This document provides the draft agenda for the 9th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting taking place from March 25-26, 2013 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. The agenda will focus on four main themes: harnessing alternative financing for agricultural investments, strengthening country leadership and ownership, establishing accountability mechanisms, and fostering policy reforms. It includes sessions on accessing agricultural finance, country experiences implementing CAADP, monitoring CAADP results and targets, and lessons from private sector engagement. High-level speakers from African governments and organizations will discuss progress achieving CAADP goals and priorities to transform agriculture over the next decade.

1. African Union Commission
Sustaining the CAADP Momentum –
Implementation, Results and Impact
9th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting
DRAFT AGENDA
25-26 March, 2013 African Union Conference Centre; Addis Ababa
ETHIOPIA

2. PROGRAM OVERVIEW
THEMES HARNESSING ALTERNATIVE FINANCING MODELS FOR EFFECTIVE AGRICULTURAL INVESTMENTS
1 Over the last few years, the CAADP country investment plans have become vehicles and tools
for attracting public financing to the identified priority areas. There are increasing
commitments from both governments and development partners to finance up to 70 percent
of public commitments in country investment plans. Thus in many countries, there is need for
additional resources of finance to support the full implementation of the country investment
plans. A number of alternative sources of financing have not been effectively tapped to
leverage the traditional public sector and development financing mechanisms. This theme,
will focus on enhancing the existing sources of finance as well as exploring what the
alternative sources can catalyze the available options. The focus will be on tapping from the
abundant and potential private sector financing as well as existing and new catalytic funds
available to finance African agriculture.
2 STRENGTHENING COUNTRY LEADERSHIP AND OWNERSHIP
Experience in CAADP implementation has demonstrated that stronger political commitment
and leadership is essential in fostering commitment, ownership and implementation for
results. Where strong political leadership and commitment has been exercised around CAADP
implementation, progress has been realized. Sharing experience and learning lessons on how
this works will be the centre of focus in sustaining the CAADP Momentum. A combination of a
strong leadership from Permanent Secretaries and Ministers responsible for Agriculture with
support from Heads of States in utilizing country investment plans as delivery instruments to
agricultural will matter in delivery of agricultural services for results and impact. Hence the
session will bring together Senior Policy makers including Ministers of Agriculture, Chief
Executive Officers of RECs other high-level dignitaries to share their own experiences.
3 ESTABLISHING INSTRUMENTS AND MECHANISMS FOR STRENGTHENING ACCOUNTABILITY
Effective delivery for results and impact beyond leadership and commitment is to put in place
instruments for monitoring, evaluation and reporting as strong instruments for strengthening
accountability. Delivery for results and impact will require a package of interventions drawn from
financing, leadership and commitment as well as effective mechanisms for accountability. Building
from the recent progress in monitoring and reporting CAADP implementation through ReSAKSS, and
Mutual accountability framework, coupled with the defined actions and targets done under the
“Sustaining the CAADP momentum” exercise, and other pieces of work being commissioned, will
constitute a new refined CAADP results framework. The detailed results framework will therefore
define a future accountability system for CAADP. The role of civil society in CAADP implementation has
improved. Under this session, an independent critic of what is perceived as progress from the “bird
eyes” view of civil society will set a stage for what CAADP stands for.
4 FOSTERING POLICY REFORMS, INSTITUTIONAL CHANGE AND STRUCTURAL TRANSFORMATION
Inadequate policy and institutional reforms continue to stand in a way of effective CAADP
implementation to achieve results and impacts. This is demonstrated in limited private sector
engagement and investment in country investment plans. The session discussion with the private
sector can help to illustrate how policy and institutional constraints will have to be addressed. Hence
the session will discuss how the private sector sees the emerging policy and institutional reforms with
reflection on what has worked and what needs to change in order to trigger additional private sector
investment to complement the ongoing efforts such as the Grow Africa and the New Alliance. The
session will further be guided to identify policy and intuitional blockages to investments and how these
blockages have been turned into policy commitments to facilitate stronger investment in CAADP
investment plans. These will be discussed as examples to create an understanding to all countries on
how stakeholders can identify policy constraints and turn them into policy commitments and
investments for implementation targeting results and impact. There are a number of areas, other than
private sector, that continue to face policy and institutional challenges in their implementation. Some
of these include; nutrition, land, food safety and others.

