Augustin Wambo, Head, Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP), NPCA, South Africa

1. ….where do we stand?
Operationalizing the Malabo Biennial
Review Mechanism
Accra, 20 October 2016

3. Structure of Malabo Declarations: 7 Performance Areas

4. Structure of Malabo Declarations: 7 Performance Areas

5. Structure of Malabo Declarations: 7 Performance Areas

6. Structure of Malabo Declarations: 7 Performance Areas

7. The Malabo M&E…

8. Department for Rural Economy and Agriculture, African Union Commission
7 Performances Themes
22 Performances Categories
40 Performances Indicators

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Countries
individual Report
Preparation.
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Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
IGAD & EAC
Technica
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Political
Eastern Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
ECCAS
Technica
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Political
Central Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
UMA
Technica
l
Political
Northern Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
ECOWAS
Technica
l
Political
Western Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
SADC, COMESA
Technica
l
Political
Southern Africa
RTO RPO
Technical
alignment and
political
endorsement of
countries reports
at sub-regional
levels: Under a
sub-regional
workshops
organized by
RECs.
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AUC/NPCA CAADP
Team
Individual
submission of
countries Reports,
after integration
of sub-regional
comments.
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Continental report
compilation.
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PRC
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT
Continental
Report to the
AU Summit
through the
AU validation
mechanism
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AUC
Official Submission to the AUC.6
TA
DREA STC
Continental
Report
endorsement by
Ministers, to allow
submission to the
AU Summit.
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RECs, NPCA/AUC and Member States Coordination Mechanism in 7 steps for
preparing the Biennial Report on Malabo Declaration to the African Union
Summit.
SCTF
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Countries
individual Report
Preparation.
1
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
IGAD & EAC
Technica
l
Political
Eastern Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
ECCAS
Technica
l
Political
Central Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
UMA
Technica
l
Political
Northern Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
ECOWAS
Technica
l
Political
Western Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
SADC, COMESA
Technica
l
Political
Southern Africa
RTO RPO
Technical
alignment and
political
endorsement of
countries reports
at sub-regional
levels: Under a
sub-regional
workshops
organized by
RECs.
2
AUC/NPCA CAADP
Team
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Individual
submission of
countries Reports,
after integration
of sub-regional
comments.
3
Continental report
compilation.
4
PRC
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT
Continental
Report to the
AU Summit
through the
AU validation
mechanism
7
AUC
Official Submission to the AUC.6 PS Platform
DREA STC
Continental
Report
endorsement by
PS and Ministers,
to allow
submission to the
AU Summit.
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RECs, NPCA/AUC and Member States Coordination Mechanism in 7 steps for
preparing the Biennial Report on Malabo Declaration to the African Union
Summit.
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Central Africa Eastern Africa Northern Africa Southern Africa Western Africa
1. Angola 1. Burundi 1. Algeria 1. Botswana 1. Benin
2. Cameroon 2. Comoros 2. Egypt 2. Lesotho 2. Burkina Faso
3. Central African Republic 3. Djibouti 3. Libya 3. Madagascar 3. Cape Verde
4. Chad 4. Eritrea 4. Mauritania 4. Malawi 4. Cote d'ivoire
5. Congo 5. Ethiopia 5. Tunisia 5. Mauritius 5. Gambia
6. Congo, Dem. Republic 6. Kenya 6. Saharawi 6. Mozambique 6. Ghana
7. Equatorial Guinea 7. Rwanda 7. Namibia 7. Guinea
8. Gabon 8. Somalia 8. South Africa 8. Guinea-Bissau
9. Sao Tome and Principe 9. Sudan 9. Swaziland 9. Liberia
10. South Sudan 10. Seychelles 10. Mali
11. Tanzania 11. Zambia 11. Niger
12. Uganda 12. Zimbabwe 12. Nigeria
13. Senegal
14. Sierra Leone
15. Togo
RECs Grouping
Northern Africa UMA, CenSAD
Central Africa ECCAS, SADC, COMESA
Eastern Africa EAC, IGAD, COMESA, SADC
Southern Africa SADC, COMESA
Western Africa ECOWAS

