on Agricultural Research for DevelopmentEFARD

Judith Ann Francis, Executive SecretaryPrague, 30th November 2016

EFARD MT reportNovember 2015-2016

08/02/2010

Strategic Objectives• To encourage dialogue between European ARD

stakeholders for promoting awareness, innovative approaches and partnerships for ARD (Europe)

• To support global ARD initiatives within the framework of GFAR and the GCARD process (Global)

• To promote inter-regional partnerships and collaborative ARD activities for joint research initiatives, capacity strengthening and greater impact (Inter-regional)

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Management&Coordination• EFARDMT:2015- 2017

– PatrickVanDaame,Chair– JudithFrancis,ExecutiveSecretary– AnnWaters-Bayer,Vice-chair– MuratSartas,member– AndreStucki,member(resignedOctober,2016)– JuergenAnthofer– member(resignedOctober,2016)

SupportedbyEFARDIntern,LaurianneOlivier(April2016–Present)

08/02/2010

Management&Coordination(2)• MTmeetings:Teleconferencesand1facetoface• RegularupdatessharedwithEFARDmembers• Finalized&circulatedEFARDdiscussionpaperon

agriculture/nutrition&Reportof2015EFARDAnnualmeeting• ConclusionofGFAR(FAO)/EFARDLetterofAgreement• ImplementationofPAEPARDproject– SurveyofPAEPARDULP

&EUengagement• TAPGlobalTaskForceonCapacityDevelopmenton

AgriculturalInnovationSystems(tele/skypeandface-to-face)• GCARD3– Johannesburg,April2016• UpdateofEFARDwebsite;ProfilingEFARDmembers

08/02/2010

GCARD3• EFARDwaswellrepresented– Chair,VC,ESandmembers

– ScalingupandoutwasdiscussedinEFARD2015.Newmethodologiesforidentifyingscalingusecasesandmoreresearchanddialoguewithexpertsandpotentialbeneficiariesforfine-tuningthescalingexercises.

• EFARDleadershiponTheme1– FromResearchtoImpact– Assembletheingredientstomakeandserveanicepieceofcake

• (short)Debatescalingup,out…notonlyrhetorical:buttoaccountforthefactthatchangedoesnotonlyproceedbyextrapolatingsomelocalsuccessstorieseverywhere;developmentisnotalinearprocess;tensionsexistbetweenscalingupandimpactatscale,learningtoscaleandlearningwhilescalingandaccountability(ofstakeholdersandtopartnersandgovernmentetc)

• Throughcasestudiesandglobalinitiatives- whatshouldbetakenintoaccountinordergotoscale;firstidentifytheexpectedambitionatthelevelwewanttoimpact,IdentifyConditionsrightfromthedesignoftechnology:partnership,capacitybuilding,monitoringandevaluationandlearning

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GCARD3• Priorities- Foodandnutritionsecurity,climatechange,greeneconomy/non-

renewableenergy,jobs/newbusinessopportunities

• Impact(economic,environmental,social)isimportantatalllevels;local,national,regional,global.Wemustimpactonsmallholderfarmers.

• Scaling-up(knowthetippingpoints?Canweidentify?WESHOULDPLAN)– What– research,process,outputs(e.g.technologies)– How– alignment&partnershipse.g.research&civilsociety,policy,

academia;siteintegration,countrycoordination,capacitydevelopment,communication

– M&E– document(success &failure).

• Keywords– Research,innovation,partnerships,capacitybuilding,learning,communication,accountability

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IncreaseEFARDvisibility

EFARD social mediaBetter management of EFARD member

Become member on EFARD linkedIn Group

Possibility for exchange among EFARD members via online discussion

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EFARD2016AnnualMeeting

RoundTable YoungProfessionals

15December2016

08/02/2010

EFARD2016– 2017WorkProg.• EFARDNewManagementTeam• NewHostforExecutiveSecretariat• FinalizePAEPARDProject– (ULPstudy;communication

projects)• AnnualMeeting2017(Venue?)• LeadershiproleforEFARD(EUhasaskedforcoherence&

guidanceonresearchpriorities;moredevelopmentimpact)• KeyThinkTank– Leadpapers????