CTA Annual Report Administrative Services Budget and Human Resources

60 CTA Annual Report 2003 Administrative Services, Budget and Human Resources Development ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, BUDGET AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT In 2003 CTA continued its recruitment campaign, launched in 2002, in accordance with the provisions laid out in the Strategic Plan 2001–2005. It recruited two programme coordinators – one an information technology expert to work on internal information systems and the other to coordinate the new Science and Technology portal and network. The Centre also recruited a new Manager of the Accounting Services and Financial Control Unit. The ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors lays down the rules for the adoption of the budget; the financial year starts on 1 January and ends on 31 December. The proportion of the budget allocated to running costs (Titles I and II) and operational costs (Title III) is targeted at 40% (maximum) for the former and 60% (minimum) for the latter. In the 2003 budget, the ratio was 39.6% to 60.4%, respectively, following a decision made by the trustees to place operational missions under Title II, instead of Title III. Budget CTA’s financial resources are provided by the European Development Fund (EDF) to which all EU Member States contribute. In its Strategic Plan the Centre introduced its budgetary provisions for the years 2001 to 2005 (see Table 1). Training In Title I of the budget relating to staff expenses, the item for training costs was kept at the same level as 2002 – e120,000. Table 1: CTA budget forecast, 2001–2005 (in e’000) Title Titles I and II Title III Total 2001 5,200 8,200 13,400 2002 5,500 8,300 13,800 Year 2003 5,500 8,600 14,100 2004 5,500 8,800 14,300 2005 5,700 9,000 14,700 Total 27,400 42,900 70,300 Table 2: CTA budget for 2003 (in e’000) Income EDF contribution Other income Total Budget allocation Title I – Staff costs Title II – Running costs Title III – Operational programme costs Total 4,585 1,521 8,774 14,880 30.8 10.2 59.0 100 Amount 14,700 180 14,880 Percentage 98.8 1.2 100 61 CTA Annual Report 2003 Administrative Services, Budget and Human Resources Development Supervisory structure of CTA ACP-EU Council of Ministers ACP Council of Ministers EU Council of Ministers ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors ACP Committee of Ambassadors Committee of the Permanent Representatives to the EU (COREPER) ACP Sub-Committee on Sustainable Development ACP Group of the COREPER ACP Secretariat Advisory Committee European Commission Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA) ACP-EC Cotonou Agreement Organisational structure of CTA DIRECTOR PLANNING AND CORPORATE SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, BUDGET AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT BRUSSELS OFFICE ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND FINANCIAL CONTROL INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT (ICM) SKILLS AND SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT 62 CTA Annual Report 2003 Administrative Services, Budget and Human Resources Development CTA personnel, 2003 OFFICE OF THE DIRECTOR Carl B. Greenidge Director Helen Oguli Executive Secretary PLANNING AND CORPORATE SERVICES (P&CS) Ibrahim Khadar Manager Christine Webster Deputy Manager Gesa Wesseler Programme Coordinator/Cross-cutting Issues Vincent Fautrel Programme Coordinator/Planning Bede Key Programme Coordinator/IT Lola Visser-Mabogunje Project Assistant Deborah Kleinbussink Senior Administrative Assistant ADMINISTRATIVE SERVICES, BUDGET AND HUMAN RESOURCES DEVELOPMENT (ASBHRD) Jean-Claude Burguet Manager Julia Nijhof Senior Administrative Assistant Ingeborg Dolfing * ** Secretary Thomas Mendo-Essiane Messenger Bandjoura Samoura Driver Irene Prins * ** Mail/Archives Marguerite Robbertsen * Receptionist Walter Krabbenborg * Caretaker * ** Appointed under local contract Recruited in 2003 BRUSSELS OFFICE Wouter Sikkens Head ACCOUNTING SERVICES AND FINANCIAL CONTROL UNIT Sunita Millon ** Manager Antoinette Senou Senior Administrative Assistant INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT (IPSD) André Vugayabagabo Manager (Acting) Vivienne Oguya ** Programme Coordinator/Decentralised Information Chantal Guiot Programme Coordinator/Co-Publications Anna Sherwood Programme Coordinator/Institutional Publications Murielle Vandreck Programme Coordinator/Publications Distribution Jenessi Matturi Project Assistant Anne Legroscollard Senior Administrative Assistant Mirjam Hoek Secretary Marianne Broekhuizen * Secretary Yasmina Hadji * Secretary COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CCSD) Oumy Ndiaye Manager José Fonseca Senior ProgrammeCoordinator/Regional Organisations and Networks Kevin Painting Senior Programme Coordinator/ICT Isolina Boto Programme Coordinator/ Communication Channels Aboubacar Koda-Traoré Programme Coordinator/Library Giacomo Rambaldi ** Programme Coordinator/Regional Organisations and Networks Lucie Scheepers Project Assistant Marceline Ngala-Mianda Senior Secretary Hildreth John-Charles Secretary INFORMATION AND COMMUICATION MANAGEMENT (ICM) SKILLS AND SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT (ICMSSD) Thierry Doudet Manager Ibrahim Tiemogo Senior Programme Coordinator/Partnerships Judith Ann Francis ** Senior Programme Coordinator/Science and Technology Rodger Obubo Programme Coordinator/Training Uzo Klein Leugemors-Ezeunala Project Assistant Armelle Degrave Senior Secretary Evelyne Kort-Nerinx * Secretary STAFF MEMBERS WHO LEFT CTA IN 2003 Dorothy Mukhebi, Programme Coordinator/Decentralisation of Information, IPSD Jacqueline Schreurs, Mail Archives, ASBHRD * 63 CTA Annual Report 2003 Administrative Services, Budget and Human Resources Development Table 3: CTA budget for operational programmes, 2003 (in e’000) Programme Information Products and Services Publishing in print and electronic format ICT-based information services Distribution of publications Decentralisation of information services Miscellaneous Total Communication Channels and Services Strengthening networks (especially at regionel level) Internet-based dialogue and information exchange Locations-based seminars and other communications services Miscellaneous Total Information and Communication Management (ICM) Skills and Systems ICM training ICM support to partner organisations Support to development of science and technology component Miscellaneous Total Planning and Corporate Services Research, consultations and evaluations Internal information technology network Miscellaneous Total Amount 1,278 307 1,059 584 42 3,270 822 534 1,250 5 2,611 Percentage 37.3 29.8 1,188 900 250 25 2,363 460 50 20 530 26.9 6.0 In addition to the languages programme, CTA launched a programme on the setting up and use of new software to be used for integrating the project management system with the accounts system. The Centre also responded to the need for training in project cycle management, to ensure the proper preparation and review of projects. Public relations CTA will be 20 years old in 2004. Preparations to celebrate the event began in 2003. The celebrations started with the annual seminar, held this year in Arnhem, The Netherlands, and will culminate on 4 June 2004, after the annual meeting of the Centre’s Advisory Committee. With this milestone in mind, and to take account of CTA’s new mandate and its growing number of partners and beneficiaries, it was decided to develop a new PR strategy. This would cover not only raising the Centre’s profile in ACP and international contexts, but also giving it a new visual image. We called on the services of a PR consultant, who spent some time during the year consulting with CTA staff and partners and producing an initial draft on the steps to be taken. Work on the PR strategy will continue in 2004. Finance The CTA accounts are checked annually by two auditors, one nominated by the EU and the other by the ACP Group. The auditors’ report for 2002 64 CTA Annual Report 2003 Administrative Services, Budget and Human Resources Development was sent to the trustees at the end of November 2003. The 2003 audit will start once CTA has sent the necessary documents to the auditors (before 31 March 2004). The evolution of CTA’s annual expenditure since 1999 is shown in Table 4. Table 4: Annual expenditure, 1999–2003 (in e’000) Year 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Amount 11,645 11,420 12,140 12,747 13,293 CTA ADVISORY COMMITTEE The CTA Advisory Committee provides technical and scientific advice to CTA’s Director. It consists of 30 members, 15 of whom represent the ACP Group of States and 15 the EU Member States. Representatives of the European Commission, the Secretariat of the EU Council of Ministers and the ACP General Secretariat attend as observers. The Committee’s Annual Meeting is normally held in June. It is preceded in April by a preparatory meeting of its Restricted Group; this Group also meets in October to follow up matters arising from the Committee’s Annual Meeting. At this year’s 18th Annual Meeting (3–6 June), the following members were elected to office: Chairperson: Vice Chairperson: Restricted Group: Mrs H. Boulkou (Greece) Mr H.O. Fa’anunu (Tonga) Dr M. Schnitzer (Austria) Dr J.R. Espaillat (Dominican Republic) Professor E. Pehu (Finland) Mr I. Oumarou (Niger) The Committee adopted the Draft Report of its 17th Meeting held in June 2002. It also accepted the CTA Annual Report 2002 as well as the reports of the Restricted Group meetings in September/October 2002 and April 2003. The meeting reviewed progress on the Centre’s activities during 2003 and considered the Draft Programme of Activities for 2004. It made recommendations on the Draft Programme of Activities for 2004 and these were submitted, together with the Draft Budget for 2004, to the ACP-EU Committee of Ambassadors in July. On 20–21 October the Restricted Group met in Wageningen to review the progress of CTA’s 2003 Programme, to discuss follow-up action on the recommendations made at the June meeting and to prepare for its meeting in April 2004. On the afternoon of 21 October, after their meeting, the members of the Restricted Group went on to attend the CTA annual Rapporteurs: 65 CTA Annual Report 2003 CTA Advisory Committee seminar on ‘Information support for sustainable soil fertility management’, held in Arnhem from 21 to 24 October. In what ways over the past 3 years do you think CTA’s activities have contributed to achieving the objectives of its Strategic Plan 2001–2005? There are four distinct factors that have characterised the Centre’s operations over the past 3 years, all of them in line with the objectives of the Strategic Plan 2001–2005: • high priority being given to information flows to support policy-making; • emphasis placed on ICM capacity building; • criteria developed for selecting partners; • using cross-cutting issues to help determine activities. Many other initiatives have been undertaken, including devising intervention strategies for the regional networks, broadening the cooperation with other international agencies, and continuing to operationalise the Strategic Plan objectives. I would like to highlight the emphasis on ICM. Although the potential of ICTs is widely acknowledged in terms of performance, it is less Interview with Mrs H. Boulkou, Chairperson of the Advisory Committee CTA interviewed Mrs Boulkou, via e-mail, while she was the Committee Chairperson. How long have you been associated with CTA? My association with CTA dates back to 1985, when I paid a visit to the Centre. People had just started launching their programmes, and there were many facilities lacking. But there was a sense of commitment. I remember how excited people were about the Question-and-Answer Service that would soon be available to a broad range of ACP recipients. People felt they were contributing to the support of small farmers. Two years later I started working directly with CTA through joint programmes. Let me mention just one. In 1989, my Ministry (the Ministry of Agriculture, in Greece), the European Commission and CTA co-organised a bi-annual training course on adjusting extension approaches to suit the needs of ACP women smallholders. CTA