Presentation made by Keith Cressman at the 40th session of the FAO Desert Locust Control Committee (DLCC) on the results of an online questionnaire about the FAO regional locust commissions (20 June 2012).

2. 27RESPONSES
16 ENGLISH
11 FRENCH

3. strongly agree agree neutral disagree strongly disagree
useful & reliable function
strengthen capacities
competent Secretary
accurate information
useful visits
competent staff
receives support
enough visits
sufficient staff
0 25 50 75 100%
very
satisfiedsatisfied
satisfied with your
regional commission ?

4. strengthen cooperation
promote preventive control activities
organize regional training
coordinate regional control
develop training materials
provide locust situation info
help develop contingency plans
provide emergency assistance
organize national training
provide research results
analyze, forecast, regional bulletins
maintain strategic control equipment
coordinate research
0 25 50 75 100 %
what should be the role of the Commission

5. provide technical assistance
organize national/regional training
organze Master Trainer courses
maintain commission website
validate national contingency plans
distribute documentation
procure equipment
organize joint surveys
provide emergency $ assistance
prepare translations
prepare publications
0 25 50 75 100 %
very satisfied satisfied neutral dissatisfied very dissatisfied n/a
Satisfaction of commission activities

6. sessions: usefulness
sessions: frequency
sessions: duration
sessions: appropriate topics
exec comm: usefulness
exec comm: frequency
exec comm: duration
exec comm: appropriate topics
usefulness of working papers
timely & quality final report
appropriate follow-up by Secretariat
0 25 50 75 100 %
Satisfaction of commission meetings
very satisfied satisfied neutral dissatisfied very dissatisfied n/a

7. %
Annual contributions
61%
31%
8%
increase by 25%
increase by 10%
remain the same

8. information & reporting
survey & monitoring
training
communication
establishing National Info offices
maintain National Unit
survey & control equipment
planning
establishing National Units
control
environment
institutional framework Autonomous Unit
research
0 25 50 75 100 %
Impact of EMPRES
much better better no change n/a

9. inadequate Commission staffing
large Commission arrears
national insecurity
insufficient Commission Trust Funds
recommendations not implemented
insufficient autonomy of Commission
not enough visits by Commission staff
poor cooperation by higher Government
inappropriate Commission seat
insufficient contact with Commission staff
poorly developed Commission workplan
recommendedations not followed up
unqualified Commission staff
0 25 50 75 100%
Current constraints

10. Commission role
collaboration with donors
Commission staff
Commission publicity
Commission activities
Commission trust fund
Commission work plan
Commission sessions and meetings
collaboration with other commissions
collaboration with FAO HQ
0 25 50 75 100%
much improvement slight improvement none
What needs to be improved

11. Commission support
to attend regional and international meetings, including DLCC
Commission visits
annual visit to check recommendations and progress
Commission role
create regional expertise
research result dissemination is inadequate
monitor recommendations
Commission meetings
combine CLCPRO and EMPRES meetings as topics overlap and duplicated
reports are slow to be issued
Comments

12. Commission autonomy
Commissions to have decision-making power during emergencies
Contributions
Somalia - no government so no contribution
need to be revised (increased) according to country’s paying capacity
Research
greater involvement of national research institutes
Insecurity
organize a high-level meeting with national security officials (similar to Ministerial meeting)
DLCC
the relationship of the regional commissions and DLCC is not clear
Comments