points

• CSOs contribution to GFAR 2004-2006

Business Plan

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Active involvement of CSOs

Engagement of the Private Sector

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The Approach

Facilitating CSOs participation

in ARD activities and programs

at all levels

Strengthen the CSOs-Researcher linkages

Strengthen CSOs

Institutional Capacity

Stronger and well organized CSOs represented at ARD decision

making bodies (CSOs actively contributing to ARD agenda

setting, implementation and monitoring)

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Strengthening the linkages between CSOs and RF

Pillar 1: Inter-regional Collaboration

June 2004: RF Executive Secretaries

participation in IFAP World Farmers

Congress

October 2004: CSOs Participation in GFAR

Stakeholder Analysis Exercise

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Strengthening the linkages between CSOs and RF

Pillar 1: Inter-regional Collaboration

June 2005: CSOs participation in FARA

biennial General Assembly

May 2005: APAARI participation in IFAP Asia

Farmers Committee annual meeting

April 2005: Farmers participation in FORAGRO

biennial General Assembly

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Strengthening the linkages between CSOs and RF

October 2005: FARA-GFAR multi-stakeholder

Consultation

September 2005: APAARI participation in IFAP

Asia Farmers Committee annual meeting

August 2005: FORAGRO president’s

participation in IFAP Latin American Farmers

annual meeting

Pillar 1: Inter-regional Collaboration

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Strengthening the linkages between CSOs and RF

November 2005: AARINENA vice-President’s

participation in IFAP Mediterranean Farmers

Annual Meeting

Pillar 1: Inter-regional Collaboration

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CSOs Institutional Development

October 2004: GFAR CSOs Focal Points met

during GFAR Statutory meeting and CGIAR

AGM04, both held in Mexico, to:

• develop a plan of action that will enable them to contribute to the

implementation of the GFAR 2004-2006 BP

• familiarize with the DURAS Project and explore means and ways

to enhance CSOs participation in its various components

• exchange information on regional developments re: ARD

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GFAR CSOs Focal Points meeting

recommended that:

• GFAR Secretariat to facilitate and support

southern NGOs institutional capacity

development, through establishment of regional

and global civil society groupings

CSOs Institutional development

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June 2005: More than 30 NGOs from Africa

gathered during FARA General Assembly to

launch a Sub-Saharan Africa NGO

Consortium

Sub-Saharan Africa NGO Consortium (SSA NGO C) Launched

CSOs Institutional development

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• Mission and Vision statements

SSA NGO C

• “code of conduct” and MoU

• Governing Structure: Steering Committee

• Coordinating Unit (Secretariat)

CSOs Institutional development

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• A five-year Action Plan (2006-2010)

SSA NGO C

• 2006 Annual Program of Work

• NGO profiling/typology exercise and broadening the

membership base of the consortium

• documentation dissemination of lessons learned and past

experiences

• Strengthening the information sharing and

communication capabilities of the consortium

CSOs Institutional development