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IFAD HRM Training Workshop
FIDAFRIQUE-IFADAFRICA
FRAO
GIMPA, Accra, Sept 21 – 26, 2009
Abdou Fall, WCA Coordinator: [email protected]/ [email protected]
www.fidafrique.net
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Presentation Outline
I. FIDAFRIQUE/IFADAFRICA : Promoting Knowledge
Sharing and Innovation for Rural Poverty Reduction in
SSA
II. The AWP
IV. Current activities
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Activities planned for the nearest future
Expectations
GOAL and Purpose
To connect people, organizations and networks for learning,
sharing experiences and innovation for rural poverty
reduction in sub-Saharan Africa.
The programme’s purpose is, via the creation of a
consolidated knowledge network for sub-Saharan Africa
among IFAD-financed projects and programmes and
other development actors to :
 increase the development effectiveness of IFAD-financed
projects and programmes and,
 enhance policy dialogue through strengthened
identification of innovation, learning and sharing
processes.
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Stakeholders
The ultimate target group of the Programme shall be
the rural poor in sub-Saharan Africa, The network will
operate primarily with two groups of stakeholders:
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Primary stakeholders: All project staff (directors, M&E officers,
thematic component heads, field officers and key staff) of
IFAD-supported projects and programmes, country
programme management teams and IFAD-supported
regional thematic networks in sub-Saharan Africa and their
contracted service providers.
Secondary stakeholders: rural organizations, including farmers’
organizations, networks of local actors and NGOs, and
other regional and thematic networks related to rural
poverty reduction.
The Five Components
C1: Network set-up and governance
C2 : Capacity-building and training
C3: Support for knowledge harvesting, sharing and
communications
C4: Support to Policy Dialogue
C5: Network management and coordination
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Implementation Arrangement
WARF as the grant recipient is responsible for the overall
coordination and the financial management of the
Network as well as the WCA coordination;
In ESA, the network coordination is under the
responsibility of AFRACA, based in Naïrobi;
WARF shall prepare the annual workplan and budget for
the overall network, which will be reviewed by the
Steering Committee and IFAD
The Steering Committee shall be responsible for overall
guidance and approval of annual workplans and budgets.
The Steering Committee shall meet at least once a year.
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Implementation Arrangement (Cont)
Technical committees will be set up as needed to assist
FIDAFRIQUE on specific issues, such as defining the
communication strategy; promotional, dissemination and
training materials, training programme, etc
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The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan
Some implementation principles
Tailor-made support:
The participation of projects in the implementation of
the network’s activities;
Proximity
The articulation of the Network’s interventions with
PROSUME, MCSP and the other IFAD regional
programmes;
The emphasis for the choice of service providers will be
laid on their expertise in the knowledge management
and network running field;
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The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan
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C 1: Network setting and Governance
Objectives
Draw up a communication strategy;
Put in place a functional Steering Committee in relation
with the network’s stakes and challenges;
Put in place a technical mechanism for the programme’s
management;
Characterize the offer of services in knowledge
management and innovation promotion in the different
countries of the WCA region.
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The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan
(cont)
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C2: Capacity Building and training
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A) intensify and extend the capacity-building programme
successfully carried out by FIDAfrique so far;
2 regional workshops on capitalization techniques: Country
KO; PC; PM&E, PCO (if applicable) and Consultants
 4 national trainings workshop in 4 countries : 2 francophones;
one anglophone and one lusophone
 Training workshops coupled with a follow-through at the
request of projects. FIDAFRIQUE will take up
support/counselling.
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The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan
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Strengthen the capacity of the project staff and
partners for an optimal use of the electronic
platform and information and communication
technologies (ICTs) for their networking.
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regional workshops (one francophone and one
anglophone) will be organized for the benefit of the
appropriate personnel at the level of the projects and
their partners.
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The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan
(cont)
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Component 3: knowledge collection and sharing
and communication:
Activity1: Cartography of resource centres and exchange
spaces
Activity 2 : support to the translation and dissemination of the
experience available within projects
Activity 3: Publication of vision papers and guides
Activity 4: Participation in the organization of the PA
innovations’ fair scheduled for June 2010.
Activity 5 : development of an interactive portal and web sites
for the projects
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The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan
(cont)
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C4: Support to Policy Dialogue
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A) put the knowledge collected from target groups
into a relevant synthesis for public policies;
Activity 1: Valorize knowledge drawn from the
projects’ experiences on rural entrepreneurship, fishing
as well as CDD approaches as a contribution to the
definition and implementation of relevant development
policies.
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The June 09-December 2010 Work Plan
(cont)
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C4: Support to Policy Dialogue
b) encourage dialogue focused on public policies to
contribute to the debate on possible means of action
against rural poverty, in collaboration with actors
such as the rural development platform in West and
Central Africa.
Activity 1: Strengthen the analysis and policy
monitoring/evaluation capacities
Producing and making information available
Training and capacity-building on Policies Analysis & evaluation
Activity 2: Strengthen capacities on the formulation of
policy briefs
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The June 09–December 2010 Work Plan
(cont)
C5: Network management and coordination
 a) plan out and maintain periodic interactions
with participants in the network
 Activity1:Training of regional coordination teams on network
running and management
 Activity2: Putting in place of national mechanisms for the
running of the network
b) Partnership devt for additional resource mobilisation
 design promotion activities and mobilize resources coming
from other donors to increase the network’s sustainability
 C) Ensure monitoring of the network strategic plan
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Current Activities
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First Steering Committee meeting already organised in
Dakar
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Designing the Communication Strategy
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Development of the new web portal: tenders has
published in Senegal, The Gambia, Cameroon and Kenya
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Survey to identify highly qualified KM service providers
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Preparation of the Capitalization training workhsops
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Workshops forseen by January 2010
Date
location
Capitalization October 26Dakar
for
29, 2009
francophone
Capitalization November 16 Abuja
for
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anglophone
Web and ICT
Anglophone
December 09
Accra or
Banjul
Web and ICT
Francophone
January 2010
Dakar
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target
PC, PM&E, PCO,
CKMO, Potential
Consultants
PC, PM&E, PCO,
CKMO, CBMTO,
potential
Consultants
Project will
nominate
appropriate staff
Project will
nominate
appropriate staff
observations
Information to
be launched
next week
To be
confirmed
To be
confirmed
What I expect you to do
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Feed back to your PC , M&EO, CO, head of the
Components of your project;
Preparation to attend the coming workshops both in
capitalization and web and ICT;
Discuss as IFAD projects in order to set a national
mechanism opened to other rural devt actors and
nominate a focal point;
Discuss on how you may organise a training workshop in
capitalisation at national level;
Participation/contribution to the KM service providers
and the communication strategy design surveys
(questionnaires);
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THANK YOU FOR
YOUR ATTENTION
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