Beyond the EU: DORA and NIS 2 Directive's Global Impact
African Society for Agricultural Research for Development (ASARD)
1. Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa
African Society for Agricultural Research
for Development
(ASARD)
Emmanuel Tambi
AR4D NETWORK CONSULTATIVE ROUNDTABLE:
Pre-CAADP Partnership Platform Event
Durban, South Africa
17-18 March 2014
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FARA and ASARD
Response to demand for collection
action in AR4D at continental level
– Creation of SROs had demonstrated
value of collective action at sub regional
level
– Collective action at continental level was
especially needed for:
• Advocacy,
• Partnerships
• Information exchange
• Capacity development
– A voice for Africa in global forums on
AR4D (e.g. GFAR & CGIAR)
NASRO
ASARECA
CORAF/WECARD
CCARDESA
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Why collective action is important in AR4D
• 27 of the 48 SSA countries have
populations under 10 million
– makes it difficult to achieve
economies of scale including in S&T
• Heterogeneity of agro-ecologies
within countries and sub regions
(spreads thin the AR4D capacity of
countries)
"There is power in numbers and there is
power in unity."
Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Why the creation of ASARD
• African agriculture needs a continental AR4D
professional body to support its transformation
• FARA needs a Professional Society for Agricultural
Research for Development in order to:
– Effectively execute its functions and deliver on its mission
– Effectively operationalize the Science Agenda for
Agriculture in Africa
– Effectively deliver knowledge support to the CAADP
country and regional processes
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Aim, Functions and Objectives of ASARD
• Aim of ASARD:
– Promote AR4D in order to enhance its contribution to
the transformation of African agriculture
• Functions of ASARD:
• Promote and Reward Excellence in AR4D
• Promote AR4D Networking Opportunities
• Facilitate AR4D resource sharing
• Promote Exchange of Information & Knowledge
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Aim, Functions and Objectives of ASARD
• Objectives of ASARD:
– Umbrella body of constituent regional and national associations
in AR4D
– Professional forum for regular discourse by members of the
FARA Forum
– Source of professional identity for African stakeholders and
academics in AR4D
– Knowledge and capacity pool to be tapped upon on demand for
strategic visioning and foresight
– Facilitate stakeholder cooperation in AR4D to promote and
support agriculture
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Aim, Functions and Objectives of ASARD
• Objectives of ASARD:
– Provide guidance to countries wishing to form new professional
societies in agriculture where these do not already exist and to
help existing societies to improve the services they are
providing
– Define and set standards for AR4D professionals and promote
high standards of quality through awards and other forms of
recognition
– Support individual researchers through membership services,
publications and events and integrating stakeholders in AR4D
process
– Provide structure and permanency to the triennial African
Agriculture Science Week
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Aim, Functions and Objectives of ASARD
• Objectives of ASARD:
– Promote scholarly publications on key areas of AR4D and
enhance individual accessibility to publications through
membership subscription
– Publish Journal of African Agricultural Research for
Development (JAARD) and Agricultural Research in Africa
(AGRARIA)
– Develop broad guidelines for research partnerships amongst
South-South, North-South and South-South-North engagements
– Raise public awareness on AR4D
– Promote the visibility and importance of investing in AR4D
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Actions needed to establish ASARD
• FARA Secretariat in collaboration with the sub-regional
organizations (SROs) and other Forum members will
launch ASARD during the FARA@15 celebrations in
November 2014
• Process of establishing ASARD is largely consultative and
will include:
– Determining governing structure of ASARD
– Stakeholder consultation (face-to-face and e-consultations
mediated by existing networks with wide stakeholder
subscription e.g. FARA-Net)
– Determining target group, call for professionals willing to join
ASARD
– Formulation of strategic statements (i.e. vision, mission and
value proposition)
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Actions needed to establish ASARD
– Formulation of ASARD’s Charter – rules and guidelines
concerning membership, official duties, meetings,
parliamentary authority, subscription and other guiding
principles
– Instituting Board of Directors for ASARD
– Recruitment of members
– Developing a website and a communication strategy
– Launching of ASARD and the first editions of JAARD and
AGRARIA journals during the FARA@15 celebrations in
November 2014
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attention
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