has a long history of being pro-active on gender issues. After all these years of fruitful cooperation I rejoice in the Centre’s 20th Anniversary. My wish is that CTA will continue to provide services to the people who are in need of them with the same commitment and effectiveness. The challenges facing people in the agricultural sectors in ACP countries, in a rapidly changing international environment, make such a commitment imperative. The CTA Advisory Committee Meeting in June 2003, showing Mr C.B. Greenidge (Director, CTA) and Mrs H. Boulkou (Greece, and Chairperson of the Advisory Committee) 66 CTA Annual Report 2003 CTA Advisory Committee clear what the role of ICM is and how it will contribute to growth. CTA has been very pro-active is sensitising other development agencies to the importance of ICM. In your view, to what extent has CTA contributed to current debates on such issues as genetically modified organisms (GMOs), trade, fisheries, soil conservation, HIV/AIDS, poverty reduction strategies, and food security? I am not familiar with all the debates you refer to. I do, however, have some knowledge about the trade and soil conservation debates, having attended the two recent CTA annual seminars. I was impressed in these seminars by the variety of views expressed and the information shared. Many aspects of these sectors were highlighted in such a way as to give detailed insight into their character. Also, the policy dimension aspect was strongly emphasised. CTA’s important input into these debates derives from the way it looks at the multi-dimensionality of the topic and the challenges facing each sector, as well as at the links between the sectors. The same goes for CTA’s activities in relation to food security and poverty reduction strategies. One point is worth mentioning here: access to land and other productive sources, an imperative for food security and poverty reduction, is an issue which is constantly evident in the activities of CTA’s departments; the Centre is making a valuable contribution in this area. Given your particular interest in issues relating to women, youth and other vulnerable groups in developing countries, to what extent do you think these issues have been addressed in CTA’s activities? I think that these groups, greatly in need of support, do receive their fair share in terms of the Centre’s activities. What is important, though, is to develop flexible mid- and long-term strategies to address the specific needs of these groups. We must be aware that the different contexts in which these groups live call for different actions – there is no homogeneity here. So, rather than formulating a rigid long-term strategy, CTA should be prepared to absorb new trends into its planned activities. As women and other vulnerable groups happen to be ‘the topic’ of the current development agenda, there are good opportunities to work collaboratively with other bilateral or multilateral agencies in this area. As regards youth, people are aware of the devastating impact of HIV/AIDS and other pandemics on agricultural labour, but few agencies explore the specific impact on young farmers. There are, of course, many other factors apart from health that affect their performance in agriculture, but the health issue needs addressing particularly urgently. Other needs, related specifically to ICT and ICM capacity building, as well as to vocational training and farmer experimentation, are also important. By placing the focus on youth, CTA is moving in the right direction. The challenge it faces now is how to effectively integrate this concept into its programmes and activities. Over the next few years CTA will concentrate on consolidating the approaches and activities initiated over the past 3 years. To which themes and topics, in your opinion, should the Centre give priority? Because of the significance of each topic and the links between them, I don’t think I can comment on current or future priorities. However, given the experience gained by CTA in the area of trade, and the importance of this issue for the future of ACP countries, I should like to see this 67 CTA Annual Report 2003 CTA Advisory Committee emphasis continued. Support to trade should cover all aspects: market structures, access to markets, compliance with technical standards, effective participation in bilateral and multilateral negotiations, strengthening institutions, supporting farmers’ organisations, and so on. The Strategic Plan provides for a broad range of issues to be tackled. Environment via the sustainable management of natural resources is one of then. What I would like to see is more emphasis on the sustainability of each activity undertaken, so that there is a balance between the three pillars of development – economic, social and environmental. I would like to see sustainability become a prominent feature of CTA’s activities. development policies? And what role could CTA play here? ICTs and ICM are important tools in the policy process, and good policies are a prerequisite for agricultural and rural development. Over the past 3 years, ICTs have been discussed within the framework of ‘global public goods’ and several projects have been launched in an effort to narrow the digital divide. But, as I indicated earlier, we do not yet fully understand the importance of ICM. By operationalising both tools in its work, CTA has gained much experience in this area. Also, by exploring participatory approaches, it has created a niche for itself and could perhaps share some of its learning about ‘best practices’ with other agencies. I would like to see CTA continuing to follow the path it has set itself. Every institution creates its own niche, and for CTA that niche lies in the area of ICTs and ICM for ACP agricultural and rural development. In what way could information and communication management (ICM) and new information and communication technologies (ICTs) contribute to the formulation and implementation of ACP agricultural and rural 68 CTA Annual Report 2003 CTA Advisory Committee Members of the CTA Advisory Committee Representing the ACP CENTRAL AFRICA M Joseph Bondobaye Conseiller, Chambre de Commerce d'Industrie et de l'Agriculture, 121 rue Longstin, 1090 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 420 55 45 E-mail: bondobaye@hotmail.com M Jacques Anguile Conseiller Spécial, Présidence de la République Gabonaise BP 716, Libreville, Gabon Tel: +241 330467; Fax: +241 728696 EAST AFRICA Mr Oghbazghi Amlesom Semere Director General, Department of Research and Human Resources, Ministry of Agriculture, PO Box 4627, Asmara Eritrea Tel: +291 1 124864 / 159801; Fax: +291 1 122214 / 159803; E-mail: semerea@tse.com.er Professor Agnes Mwang'ombe Dean, Faculty of Agriculture, University of Nairobi PO Box 30197, 00100 GPO Nairobi, Kenya Tel: +254 20 632121 / 630491; Fax: +254 20 226673 / 631957 E-mail: mwangombe@kenyaweb.com Mr Alfred Bill Mutebwa Director of Planning and Agricultural Statistics Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Resources and Forestry PO Box 621, Kigali, Rwanda Tel: +250 584 010; Fax: +250 584 644 E-mail: amutebwa@yahoo.com SOUTHERN AFRICA Professeur David N'Salambi Coordinateur des Recherches Vétérinaires, Laboratoire Régionale Vétérinaire de Luanda, Institut des Rescherches Vétérinaires, Ministère de l'Agriculture et du Développement Rurale, BP127 Centrale Luanda, Angola Tel: +244 91 51 32 04; Fax: +244 2 32 35 30 E-mail: dmbuthye@yahoo.fr; minader@netangola.com Mr Kintinu Sageus Administrative Assistant to the Permanent Secretary Ministry of Agriculture, Water and Rural Development Private Bag 13184, Windhoek, Namibia Tel: +264 61 208 7651; Fax: +264 61 221 733 E-mail: kintinus@mawrd.gov.na Dr Dunstan Anthony Carl Campbell Upper Depardine Street, Gouyave, St Johns, Grenada Tel: +473 442 7109; E-mail: dunstanac@caribsurf.com PACIFIC Mr Haniteli 'Ofa Fa'anunu Director, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry, PO Box 14, Nuku'alofa, Tonga Tel: +676 23 402 / 230; Fax: +676 24 271 E-mail: hfaanunu@maf.gov.to / hfaanunu@hotmail.com Hon. Mr Stevens Kalsakau Minister of Agriculture, Quarantine, Forestry and Fisheries Private Mail Bag 9039, Port Vila, Vanuatu Tel: +678 22 503; Fax: +678 23 406 Mr Albert Chalabesa Deputy Director, Soils and Crops Research Branch Lusaka, Zambia Tel/Fax: +260 1 278 130; E-mail: chala@zamnet.zm WEST AFRICA M Soulé Abdoulaye Manigui Directeur de l'Agriculture, Ministère de l'Agriculture, de l'Elevage et de la Pêche, 01 BP 2634 Recette Principale Cotonou, Benin Tel: +299 21 23 37 / 21 32 90; Fax: +229 21 44 13 M Ibrahima Fofana Chef de la Division, Direction Nationale de l'Agriculture Ministère de l'Agriculture et de l'Elevage, BP 576 Conakry, Guinea Tel: +224 011 54 51 04 / 41 42 60 E-mail: hup@afribone.net.gn M Ibrahim Oumarou Président de la Commission de Dévelopment Rural et de l'Environnement, Assemblée Nationale du Niger BP 12234, Place de la concertation, Niamey, Niger Tel: +277 72 27 38 ; Fax: +277 72 43 08 E-mail: oumarou52asn2003@hotmail.com CARIBBEAN Dr José Rafael Espaillat Head of the Cooperation Exchange Unit, Instituto Dominicano de Investigaciones Agropecuarias y Forestales, Calle Rafael Augusto Sánchez 89, Ensanche Evaristo Morales, Santo Domingo Dominican Republic Tel: +809 567 8999; Fax: +809 567 9199 E-mail: jrespaillat@idiaf.org.do 69 CTA Annual Report 2003 CTA Advisory Committee Representing the EU Dr Manfred Schnitzer Federal Ministry for Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Austria, Section VII.2c (Rural Development Projects) Minoritenplatz 9, A-1014 Vienna, AUSTRIA Tel: +43 153 1154469; Fax: +43 153 6664469 E-mail: manfred.schnitzer@bmaa.gv.at Professor Eric Tollens Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Faculteit Landbouwkundige en Toegepaste Biologische Wetenschappen, Departement Agrotechniek en Economie De Croylaan 42, B-3001 Leuven (Heverlee), BELGIUM Tel: +32 16 32 1616; Fax: +32 16 32 1996 E-mail: eric.tollens@agr.kuleuven.ac.be Mr Jorgen Henriksen Chief Adviser, Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries TSA – Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Copenhagen DENMARK Tel: +45 33 92 00 00; Fax: +45 33 92 07 90 E-mail: jorgen.henriksen@um.dk M Claude Torre Chargé de Mission, Bureau des politiques agricoles et de la securité alimentaire, Ministère des Affaires Etrangères DGCID/DCG/EPS, 20 rue Monsieur, 75700 Paris, FRANCE Tel: +33 1 53 69 31 54; Fax: +33 1 53 69 33 19 E-mail: claude.torre@diplomatie.fr Dr Wilhelm Suden Bredow Allee 38, 53125 Bonn, GERMANY Tel: +49 228 255 977; E-mail: twsuden@aol.com Mrs Heleni Boulkou Directorate for Agricultural Policy, Division for EU Issues International Relations and Trade Policy, Ministry of Agriculture, 5 Acharnon Street, 10176 Athens, GREECE Tel: +30 10 2125528; Fax: +30 10 5249097 E-mail: ax5u024@minagric.gr Dr Dave Beehan Deputy Chief Inspector, Department of Agriculture and Food, Agriculture House, Kildare Street, Dublin 2 IRELAND Tel: +353 1 6376083; Fax: +353 1 6762989 E-mail: dave.beehan@agriculture.gov.ie Dr Bernard Palestini Dirigente, Dipartimento delle Politiche di Mercato DIPMSR, via Sallustiana 10, 00187 Rome, ITALY Tel: +39 06 46656724; Fax: +39 06 483998 E-mail: b.palestini@politicheagricole.it M Jos Thill Conseiller Economique, Service d'Economie Rurale 115 rue de Hollerich, L-1741 Luxembourg, LUXEMBOURG Tel: +352 47 82 567; Fax: +352 49 16 19 E-mail: jos.thill@ser.etat.lu Dr Augusto Manuel Correia Associate Professor, Instituto Portugues de Agronomia Universidade Técnica de Lisboa, Tapada da Ajuda P-1349-017 Lisboa, PORTUGAL Tel: +351 21 3653578 ; Fax: +351 21 3653410 E-mail: amcorreia@isa.utl.pt Mr Inge Gerremo Senior Advisor (Multilateral Affairs), Department for Natural Resources and the Environment, Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency (SIDA) S-10525 Stockholm, SWEDEN Tel: +46 8 698 5380; Fax: +46 8 698 5653 E-mail: inge.gerremo@sida.se Dr Bram Huijsman Director, North-South Centre WUR, Wageningen University, IAC, Lawickse Allee 11, 6701 AN Wageningen THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 317 49 52 23; Fax: +31 317 49 53 95 E-mail: A.Huijsman@wur.nl M José Alvarez Ramos Agricultural Counsellor, Embassy of Spain, Agricultural Office, Oranjestraat 4, 2514 JB 's-Gravenhage THE NETHERLANDS