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on Agricultural Research for DevelopmentEFARD
Judith Ann Francis, Executive SecretaryPrague, 30th November 2016
EFARD MT reportNovember 2015-2016
08/02/2010
Strategic Objectives• To encourage dialogue between European ARD
stakeholders for promoting awareness, innovative approaches and partnerships for ARD (Europe)
• To support global ARD initiatives within the framework of GFAR and the GCARD process (Global)
• To promote inter-regional partnerships and collaborative ARD activities for joint research initiatives, capacity strengthening and greater impact (Inter-regional)
08/02/2010
Management&Coordination• EFARDMT:2015- 2017
– PatrickVanDaame,Chair– JudithFrancis,ExecutiveSecretary– AnnWaters-Bayer,Vice-chair– MuratSartas,member– AndreStucki,member(resignedOctober,2016)– JuergenAnthofer– member(resignedOctober,2016)
SupportedbyEFARDIntern,LaurianneOlivier(April2016–Present)
08/02/2010
Management&Coordination(2)• MTmeetings:Teleconferencesand1facetoface• RegularupdatessharedwithEFARDmembers• Finalized&circulatedEFARDdiscussionpaperon
agriculture/nutrition&Reportof2015EFARDAnnualmeeting• ConclusionofGFAR(FAO)/EFARDLetterofAgreement• ImplementationofPAEPARDproject– SurveyofPAEPARDULP
&EUengagement• TAPGlobalTaskForceonCapacityDevelopmenton
AgriculturalInnovationSystems(tele/skypeandface-to-face)• GCARD3– Johannesburg,April2016• UpdateofEFARDwebsite;ProfilingEFARDmembers
08/02/2010
GCARD3• EFARDwaswellrepresented– Chair,VC,ESandmembers
– ScalingupandoutwasdiscussedinEFARD2015.Newmethodologiesforidentifyingscalingusecasesandmoreresearchanddialoguewithexpertsandpotentialbeneficiariesforfine-tuningthescalingexercises.
• EFARDleadershiponTheme1– FromResearchtoImpact– Assembletheingredientstomakeandserveanicepieceofcake
• (short)Debatescalingup,out…notonlyrhetorical:buttoaccountforthefactthatchangedoesnotonlyproceedbyextrapolatingsomelocalsuccessstorieseverywhere;developmentisnotalinearprocess;tensionsexistbetweenscalingupandimpactatscale,learningtoscaleandlearningwhilescalingandaccountability(ofstakeholdersandtopartnersandgovernmentetc)
• Throughcasestudiesandglobalinitiatives- whatshouldbetakenintoaccountinordergotoscale;firstidentifytheexpectedambitionatthelevelwewanttoimpact,IdentifyConditionsrightfromthedesignoftechnology:partnership,capacitybuilding,monitoringandevaluationandlearning
08/02/2010
GCARD3• Priorities- Foodandnutritionsecurity,climatechange,greeneconomy/non-
renewableenergy,jobs/newbusinessopportunities
• Impact(economic,environmental,social)isimportantatalllevels;local,national,regional,global.Wemustimpactonsmallholderfarmers.
• Scaling-up(knowthetippingpoints?Canweidentify?WESHOULDPLAN)– What– research,process,outputs(e.g.technologies)– How– alignment&partnershipse.g.research&civilsociety,policy,
academia;siteintegration,countrycoordination,capacitydevelopment,communication
– M&E– document(success &failure).
• Keywords– Research,innovation,partnerships,capacitybuilding,learning,communication,accountability
08/02/2010
IncreaseEFARDvisibility
EFARD social mediaBetter management of EFARD member
Become member on EFARD linkedIn Group
Possibility for exchange among EFARD members via online discussion
08/02/2010
EFARD2016AnnualMeeting
RoundTable YoungProfessionals
15December2016
08/02/2010
EFARD2016– 2017WorkProg.• EFARDNewManagementTeam• NewHostforExecutiveSecretariat• FinalizePAEPARDProject– (ULPstudy;communication
projects)• AnnualMeeting2017(Venue?)• LeadershiproleforEFARD(EUhasaskedforcoherence&
guidanceonresearchpriorities;moredevelopmentimpact)• KeyThinkTank– Leadpapers????