12. Agreement on countries coordination by RECs
Region Leading REC Involved RECs Member States Notes
Central Africa ECCAS ECCAS, SADC, COMESA
Angola, Cameroon, Central African
Republic, Chad,Congo, Dem.
Republic of Congo, Equatorial
Guinea, Gabon, Sao Tome and
Principe
Angola and RDC will submit their
reports to ECCAS with copy to SADC
East Africa ???
EAC, IGAD, COMESA,
SADC
Burundi, Comoros, Djibouti,
Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Rwanda,
Somalia, Sudan, South Sudan,
Tanzania, Uganda
Joint coordination team of RECs will
be formed. AUC will facilitate this.
North Africa UMA UMA, CenSAD
Algeria, Egypt, Libya, Mauritania,
Tunisia, Saharawi
AUC should engage with UMA to
further discuss arrangements for
coordinating NA countries.
Southern
Africa
??? SADC, COMESA
Botswana, Lesotho, Madagascar,
Malawi, Mauritius, Mozambique,
Namibia, South Africa, Swaziland,
Seychelles, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Joint coordination team of RECs will
be formed. AUC will facilitate this.
West Africa ECOWAS ECOWAS
Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde,
Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana,
Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia,
Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra
Leone, Togo

13. The Biennial Review
Mechanism …
On the way to the January 2018 AU Assembly

14. Intermediate year YB+1
Q.01
Q.02
Q.03
Q.04
Q.05
Q.06
Q.07
Q.08
Biennial year YBAU
Assembly
PS 2
M&E
PR
RECs/Reg.
Meetings
Biennial year YB+2AU
Assembly
Peer-to-Peer Experiences on the Biennial
MS @ WORK for preparing the Next
Report
RECs-led Regional validations of the
Country Reports
AU Process for submitting Report
Recommendations of the Final Report
and Endorsement of the Report
Platform to operationalize
recommendations/ decisions & Discuss,
and Agree on Supports to CountriesPS 1
CAADP
PP
Platform to mobilize stakeholders/
partners to launch agreed supports…
CAADP
t. PPs
Recommendations / Decisions
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17. …who does what?
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18. 1. Roles of Countries
 Data Collection
 Report Writing
 Validation of Reports
 Amendment and Re-submission

19. …. Focal Person of the Biennial Process
 Should be the CAADP Focal Point
 The CAADP Focal Point should
accompanied with an M&E Specialist for
technical discussion the BR
 Advised to have the same Officer as M&E
Specialist, to participate in discussion at
subregional and continental levels
 Country SAKSS should be part of the
country CAADP Team;

20. 2. Roles of RECs
 Review of Country Report/
Quality assurance
 Consolidation and Validation of
Regional Report
 Finalization and Submission of
Regional Report

21. 3. Roles of AUC and NPCA
 Leadership
 Overall coordination
 Advisory support
 AUC/NPCA to mobilize technical
and financial support to
countries

22. 4. Roles of Partners
A. Provide necessary technical and knowledge management supports
to the biennial process, through fruitful partnership that carries out
problems-based action-researches to guaranty alignment for a
grounded and sustainable biennial reporting process
B. Support MS, RECs and AUC/NPCA in the data management, data
collection methodologies and approaches, and reports preparation
and compilation, to guaranty a good quality Biennial Report to the
AU assembly.
C. Will operate through...
Biennial Steering
Committee
Biennial Task
Force

23. Task Force … and Technical Working Groups (TWG)

24. 5. Country Trainings
 Communication for the trainings through
the Ministry of Agriculture with copies to
CADDP/FP… Letters must come with TORs
 Participants of the trainings:
- CAADP Focal Point
- Assigned M&E Person (possibly SAKSS
Coordinator)
- etc.

25. Region REC involved Tentative dates
Western Africa ECOWAS Abidjan 7-11th Nov
Southern Africa SADC Jo’burg 14-18th Nov
Central Africa CEEAC Yaoundé 21-25 Nov
Eastern Africa IGAD< EAC,
COMESA
Arusha 12-16 Dec
Northern Africa UMA Cairo 6-10 Feb
NOTE: Training to take 5 days per region
6. Dates of the country trainings

26. 7. Dates of the Country trainings
 Further consult with RECs to agree
on the proposed dates

27. Merci