Tel: +31 70 3624479; Fax: +31 70 3623581 E-mail: of.ag.es@wxs.nl Mr Dylan Winder Rural Livelihoods Adviser, Policy and Information Divisions, Department for International Development 1 Palace Street, London SW1E 5HE, UNITED KINGDOM Tel: +44 20 7023 0035; Fax: +44 20 7023 0624 E-mail: df-winder@dfid.gov.uk Professor Eija Pehu Senior Advisor, Rural Development Department Room MC5-763, World Bank, 1818 H St. NW Washington DC 20433, USA Tel: +1 202 458 2422; Fax: +1 202 522 3308 E-mail: epehu@worldbank.org Observers European Commission Rue de la Loi 200, B-1049 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 29 93 273; Fax: +32 2 29 92 908 E-mail: hubertus.zimmer@cec.eu.int Secretariat of the EU Council of Ministers 3040 GM 40, Rue de la Loi 175, B-1048 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 28 57 785; Fax: +32 2 28 56 250 E-mail: Marie-helene.willigens@consilium.eu.int ACP General Secretariat 451 Avenue Georges Henri, B-1200 Brussels, Belgium Tel: +32 2 74 30 600; Fax: +32 2 73 55 573 E-mail: info@acpsec.org 70 CTA Annual Report 2003 ACP and EU States 82 93 86 80 83 89 87 90 85 81 91 92 88 84 79 50 59 49 60 53 51 58 57 54 55 61 63 56 62 29 7 37 19 22 39 21 28 4 33 9 2 34 42 16 14 17 40 72 66 70 75 10 38 65 26 30 78 67 76 73 77 74 64 71 68 69 52 12 20 8 6 25 45 13 46 15 11 23 36 18 35 5 44 1 32 27 47 3 48 43 24 31 41 ACP and EU States Africa 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Angola Benin Botswana Burkina Faso Burundi Cameroon Cape Verde Central African Republic Chad Comoros Congo Côte d’Ivoire Democratic Republic of Congo Djibouti Equatorial Guinea Eritrea Ethiopia Gabon Gambia Ghana Guinea Guinea Bissau Kenya 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 Lesotho Liberia Madagascar Malawi Mali Mauritania Mauritius Mozambique Namibia Niger Nigeria Rwanda São Tomé and Príncipe Senegal Seychelles Sierra Leone Somalia South Africa Sudan Swaziland Tanzania Togo Uganda Zambia Zimbabwe Caribbean 49 Antigua and Barbuda 50 Bahamas 51 Barbados 52 Belize 53 Dominica 54 Dominican Republic 55 Grenada 56 Guyana 57 Haïti 58 Jamaica 59 St Christopher and Nevis 60 St Lucia 61 St Vincent and the Grenadines 62 Suriname 63 Trinidad and Tobago Pacific 64 Cook Islands 65 East Timor 66 Federated States of Micronesia 67 Fiji 68 Kiribati 69 Marshall Islands 70 Nauru 71 Niue 72 Palau 73 Papua New Guinea 74 Samoa 75 Solomon Islands 76 Tonga 77 Tuvalu 78 Vanuatu Europe 79 80 81 82 83 84 85 86 87 88 89 90 91 92 93 Austria Belgium Denmark Finland France Germany Greece Ireland Italy Luxembourg Portugal Spain Sweden The Netherlands United Kingdom CTA product and services The products and services of CTA’s three departments and its Planning and Corporate Services (P&CS) during 2003 are listed in the following tables. For more information on the activities of the departments and P&CS in 2003, see pages 18–27 for the Information Products and Services Department (IPSD), pages 28–35 for the Communication Channels and Services Department (CCSD), pages 36–43 for the Information and Communication Management Skills and Systems Department (ICMSSD), and pages 44–51 for P&CS. 72 CTA Annual Report 2003 IPSD products and services INFORMATION PRODUCTS AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT (IPSD) In ACP countries, problems related to the provision of information products and services include: • • • • inadequate access to decision-making support publications in agriculture and rural development; limited published information in this field because of weak local publishing infrastructures; poor access to such information, whether published in the country or elsewhere; limited awareness of sources of information and types of products and services available. To overcome these obstacles, the IPSD has set two objectives – to increase the availability of information and to improve awareness of sources of information. Its strategies focus mainly on developing electronic products and distribution mechanisms, greater involvement of ACP authors and publishers, increased importance of publications on agricultural policy-making, integration of its various publications distribution activities, and the continued decentralisation of the Question-and-Answer Service (QAS) and the Selective Dissemination of Information (SDI) service. The department’s activities are structured around the following: • Print publishing, e-publishing and other electronic products. This concerns CTA’s own technical and institutional publications on its activities (including the Annual Report and the magazine Spore/Esporo), as well as its work with other publishers and development agencies on technical publications (including series) which enables it to expand its list and provide more support to ACP authors and publishers. E-versions of documents are produced for the CTA website. The website also carries other e-products compiled by the department, such as the ‘Spore E-nnouncement’. For the rural radio programme, the department produces the Rural Radio Resource Packs. • Integration of distribution services. The Publications Distribution Service (PDS) distributes titles on CTA’s list; some are also available on the CTA website. The Dissemination of Reference Books on Agriculture (DORA) programme provides selected ACP centres with publications not on the list; DORA has been integrated into the PDS. • Decentralisation of information services. This is structured around three linked projects: the QAS, which is being devolved to regional and national centres; the SDI, which provides researchers with up-to-date information tailored to their field of interest; and the CD-ROM project, which enables ACP centres to receive CD-ROMs and online subscriptions to agricultural databases. 73 CTA Annual Report 2003 IPSD products and services CTA PUBLICATIONS Title CTA annual report 2002 / Rapport annuel CTA 2002 Bridging information gaps between farmers, policy-makers, researchers and development agents Type of publication Report (print, and PDF format on the CTA website) Working Document No. 8030 (print) Paper presented at a regional conference on ‘Agroforestry impacts on livelihoods in Southern Africa: putting research into practice’, Warmbaths, South Africa, May 2002 Bilingual CD-ROM Useful resources on trade issues, and proceedings of the CTA annual seminar, Brussels, Belgium, November 2002 Meeting the challenge of effective ACP participation in agricultural trade negotiations: the role of ICM / Pour une participation efficace des pays ACP aux négociations sur le commerce des produits agricoles : le rôle de la GIC Small-scale irrigation for food security in sub-Saharan Africa Working Document No. 8031(print) Report and recommendations of a CTA study visit, Ethiopia, January 2003 Working Document No. 8029 (print) Proceedings of a CTA/IICD/KIT/LEAP-IMPACT Technical Consultation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, November 2002 Working Document No. 8032 (print) CTA-commissioned review paper by Professor Jules Pretty, University of Essex, UK Magazine (print, and PDF and HTML formats on the CTA website) Issues 103–108 in English and French; Issues 53–58 in Portuguese E-mail Announcement of forthcoming Spore / Esporo issues distributed to subscribers Digital broadcast (via WorldSpace satellite) Comprising the latest issue of Spore, back issues on demand, the CTA Publications Catalogue, selected CTA electronic documents, and a forum for feedback on these products Electronic format Institutional information on CTA Smart tools for evaluating the performance of information products and services Social capital and connectedness: issues and implications for agriculture, rural development and natural resource management in ACP countries Spore / Esporo Spore / Esporo E-nnouncement Spore ‘n More CTA website CO-PUBLICATIONS Title The Tropical Agriculturalist series Sweet potato (translated from La patate douce, 1998) L. Degras Macmillan Authors Publishing partners 74 CTA Annual Report 2003 IPSD products and services CO-PUBLICATIONS Title Agrodoks series Agroforestry (3rd edn) Agroforesterie (3e éd.) Agrossilvicultura Criação de patos nas regiões tropicais E. Verheij Agromisa, Kerkinactie Authors Publishing partners S.J. van der Meulen, G. den Dikken I. Fitz James, B. Kuipers Agromisa, Kerkinactie Preservation of fruit and vegetables (4th edn) Conservation des fruits et légumes (4e éd.) Maneio da fertilidade do solo A cultura da soja e de outras leguminosas Protecção dos grãos de cereais e de leguminosas armazenados Agromisa, Kerkinactie L. van Schöll, R. Nieuwenhuis R. Nieuwenhuis, J. Nieuwelink I. de Groot Agromisa, Kerkinactie Agromisa, Kerkinactie Agromisa, Kerkinactie Technical publications Advancing participatory technology development: case studies on integration into agricultural research, extension and education AGRIDAPE – Les champs-écoles à l’œuvre ! (First issue of the Francophone Africa edition of LEISA magazine) A guide to IPM in tomato production in eastern and southern Africa Aka, what would you do if your mother-in-law suddenly showed up? Crafts and entrepreneurship promotion: Experiences and misadventures / Aka, que ferais-tu si tu voyais surgir ta belle-mère? Expériences et mésaventures de l’appui aux artisans et à l’entreprenariat (reprint of 1st edition) Banana and plantain embryogenic cell suspensions (Technical Guidelines 8) / Suspensions cellulaires embryogènes de bananiers et bananiers plantain (Guides techniques 8) Biological control in IPM systems in Africa C. Wettasinha, L. van Veldhuizen, A. Waters-Bayer ETC, IIRR – IIED-Programme Sahel, ILEIA A.M. Varela, A. Seif, B. Löhr DSO, GTZ, ICIPE M.G. Baier-D’Orazio FAKT H. Strosse, R. Domergue, B. Panis, J.V. Escalant, F. Côte INIBAP P. Neuenschwander, C. Borgemeister, J. Langewald (eds) S. Bennett-Lartey, R. Vodouhe, J. Watts CABI Capacity development in Ghana’s Plant Genetic Resources Centre: an evaluation CSIR, IPGRI, ISNAR 75 CTA Annual Report 2003 IPSD products and services CO-PUBLICATIONS Title Decision support tools for smallholder agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa: a practical guide Evaluating capacity development (Issue 17 of Capacity.org newsletter) / Évaluer le renforcement des capacités (Numéro 17 du bulletin Capacity.org) Evaluating capacity development: experiences from research and development organizations around the world D. Horton, A. Alexaki, S. Bennett-Lartey, K.N. Brice, D. Campilan, F. Carden, J. de Souza Silva, Le Thanh Duong, I. Khadar, A. Maestrey Boza, I. Kayes Muniruzzaman, J. Perez, M. Somarriba Chang, R. Vernooy, J. Watts – P. Dowlath Authors T.E. Struif-Bontkes, M.C.S. Wopereis (eds) Publishing partners IFDC ECDPM, ISNAR IDRC, ISNAR Farmer field school: a new way of learning (video) Farmer participatory approach for ecological crop management: a resource guide for the Caribbean Global evaluation of Musa germplasm for resistance to Fusarium wilt, Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases and nematodes: in-depth evaluation (Technical Guidelines 6) / Évaluation globale de la résistance des bananiers à la fusariose, aux maladies foliaires causées par les Mycosphaerella spp. et aux nématodes : évaluation approfondie (Guides techniques 6) Global evaluation of Musa germplasm for resistance to Fusarium wilt, Mycosphaerella leaf spot diseases and nematodes: performance evaluation (Technical Guidelines 7) / Évaluation globale de la résistance des bananiers à la fusariose,, aux maladies foliaires causées par les Mycosphaerella spp. et aux nématodes : évaluation de la performance (Guides techniques 7) Is our food really safe? (video) How to do farm accounting CIPMNET-CARDI CIPMNET-CARDI J. Carlier, D. De Waele, J.V. Escalant INIBAP J. Carlier, D. De Waele, J.V. Escalant INIBAP – P.B. Ngeze CIPMNET-CARDI Friends-of-the-Book Foundation, Acacia Publishers Friends-of-the-Book Foundation, Acacia Publishers Backhuys Publishers How to keep ostriches M. Parkolwa Les aliments : transformation, conservation et qualité R. Nout, J.D. Hounhouigan, T. van Boekel C. Lightfoot, C. Alders, F. Dolberg (eds) Linking local learners: Negotiating new development relationships between village, district and nation (with CD-ROM) AgroForum, ARDAF, ISG 76 CTA Annual Report 2003 IPSD products and services CO-PUBLICATIONS Title L ’œil du cerf-volant : évaluation