This document discusses instruments for communication and accountability regarding the Malabo Declaration. It provides context on the Malabo Declaration within the frameworks of Agenda 2063 and the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. It then reviews progress made by countries in implementing the Malabo Declaration goals based on the Africa Agriculture Transformation Scorecard. Key policy issues requiring improvement are identified for Malawi based on its scorecard results. Finally, examples of communication tools and stakeholders' roles in accountability are briefly covered.

1. Biennial Review: Instruments for
Communication and Mutual Accountability
Olawale Emmanuel Olayide, PhD
Centre for Sustainable Development, University of Ibadan, Nigeria
& Member of the AUC Technical Network/Task Force on Malabo Declaration Biennial Review
oe.olayide@ui.edu.ng, waleolayide@yahoo.com
+2348035973449

2. Malabo Declaration in the context
Continental and Global
Development Agendas

3. Africa Development Agenda
Agenda 2063
• Strategic Framework for the socio-economic
transformation of Africa over the next 50 years.
• 8 Aspirations for 2063 among which “Aspiration 1: A
prosperous Africa, based on inclusive growth and
sustainable development”
• First-10 Year Implementation Plan – CAADP one of the AU
flagship programs
• Malabo Declaration – Africa 2025 vision for Agricultural
Transformation to be achieved through the
implementation of CAADP

4. 2030 Agenda for Sustainable
Development
• 2030 Agenda is a Plan of action for people, planet and prosperity.
• 17 Sustainable Development Goals and 169 Targets.
• SDGs – all goals are of equal importance and fully integrated.
• Existing synergies between Agenda 2063 and SDGs - 10 Year
Implementation Plan priority areas covering the Malabo
Declaration Goals and Targets contributing to all the SDGs,
especially SDGs 1, 2, 5, 9, 12, 13 among others.

5. Achieving Malabo Declaration Goals and Targets through CAADP contributes to
the achievement of the 10 Year Implementation of Agenda 2063 and 2030
Agenda for Sustainable Development…..

7. Give progress status for each country in implementing the
Malabo Declaration …

8. 7 Performances Themes
22 Performances Categories
43 (continental/CAADP)
indicators

9. TheAfricaAgricultureTransformationScorecard2018

10. Map of Africa Agriculture Transformation
Scorecard (2017 Round)

11. AATS Regional Summary: Southern Africa

12. BR Thematic Scores for Malawi, SADC
Member States and SADC Economic
Groups
Re-
commitme
nt to
CAADP
Enhance
Agricultur
e Finance
Ending
Hunger by
2025
Halving
Poverty
Through
Agriculture
Boosting
Intra-Africa
Trade in
Agriculture
Enhancing
Resilience to
Climate
Change
Mutual
Accountabilit
y for Actions
& Results
Averages
Malawi 7.20 4.92 2.09 4.98 1.36 4.65 9.24 4.92
SADC
Average*
5.72 4.47 2.26 2.59 3.22 3.94 5.94 3.78
SADC LI 5.91 3.04 1.91 2.17 1.49 3.17 4.78 3.21
SADC MI 5.00 5.04 2.32 2.45 4.02 4.06 6.42 4.19
Minimum
Score
3.33 6.67 3.71 2.06 1.00 6.00 4.78 3.94
Malawi’s
Progress
On Track On Track
Not on
Track
On Track On Track Not on Track On Track On Track

13. AATS for Malawi

14. Key Policy Issues that Require Improvement
• Increase number of both men and women in agriculture that have access to
financial services
• Area covered by irrigation should increase at a faster rate in order to reduce the
over-reliance on rain-fed agriculture
• There is need for agricultural value addition through processing and in order to
boost agriculture’s contribution to national income
• Owing to the widespread climate change and weather impacts, it is important that
there be a deliberate effort to include budget lines project on resilience to climatic
changes and production risks
• Stakeholders should start communicating and utilising BR indicators in policy
design
• Need to improve M& E and data collection systems in the country

15. Example of Communication Tools &
Strategies
• Social internet services and data exchange within the
ministry & outside the ministry (including website upgrade)
• Group messaging, chat tools & social media
• Cases, issue tracking services & newsletters
• Blogs and short documentary videos
• Discussion forums & platforms
Source: https://axerosolutions.com/blogs/timeisenhauer/pulse/283/5-foolproof-business-communication-tools-every-company-should-be-using

16. Stakeholders' roles and responsibilities …

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