This document discusses the collaboration between the European Network of Living Labs (ENoLL) and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It outlines areas of proposed work focusing on sustainable rural development, innovation, and reducing environmental vulnerability. It also references existing international mechanisms like the Paris Declaration and Accra Agenda for Action that promote aid effectiveness. Finally, it proposes ways FAO can support Living Labs worldwide and opportunities to scale up Living Labs through organizations like the European Development Fund and FAO's own resource mobilization.

1. Innovating 4 Development
The ENoLL – FAO Collaboration
Francisco Pérez-Trejo
Senior Adviser, FAO
Rome 25 January 2011

2. • The ENoLL – FAO Collaboration: the international
dimension of Living Labs
• Existing mechanisms and platforms
• FAO contributions

3. Medium Term Plan and Annual Work Plan
2010-2011
The ENoLL – FAO Memorandum of Understanding
• The ENoLL- FAO Task Force
• Link to the work of FAO’s “Rural Development” Working
Group
• Proposed areas of work:
1. Sustainable rural development and social inclusion
2. Integrated approaches for improved effectiveness of
innovation-driven rural development
3. Eco-innovation initiatives aimed at enhancing the
sustainability of development initiatives and reducing the
vulnerability of rural communities to environmental
degradation (including climate changes and biodiversity)

4. The link to existing international mechanisms and platforms

5. The Paris Declaration (endorsed in 2005)
Paris Declaration Website: http://www.oecd.org/document/
19/0,3746,en_2649_3236398_43554003_1_1_1_1,00.html

6. The Accra Agenda for Action (2008)
Builds on the commitments agreed in the Paris Declaration
• Predictability – donors will provide 3-5 year forward information on
their planned aid to partner countries.
• Country systems – partner country systems will be used to deliver
aid as the first option, rather than donor systems.
• Conditionality – donors will switch from reliance on prescriptive
conditions about how and when aid money is spent to conditions
based on the developing country’s own development objectives.
• Untying – donors will relax restrictions that prevent developing
countries from buying the goods and services they need from
whomever and wherever they can get the best quality at the lowest
price.

7. The Global Platform for Rural Development
The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is a network of 34
bilateral and multilateral donors, intergovernmental organizations and
development agencies.
Created in 2003, the Platform is committed to increasing and improving the
quality of development assistance in agriculture and rural development.
Addressing aid effectiveness
Promoting the principles of the Paris Declaration on Aid Effectiveness and
the Accra Agenda for Action for sustainable results on the ground.
A neutral convening power
A forum for building consensus around critical or emerging issues and
formulating joint approaches.
Adding value
A platform for facilitating the exchange of development know-how.

8. FAO contributions to the Living Labs worldwide
• Using the FAO Rural Development Initiative and the network of
decentralized offices to support the international Living Labs
initiative
● Living Labs results (e.g.. C@R) can provide direct links to the
international policy process through partnerships with FAO and
other UN agencies
● National and regional projects (e.g. Syria, Haiti reconstruction)

9. Scaling-up Opportunities for Living Labs
1. European Development Fund (EDF)
The EDF is the main instrument for development cooperation
with the African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) states and
overseas countries and territories (OCTs).
At present, the 10th EDF (2008 – 2013) is being implemented.
It has been allocated €22.682 billion.
2. FAO Resource Mobilization Service
Mobilization of funds for technical and policy assistance in
support of developing countries' efforts to reach the Millennium
Development Goals (MDGs) of reducing hunger and poverty.

10. The Policy Dimension of Living Labs
Policies that promote mechanisms for the
systemic and sustained use of Living-Labs
results
Strategic approach:
1. inter-institutionality
2. intersectorialy
3. territoriality
4. involvement and non-exclusiveness

11. Impact Assessment Methodological Framework
Integrating the dynamics of social agents with future
development scenarios to identify policy mechanisms for
scaling-up Living Lab results:
1. Livelihoods Impact Assessment Approach based on
different needs - assets of wellbeing of communities
(human, natural, physical, economic and financial,
social)
2. Stakeholder Networks Mapping
3. Future development scenarios for scaling-up the
results of Living Labs

12. Scaling-Up Methodological Framework
Stakeholder Networks Mapping Future scenarios development
Livelihoods-based Impact Assessment

13. Thank you
Francisco.PerezTrejo@fao.org