et suivi des états de surface par photographie aérienne sous cerf-volant Manuel de recherche de financement et gestion financière des ONG et organisations de développement du Sud Mushroom cultivation: appropriate technology for mushroom growers (3rd edn) Participatory rural appraisal: pathways to clearer understanding (video) Petites histoires d’arbres Rural development directory 2003-2004 (CD-ROM) Small-scale food processing: a directory of equipment and methods (2nd edn) Soil fertility management in Africa: a regional perspective Authors E. Tielkes Publishing partners Margraf F. Vincent IRED P. Oei Backhuys Publishers, Cpoint, DG GICOM CIPMNET-CARDI – J.Y. Clavreul – S. Azam-Ali, E. Judge, P. Fellows, M. Battcock M.P. Gishuru, A. Bationo, M.A. Bekunda, H.C. Goma, P.L. Mafongonya, D.N. Mugendi, H.M. Murwira, S.M. Nandwa, P. Nyathi, M.J. Swift (eds) P. Robbins D. Jessop Éditions Ganndal INASP ITDG, Northern Foods Academy Science Publishers, TSBF-CIAT Stolen fruit: the tropical commodities disaster The Caribbean rum industry and the ACP-EU Cotonou agreement (Discussion Paper) Zed Books ECDPM Co-seminar proceedings and reports Primary animal health care in the 21st century: shaping the rules, policies and institutions (co-seminar, October 2002) – with CD-ROM / Soins primaires de santé animale au 21ème siècle : forger les règles, les politiques et les institutions (coséminaire, octobre 2002) – avec cédérom K. Sones, A. Catley AU-IBAR SUBSCRIBERS TO CTA’S PUBLICATIONS DISTRIBUTION SERVICE (PDS), 2003 Subscribers New PDS subscribers New Spore / Esporo subscribers Number of publications on CTA’s list distributed (both on CTA’s own initiative and in response to orders) Number of non-CTA publications distributed Number of publication order forms processed Number 3,216 3,432 76,526 1,329 23,082 77 CTA Annual Report 2003 IPSD products and services USERS OF CTA-SUPPORTED QUESTION-AND-ANSWER SERVICE (QAS) CENTRES, 2003 * User category Researchers Lecturers / teachers Consultants Librarians / archivists Students Extension agents Policy-makers / planners Farmers Others Total AGRIDEA 795 70 39 23 889 144 54 202 86 2,302 CARDI 99 36 17 21 250 99 30 62 73 677 GAINS 92 30 5 19 127 14 14 25 – 326 IRETA 20 3 – 6 58 3 1 4 11 106 NAQAS 156 81 – – 472 8 – 8 – 725 PRAIS 136 127 – 67 136 250 83 462 305 1,566 USES OF INFORMATION FROM QAS CENTRES, 2003 * Information use Personal Crop production Agricultural processing Markets and marketing Policy development / planning Community education Lecture / address Research Animal Production Other Total AGRIDEA 111 201 206 52 59 105 192 1,074 236 66 2,302 CARDI 37 93 30 20 51 31 2 115 16 31 426 GAINS 23 43 29 15 11 6 42 240 31 – 440 IRETA 72 6 – 4 – 3 7 6 8 106 NAQAS 13 – – 3 – – 47 620 – 42 725 PRAIS 290 309 96 22 223 104 182 242 225 1,693 GENDER DISTRIBUTION OF QAS USERS, 2003 * Gender Male Female Total AGRIDEA 1,496 806 2,302 GAINS 253 73 326 IRETA 65 41 106 NAQAS 633 92 725 * Some beneficiaries use the information provided for more than one purpose, hence the differences in the total figures 78 CTA Annual Report 2003 IPSD products and services ORGANISATIONAL AFFILIATION OF QAS USERS, 2003 Organisational affiliation Government organisations Universities Research institutions Private persons Commercial companies Farmers’ cooperatives / associations Others (NGOs) Total AGRIDEA 54 907 804 302 49 186 _ 2,302 GAINS 21 156 87 20 9 10 5 308 IRETA 11 38 12 33 8 4 _ 106 TEXTS PROVIDED TO SOME QAS CENTRES BY THE DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICE, 2003 QAS centre AGRIDEA – Eastern Africa CARDI – Caribbean GAINS – Ghana IOC – Madagascar, Mauritius NAQAS – Nigeria PNG, IRETA – Pacific PRAIS – Southern Africa Others Total Articles 127 3 43 131 86 82 22 3 497 Books 1 1 1 1 4 MATERIALS PROVIDED TO SDI USERS BY THE SDI AND DOCUMENT DELIVERY SERVICES, 2003 Region Central Africa Eastern Africa Southern Africa West Africa Caribbean Pacific Total Target Profiles 185 244 216 493 94 164 1,396 1,800 References 40,185 61,427 49,226 116,065 22,172 41,142 330,217 360,000 Articles 336 389 217 722 66 44 1,774 Books / reports 5 3 8 13 2 3 34 79 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services COMMUNICATION CHANNELS AND SERVICES DEPARTMENT (CCSD) The specific objectives of the work of this department are: • to support the integrated use of communication channels; • to intensify contacts and information exchange. These objectives are being pursued through: • developing ICT-based communication services; • promoting the use of conventional mass communication channels, such as radio and television; • increasing CTA’s support to networks; • increasing the decentralisation of CTA’s support to regional networks. In implementing the CCSD programme, CTA acts as a broker between organisations and between professionals working in the ACP agricultural and rural sectors, and as a platform for promoting dialogue and the exchange of information between ACP bodies and professionals. The department’s main output is increased two-way information flows, reflected in the intensive and extensive use of networking arrangements such as electronic networks and forums, face-to-face meetings, radio and various multi-media channels. It encourages regional agricultural information services and networks to input and download information, including databases from CTA and other partners. Where there is no direct access to ICT-based information services, CTA promotes the use of complementary conventional communication channels. 80 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services REGIONAL PROJECTS Regional Branch Offices CARDI, CTA’s Regional Branch Office in the Caribbean Subject Networking Purpose Enhance CTA’s role in the Caribbean region and improve information services offered by the CARDI Secretariat and Member States Enhance CTA’s role in the Pacific region and improve information services offered by the IRETA Secretariat and Member States Improve small farmers’ ability to tackle productivity and marketing constraints Strengthen agronomic and marketing aspects of quality flower production and preservation Promote organic farming in order to meet health and environmental requirements, and improve farmers’ income IRETA, CTA’s Regional Branch Office in the Pacific Networking Study visit on farming systems Networking Workshop on flower production and marketing in the Pacific Networking Workshop on organic farming in the Pacific Networking Regional policy networking Establishment and development of Regional Agricultural Policy Network (RAPN) in the Caribbean Study on the establishment of a Regional Agricultural Policy Network in the Pacific Subject Networking Purpose Improve access to and exchange of policy-related Information Develop a strategy and framework for the establishment of a Regional Agricultural Policy Network in the Pacific Improve access to and exchange of policy-related information; reinforce ICM capacity in policy analysis and networking Improve access to and exchange of policy-related Information; reinforce ICM capacity in policy analysis and networking Improve access to and exchange of policy-related Information; reinforce ICM capacity in policy analysis and networking Networking Support to ECAPAPA Networking Support to REPA Networking Support to FANRPAN Networking 81 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services REGIONAL PROJECTS Trade Caribbean Agri-Business Marketing Intelligence and Development Network (CAMID) Subject Networking Purpose Provide readily accessible production and marketing information to the agribusiness sector within CARIFORUM Consolidate CMA/AOC regional information system in order to reinforce communication between agricultural traders CMA/AOC information system Networking s Natural resources management CARICOM fisheries Subject Networking Purpose Develop a strategy and action plan to support the organisation and management of fisherfolk organisations in the Caribbean Establish CariPestNet, a plant pests and diseases advice and information network for the Caribbean Develop a harmonised regional approach to EIA using appropriate information and communication systems CariPestNet Networking Support to environmental impact assessment (EIA) in Southern Africa Networking Regional information horizontal networks Agricultural Liaison Officers, IRETA Subject Networking Purpose Improve communication between IRETA and Member States Meet the information needs of CARDI stakeholders through the provision of relevant information products and services Formulate a strategy and framework for the establishment of a regional farmers and NGOs network in the Caribbean Define strategy, set priorities and determine a project portfolio Caribbean Agricultural Information System (CAIS) Networking Caribbean Farmers and NGOs Network (CaFaNN) Networking Regional Agricultural Information Network (Eastern and Central Africa) Networking 82 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services ICT-BASED ACTIVITIES Activity Marketing agricultural products and their role in local economies (see p. 34) Details * E-forum (open) http://Forum1.inter-reseaux.net CTA/Inter-réseaux January–May Purpose • create and support a forum on topics of strategic interest, with a view to contributing to strengthening stakeholders’ capacities • gather detailed experiences and disseminate them through the media • set up an information and communication network linking producers’ associations and combining ICTs with traditional channels of communication and dissemination (discussion groups, rural media, etc.) • encourage stakeholders in the agricultural sector (producers, farmers’ associations, processors, traders, service providers, research and development departments) to voice their concerns Aimed at people involved in the negotiations in Geneva, in the capital cities of the ACP countries and Frenchspeaking WTO member countries or in Brussels-based delegations; help these countries prepare for the debates at the WTO ministerial meeting by stimulating dialogue and consultation among them, with a view to reaching common positions on a number of issues Contribute to a better understanding of the seminar themes among all stakeholders; heighten the event’s profile for external observers; enhance understanding among all event stakeholders of the value and modalities of communication Preparation for the agricultural negotiations at the 5th WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún for ACP and French-speaking developing countries E-Forum (closed) (193) www.dgroups.org/groups/ acp-trade-cancun CTA/Solagral/AIF 7 July – 7 October Reporting from CTA’s annual seminar, 20–24 October (see p. 34) E-forum for duration of the seminar www.cta.int/ctaseminar2003/ Daily bulletins related to seminar (1,700 subscribers); material on CTA website; a printed printed bulletin for conference participants Production of radio interviews for distribution to ACP radio stations Press stories for distribution to ACP agricultural press Material for conference CD-ROM; summaries of presentations and working group discussions; audio files of interviews and plenary sessions; digital photos * ICT, number of participants, URL, partners, duration 83 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services STUDY VISIT Activity Small-scale irrigation for food security in sub-Saharan Africa Details * Ethiopia; January; TWRDB; 16 Key points Participants were drawn from Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Tanzania and Zambia; visited small-scale irrigation sites representing a wide range of irrigation technologies; also presented country reports / case studies SEMINARS CTA annual seminar Information support for sustainable soil fertility management (see p. 34) Details * Arnhem, The Netherlands; October; ISRIC; 90 Key points Convened to provide insight into the soil improvement information needs of farmers, researchers and policy-makers, leading to a better undertanding of the role of ICM in tackling the problem of soil fertility in ACP regions Co-seminars EU/ACP fisheries agreements: towards a greater sustainability (see p. 59) Details * Brussels, Belgium; April; Commonwealth Secretariat; 160 (representatives from ACP coastal countries, EC, international agencies, NGOs, fisherfolk associations) Key points Reform