1. Dejene Abesha, RED&FS Secretariat
Rural Economic Development and Food Security Sector Working Group (RED & FS SWG) : An Overview and Lessons learnt
National Coordination and Experience Sharing Forum (NCESF) for Food Security & Resilience Building Programs in Ethiopia
Dejene Abesha, RED&FS Secretariat
7th – 9th December, 2016

2. Presentation Outline
Bases for the Establishment of RED&FS SWG and Development of PIF
The PIF (The Ethiopian CAADP)
The RED&FS SWG:-Mandates and Structures
Modus Operands for operationalizing the RED&FS SWG
Success Stories
Challenges
Recommendations

3. Bases for the Establishment of RED&FS SWG
PARIS Declaration on Aid Effectiveness Principles
The Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)
The CAADP Compact signed in August 2009

4. The Agriculture Sector Policy and Investment Framework (PIF) and its associated roadmap
a) It is a detailed Ethiopian application of CAADP
Agriculture led growth
6% national average annual growth
10% of national budget allocation
Strategic framework for prioritization and planning of investments
b) The ten year roadmap ( ) to operationalize the PIF’s Objectives
Identifies our priority areas for investment with estimated budget
Details out indicators for PIF
C) An investment framework to help mobilize additional global, regional and national financial resources for the agriculture sector.

5. Goal and Development Objectives of the PIF
The Goal of the PIF is to ‘contribute to Ethiopia’s achievement of middle income status by 2025’
The Development Objective is to ‘sustainably increase rural incomes and national food security’

6. Thematic Pillars of the PIF
PIF is built around four thematic pillars 1. Productivity and production (Achieving a sustainable increase in agricultural production and productivity) 2. Rural commercialization (accelerating agri. commercialization and agro industry development) 3. Natural Resource Management (Reducing degradation and improve productivity of national resources) 4. Disaster Risk Management and Food Security (Achieving universal food security and reducing vulnerability)

7. RED&FS SWG Officially established by GoE and DPs in 2008
The apex platform that brings together GoE and DPs under the Five Technical Committees;
Agriculture Growth
Sustainable Land Management
Rural Job Opportunity Creation and Food Security
Livestock Production and Marketing
Animal Health and Feed Quality Control

8. Mandates of RED&FS SWG It is generally a platform for:
Sharing Information on Government policies, strategies and programs
Jointly reviewing sector level implementation
Coordinating & harmonizing efforts of various DPs supporting the sector
Promoting policy dialogue with Development Partners
Enhancing Aid Effectiveness in line with Paris Declaration

9. RED&FS SWG Architecture
Executive Committee
MoANR
RED&FS
Secretariat
RED&FS
Support Fund
Broad RED&FS
Platform
Cross-Sector
Working Group
Secretariat
RED&FS
M&E
Task Force
Animal Health Feed Quality Control TC
AG TC
SLM TC
RJOC&FS TC
LPM TC
AGP
SLMP
PSNP
DRSLP
RPLRP

10. Duties and Responsibilities of RED&FS SWG
Responsibilities of Ex-Com
Define vision of SWG
Monitor progress on priority areas of joint intervention
Provide guidance on the overall operation of the platform
oversee the implementation of TCs
Communicate policies, strategies and programs of the sector
Ensure coordination and alignment
Responsibilities of TCs
Oversee the implementation of Task Forces
Plan and implement action plans for the TCs
Monitor implementation of action plans set
Identify gaps in their respective TCs and seek solutions towards overcoming them
Mobilize resources for their respective TCs
Responsibilities of TFs (Working Groups)
Plan and implement action plan for Task forces

11. Duties and Responsibilities of RED&FS SWG
Responsibilities of Broader Platform
Discuss and seek guidance on policy, program and technical issues
Share information on policies, strategies, programmes and progress update on the SWG
Voice out issues of concern for future engagement
Responsibilities of REDFS Secretariat
Knowledge Management
Networking and Coordination
Communication
Programme Support

12. Modus Operands for Operationalizing REDFS SWG
Bi-monthly meetings of TCs
Quarterly meetings of Ex-Com
Bi-annual Meetings of Broader Platform
Joint Review and Implementation Support/JRIS
Annual Review Workshop
Bi-annual REDFS Newsletter
Mid-Term Review
Production of bi-annual REDFS Newsletter and web-based REDFS data

13. Success Stories
Alignment with Government policies, strategies & programmes
Joint planning for avoiding duplication of efforts & resource mis-use
Joint review and implementation support
Harmonized web-based data management/ Agriculture Investment Mapping
Documentation and knowledge sharing
Joint decision-making & joint evaluation
Basket funding

14. Challenges Harmonization Mutual accountability
Requires time
Needs to extend across many sectors
Variable levels of commitment
Mutual accountability
Issues of addressing decentralized process

15. Recommendations
Aligning with Government’s policies, strategies and programmes
Use existing country level mechanism for establishing platforms
Inclusiveness
Partnership commitment
Effective leadership

16. Thank You