ENRAP: How can it Support IFAD Projects? Shalini Kala, ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop February 2004, Manila, Philippines

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 2 “The exploding capacity and plummeting costs of communications technology greatly expand the potential for both the acquisition and absorption of knowledge, creating new opportunities for two-way information flows.” World Development Report, 1998/99 “Knowledge for Development”

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 3 ENRAP Background ENRAP – a learning process Strategy of knowledge networking Progress made and Challenges

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 4 Background What is ENRAP? A Knowledge networking project to facilitate reciprocal exchange of knowledge between IFAD projects and better dissemination of lessons learned What is the goal? To address rural poverty through strategic intervention and application of ICTs Where does it work? With IFAD projects in selected countries of Asia/Pacific Who are the promoters?

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 5 Coverage: countries/projects/organizations Direct support for 8 countries in the region (India, Nepal, Pakistan, Philippines, Sri Lanka, Laos, Vietnam and China) IFAD projects in other countries are invited to participate with their own funding Related organizations are most welcome

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 6 ENRAP- a learning process ENRAP I Impact: Recognition of the necessity to capture and share local knowledge and good practices Learning: While “hardware/connectivity” is the enabler, the spirit of sharing is the key Response: ENRAP II, Modified design with more focused goals and objectives

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 7 Some ICT initiatives in ENRAP I Website training in Singapore Multimedia guide on pruning of lime and orange trees, Sri Lanka Local language newsletter for farmers, Mindanao project, Philippines Self-help group assessment manual on the Internet in Marathi and English, India Database of regional development initiatives, India Knowledge mapping training for project staff, India Training for Internet use ENRAP website

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 8 ENRAP II Goal: Improve impact of IFAD-funded projects through strengthening and deepening of knowledge sharing networks

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 9 Objectives Assess and strengthen current technical networking capacity of projects Build and expand the capacity of project staff and stakeholders – including CBOs, NGOs and line agencies in the use of electronic media Develop local, national and regional networks for sharing knowledge, experiences and best practices Design and test innovative technical and institutional models demonstrating effective use of ICTs for rural development

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 10 First objective on connectivity Each project should be properly connected – to set minimum standard Projects are expected to invest significantly in computer equipment and access to Internet Innovative funding methods will be used (matching of investments in ICT) At least 3-4 persons per project should be trained in information management sharing Project stakeholders should be connected

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 11 Second Objective on capacity building… …of project stakeholders to use ICT for knowledge sharing Information Management training for better communication at national level Training on Web site design and management of on-line discussions Will use train-the-trainer approach

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 12 Within-project networks Initiated and lead by the project management unit or project stakeholder Linking project stakeholders including line agencies and collaborating institutions Focus on use of local language Conducting knowledge mapping - finding where information/ knowledge exists Stimulating discussion and knowledge exchanges Organizing stakeholders training

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 13 National Networks Initiated/coordinated by one of the country projects - ‘Champions’ or lead projects Stimulating exchange of Knowledge between IFAD projects (e-discussions, meetings) and resource institutions Promote use of locally preferred language Organizing training

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 14 Regional network Lead by ‘Champions’ who can commit time and efforts “Train-the-Trainers” regional workshop Feeding ENRAP website On-line discussions coordinated by regional coordinator

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 15 Innovative models Will be done by selected projects for demonstration Combination of new and traditional methods to disseminate knowledge projects could experiment with telecentres Experiment with community radio, etc CBNRM – collaboration with IDRC on web-based tools

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 16 Strategy Support Projects in improving: Access : Connectivity, Staff capacity Documentation : Project stories, staff capacity, tools Dissemination : ENRAP website, Newsletters, ENRAP list Knowledge networks : ENRAP list, links to knowledge resources, national and regional meetings

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 17 Progress Made Assessing and strengthening connectivity – REAP- Sri Lanka, Laos, SEWA India and Pakistan Capacity building for project staff – Laos, Philippines, India, Nepal, Vietnam, Pakistan Building and strengthening networks National meeting - India, China, Pakistan & now Philippines ENRAP network - Resource persons (China, India, other), Newsletters, Project visits, Website

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 18 Challenge Trigger knowledge sharing and exchange between projects and their stakeholders Building commitment for use of ICTs Connectivity, access to internet – enabling environment Information exchange among projects – content and language

ENRAP II Philippines National Workshop, February 2004, Manila 19 Future actions ENRAP to send workshop report within 15 days CHARM to send proposal within one week ENRAP to send on ENRAP-Philippines list in 3 days WMCIP to send Lakewood and NEDA proposal after review within 15 days Send telecentre information to NEDA and CHARM– 15days LAOS connectivity information to Nestor on status – 15 days Ricoh to give MSSRF movie CDS to NMCIREMP, NEDA, ANGOC, Lakewood, CHARM, ICRAF – 15 days ENRAP to give proposal feedback to NMCIREMP – 15 days Stories to be submitted: At least 1 by NMCIREMP within 15 days At least 2 by CHARM within a month At least 2 by WMCIP within a month Participants to send expense requisitions by coming monday