of EU’s fisheries policy provides a good opportunity to modify the existing ACP-EU relations in the coastal fisheries agreements. Main topics discussed included: sustainable exploitation of marine resources; food security; protection of small-scale fishing communities; maximising the benefits from fisheries exploitation through developing value-adding operations * Venue, month, partners, number of participants 84 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services SEMINARS Co-seminars Under-utilised plant species Details * Leipzig, Germany; May; GFU, GTZ, IFAD, IPGRI; 57 (experts from Asia, Africa, the Americas and Europe, including policy-makers, researchers, extensionists, and representatives of the private sector, NGOs, networks and donor agencies) Key points Many under-utilised species, although important, have been neglected by researchers in the past; little done to identify markets and ways to market them; no policy frameworks exist to promote their use and maximise their economic value; the role of information and communication is critical to their conservation and use Seafood exporters need to give higher priority to developing and implementing quality assurance and food safety programmes based on HACCP principles; each country needs to establish an effective regulatory inspection system based on equivalency criteria with the inspection system of their trading partners Reach a common understanding of the current status of legal and regulatory frameworks relevant to FAnGR in SADC through discussing the role and significance of local breeds; conservation of animal genetic resources; access and rights to them; incentives to facilitate community participation in AnGR; market development and awareness-raising; formulation of policies and legal frameworks in the SADC region Support to the ACP regions in their agricultural trade negotiations in EU and WTO fora. This pre-Cancún meeting covered market access, SPS measures, export competition, non-trade concerns, impact of the liberalisation process on commodities, strategies and scenarios for forthcoming EPA negotiations Strengthening the seafood processing / exporting sector to improve trading opportunities Madang, Papua New Guinea; May; CDE; 46 (representatives from the private sector and the fishing industry in Papua New Guinea, Solomon Islands and Vanuatu) Legal framework for animal genetic resources Maputo, Mozambique; May; FAO, GTZ, IPGRI, SADC; 80 (participants from Eastern and Southern African countries) Preparatory meeting to the Cancún Ministerial Conference for negotiators in the Caribbean (see p. 58) Montego Bay, Jamaica; June; Commonwealth Secretariat, Regional Negotiating Machinery; 50 (negotiators and expert teams preparing for the WTO meeting) * Venue, month, partners, number of participants 85 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services SEMINARS Co-seminars 7th African Forum on the struggle for pro-poor growth – linking national objectives to local priorities and overcoming process overload Details * Pretoria, South Africa; June; GTZ (Sector Network for Rural Development); 58 (from 11 African and 4 European countries; programme and PRSP planners/implementers; representatives of civil society and development organisations) Brazzaville, Congo; September; CDE, COLEACP, Forum francophone des affaires, Faculté Universitaire des Sciences agronomiques de Gembloux; 66 (from nine Central African countries; members of the horticultural network, ministries of agriculture, chambers of commerce, NGOs, regional and international organisations) Maputo, Mozambique; November; ADC, EC, FAO, GTZ, Irish Cooperation, VETAID; 120 (representatives of NGOs, agriculture and health ministries, regional projects, international organisations, farmers’ groups) Key points Sector-wide approaches (SWAps) have improved the dialogue and coordination between national governments and development partners. Yet people at the local level in many countries are often not even aware that SWAps exist. This forum brought the local level back into focus Sanitary and phytosanitary measures In the context of health protection, public and private sectors have a key role to play in food security and quality, particularly regarding fruits and vegetables Main priority themes were the analysis of the sanitary risks and impact of sanitary and phytosanitary measures on production methods; and the demands relating to protecting the health of consumers and users of phytosanitary products (traceability) Sub-Saharan Africa is the area of the world most adversely affected by the HIV/AIDS pandemic, with 14.8 million deaths (79% of world total), 24.5 million living with the virus and 4 million newly infected each year. Southern Africa is the hardest-hit region, with 15 million people living with HIV/AIDS; most live in rural areas and engage in agricultural activities; information and communication should be used at all levels and for all stakeholders in awareness and advocacy campaigns, and for education/training programmes Provide an in-depth information base of links between trade and development to ensure that EPA negotiations take sustainability into account; create a basis for discussion with European and ACP stakeholders about the sustainability implications of the negotiations; build capacity by helping ACP countries to participate actively in negotiations in a way that promotes sustainable development Effects of HIV/AIDS pandemic on rural communities and on agricultural productivity in Southern Africa (see p. 35) Involving civil society in the dialogue on EPAs (see p. 59) Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago; November; CPDC, EC, PriceWaterhouse, Solagral; 60 (representatives from NGOs, private sector, banks, research, farmers’ groups) * Venue, month, partners, number of participants 86 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services SEMINARS Co-seminars Land tenure and sustainable development in the Sahel and West Africa Details * Bamako, Mali; November; CILSS, GTZ, IIED, IUCN MAE, ROPPA; 160 (experts from West and Central Africa and international organisations) Key points Assess the progress made since Praia+9; meeting defined the guidelines for the next decade on land policies and better and more secure access to land resources; a regional chart on rural land policies was launched Contribute to improved policies for food security and sustainable agricultural growth in Africa through learning from past successes and identifying promising avenues for replication and upscaling technologies and processes. Key lessons learned from past successes in African agriculture, and an assessment of policies and institutions enabling replication and upscaling of successes; identified priorities for future action for sustainable agricultural growth in Africa Successes in African agriculture: building for the future Pretoria, South Africa; December; IFPRI, InWENT, NEPAD; 69 (decision-makers in government ministries, researchers, representatives from the private sector and farmers’ associations; drawn from sub-Saharan Africa) * Venue, month, partners, number of participants SEMINARS SUPPORTED BY CTA CTA-sponsored participants 1 Title Details * Muldersdrift, South Africa; 21–23 January; Dept of Water Affairs and Forestry, IRC, IWMI, NRI Nuernberg, Germany: 16–17 February; FAO Symposium on water, poverty and productive uses of water Expert meeting on responsible production and trade 19th Weed Science Society conference for Eastern and Southern Africa Urban livestock keeping for improved livelihoods in East Africa * Venue, date, organisers 4 10 Lilongwe, Malawi; 24–28 February; WSSEA 13 Nairobi, Kenya; 2–6 March; NRI 87 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services SEMINARS SUPPORTED BY CTA CTA-sponsored participants 37 8 10 Title World cotton research conference Details * Cape Town, South Africa; 9–13 March; Cotton SA, ARC Nairobi, Kenya; 13–19 March; Wageningen University Cotonou, Benin; 18–20 March; IPGRI Tailor-made biotechnology international workshop Workshop on PGR information networking: towards regional approaches to PGR documentation of ex situ collections and related in situ activities Natural products fair Water conservation technologies for sustainable dryland agriculture in sub-Saharan Africa 19th annual AIAEE conference Building agricultural resources and natural resources education in Africa: quality and relevance of tertiary education USAID 2003 conference Food Africa Initiative conference 2003 international CIRP design seminar Private sector day International conference on rural livelihoods, forests and biodiversity Third taro symposium Global Forum on Agricultural Research 2003 Building electronic communities and networks East African workshop on the ‘Good Seed Initiative’ 15th conference of AAIS World congress for young farmers Plant genetic resources compendium: expert consultation Third pan-Commonwealth veterinary conference * Venue, date, organisers 6 7 London, UK; 6–7 April; CDE, Full Moon Communications Bloemfontein, South Africa; 8–11 April; ISCW, IWMI, NDA, WRC 1 9 Raleigh, North Carolina, USA; 8–12 April; AIAEE Nairobi, Kenya; 16–19 April; ANAFE 1 8 1 14 6 Illinois, USA; 25–28 April; University of Illinois Yaoundé, Cameroon; 4–9 May; IFS Grenoble, France; 12–14 May; Laboratoire 3S Dakar, Senegal; 17 May; Interface Bonn, Germany; 19–23 May; BMZ, CIFIR, GTZ, InWEnt 6 10 5 11 4 5 5 4 Nadi, Fiji; 21–23 May; CIRAD, FAO, IPGRI, SPC Dakar, Senegal; 22–24 May; GFAR New York, USA; 28–30 May; FAO Morogoro, Tanzania; 4–7 June; CABI/DGISP Nairobi, Kenya; 9–13 June; AAIS Paris, France; 11–15 June; FIPA/CEJA Rome, Italy; 26–27 June; IPG Wellington, New Zealand; 27–30 June; Commonwealth Veterinary Association 88 CTA Annual Report 2003 CCSD products and services SEMINARS SUPPORTED BY CTA CTA-sponsored participants 4 2 1 5 3 9 12 1 2 Title Details * Brussels, Belgium; 20 June – 21 July; Embassy of Haïti Lisbon, Portugal; 1–4 July; Faculdade de Medicina de Lisboa Melbourne, Australia; 6–11 July; Melbourne University Grenada; 6–11 July; CFCS Brisbane, Australia; 13–18 July; ISTRO Accra, Ghana; 14–16 July; IAMSLIC Durban, South Africa; 26 July – 1 August; IRC Berlin, Germany; 1–9 August; IFLA Gaborone, Botswana; 7–12 September; Botswana College of Agriculture Delft, The Netherlands; 9–17 September; IRC Cancún, Mexico; 10–14 September; ENDA Addis Ababa, Ethiopia; 21–26 September; AETFAT Quebec, Canada; 21–28 September; Natural Resources Canada / Ministry of Natural Resources of Québec Nairobi, Kenya; 27–30 October; ITDG, League for Pastoral Peoples Accra, Ghana; 19–21 October; INGENIC Amsterdam, The Netherlands; 20–24 October; IAC Porto Alegre, Brazil; 26–31 October; Universidade Federal do Rio Grande de Su Alice, South Africa; 4-6 November; SANAT Bobo Dioulasso, Burkina Faso; 17–21 November; CIRAD, CIRES Brazzaville, Congo; 3–7 December; Université Marien Ngouabi Geneva, Switzerland; 10–12 December; UN/ITU Bamako, Mali; 15–19 December; GTZ ACP/EU multilateral agricultural negotiations International conference on poverty, food and health XIX international genetics congress 39th Caribbean Crops Society conference 16th triennal conference of the International Soil Tillage Research Organisation Africa regional group of IAMSLIC VII international rangeland congress 69th IFLA council and general conference Symposium on bambara groundnut Water information summit 5th ministerial conference of the WTO AETFAT congress XII world forestry congress Advocating livestock keepers' rights 4th INGENIC international workshop Globalisation, localisation and tropical forest management in the 21st century IX world congress on animal production SANAT in the 21st century Animal traction research and strategies SAFOU 2003 World summit on the information society Sub-regional workshop on agricultural biodiversity in West Africa 4 5 5 3 4 5 1 1 9 3 6 11 8 * Venue, date, organisers 89 CTA Annual Report 2003 ICMSSD products and services INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION MANAGEMENT SKILLS AND SYSTEMS DEPARTMENT (ICMSSD) The ICMSSD addresses the problems stemming from the shortage of ICM skills and experience in ACP countries and the limited opportunities in those countries to acquire such skills. These problems include weak ICM policies and strategies in the agricultural sector; limited knowledge of the design of cost-effective and participatory ICM systems; and limited application of effective management techniques in implementing ICM projects and services. The specific objectives of the department are: • to increase the capacity of ACP countries to acquire and manage agricultural information; • to increase the capacity of ACP countries to formulate and develop their own ICM strategies and systems. There are two main components of the ICMSSD programme – ICM training and ICM support to local and national ACP partner organisations: • the training programme helps CTA’s partners to adopt more effective ICM strategies and to make more intensive use of ICTs, with the aim of improving their overall institutional performance; • the establishment of effective ICM systems based on traditional as well as digital and online communication channels is promoted through partnership arrangements with ACP organisations in both the public and independent sectors. These partnerships are expected to lead to the development of improved information and communication services for the agricultural community. The department has introduced a third component in its programme. This focuses on identifying ways of improving ICM methodologies and strategies in order to help ACP countries formulate and implement consistent science and technology policies with regard to their agricultural sectors. The objectives of these activities is to enhance policy formulation and implementation, to promote awareness of the importance of science and technology and to help make ACP agriculture more knowledge intensive. 