PAEPARD II - 17 June The African European Platform on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD II) Paolo Sarfatti Director AGRINATURA-EEIG

PAEPARD II - 17 June Outline of the presentation Description of the project Funding instrument Project logic Results Synergies with other instruments Impact, Best Practices and Lessons Learned Recommendations

Specific objective To facilitate enhanced, more equitable, more demand-driven and mutually beneficial collaboration of Africa and Europe… …on agricultural research for development… …with the aim of attaining the Millennium Development Goals 3 PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011

Activities Mobilisation of European and African stakeholders Information & Communication Capacity Building Facilitation of Innovation Partnerships Advocacy. 4 PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011

Partners Africa FARA PAFFO (EAFF, SACAU, ROPPA, PROPAC) FANRPAN RUFORUM Europe EFARD Agrinatura (CIRAD, IAO, NRI) COLEACP CSA ICRA 5 PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 Associated partners: CTA, SADC/FANR, ASARECA, CORAF, PanAAC, SSA-NGOC

PAEPARD II - 17 June Background PAEPARD II is the follow-up of PAEPARD I a Specific Support Action funded by the FP6

PAEPARD II - 17 June Funding Instrument Food Security Thematic Programme (FSTP) aims to improve food security in favour of the poorest and the most vulnerablefood security based on the EU Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI)Development Cooperation Instrument (DCI) addresses food security at global, continental and regional levels

PAEPARD II - 17 June Project logic: Innovation system paradigm Multi-stakeholder partnerships Agricultural Innovation food security, economic growth, environmental sustainability

Results: initial phase PAEPARD II - 17 June Partners mutual understanding and trust built Project concepts and tools developed

Results: current phase PAEPARD II - 17 June Stakeholders mobilisedInformation disseminatedPartnerships promoted and facilitatedProject approach advocated

PAEPARD II - 17 June Synergies with other instruments/projects FP7 Bio-Circle ERA-ARD II INSARD FSTP CGIAR/SSA-CP EIARD/Platforms FARA MDTF

PAEPARD II - 17 June Monitoring & Evaluation helping in managing the project in an efficient and effective way understanding if it is achieving the expected outcomes Lessons learned constitute a collective learning process

PAEPARD II - 17 June Impact New Knowledge: on multi-stakeholder partnerships for agricultural innovation processes on different stakeholders’ drivers for engaging in agricultural research and development More favourable environment: Stakeholders expectations raised

PAEPARD II - 17 June Best Practice: Partnership facilitation Partnership inception Capacity Building Developing R&D proposals Research and innovation

PAEPARD II - 17 June Lessons learned (1/2) Developing stakeholders capacities requires time and investments (blockages: incentives, languages, information, capacities)

PAEPARD II - 17 June Lessons learned (2/2) Civil Society and Private Sector organisations question how their problems are translated into research topics Importance of new types of professionals (agricultural innovation facilitators)

PAEPARD II - 17 June Recommendations 1/2 Build capacities at all levels Build synergies of funding instruments Develop innovative types of funding instruments (pull mechanisms)

PAEPARD II - 17 June Recommendations 2/2 Set the right incentives for research Develop I&C targeted for non- research stakeholders Simplify rules (e.g. reporting, administrative, etc.)

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