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Annual Regional Policy Dialogues
Communications and
Policy Advocacy
Francis Hale
September 2009
policy@fanrpan.org
Outline
• Overview of FANRPAN
- Stakeholders
- Stakeholder expectations
• Communication Tools
- Publications
- Electronic/Digital Media
- Networking and engagements
- Multi-stakeholder Dialogue
• Advocacy Strategy
• Way Forward
Outline
• Overview of FANRPAN
- Network topography
- Membership
- our Stakeholders?
Who areMembership expectations
• Multi-stakeholder Dialogue
their
What are- Definition expectations?
- Characteristics
- Process
- Outputs
• Way Forward
Overview of FANRPAN
Government/Policy Makers
Farmers Organisations
Private Sector
Researchers/Policy Analysts
Technical Partners
Development Partners
Expectations
Media and Advocacy
Overview of FANRPAN
Policy Advice/Options/Evidence
Government/Policy Makers
to support policy development
Communications
Enabling policies – Production to
Farmers Organisations
Trade and Markets (Value Chain)
FANRPAN
Strategy
Enabling policies – Production to
Private Sector
Trade and Markets (Value Chain)
Researchers/Policy Analysts Platform for research,
Technical Partners analysis and dissemination
Development Partners Grant worthiness – track record
Rallying point for regional
Media and Advocacy
FANR news
Outline
• Overview of FANRPAN
- Network topography
- Membership
- Membership expectations
• Communication
Our Multi-stakeholder Dialogue Tools
- Definition
- Characteristics
- Process
- Outputs
• Way Forward
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – www.fanrpan.org
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – www.fanrpan.org
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – www.fanrpan.org
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – www.africaclimatesolution.org
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – www.africaclimatesolution.org
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – Where are we being viewed from?
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – www.africaclimatesolution.org
Africa-wide Civil Society Climate Change Initiative for Policy Dialogues (ACCID)
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – ACCID News Digest
• Weekly distribution of pertinent issues and developments
• Database of active recipients - +6 000 Africa and beyond
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Electronic/Digital Media – Compact Discs
– Case Studies
Malawi Success Stories and Evaluations
Social Protection, Targeting and Livelihoods – HVI Launches
- Events
Annual Regional Dialogues
National Dialogues and Country Round Tables
Project Launches, etc
- Tools
Household Vulnerability Index
Databases (Stakeholders, etc)
- Publications
Books
Research Studies
FANRPAN Communication Tools
Publications
– Policy Brief Series
– Newsletters
– Policy Advisory Notes
– Project Brochures
– Country Studies
Multi – Stakeholder Dialogues
An all-inclusive platform for discussion and
sharing of views with the ultimate goal of
generating resolutions.
– Equal participation by all
– Acceptance of different or divergent views
– Agenda is set by members
– Enables entry of research outputs into policy
– Information is shared freely
Multi – Stakeholder Dialogues
Process
NATIONAL LEVEL REGIONAL LEVEL
Ongoing Research Policy • Coordination of multi-country studies
Advisory • Synthesis of issues from Nodes
Studies National Into Agenda for Annual Regional Dialogue
Policy Process
Dialogues Issues for
Emerging Issues and • Network Administration and Development
FANR Policies Tracking (Periodic) Regional (Networking, Fund Raising, Membership drive)
Dialogue
Southern Africa Region
Across 12 Countries
(Representatives from all FANR
(All Members from Stakeholder Groups) Stakeholder Groups)
Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mauritius, • Farmers’ Organisations
Mozambique, Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland, Tanzania, • Governments
Zambia, Zimbabwe • Private Sector
• Researchers
• Development Partners
Annual Regional Dialogues 2001 - 9
YEAR THEME
2001: Agricultural policy making in Southern Africa: Issues and challenges
2002: Strengthening institutional capacity for policy research and analysis among
stakeholders in the SADC region
2003: Regional Stakeholder Meeting on Agricultural Recovery, Food Security and
Trade Policies in Southern Africa
2004: Policy strategies needed to promote permanent agricultural recovery and
productivity growth in the SADC region
2005: Creating a conducive policy environment for a food secure Southern Africa
2006: Creating a conducive policy environment for inputs intensification and
market development for increased production and productivity
