Transcript South-South Cooperation in IFAD`s operating model
South south Cooperation in IFAD’s Operating Model ______________________________________________
15 September 2010
Presented by: Thomas Elhaut, Director, Asia and Pacific Region
Based on corporate review done by Thomas Elhaut and Nicoló Berghinz, SSC Specialist
Flow of presentation
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Background Illustration of IFAD’s experience Lessons learnt
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Ways forward
I. Background
: definition and value added
Definition
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Long history: Bandung, 1955 SSC is intensifying and diversifying
IFAD’s working definition of SSC: two-way process fluid and direct interchange
ideas, technologies and goods between people, directly agricultural (rural) productivity and profitability within and across regions leading to change, action on the ground
with win-win-win opportunities Consistent with IFAD’s policies
Value added of SSC
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Scouting for rural innovations
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Replication
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Enhance IFAD’s:
relevance: appropriate knowledge effectiveness: probability of reaching development objectives
efficiency: reduced transaction costs, reduced risks
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Sustainability
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Earlier and predictable upscaling
SSC concretises the KM agenda
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Demand- driven: south-south partnerships
sustainable (production and communication) technology profitable rural enterprise models
inclusive institutions and pro-poor policies enabling approaches for rural poverty reduction
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IFAD as facilitator: the triangular dimension
corporate strategy objectives: areas of comparative advantage
increasingly: agricultural (rural) productivity, profitability
II. IFAD’s Experience
Typology of engagement
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Dimension of IFAD’s operating model: one of IFAD’s operating modalities
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Special purpose activities linked to IFAD investment programmes
Some examples
: 13 specific activities Project Nature of activity Date ICT Africa-Latin America Palenque Learning Route Pro-poor policy with FAO Competitiveness Greater Mekong Sub-region Learning Route Ecuador – Peru, market access Cambodia – China Cooperation with farmers’ organizations First Asia Regional Gathering Pastoral Women Terra Madre India and Brazil New Delhi Conference Brazil-Africa Agricultural Innovation Marketplace Indigenous Partnerships Promoting SSC with China, knowledge sharing grant funded grant funded grant funded grant funded grant funded in project grant funded grant funded grant funded grant funded grant funded grant funded grant funded 2005 2006 2007 2007 2007 2008 2008 2009 2009 2010 2010 2010 2010 IFAD's contribution (in USD) 150 000 60 000 1 500 000 609 000 900 000 200 000 1 420 000 200 000 200 000 200 000 500 000 100 000 200 000 Status Completed Completed Ongoing Ongoing Completed Completed Ongoing Ongoing Ongoing Completed Ongoing being processed being processed
New Delhi Conference on Rural Transformation 1) India, Brazil, China, South Africa 2) Policy focus:
inclusive and sustainable rural development
effective governance
efficiency and effectiveness of public policy and programmes 3) Approach:
reinforcement of PPP (public, private, people/partnership)
gender issues development of small scale producers
land reforms financial services ICT enhancement efficient resource allocation 4) to be opened up to other developing countries 5) IFAD: 200 000 $; technical inputs in conference; support to follow-up (South Africa)
Enhancing Agricultural Competitiveness in the Greater Mekong Subregion 1) Cambodia, China (Yunnan), Laos, Myanmar, Thailand and Vietnam 2) Participants
policy makers chambers of commerce farmers and their organisations technical experts
the other triangle
3) Content
new agricultural technologies commodity chains expanded trade 4) IFAD: 609 000 $
, CPM for Laos and Vietnam ensures link to ongoing projects (supervision next month)
Consortium for Unfavourable Rice Environments (CURE) with IRRI (CGIAR)
1) 10 South and Southeast Asian countries 2) NARES, IRRI researchers, farmers and extension workers 3) diverse rice ecosystems 4) on-site farmer-participatory research 5) multidisciplinary approach for technology generation, validation, and dissemination 6) broad-based capacity building 7) IFAD: supervision, link to ongoing projects in Laos and Bangladesh
Africa-Brazil Agricultural Innovation Marketplace 1) Innovative technologies for smallholders (women) in Africa 2) Participants:
policymakers scientists and experts NGOs, African organizations, foundations universities private sector 3) Components:
policy dialogue
Marketplace
Africa-Brazil projects 4) IFAD: USD 500 000
China-Asia-Africa SSC Seminar
1) Madagascar, Rwanda, Bangladesh and Vietnam 2) Content:
the climate change food quality and safety
rural technologies community participation
multi-sectoral and coordinated investments managed approach to poverty reduction policy planning
Regional Gathering of Pastoralist Women 1) Pastoralist women 2) In Asia, Near and Middle East 3) Components
knowledge-sharing capacity building
regional platform 4) women influence local and national policies 5) IFAD: 200 000 $; technical support of the IFAD livestock advisor, link to ongoing projects
RUTAs: the learning routes in LAC
A systematised process: PROCASUR farmers and their associations, rural organizations, technicians and private sector representatives learning in the field organized thematically around good practices in rural development experiences of rural institutions, communities and families Innovation Plan: inclusive strategy for the community as a whole supports for subsequent on-the-ground replication and implementation on-line platforms to serve rural development projects and their beneficiaries
IFAD: CPM for Colombia and Peru is part of the facilitation mechanism and ensures link to ongoing projects
Learning Routes in LAC and beyond
(e.g. Rwanda, Malawi)
1) Examples of learning routes:
Sharing knowledge about market access in Ecuador and Peru Successful Colombian Rural Micro-enterprises Improving the quality of life for the community of Palenque Talented Rural Youth: learning from their experiences in accessing land and financial and business services 2) IFAD: replicating the learning route approach in Asia (November, in China)
III. Lessons learnt
elect true champions as hosts
manage knowledge content: driven by guests’ demand with flexibility
secure financing to sustain the process
assure evidence-based KM (results)
institutions matter:
select institution that has SSC know-how
build-in sustainability in the programme
IV. Ways Forward
The future of SSC
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Maintain: current diversity, flexibility, innovation, decentralisation
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Add: corporate strategic dimension
a corporate window: policy and strategy in nature, to support and enhance current SSC approach
monitor the financing of SSC systematise knowledge management
Increased coordination and cross-fertilisation as part of KM strategy
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Corporate coordination function in the office of the CDS
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Core responsibilities:
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accelerate and upscale SSC stronger direction, strategic selectivity KM and results focus stronger policy impact (advocacy)