90 CTA Annual Report 2003 ICMSSD products and services INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TRAINING COURSES Course Question-and-answer service Details * Regional; KARI; Kenya; March Participants and beneficiary countries Heads (20) of AGRIDEA QAS centres in Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania Decision-makers (16) in the agricultural public sector from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Uganda, Tanzania Agricultural researchers (18) from Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Sudan, Tanzania, Uganda Research and extension officers (16) in agricultural departments and research institutions in Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti, Mauritius, Seychelles Managers of QAS centres (12) in Antigua and Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Grenada, Haiti, St Kitts / Nevis, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago Officers (15) responsible for the management of information systems from Kiribati Research managers (21) from Cameroon, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Senior decision-makers, managers and directors of departments (13) from Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts / Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago Agricultural researchers (18) from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Congo DR, Côte d’Ivoire, Niger, Senegal, Togo Agricultural and rural development officers (18) from the Bahamas, Barbados, Belize, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Grenada, Guyana, Haiti, Jamaica, St Kitts / Nevis, St Lucia, St Vincent and the Grenadines, Suriname, Trinidad and Tobago Documentalists and information professionals in agricultural institutions and NGOs (17) from Burkina Faso, Côte d’Ivoire, Guinea, Mali, Niger, Senegal Agricultural extension agents (16) from Nigeria, The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Market information officers in private and public institutions (15) from The Gambia, Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone Public awareness Regional; ECAPAPA; Uganda; April Biometry Regional; CABI; Kenya; May Production of extension materials Regional; AREU; Mauritius; May Question-and-answer service Regional; CARDI; St Lucia; May/June Agricultural information and communication Scientific data management Regional; IRETA; Kiribati; July Regional; UNAAB; Nigeria; July ICT sensitisation Regional; CARDI; Antigua and Barbuda; September Proposal writing Regional; IRAD; Cameroon; September Regional; CARDI; Guyana; October Agricultural policy networks management Web page design Regional; REPA; Senegal; October Production of extension materials Market information systems Regional; INSTI; Ghana; October Regional; INSTI; Ghana; November * Type, partners, venue, month 91 CTA Annual Report 2003 ICMSSD products and services INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TRAINING COURSES Course Question-and-answer service Details * Regional; AGRHYMET; Niger; December Participants and beneficiary countries Managers of QAS centres (20) from Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Chad, Congo (Brazzaville), Côte d’Ivoire, Gabon, Guinea, Guinea Bissau, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Senegal, Togo Total number of beneficiaries of the CTA training programme 219 SUPPORT FOR OTHER TRAINING COURSES Course Information technology Details * National; WMCS; Papua New Guinea; March Regional; SUSAN; South Africa; July National; SBIS; Swaziland; July Participants and beneficiary countries Website officer (1) from Papua New Guinea Enhanced sampling and data analysis for biometricians Rural radio programme production Agricultural project planning Production of extension materials Participatory approaches to research and scaling up Researchers and biometricians (25) from Botswana, Ethiopia, Ghana, Malawi, Namibia, Nigeria, Uganda, Zimbabwe Rural radio broadcasters (26) from Swaziland National; ARMTI; Nigeria; July National; IRAG; Guinea; September Regional; TSBF; Tanzania; September Research managers (2) from Nigeria Extension agents and researchers (20) from agricultural departments and research institutions in Guinea Agricultural researchers (17) from Benin, Burkina Faso, Congo, Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Tanzania, Togo Officers (7) responsible for water management from Burkina Faso, Caribbean, Ghana, Nigeria, South Africa, Uganda Agricultural officers, researchers and public service officers (13) from Comoros, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Malawi, Mauritius, Nigeria, Tanzania, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe Water information summit Regional; IRC; The Netherlands; September Regional; ISNAR; South Africa; October Proposal writing Total number of beneficiaries of the CTA training support programme 131 * Type, partners, venue, month 92 CTA Annual Report 2003 ICMSSD products and services PARTNERSHIPS West Africa Strengthening Information and communication management to enhance the development of rural communities, Kano State, Nigeria Strengthening the use of ICTs for rural development and wealth creation Partner Women Farmers Advancement Network (WOFAN) Contact Ms Hajia Salamatu Garba Jibril, National Co-ordinator, Plot 18, Yahaya Gusau Road, NNDC Quarters, Kano, Nigeria Tel/fax: +234 064 665487 E-mail: wofan@ecnx.net / wofan@mega.bw Mr John Awuku Dziwornu, Vice Chairman, PO Box MB 37, Accra, Ghana Tel: +233 21 665707; fax: +233 21 665282 E-mail: dzijoh@yahoo.com M Boubacar Cisse, Président de la FIARA, Villa 19 Cité Darou Salam Derké-Castors, BP 13453 Dakar, Senegal Tel: +221 864 4202; fax: +221 824 57 65 E-mail: fiara@fiara.org Mr Kebba Bah, President, GARDA, PO Box 4556 Bakau, Banjul, The Gambia, West Africa Tel: +220 461711 / 460852; mobile: 960097 Fax: +220 465544; e-mail: gardango@gamtel.gm M Salif Diallo, Secrétaire Permanent, Badalabougou, Rue Gamal Abdel Nasser, Porte 2, BP 3267,Bamako, Mali Te/lfax: +223 2 220033; e-mail: adafgalle@afribone.net.ml Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen (GNAFF) Support to the information and communication activities of the 4th FIARA Foire internationale de l’agriculture et des ressources (FIARA ) Strengthening community-based natural resources forestry management Gambia Rural Development Agency (GARDA) Strengthening agricultural information and communication strategies in the Mandé and Balédougou areas, Mali Farmers’ experiences valorisation through the production and dissemination of agricultural information Information and communication needs assessment for setting up a market information system Farmers’ innovation process support in West Africa Association pour le développement des activités de production et de formation (ADAF-Gallé) Institut africain pour le développement économique et social – Centre africain de formation (INADES-Formation) Association des organisations paysannes professionnelles (AOPP) Inter-Réseaux / ADEPRINA M Millogo de Honoré, Directeur du Bureau National, INADES-Formation, BP 1022, Ouagadougou 01, Burkina Faso Tel: +226 342829; fax: +226 340519 E-mail: inadesb@fasonet.bf M Jean Coulibaly, Président, BP 3066, Bamako, Mali Tel: +223 286781; fax +223 246119 E-mail: aopp@cefib.com M Gilles Mersadier, Secrétaire Exécutif, 16 rue Claude Bernard, 75231 Paris, Cedex 05, France Tel: +33 1 44 08 18 37 / +33 1 42 46 11 65 Fax: +33 1 44 08 18 70; e-mail: adeprina@inapg.inra.fr or gilles.mersadier@inter-reseaux.org M Mamadou Diouf, Chef de l’Unité de Promotion des Petites et Moyennes entreprises (UPPME), CILSS, 03 BP 7049 Ouagadougou 03, Burkina Faso Tel: +226 374125 / 26; fax :+226 374132 E-mail: cilss@cilss.bf Mr Charles Adams, Project Manager, PO Box MB 37, Accra, Ghana Tel:+233 21 665282; fax:+233 21 665282 E-mail: charles1218@hotmail.com Improvement of ICM strategies to strengthen small rural agro-processing enterprises in Chad and Mali Comité Permanent inter-états de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel (CILSS) Promotion of the methodology for the determination of Priority Information Themes in Agriculture and Rural Development (PITARD) Directorate of Agricultural Extension Services, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Ghana 93 CTA Annual Report 2003 ICMSSD products and services PARTNERSHIPS Central Africa Strengthening information and communication strategies amongst farmers’ organisations in Burundi Partner Association villageoise pour le développement local (AVIDEL) Contact M Jean Ngendakuriyo, Représentant légal de AVIDEL, BP 6553, Bujumbura, Burundi Tel/fax: +257 22 0959 E-mail: jengendakuriyo@yahoo.fr M Talatala Blondeau, Coordonnateur National, BP 3410, Yaoundé, Cameroon Tel: +237 9848448; fax +237 229484 E-mail: btalatala@yahoo.com Mme Yvonne Minlo Mabia, Directrice de l’AGRIE, BP 3410 Yaoundé, Cameroon Tel: +237 9948448 / 2312568; fax +237 2312569 E-mail: estcam_agrie@yahoo.fr Strengthening ICM and NRM capacities of six rural communities in Cameroon Unité nationale de gestion et de coordination / Ministère de l’Environnement Support to gender consideration in ICM and NRM in the rural communities of the south-east Cameroon Association pour la gestion de l’information environmentale et des ressources naturelles, Ministère de l’Environnement et des Fôrets Centre national d’appui à la recherche (CNAR), Ministère de la Recherche Promotion and practical application of the methodology for determining priority information themes in Chad Dr Baba El Hadj Mallah, Directeur du CNAR, BP 1228, N’Djaména, Chad Tel: +235 522515; fax: +235 523214 E-mail: cnar@intnet.td Eastern Africa Strengthening agricultural information systems and communication for farmers’ organisations Strengthening rural information and communication strategies in Madagascar Partner Uganda National Farmers Federation (UNFFE) Contact Mr Chebet Maikut, President of UNFFE, Plot 27 Nakasero Road, PO Box 6213, Kampala, Uganda Tel: +256 41 340249; fax: +256 41 230748 E-mail: unfa@starcom.co.ug M Ravelomanantsoa Olivier, Président du Conseil d’Administration, Lot A 159, Faravohitra, Rue Joel Rakotomalala, Antananarivo 101, Madagascar Tel: +261 20 2260404; fax: +261 20 2241228 E-mail: bimtt@dts.mg Bureau de liaison des centres de formation rurale (BIMTT) Southern Africa Improving information flow among smallholder farmers using appropriate communication strategies Partner Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union (ZFU) Contact Mr Phil Chingwaru, Project Officer of ZFU, 102 Fife Avenue, Corner 2nd Street/Fife Avenue, PO Box 3755, Harare, Zimbabwe Tel: +263 4 251861–9; fax: +263 4 250925 E-mail: zfuinfo@africaonline.co.zw Mr