Fundraisers group meeting Dec in Amman (side event of WLE Science Focal Point Meeting) Participants: Alison De Luise, Bioversity Catherine Watson, ICRAF Rima Dabbach, ICARDA Pamela George, Worldfish Victor Mares, CIP Kristina de Roing, IITA Mireille Perrin, IWMI IFPRI and CIAT unable to attend ILRI and ICRISAT did not respond

3 main objectives for this meeting: Establish a community of practice - build trust - learn from each other - greater clarity from CO on funding Identify a framework for collective fundraising for WLE - are there opportunities for joint fundraising? - what are the conditions for us to work together for WLE fundraising? Discuss communication and marketing - need success stories - what impacts is WLE delivering?

Community of practice – an informal network for sharing and learning Principles: No coordinator – collegial list Try to share where there is clear win-win No-one gets offended if we say ‘no’ Open the community to fundraisers in other centres At some point in 2014, check whether this is working/useful Objectives Share documents Share procedures, policies, etc Share information on events, opportunities Reach out to other fundraisers for advice, question, etc

Framework for collective fundraising Positive working dynamic – Building trust and transparency – Openness of lead centre – Good working relationships – both fundraisers and researchers Clearly defined activity with start and end date – Evaluate at end to see what worked and did not work Benefits outweigh costs (is the investment worth it?) – Financial (threshold amount) – Non-financial benefits as well Clear understanding/expectations of contribution of each partner/centre – ToRs of roles and responsibilities upfront – “Pre-teaming agreement” Clear advantage of working as a group – Across discipline and regions – Does working together increase the chances of success Focus on, and prioritise strategic areas/needs of WLE and at the same time remain opportunistic

WLE focal regions: opportunity to leverage W1+2 funding where our interests and activities overlap IWMIICRAFIITABioversityWorldfishCIPICARDA Western Africa XX ?XxXx- South AsiaXX -Xx -- Southeast Asia XX XXXx X East AfricaXX XxxxXxxx LACXXXXx- - Southern Africa Xx - -- Central AsiaXx --X Middle Eastx-----Xx

Communications and marketing Need simple stories which show impacts WLE high level elevator pitch? Videos, 2-pagers WLE comms contact point: Michael Victor WLE Agblog, monthly updates, websites, etc.