GFRAS GLOBAL GOOD PRACTICE (GGP) INITIATIVE

1. GFRAS Global Good
Practice (GGP)
Initiative
By Hlami Ngwenya
Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services
(GFRAS)
Eastern Africa Policy Dialogue,
Kampala, Uganda 16-18 June 2015

2. Global Good Practices –
The Idea Behind
1. Challenge to find globally relevant approaches
-Search for global best practices by different
stakeholders
But: No such thing as best practice –> highly dependent on
environmental, economic, socio-cultural, political context
2. Challenge of access to knowledge and experiences
-A lot of information and knowledge on approaches and
innovation available
But: Scattered in different online and physical libraries, platforms,
fora, and often presented in difficult language (e.g. scientific)
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3. Global Good Practices –
The Idea Behind
Addressing challenge 1:
-Present systematic description of extension
approaches,
• Outlining their philosophy, strengths and weaknesses,
• Best-fit considerations (e.g. requirements for the
approach to work in terms of context and capacities etc),
• Implementation steps, costs implications, etc.
Addressing challenge 2
-Present approaches in easy-to-understand,
• Short, practical, and easy to access (online, no costs)
formats,
• Using simple language for everyone to understand
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4. Global Good Practices Note
- Coverage of Topics
Workshops and exchanges for priority setting
5 main dimensions/ Thematic areas
•Governance Structure
•Policy Environment
•Management and capacity strengthening
•Advisory Methods
•Cross-cutting factors
Ensures balance of topics
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5. Global Good Practices –
Preparation and implementation
2013: Preparatory phase
•Idea discussed and refined with donor representatives from
BMGF, GIZ, and with experts from CGIAR, MEAS, GFRAS, FAO,
Central Agricultural University (India).
Advisory group to define database on how
to structure approaches, define formats,
and processes
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6. First set of GGP publications
2014: Publication of first three notes
•Innovation Platforms,
•Farmer Field Schools,
•Mobile-based “bundled” services:
Example of Agri-Fin Mobile
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7. Global Good Practices Note
Quality Assurance in Development
process
1. Advisory group to select proposals (in consultation with
regions), and follow the process, including all stages of notes’
development
1. Three review/feedback rounds by Advisory Group (proposal
and outline), and 2-3 external reviewers, not coming from the
same sector, per note(draft note)
1. Layout and editing by internationally recognised editing
organisation
2. Appropriate honorarium to enable authors to provide quality
products, without creating financial incentives for authors
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8. Global Good Practices –
going to scale
Important funding from GIZ
1st
call
2nd
call
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9. Current GGP notes
• Currently 20 notes in elaboration,
• Planned to be published by the 6th
GFRAS Annual
Meeting in Kyrgyzstan
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Extension
paradigms overview
Farmer to Farmer Extension
Enabling Rural Innovation
Video for RAS
Integrating Gender into RAS
Nutrition and RAS
Management Advice for Family Farms
The Role of Producer Organisations in RAS
Mobile
phones for
RAS
Webportals for
RAS
Agricultural Innovation
System ICT4RAS
Rural Resource
Centers
Cooperatives
¨for
participation
in
high
value
chain
Value chain oriented RAS
Community workers initiative
Radio for RAS
Social Media for RAS

10. For more details
Access the call
http://www.g-fras.org/en/ggp-home.html
Send the proposal to ggp@g-fras.org.
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11. Thank you for listening
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