3. AGENDA AT GLANCE
Monday 25 March 2013
SESSION I: OFFICIAL OPENING: Chair: H.E. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime - Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
09: - 09:30 AM Official and Welcome Remarks: H.E. Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma Chairperson, African Union Commission (CONFIRMED)
Salutations Remarks
Statement by President of Pan African Farmers Organisation
09:00- 10:30 AM CAADP Development Partners Representative - (highest level, possibly, the Ministers)
H.E. Dr Ibrahim Arsane Mayaki - Chief Executive Officer NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
Keynote: Championing Political Commitment to Agriculture in Africa
H.E. Dr. Thomas Boni Yayi - President of Benin [CONFIRMED]
10:30 - 11:00AM
Official Opening
H.E. Hailemariam Desalegn - Prime Minister of Ethiopia and Current Chair, African Union [INVITED]
11:00 - 11:30AM Photo Sessions; Refreshment Break and Press Conference
Parallel Sessions THEME 1 THEME 2 THEME 3 THEME 4
Harnessing alternative financing models Ministerial experience Sharing How are the recent Trends Lessons experiences by private sector in Policy
for effective agricultural investments and session on: Key Drivers of Success and Outlook in Agricultural Reforms & Commitments for results and
emerging private sector initiatives to enhance for Agricultural Transformation - Performance shape the impact
& catalyse CAADP's private sector financing? CLOSED SESSION to MINISTERS, future Options and Serge M. BOMBO,ECOWAS-TEN; Robert Pascal
(Grow Africa, MFW4A, 3ADI, Africa Inclusive CEO's of RECs & HIGH LEVEL Priorities?: Lead Agri Business Tz; Chris Isaac AgDevCo
11:30 - 13:00 PM DIGNITARIES Presentations: ReSAKSS Mozambique. David Kwao Amoah Ghana
Markets etc)
Hugues Kamewe MFW4A, Liberal Seburikoko - Federation of Agricultural Producers; Daniel Gad
Wasafiri Consulting, Tomas Sales, UNDP Omega Farms Ethiopia; Ishmael Sunga. CEO -
Phillipe, UNIDO; Izellele Roux-Owen - Africa SACAU: Ramanou Kouferidji Chairman NEPAD
Agricultural Fund Business-Benin; Dr. James Mwangi- Equity Bank
13:00 - 14:00 PM Lunch Break: Key Note Speech: David Nabarro, Special Representative of the Secretary General on Food Security and Nutrition
Dedicated Session: Access to Agricultural Country lead Session on Key Drivers CAADP Results and Targets Lessons experiences by private sector in Policy
Finance Alignment to CAADP - Session Lead: of Success in CAADP that need to shape the next Reforms & Commitments for results and
Hugues Kamewe MFW4A; Presentation: implementation: Lessons, decade of Agricultural impact
Liberal Seburikoko - Wasafiri Consulting Experiences and Key Takeaways: Transformation: Panel Discussion:
14:00 - 15:30 PM Dedicated Session on: Advancing Grow Africa Key Country Leads: Lead Facilitator Prof. 1. Kalid Bomba CEO Ethiopia Transformation
to respond to Country Requests and Demands Ethiopia, Burkina Faso Senegal, Mandivamba Rukuni. PME Agency, 2. Mr. Geoffrey Kirenga CEO of SAGCOT
Session Lead: NPCA: Presentation by Grow Ghana, Sierra Leone, South Africa, International Tanzania 3. Lead Bagre Corridor, Burkina Faso:
Africa Team (Boaz B Keizire (AUC), Arne Cameroon, DR Congo, CAmeroon, 4. CEO, Rwanda Development Board
Cartridge (WEF), Martin Bwalya (NPCA)) Egypt, Senegal,Sirella Leone
15:30 - 15:45 Refreshment Break
Plenary Panel: High Level Ministerial Panel on Harnessing Political Leadership for CAADP implementation: Ministers of Agriculture: Canada, UK, France, USA, Ghana;
15:45-16:30 Sierra Leone; Burkina Faso; Togo; Kenya; Senegal; Algeria; South Africa; Malawi; Mozambique; Rwanda and Burundi
COCKTAIL: Key Note Presenter (Topic to be identified)
18:00-19:00
Ethiopian Cultural Dance

4. DAY 2 Tuesday 26 March 2013
THEME 1 THEME 2 THEME 3 THEME 4
08:00AM -
SIDE EVENT SIDE EVENT SIDE EVENT SIDE EVENT
09:00AM
Dr Ousmane Badiane (Director for Africa - IFPRI Washington DC): Public and Private Financing: How do Lessons and Experiences from the Global
09:02 - 09:15 Agriculture and Food Security Program (GAFSP) shape Future Donor support to CAADP?
Plenary: CAADP's Results, Performance and Impact - Are results being Achieved? A civil society "Bird Eyes View" - “ONE’s 2013 Agriculture
09:15 - 11:15
Accountability Report: Is Africa Holding Back or Leaping Forward?
11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break
Plenary: Summary and Synthesis of Emerging Outcomes on Theme 1
Plenary: Summary and Synthesis of Emerging Outcomes on Theme 2
11:15 - 13:00
Plenary: Summary and Synthesis of Emerging Outcomes on Theme 3
Plenary: Summary and Synthesis of Emerging Outcomes on Theme 4
13:05 - 14:00 Lunch Break
14:00 - 15:30 Plenary: Overarching CAADP Results Framework: Emerging Outcome and Outlook [Prof. Mandivamba Rukuni. PME International
Plenary: The CAADP Partnership - What does this mean? - Outcomes of Synthesis Report - AUC-NPCA
Coffee Break
Closing Statements
H.E AtoTefera Derbew: Minister for Agriculture and Rural Development ETHIOPIA
H.E. Dr Ibrahim Asarne Mayaki - Chief Executive Officer NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency
15:30 - 17:00
H.E. Rhoda Peace Tumusiime - Commissioner for Rural Economy and Agriculture
H.E. Erastus Mwencha - Deputy Chairperson - African Union Commission
19:30 - 20:45 PM COCKTAIL: HOSTED BY THE ...and Launch of “Launching of ONE’s 2013 Agriculture Accountability Report: Is Africa Holding Back or Leaping
Forward?
Key: THEME 1: Harnessing Alternative Financing Models for Effective THEME 2: Strengthening Country Leadership and Ownership
Agricultural Investments
THEME 3: Establishing Instruments and Mechanisms for Strengthening THEME 4: Fostering Policy reforms, Institutional Change and Structural
Accountability Transformation