1. Country Programming Framework (CPF): some lessons from RLC Salomón Salcedo Senior Policy Officer, RLC ECP Workshop Ankara, September 25-29, 2012

2. Lesson 1: Not an easy exercise… FAO’s mandate deals with more than one Ministry A single Ministry will present a shopping list of “priorities” for FAO’s technical assistance How to prioritize? How can we make sure that the government will co-lead the exercise? What do we do when government officials change constantly? CPF preparation requires knowledge on Results-Based Management; not much expertise in FAO.

3. Lesson 2: adjust to specific country situation FAO Can it be done just with the help of a consultant? Belize, St Kitts & Nevis (National correspondants) A programming mission required? Peru, Haiti, Mexico FAO Country office does everything with RLC’s follow up by “Skype” Brasil, El Salvador Government Ministry of Agriculture or Ministry of Foreign Affairs?

4. Lesson 3: Be specific in TORs / end product

5. What should a CPF look like? I. Preamble (1 pp) II. Introduction (1-2 pp) III. Situation analysis (2-3 pp) IV. FAO’s comparative advantages and priority areas (3-5 pp) V. Programming for results (4-6 pp) VI. Implementation arrangements and M&E (2-3 pp) Compulsory annexes CPF Priority Matrix CPF Results Matrix (A &B) CPF M&E Plan Review of the history of FAO presence in the country (past and ongoing activities) Review of major programs, laws and policies in FAO-mandated areas Detailed analysis of country-level comp. advantages of FAO and other development partners CPF Resource Mobilization Strategy / Action Plan

6. Lesson 4: Govt’s will take more time than expected But that’s OK. Their participation is what matters

7. Lesson 5: Prioritizing, one of the two most difficult exercises Possible prioritization criteria: 1.FAO’s capacities and comparative advantage in the country 2.Alignment with key government programs 3.Contributes to Organizational Results (and to OOs) 4.Probability to mobilize resources 5.Favorable national / regional context 6.Scope of impact (national level?) / direct relation to the MDGs 7.Time to perceive impacts

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9. Lesson 6: Programming for results, the other most difficult exercise Need a RBM expert And technical officers’ knowledge High quality results matrices can only be prepared by teams: government technical focal points, country office, technical officers, and RBM specialist.

10. Lesson 7: FAOR / Assistant FAOR’s commitment... the most important factor