Rural Economic Development and Food Security Sector Working Group—RED and FS
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Presented by Gary Robbins (USAID) at the Ethiopia - CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) Country Collaboration and Site Integration Meeting, Addis Ababa, 11 December 2015
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Rural Economic Development and Food Security Sector Working Group—RED and FS
- 1. Rural Economic Development and Food Security Sector Working Group RED&FS Gary Robbins (USAID) Ethiopia - CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) Country Collaboration and Site Integration Meeting, Addis Ababa, 11 December 2015 ILRI Consultative Workshop
- 2. ILRI Consultative Workshop Background Established in 2008 as one of several SWGs under DAG umbrella Joint platform lead by Government and supported by Development Partners Committed to mobilization and alignment of resources to government priorities Harmonization and coordination of those resources to address gaps and avoid overlaps RESOURCE EFFECTIVENESS
- 3. ILRI Consultative Workshop Modalities • Various Sector and Sub-Sector Platforms allow direct engagement and dialogue between Government and Development Partners • Technical Committees • Task Forces • Executive Committee • Secretariat • Encouraging a Coordinated Programme Approach • Agricultural Growth Programme • Sustainable Land Management Programme • Productive Safety Net Programme • Drought Resilience and Sustainable Livelihoods Programme
- 4. RED&FS Executive Committee TC Agricultural Growth Secretariat RED&FS Broad RED&FS Platform TC Sustainable Land Management TC DRM and Food Security AGP SLMP PSNP PIF M&E Task Force MoA RED&FS MDTF Cross-Sector Working Group TC Livestock and Pastoralism WB RED&FS MDTF ILRI Consultative Workshop
- 5. RED&FS Executive Committee TC Agricultural Growth Secretariat RED&FS Broad RED&FS Platform TC Sustainable Land Management TC Food Security Rural Job Creation AGP SLMP PSNP PIF TC Livestock Production M&E Task Force MoA RED&FS MDTF Cross-Sector Working Group TC Animal Health and Feed Special DRM/FS/AG Coordination Unit WB RED&FS MDTF ILRI Consultative Workshop Sector Strategy and PIF
- 6. RED&FS Technical Committees and Task Forces Livestock Production Animal Health and Feed Agricultural Growth Sustainable Land Management Food Security & Rural Job Creation TBD TBD Private Sector Development Capacity Building TBD (Mixed Crops and Livestock) Research and Technology Climate Change (Pastoral Livelihoods) Extension and Capacity Building Small Scale Irrigation Inputs and Finance Best Practices Land Admin.ILRI Consultative Workshop
- 7. ILRI Consultative Workshop Challenges • It all takes time and commitment • Resources • The need for Cross-Sector communication/coordination
- 8. ILRI Consultative Workshop Thank You Amaseganalehu
Editor's Notes
- Introduction Thank You The objective of the workshop is to explore opportunities for alignment, harmonization, partnership building and RED&FS is a platform with those same objectives.
- Background Most evolved and complex of all the SWGs reflecting the importance of agriculture to the Ethiopian economy and the complexity of the sector It is a joint platform bringing together the government of Ethiopia with its Development Partners Lead by government through all platforms and supported by DPs All about the Paris Declarations, government ownership of development, harmonization of resources, mutual accountability, Effective and Rational use of resources
- All platforms led by a government Chair and Co-Chaired by DPs Mirriors the structures of the government Ministries Sector Technical Committees are Chaired by State Ministers, Task Forces by Directors, Executive Committee is led by Federal Ministers All platforms produce an Annual Action Plan outlining their goals for the year Secretariat provides broad support to the entire sector and works at building partnerships. They are not technical experts but it is their job to know who the experts are and bring them together. Programme approach allows efficient alignment, harmonization with minimum administrative costs and demands on human resources. About 65-70% of total investment is through the major Flagship Programmes
- This was the structure before the recent government realignment. Four Technical Committees with internal Task Forces. Special task Forces for Cross-Sector, M&E and the Broad Platform that includes all development partners
- However with the reorganization DRM was elevated to an independent Commission and the Food Security was combined with Rural Job Creation in a new State Ministry. The Livestock State Ministry was elevated to an independent Federal Minisry. These changes recognized the evolving importance of those sectors to the development goals of the country. However, the need to maintain traditional lines of coordination and communication remained unchanged. We have discussed modalities of maintaining those linkages with the government and are currently drafting potential new structure. Empahsize this is draft and still being developed but may look something like this. First we discussed with HE Sileshi on ways to link Livestock and the proposal is to include two new Technical Committees from Livestock and Fisheries under the RED&FS structure CLICK Now the two Federal Ministers will work together as Joint Chairs of RED&FS We are currently trying to develop a mechanism to maintain linkages with the DRM sector CLICK Certainly important to maintain this linkage because what we do in agriculture, the advances we have made in the last 10 years requires a strong DRM to maintain those gains in the face of drought, flooding etc. Traditionall the Policy and investment Framework acted as the overarching Guide to investments. However, in the last MTR and discussions around that,it was put forward that the PIF, although an investment framework was insufficient to serve as an overall sector strategy document so CLICK We have discussed with government on the need to have a more robust document and now we are looking at a full sector strategy, emanating from the GTP2, and we hope to be able to modify it to bring together the various sector plans, Livestock Master Plan, CRGE as well as CAADP Framework into one strategy document, within which the PIF will be an investment Framework.
- This is an overview of the Task Force structure within the Technical Committees. Of course the new TCs and Ministries are currently developing their Directorates and Sub-Offices and as they evolve we will be developing appropriate joint platforms, Task Forces in order to meet the mandate of alignment and harmonization. Especially of interest here, in the ILRI sense is the structures that will be present within the Livestock and Fisheries sector. ILRI in the past has been active and engaged in RED&FS and we welcome the opportunity to build on that history and it will be of mutual benefit.
- It is all not candy and roses and RED&FS has challenges. The whole concept of harmonization takes time and commitment. Many institutions have the internal capacity to engage in several sectors, other institutions are more constrained. It is important that engagement with RED&FS is productive and has results. Resources are always a challenge. We have a lot of activities that require budget. Historically we had two MDTFs, one in MoA and one in the WB. The WB MDTF expired over a year ago and we are still working on the mechanism to replace it. We also use programme support and bi-lateral support for many activities. But the important thing to remember about RED&FS is that it is not how much money you bring to the table. RED&FS is built on people and ideas and inputs and the willingness to engage in the objectives of the platform. Certainly over the years as the development of Ethiopia has matured we are more than ever realizing the need for cross-sector coordination and communication. It is a challenge even within RED&FS and the programmes to ensure efficiencies but more than ever we are realizing the need to work across Ministeries and take a more holistic approach to development in order to maintain that Resource Effectiveness.
- So with that I will end and invite questions but I would like to reaffirm the encouragement we give to ILRI and the other CGIAR centers to engage wherever you can and we appreciate your partnership.