Transcript CDD: latest ‘fad’ or the logical evolution of development

Informal Workshop on CommunityDriven Development (CDD) in WCA
Introductory Remarks
Mohamed Béavogui, Director, Africa 1, IFAD
CDD is a strong strategic pillar to “enable the
rural poor to overcome their condition”
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Strengthen the capacity of the rural poor and
their organizations, and improve the pro-poor
focus of rural development policies and
institutions:
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Work with partners to improve service delivery and
decentralized decision-making
Continued investment in CDD and monitoring of
experience
Development and promotion of participatory M&E
Knowledge sharing with regional and national
partners and effective grassroots strengthening
investments
CDD in an Evolving Context…
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Internal Context:
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Involvement in CDD-Local Development Projects seven years
ago: time to take stock
Hub to foster policy change and regional integration,
Fidafrique to improve Knowledge generation and sharing
Field Presence, PBAS, RIMS: How would these processes
translate at field / community levels?
External Context:
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Constructive tension between Globalization and
Decentralization;
Articulation between the Global, Regional, National
Institutions and Community / Citizens Institutions;
New intervention frameworks: NEPAD, PRSP, MDBS, SWAPs…
should CDD be one of the main processes?
Many peer institutions are working on CDD
Key issue: how to make these processes “empowering”?
Why This Workshop?
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Share the Lessons:
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Foster Partnerships:
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Field Perspective: Review of 5 projects, country
participants, regional actors…
Peers’ Perspective: World Bank, CIRAD, Council of
Europe…
Internal Perspective: Regional Divisions, Technical
Division, Policy, Resource Mobilization, Evaluation…
Develop a common vision;
Implement coherent interventions;
Solve problems and inconsistencies;
Learn Together
Improve the Knowledge base: key issues…
Key Issues for Your Consideration…
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There is not much point in engaging in CDD if
we shy away from the governance values of
equity, efficiency, and stability… but how to
measure progress?
How to make sure bottom-up processes (CDD)
and top-down processes (decentralisation)
meet somewhere?
CDD is not cheap: is it cost effective? How to
measure governance?
What are the changes to foster in our own
operational processes? Are they empowering?
How to foster partnerships and linkages?
Expected Results of the Workshop
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Have a better understanding and internalization
to build a common vision, a renewed approach
and adapted operational mechanisms;
Develop an approach that is well articulated
with IFAD’s mandate, and at the same time
reflecting the evolving concerns of our country
and development partners;
Identify areas for collaboration, partnerships,
innovation, R&D
Devise Mechanisms to upscale CDD operations
and enhance impact
Concrete Approach and Plan of Action to be
implemented in the coming three years…