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- 1. GLOBAL FORUM FOR RURAL ADVISORY SERVICES ASSIGNMENT – DR.MAHESH MAHADEO MATHILI SHARMA – 218 SHRISHTI NAUTIYAL- 198 MANISH NAIN- 152 DEVESH CHAUHAN – 165 SUSHIBA -208
- 2. DEFINITION: RURAL ADVISORY SERVICES Different activities that: Strengthen capacities Empower people Promote innovations So people can… Obtain skills and information Address rural challenges © 2003 Anna Temu/IFPRI Improved livelihoods
- 3. WHAT IS GFRAS ? A forum and network Rural advisory service actors • Extension providers (public, private, civil society) • Farmer organisations • Regional bodies including research • Academics, educational institutions • Donors • Policy makers
- 4. HISTORY OF GFRAS Recognition of need for regional information sharing among extension in Africa (AFAAS) Discussions at the Neuchâtel Initiative (NI) annual meeting NI links to AFAAS 2009 NI meeting: Demand for dynamic, proactive, formal structure to assure credible and clear voice for RAS at global level
- 5. WHY GFRAS? RAS key to rural development, but… Limited voice at global level Lack of evidence-based advice on policies, approaches, investment options Limited experience-sharing at local, regional level Lack of individual, organisational, institutional capacity strengthening
- 6. GFRAS MISSION Provide space for advocacy and leadership on rural advisory services within the global development agenda... ...that promote sustainable rural growth and help the poor
- 7. GFRAS OBJECTIVES Voice in global policy dialogues Evidence-based approaches and policies Interaction and networking for capacity strengthening Creation of enabling environment for investment
- 8. WHERE GFRAS WORKS Global level international networks, apex organisations, development partners, inter-governmental structures, food security initiatives, climate change forums, research organisations Regional/national level farmer’s umbrella organizations, regional networks, government agencies, NGOs, civil society, private sector, academic networks
- 9. GOVERNANCE AND SUPPORT (INCEPTION PHASE) Open structure with no formal membership Managed by secretariat Governed by steering committee : • African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services • Agridea • Danish Agricultural Advisory Services • Food and Agriculture Organisation • Glemminge Development Research • Global Forum for Agricultural Research • Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation • World Bank
- 10. GFRAS ACTIVITIES Map and match RAS actors and interests Raise awareness for RAS globally Producing documents Attending meetings Coordinating development of toolkit for evaluation of RAS Help regional RAS to network Holding a meeting for inter-continental experience sharing
- 11. Evaluation toolkit development Based on demand from stakeholders Overview of case studies Review of methods Tools, methods, frameworks: toolkit Workshop and validation Field testing
- 12. Support to regional networks African Forum for Agricultural Advisory Services (AFAAS) Joint Latin America consultation on extension with Rimisp Asian extension event Pacific Islands Extension Network Central Asia Extension Network
- 13. Inter-continental experience sharing •Partnering with AFAAS, Rimisp •50-75 participants •Bringing participants from Africa, Asia, Pacific, Central Asia, Latin America, Caribbean, Europe •Regional experience sharing
Editor's Notes
- We believe that rural advisory services are key to poverty reduction, food security and general well-being of rural people. The GFRAS Forum thus gives a space or platform to draw attention to advisory services, to promote them, and to improve them.
- Rural advisory services, also called extension, are all the different activities that provide the information and services needed and demanded by rural actors to strengthen their capacities, empower them, and promote innovations. These activities enable rural people to obtain skills and information to address rural challenges End result is improved livelihoods.
- GFRAS is a network/forum- so when we talk about GFRAS it’s about all of the people in the network- not just a secretariat in Switzerland. GFRAS is the people involved in rural advisory services- this includes farmer organisations, research, policymakers at global and regional levels. We believe that providing a space for these actors to interact is crucial to rural development/poverty reduction.
- Neuchatel- annual meeting of people interested in extension issues, initially European donors- it started as an initiative to develop an alternative to T&V
- No one else is speaking for extension, compared to global mechanisms for research and farmer organisations Donors/programme implementers don’t know what programs to invest in or why extension is important for rural development; they need evidence in order to invest Extension staff are typically isolated and not in networks like their research colleagues, where they can share experiences Extension staff need new skills such as problem solving, critical thinking, group formation, business development skills
- Focus on advisory services that are pluralistic, demand-driven We work in and relate to the international development architecture: food security platforms, GFAR, IFAP, UN, etc.
- Speaking for extension at global initiatives and processes where regional extension actors do not have space
- …during inception phase We aim for more balanced representation (e.g. from the South) in the longer term
- Seeing “who is who” in advisory services, what the issues are, and linking up actors in networks Developing a toolkit for better extension evaluation Backstopping AFAAS, providing information, linkages, networking in Africa, Latin America, Central Asia and Caucasus region and in Pacific