26 November 2018. The Platform for Africa-Europe Partnership on Agricultural Research for Development (PAEPARD) supports since 2009 research collaboration between a wide range of organizations in Africa and Europe. The conference will describe the main achievements of the various mechanisms – multi-stakeholder partnerships, users-led process – and instruments – incentive funds, write-shops, communication tools – to set up, strengthen and get sustainable various consortia. The potential for impacts has been recently assessed, and the perspective to scale will be discussed. Introduction: Wim Olthof, Deputy Head of Unit DEVCO C1, Rural development, Food security and Nutrition Christophe Larose, Head of sector, Sustainable Agriculture, DEVCO C1 Presentations: Jonas Mugabe - Manager PAEPARD, FARA, Accra, Ghana Remi Kahane - Deputy Manager PAEPARD, Agrinatura/CIRAD Montpellier, France Respondents: Irene Annor Frempong - Director for Research and Innovation, FARA, Accra, Ghana Philip Kiriro - Former Chair of the East African Farmers Federation (EAFF), Nairobi, Kenya

1. Lessons from PAEPARD 10 years experience
Striving for success in multi-stakeholder partnerships in
Europe-Africa agriculture research and innovation actions
Monday 26 November 2018, 12:30 – 14:00
Lunch-time Conference External Cooperation Infopoint
Introduction
Mr Wim Olthof,
Deputy Head of Unit DEVCO C1, Rural
development, Food security and Nutrition
Mr Christophe Larose,
Head of sector, sustainable agriculture,
DEVCO C1
Presentation
Jonas Mugabe, Manager PAEPARD, FARA,
Accra, Ghana
Remi Kahane, Deputy Manager PAEPARD,
Agrinatura/CIRAD Montpellier, France
Respondents
Irene Annor Frempong, Director for
Research and Innovation, FARA, Accra, Ghana
Philip Kiriro, Former Chair of the East African
Farmers Federation (EAFF), Nairobi, Kenya
The Platform for Africa-Europe
Partnership on Agricultural Research
for Development (PAEPARD)
supports since 2009 research
collaboration between a wide range
of organizations in Africa and
Europe. The conference will
describe the main achievements of
the various mechanisms – multi-
stakeholder partnerships, users-led
process – and instruments –
incentive funds, write-shops,
communication tools – to set up,
strengthen and get sustainable
various consortia. The potential for
impacts has been recently assessed,
and the perspective to scale will be
discussed.