1. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 1 The African European Platform on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD II) Paolo Sarfatti Director AGRINATURA-EEIG

2. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 2 Outline of the presentation Description of the project Funding instrument Project logic Results Synergies with other instruments Impact, Best Practices and Lessons Learned Recommendations

3. 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

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

5. 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

6. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 6 Background PAEPARD II is the follow-up of PAEPARD I a Specific Support Action funded by the FP6

7. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 7 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

8. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 8 Project logic: Innovation system paradigm Multi-stakeholder partnerships Agricultural Innovation food security, economic growth, environmental sustainability

9. Results: initial phase PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 9 Partners mutual understanding and trust built Project concepts and tools developed

10. Results: current phase PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 10 Stakeholders mobilisedInformation disseminatedPartnerships promoted and facilitatedProject approach advocated

11. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 11 Synergies with other instruments/projects FP7 Bio-Circle ERA-ARD II INSARD FSTP CGIAR/SSA-CP EIARD/Platforms FARA MDTF

12. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 12 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

13. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 13 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

14. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 14 Best Practice: Partnership facilitation Partnership inception Capacity Building Developing R&D proposals Research and innovation

15. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 15 Lessons learned (1/2) Developing stakeholders capacities requires time and investments (blockages: incentives, languages, information, capacities)

16. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 16 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)

17. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 17 Recommendations 1/2 Build capacities at all levels Build synergies of funding instruments Develop innovative types of funding instruments (pull mechanisms)

18. PAEPARD II - 17 June 2011 18 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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