David Makin-Taylor, Project Director, LDU, Institute for Social Development, University of the Western Cape, Private Bag X17, Bellville 7535, South Africa Tel: +27 21 9593213; fax: +27 21 9514459 E-mail: dmakin@uwc.ac.za Agricultural information systems and communications for agricultural development in South Africa Land Development Unit (LDU) 94 CTA Annual Report 2003 ICMSSD products and services PARTNERSHIPS Caribbean ICM skills to enhance group management planning and marketing strategies for farmers in St Vincent and the Grenadines Communications channels enhancement Partner Eastern Caribbean Agriculture Trading and Development Company (ECTAD) Contact Mr Jethro Greene, Project Coordinator of ECTAD, PO Box 827, Kingstown, St Vincent and the Grenadines Tel: +784 457 0404; fax: +784 485 6488 E-mail: ectadsvg@yahoo.com NGO Agricultural Diversification Mr John Foye, Coordinator, NGO-ADP, PO Box 268, Project Ltd (NGO-ADP) 74 Kennedy Avenue, Roseau, Dominica Tel:+767 4484377 / 3877; fax:+767 448 2308 E-mail: spat@cwdom.dm Conseil national de financement populaire (CNFP) Mme I. Durandis, President, CNFP, 173 bis Avenue Jean Paul 11, Turgeau, Port au Prince, Haïti Tel: +509 244 0735 E-mail: knfphaiti@yahoo.fr Strengthening information and communication for promoting rural financing in Haïti Pacific Mass media promotion of agricultural activities in Cook Islands Partner Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture (CIMOA) Contact Mr Nga Mataoi, Secretary of Agriculture, PO Box 96, Rarotonga, Cook Islands Tel: +682 28 711; fax: +682 21 881 E-mail: cimoa@oyster.net.ck Ms Aileen Burness, Project Manager,SSO, Saweni Beach, PO Box 570 Lautoka, Fiji Tel:+679 666 2165; fax:+679 666 6283 E-mail:+sso@connect.com.fj Improving cut-flower production from smallholder women growers in the Fiji Islands South Sea Orchids Ltd (SSO) 95 CTA Annual Report 2003 P&CS products and services PLANNING AND CORPORATE SERVICES (P&CS) This service was established to improve the overall quality, efficiency and consistency of CTA’s operational programmes. It is responsible for: • monitoring CTA’s environment in order to identify emerging issues and trends, and make proposals for their translation into projects and services; • preparing guidelines for planning, managing and monitoring CTA activities, including the development of indicators for programme monitoring; • submitting proposals for the improved coordination, integration and consistency of CTA’s activities; • coordinating documentation and support for Advisory Committee meetings; • coordinating cooperation with other organisations (including ACP and EU organisations, and CTA’s Brussels Office); • preparing and supervising systematic programme evaluations and monitoring the implementation of evaluation outcomes; • coordinating and managing CTA’s computing systems, network and databases. P&CS implements an annual programme and a number of support services. The programme has four main components: • socio-economic analysis and awareness raising (on cross-cutting issues and special development topics); • support to CTA’s annual project cycle management; • performance-impact evaluation; • support to internal IT systems and networks. These activities are implemented in collaboration with specialist institutions involved in research on topics relating to CTA’s cross-cutting issues and in project monitoring and evaluation in ACP countries and organisations. 96 CTA Annual Report 2003 P&CS products and services SOCIO-ECONOMIC ANALYSIS AND AWARENESS-RAISING OF CROSS-CUTTING ISSUES AND SPECIAL DEVELOPMENT TOPICS Activity Internal seminars Details Social capital (January); NEPAD (June); Locally initiated development (June); Knowledge management (July); Intellectual Property Rights in Agriculture (November) 6th ICT Observatory, on ICTs in agricultural extension (September) Purpose Improve CTA staff awareness of development issues and facilitate the development of CTA strategies ICT Observatory (see p. 50) Advise CTA on the latest developments in modern ICTs in agricultural extension and highlight useful applications in the context of CTA's programmes and activities Develop a gender strategy for CTA Support innovative activity that contributes to the understanding and application of ICTs in among rural women in Africa, the Caribbean and the Pacific Strategy development Small grants fund Gender GenARDIS, a small grants fund for gender, agriculture and rural development in the information society Study on the economic impact of the application of SPS measures on ACP countries Review of legal issues identified by the SPS study: equivalence and traceability Study Assess effects of the application of SPS measures on ACP agro-food exports to EU countries Study Examine whether certain aspects of the EC’s SPS legislation (i.e., traceability and equivalence rules) may be open to challenge under WTO rules or to re-negotiation by ACP countries, by means of dispute settlement or through ongoing or future multilateral, plurilateral or bilateral negotiations (i.e., Doha Round and EPA negotiations) Determine the economic and financial impact of a new trading regime formulated by the EU Council which is likely to have a serious impact on the ACP tuna export industry; the study deals with a broader debate on the erosion of commercial preferences Study Impact of EU opening its markets to canned tuna from Thailand and the Philippines on ACP tuna producers / exporters SUPPORT TO CTA’S ANNUAL PROJECT CYCLE MANAGEMENT Activity Study Details Assessment of agricultural information needs in ACP Pacific countries Selection criteria for CTA’s products and services, and project management guidelines for CTA’s partners Purpose Recommend potential partners / beneficiaries for CTA’s activities and services, and identify their needs in terms of agricultural information and capacity building Streamline and improve criteria for access to CTA’s products and services and develop strategies for their application Internal review 97 CTA Annual Report 2003 P&CS products and services PERFORMANCE-IMPACT EVALUATION Activity Study and capacity building Details Preparation of Smart Tools for evaluating the performance of information products and services Preparation of a book on impact assessment; Consultative Meeting in Maastricht, The Netherlands, (July) Performance-Impact Evaluation Road Map (September): Impact Assessment Session ; Open Session; Smart Toolkit Session Inter-agency project on evaluating the results of capacity development (resultant book, Evaluating capacity development, produced in September) Revision and validation of evaluation /impact assessment manual with ISNAR (resultant manual, Evaluating an information project: a letter to a project manager, produced in December) Evaluation of CTA’s ICM Skills and Systems Programme (report presented in June) Mid-term evaluation of CTA’s pilot book distribution projects (final report presented in September) Purpose A network of CTA-led experts and practitioners working together to compile, revise, test, validate and produce the Smart Toolkits Compile and produce an awareness-raising book on the theory and practice of impact assessment, with particular reference to agricultural information projects, products and services Contribute to the development of practical and cost-effective approaches to evaluating the performance and impact of information programmes Study Workshop (see p. 51) Study Contribute to the understanding of capacity development efforts in research and development (R&D) organisations and the use of evaluation in the design, management and governance of such efforts Study Revise and produce a field manual for the evaluation of information programmes Evaluation Assess programme performance and develop guidelines and strategies for future interventions Evaluation Assess the performance of CTA’s pilot book distribution project and develop guidelines and strategies for future interventions DEVELOPING INTERNAL INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SYSTEMS AND NETWORKS Activity Strengthening IT systems Details Project management software analysis and development (new system launched in November) Purpose Review the project management software requirements and develop a strategy for software implementation 98 CTA Annual Report 2003 Calendar CTA CALENDAR OF EVENTS, 2003 January 20–29 Study visit: Small-scale irrigation for food security in sub-Saharan Africa Partner: TWRDB Venue: Ethiopia 27–31 Workshop: Establishment and development of a Regional Agricultural Policy Network (RAPN) in the Caribbean Partner: IICA Venue: Paramaribo, Suriname 15–16 Workshop: Electronic forum on rice marketing Venue: Dakar, Senegal May 5–16 Training course: Biometry Partner: CABI Venue: Nairobi, Kenya Co-seminar: Under-utilised plant species Partners: CTA, GFU, GTZ, IFAD, IPGRI Venue: Leipzig, Germany 6–8 March 3–4 Workshop: Agricta-policy: supporting ACP agricultural policy networking through collaborative internet platforms Venue: Wageningen, The Netherlands 12–16 Co-seminar: Strengthening the seafood processing / exporting sector in the Pacific to improve trading opportunities Partner: CDE Venue: Madang, Papua New Guinea 19–30 Training course: Production of extension materials Partner: AREU Venue: Mauritius 20–23 Co-seminar: Legal framework for animal genetic resources Partners: CTA, FAO, GTZ, IPGRI, SADC Venue: Maputo, Mozambique 23–24 Meeting: Consultative process on an international assessment of the role of agricultural science and technology in reducing hunger, improving rural livelihoods, and stimulating environmentally sustainable economic growth Partners: IRETA, World Bank Venue: Suva, Fiji 26–30 Training course: Question-and-answer service management Partner: CARDI Venue: St Lucia 25–27 Meeting: Regional dialogue on agricultural recovery and trade policies and strategies for Southern Africa (for FANRPAN stakeholders) Partner: FANRPAN Venue: Gaborone, Botswana 31 – 8 April Training course: Information management for question-and-answer services Partner: KARI Venue: Nairobi, Kenya April 7–8 Co-seminar: EU/ACP fisheries agreements: towards a greater sustainability Partner: Commonwealth Secretariat Venue: Brussels, Belgium Training course: Public awareness for farmers’ associations and NGOs Partner: ECAPAPA Venue: Kampala, Uganda 7–11 99 CTA Annual Report 2003 Calendar 26 – 3 June Training course: Information management for QAS Partner: CARDI Venue: St Lucia 28 – 1 August Workshop: ECAPAPA priority setting Partners: ASARECA, ECAPAPA Venue: Nairobi, Kenya August June 8–13 Co-seminar: 7th African Forum, on the struggle for pro-poor growth: linking national objectives to local priorities and overcoming process overload Partner: GTZ Venue: Pretoria, South Africa 15–22 Meeting: IRETA agricultural liaison officers Partner: IRETA Venue: Cook Islands September 8–12 Inter-agency consultation: Performanceimpact evaluation road map Venue: Wageningen, The Netherlands 23–27 Training course: Flower production and marketing in the Pacific Partner: IRETA Venue: Suva, Fiji 24–26 Regional workshop: Follow-up workshop on the promotion of partnerships between CTA and national ACP organisations in Central Africa Venue: N’Djamena, Chad 22–26 Training workshop: ICT sensitisation Partner: CARDI Venue: Antigua and Barbuda 22–27 Training course: Proposal writing Partner: IRAD-Ekona Venue: Buela and Douala, Cameroon 23–25 Meeting: 6th Consultative Expert Meeting of CTA’s Observatory on ICTs, on ‘ICTs – transforming agricultural extension?’ Venue: Wageningen, The Netherlands July 16–17 Workshop: Establishment of a regional observatory on onion Venue: Niamey, Niger 21–24 Workshop: RAIN priority setting Partners: ASARECA, RAIN Venue: Nairobi, Kenya 21–25 Training course: Agricultural information and communication Partner: IRETA Venue: Kiribati 21 – 1 August Training course: Scientific data management Partner: UNAAB Venue: Abeokuta, Nigeria October 3–4 Workshop: Establishment of a regional observatory on roots and tubers Partner: CMA/AOC Venue: Bangui, Central African Republic Training course: Agricultural policy networks management Partner: CARDI Venue: Georgetown, Guyana Training course: Web page design Partner: REPA Venue: Dakar, Senegal 6–11 6–17 100 CTA Annual Report 2003 Calendar 8–9 Workshop: Youth and women in current agricultural policy development Partner: IICA Venue: Georgetown, Guyana 24–28 Training course: Market information systems Partner: INSTI Venue: Accra, Ghana 28 – 3 December Meeting: CTA 2nd Meeting of the ACP Informal Working Group on Science and Technology Venue: Ede, The Netherlands 13–17 Study visit: Farming systems Partner: IRETA Venue: Palau 20–24 Co-seminar: Funding sustainable development in the Sahel Venue: Nouakchott, Mauritania 20–31 Training workshop: Production of extension materials Partner: INSTI-CSIR Venue: Accra, Ghana 21–24 CTA seminar: Information support for sustainable soil fertility management Venue: Arnhem, The Netherlands 27–31 Regional workshop: Follow-up workshop on the promotion of partnerships between CTA and national ACP organisations in Eastern, Southern and West Africa Venue: Abuja, Nigeria December 8–12 Regional workshop: Follow-up workshop on the promotion of partnerships between CTA and national ACP organisations in West Africa Venue: Bamako, Mali Training course: Information management for QAS Partner: AGRHYMET Venue: Niamey, Niger 8–16 November 10–14 Workshop: Strengthening of organic farming in the Pacific Partner: IRETA Venue: Apia, Samoa 11–13 Co-seminar: Involving civil society in the dialogue on economic partnership agreements Venue: Port-of-Spain, Trinidad and Tobago 17–18 Workshop: CariPestNet Workshop Partner: CariPestNet Venue: St Lucia 17–21 Co-seminar: Land tenure and sustainable development in the Sahel and West Africa Partner: CILSS, GTZ, IIED, IUCN, MAE, ROPPA Venue: Bamako, Mali 101 CTA Annual Report 2003 Acronyms and abbreviations ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS AAIS ACP ADAF-Gallé ADC ADEPRINA AETFAT AGRHYMET AGRIDEA AIAEE AIDS AIF ANAFE ANOPACI AOPP APRM ARC ARDAF AREU ARMTI ASARECA AU-IBAR AVIDEL BIMTT BMZ CABI CAIS CAMID CARDI CARICOM CASIDRA CCS CCSD CDE CESAO CEJA CEMAC CIAT CIFIR CILSS CIMOA CIPMNET CIRAD CIRES African Association of Insect Scientists African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States Association pour le développement des activités de production et de formation Austrian Development Cooperation Association pour le développement de l’enseignement du perfectionnement et de la recherche à l’Institut national agronomique Paris-Grignon Association pour l’étude taxonomique de la flore d’Afrique tropicale Centre régional de formation et d’application en agrometeorologie et hydrologie opérationnelle Agricultural Information for the Development of Eastern Africa Association for International Agricultural and Extension Education acquired immuno-deficiency syndrome Agence intergouvernementale de la francophonie African Network for Agroforestry Education Association nationale des organisations professionnelles agricoles de Côte d’Ivoire Association des organisations paysannes professionnelles African Peer Review Mechanism Agricultural Research Council Danish Agricultural and Rural Development Advisers’ Forum Agricultural Research and Extension Unit Agricultural and Rural Management Training Institute Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa African Union – Interafrican Bureau for Animal Resources Association villageoise pour le développement local Bureau de liaison des centres de formation rurale Bundeministerium für Wirtschaftliche Zusammenarbeit Centre for Agriculture and Biosciences International Carribean Agricultural Information System Caribbean Agri-business Marketing Intelligence and Development Network Caribbean Agricultural Research and Development Institute Caribbean Community Cape Agency for Sustainable Integrated Development in Rural Areas Caribbean Crops Society Communication Channels and Services Department (CTA) Centre for the Development of Enterprise Centre d’études economiques et sociales de l’Afrique de l’Ouest Conseil européen de jeunes agriculteurs Communauté économique et monétaire de l’Afrique Centrale International Centre for Tropical Agriculture Canadian Institute for Food Inspection and Regulation Comité permanent inter-États de lutte contre la sécheresse dans le Sahel Cook Islands Ministry of Agriculture Caribbean Integrated Pest Management Network Centre de coopération internationale en recherche agronomique pour le développement Centre ivoirien de recherches économiques et sociales 102 CTA Annual Report 2003 Acronyms and abbreviations CMA/AOC CNAR CNDIST CNERV CNFP CNRA CNRST CODRA COLEACP COMESA CPDC CSIR CTA DDA DFID DGCID DORA DSO EBA EC ECAPAPA ECDPM ECOWAS ECTAD EDF EEZ ENDA EPA ESAP ETC EU FAKT FANRPAN FAO FENOP FFA FFS FIARA FIPA FO FPA FUPRO GAINS GARDA GFAR GFU GIS GMO GNAFF Conference of Ministers of Agriculture/West and Central Africa Centre national d’appui a la recherche Centre national de documentation et d’information scientifique et technique Centre national d’élevage et de recherche vétérinaires Conseil national de financement populaire Centre national de recherche agricole Centre national de la recherche scientifique Community Development and Relief Agency Comité de liaison ACP-UE pour la promotion des fruits tropicaux, légumes de contre-saison, fleurs, plantes ornementales et épices Common Market of East and Southern Africa Caribbean Policy Development Center Council for Scientific and Industrial Research Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation Doha Development Agenda Department for International Development Direction générale de la coopération internationale et du développement Dissemination of Reference Books on Agriculture (CTA) Direct Support to Training Institutes in Developing Countries Everything But Arms European Commission Eastern and Central Africa Programme for Agricultural Policy Analysis European Centre for Development Policy Management Economic Community of West African States Eastern Caribbean Agriculture Trading and Development Company European Development Fund exclusive economic zones Environnement et développement du tiers-monde Economic Partnership Agreement Economic Structural Adjustment Programme Foundation for Ecology, Technology and Culture European Union Consult for Management, Training and Technologies Food, Agricultural and Natural Resources Policy Analysis Network Food and Agriculture Organisation of the United Nations Fédération nationale des organisations paysannes Forum francophone des affaires Farmer Field School Foire internationale de l’agriculture et des ressources Fédération internationale des producteurs agricoles farmers’ organisation Fisheries Partnership Agreement Fédération des unions de producteurs du Bénin Ghana Agricultural Information Service Gambia Rural Development Agency Global Forum on Agricultural Research Global Facilitation Unit for Under-utilised Species geographical information system genetically modified organism Ghana National Association of Farmers and Fishermen 103 CTA Annual Report 2003 Acronyms and abbreviations GRET GSP GTZ HACCP IAMSLIC ICIPE ICM ICT IDRC IFAD IFAP IFDC IFLA IFS IICA IICD IIED IIRR ILEIA IMF INADES INASP INGENIC INIBAP INPA INRAB INRAN INSAH INSTI InWENT IOC IPC IPGRI IPM IPSD IRAD IRAF IRAG IRC IRED IRETA ISCW ISG ISNAR ISRA ICMSSD ISTRO ITDG ITRA Groupe de recherche et d’échanges technologiques Generalised System of Preferences Gesellschaft für Technische Zusammenarbeit Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point International Association of Aquatic and Marine Science Libraries and Information Centres International Centre of Insect Physiology and Ecology information and communication management information and communication technology International Development Research Centre International Fund for Agricultural Development International Federation of Agricultural Producers International Center for Soil Fertility and Agricultural Development International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions International Foundation for Science Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture International Institute for Communication and Development International Institute for Environment and Development International Institute for Rural Reconstruction Information Centre for Low-External-Input Agriculture International Monetary Fund Institut africain pour le développement économique et social International Network for the Availability of Scientific Publications International Group for Genetic Improvement of Cocoa International Network for the Improvement of Bananas and Plantains Institut National de Pesquisa de Agraria Institut national des recherches agricoles du Bénin Institut de recherches agronomiques du Niger Institut du Sahel Institute for Scientific and Technological Information Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gemeinnützige GmbH Indian Ocean Commission Information Products Committee (CTA) International Plant Genetic Resources Institute integrated pest management Information Products and Services Department (CTA) Institut de recherché agricole pour le développement Institut de recherches agronomiques et forestières Institut de recherché agronomique de Guinée International Rice Commission Innovations et réseaux pour le développement Institute for Research, Extension and Training in Agriculture International Semantic Web Conference International Support Group International Service for National Agricultural Research Institut sénégalais de recherches agricoles Information and Communication Management Skills and Systems Department (CTA) International Soil Tillage Research Organisation Intermediate Technology Development Group Institut togolais de recherche agronomique 104 CTA Annual Report 2003 Acronyms and abbreviations ITU IWMI KAIPPG KARI KIT KNFU LDC LDU LEAP-IMPACT MAE MIS NAQAS NDA NEPAD NGO NRI NRM NTB OECD P&CS PACODEV PDS PGR PNG PRAIS PROCICARIBE PRSP QAS RAIN RAPN REPA ROPPA S&T SADC SAILD SANAT SBIS SDC SDI SICAC SIDA SPC SPS SSO SUSAN SWOT TBT TSBF TWRDB UN International Telecommunication Union International Water Management Institute Kenya AIDS Intervention Prevention Project Group Kenya Agricultural Research Institute Koninklijk Instituut voor de Tropen Kenya National Farmers’ Union Least Developed Country Land Development Unit Learning and Evaluation Program – Impact Ministère français des affaires étrangères market information systems Nigerian Agricultural Question-and-Answer Service National Department of Agriculture New Economic Partnership for African Development non-governmental organisation Natural Resources Institute natural resources management non-tariff barrier Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development Planning and Corporate Services (CTA) Participatory Community Development Publications Distribution Service (CTA) plant genetic resources Papua New Guinea Programme for Agricultural Information Services Caribbean Agricultural Science and Technology Network System Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper Question-and-Answer Service Regional African Information Network Regional Agricultural Policy Networking Réseau d’éxpertise en politiques agricoles Réseau des organisations paysannes et des producteurs agricoles science and technology Southern African Development Community Service d’appui aux initiatives locales de développement South African Network on Animal Traction Sustainable Building Information System Swiss Development Corporation Selective Dissemination of Information Système d’information et de communication agricole d’Afrique Centrale Swedish International Development Agency South Pacific Commission sanitary and phytosanitary South Sea Orchids Ltd Sub-Saharan African Network strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, threats technical barriers to trade Tropical Soil Biology and Fertility Institute Tigray Water Resources Development Bureau United Nations 105 CTA Annual Report 2003 Acronyms and abbreviations UNAAB UNECA UNFFE UNGC USAID WMCS WOFAN WRC WSIS WSSEA WTO ZFU ZNFU University of Agriculture, Abeokuta United Nations Economic Commission for Africa Uganda National Farmers Federation Unité nationale de gestion et de coordination United States Agency for International Aid Wireless Monitor and Control Systems Women Farmers Advancement Network Water Resources Center World Summit on the Information Society Weed Science Society for Eastern Africa World Trade Organisation Zimbabwe Farmers’ Union Zambia National Farmers’ Union