CDD: latest �fad� or the logical evolution of development

							Informal Workshop on Community-
Driven Development (CDD) in WCA




                     Introductory Remarks


            Mohamed Béavogui, Director, Africa 1, IFAD
    CDD is a strong strategic pillar to “enable the
    rural poor to overcome their condition”
   Strengthen the capacity of the rural poor and
    their organizations, and improve the pro-poor
    focus of rural development policies and
    institutions:
       Work with partners to improve service delivery and
        decentralized decision-making
       Continued investment in CDD and monitoring of
        experience
       Development and promotion of participatory M&E
       Knowledge sharing with regional and national
        partners and effective grassroots strengthening
        investments
                         CDD in an Evolving Context…
   Internal Context:
       Involvement in CDD-Local Development Projects seven years
        ago: time to take stock
       Hub to foster policy change and regional integration,
        Fidafrique to improve Knowledge generation and sharing
       Field Presence, PBAS, RIMS: How would these processes
        translate at field / community levels?
   External Context:
       Constructive tension between Globalization and
        Decentralization;
       Articulation between the Global, Regional, National
        Institutions and Community / Citizens Institutions;
       New intervention frameworks: NEPAD, PRSP, MDBS, SWAPs…
        should CDD be one of the main processes?
       Many peer institutions are working on CDD
       Key issue: how to make these processes “empowering”?
                                 Why This Workshop?
   Share the Lessons:
       Field Perspective: Review of 5 projects, country
        participants, regional actors…
       Peers’ Perspective: World Bank, CIRAD, Council of
        Europe…
       Internal Perspective: Regional Divisions, Technical
        Division, Policy, Resource Mobilization, Evaluation…
   Foster Partnerships:
       Develop a common vision;
       Implement coherent interventions;
       Solve problems and inconsistencies;
       Learn Together
   Improve the Knowledge base: key issues…
     Key Issues for Your Consideration…

   There is not much point in engaging in CDD if
    we shy away from the governance values of
    equity, efficiency, and stability… but how to
    measure progress?
   How to make sure bottom-up processes (CDD)
    and top-down processes (decentralisation)
    meet somewhere?
   CDD is not cheap: is it cost effective? How to
    measure governance?
   What are the changes to foster in our own
    operational processes? Are they empowering?
   How to foster partnerships and linkages?
      Expected Results of the Workshop
   Have a better understanding and internalization
    to build a common vision, a renewed approach
    and adapted operational mechanisms;
   Develop an approach that is well articulated
    with IFAD’s mandate, and at the same time
    reflecting the evolving concerns of our country
    and development partners;
   Identify areas for collaboration, partnerships,
    innovation, R&D
   Devise Mechanisms to upscale CDD operations
    and enhance impact

   Concrete Approach and Plan of Action to be
    implemented in the coming three years…