2007: Meeting the demand for effective Food Agriculture and Natural Resources
Policy Analysis in Southern Africa
“Triggers” for Agricultural Growth in Southern Africa
2008: Regional Strategies for Addressing the Global Food Crisis
2009: True Contribution of Agriculture to Economic Growth and Poverty
Reduction in Southern Africa Maputo, Mozambique
Multi – Stakeholder Dialogues
Outputs
• Dialogue Proceedings and Resolutions
• Policy Recommendations
• Stakeholder development commitments
• Case Studies of success stories to facilitate best practice
transfer
• Agenda setting and coordinated next steps/way
forward
Outline
• Overview of FANRPAN
- Network topography
- Membership
- Membership expectations
• Multi-stakeholder Approach
Our AdvocacyDialogue
- Definition
- Characteristics
- Process
- Outputs
• Way Forward
Communication and Advocacy Teams
• Background
- Stakeholders working in silos
- Suspicion between state and non-state actors
Researchers, CSOs, Private Sector
? Government
• Way Forward
- Identification and mobilisation of eminent people
- Formation of thematic advocacy teams
- Engage in policy formulation processes
Networking and Project Engagements
UN/Global Engagements
1. Madrid, Spain High level Meeting on Food Security for All
2. Delhi, India Delhi Sustainable Development Summit
3. Paris Global Donor Platform for Rural Development
International Organisation
4. New York, USA Intergovernmental Preparatory Meeting – UNCSD
5. Copenhagen, Denmark Beyond Kyoto-Addressing the challenges of Climate
Change
6. Copenhagen, Denmark International Scientific Congress on Climate Change
7. Copenhagen, Denmark 30th Session on the Subsidiary body and UNFCC
Convention Subsidiary bodies
8. Bonn, Germany IFPRI Climate Change – CGIAR Science Forum
9. Washington DC Conference on Regional Integration and Africa Food
Security
10. Bonn, Germany IFPRI Climate Change Project Meeting
11. Iowa, USA World Food Prize
12. India, Thailand and China Australian Habitat Studies, International Executive Workshop
13. Caribbean The Caribbean Week of Agriculture
Networking and Project Engagements
Continental Engagements
1. NEPAD Offices World Bank/ NEPAD Work Program of the Sec General's High Level Task
Force on Food Security
2. Nairobi, Kenya ACCID Workshop: Post Poznan Conference, feedback and Training
3. Nairobi, Kenya COMESA Climate Workshop
4. Windhoek, Namibia African Agriculture in the 21st Century: Meeting the Challenges, Making a
Sustainable Green Revolution High level Meeting
5. Nairobi, Kenya AGRA Regional Markets Conference
6. Accra, Ghana FARA NSF 3 Annual Programme Planning Meeting
7. Midrand, South Africa CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
8. Lusaka, Zambia Regional Conservation Agriculture Tour
9. Accra, Ghana IFS / AWARD / CGIAR Proposal & Scientific Writing Training
10. Kadoma, Zimbabwe COMESA Climate Change Meeting
11. United Kingdom Media Tour on “Farming First” principles
12. New York, USA United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (17th CSD)
13. Nairobi, Kenya AGRA International conference on market development and poverty
alleviation
14. Nairobi, Kenya Pre – AMCEN and AMCEN
15. Libya 13th AU Summit, 18th Ordinary Session
Networking and Project Engagements
Regional Engagements
1. Lilongwe, Malawi Meeting with the President H.E Bingu wa Mutharika
2. Lusaka, Zambia RUFORUM Ministerial Meeting
3. Harare, Zimbabwe SDC Workshop on Food Security
4. Pretoria, South Africa Node Coordinators’ Common Vision Meeting
5. Durban, South Africa SACAU Policy Dialogue and AGM
6. Johannesburg, South Africa Hyper Endemic Pillar Working Group Meeting
7. Lusaka, Zambia COMESA Climate Change Partners Meeting
8. Johannesburg, South Africa IDASA Public Expenditure and Smallholder Agriculture workshop
9. Gaborone, Botswana SADC – REDD
10. Livingstone, Zambia ACTESA Workplan and CAADP Compact Workshop
11. Nairobi, Kenya Kenya Private Sector Alliance Conference on Environment
12. Johannesburg, South Africa CSO – PAP Dialogue
13. Vic. Falls, Zimbabwe COMESA Policy Organs meeting and Summit of Heads of
State and Government
14. Zambia IFS AWARD Training
15. Pretoria, South Africa HSRC Seminar Series - Darfur: The problem and the way out of it
16. Namibia CropLife East and Southern Africa Hub Meeting
17. Pretoria, South Africa FANRPAN Partners’ Meeting
Outline
• Overview of FANRPAN
- Network topography
- Membership
FANRPAN Awards
- Membership expectations
• Multi-stakeholder Dialogue
Celebrating Success, Sharing Best Practices
- Definition
- Characteristics
- Process
- Outputs
• Way Forward
FANRPAN Food Security Policy Leadership Award
• Inaugural Winner 2008 – His Excellency. Dr. Bingu wa Mutharika – President of the Republic of Malawi
Thank You
