14/09 + 15/09 LEAP4FNSSA Final writeshop, General Assembly and IRC Launch – towards an AU-EU International Research Consortium on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture https://paepard.blogspot.com/2022/09/science-and-partnerships-for_15.html

1. International Research Consortium
for Food and Nutrition Security and
Sustainable agriculture:
an EU-AU partnership
Supported under the EU Horizon 2020 Instrument
Patricia Wagenmakers
Thato Morokong
Membership criteria and growth
strategy
September 14th, 2022
Wageningen University and Research, The Netherlands
Department of Science and Innovation, South Africa

2. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Who can be IRC members?
 Legal entities actively involved in R&I for FNSSA in Africa and
Europe
 Funding agencies, governments, academies, research organisations,
user organisations, companies, NGOs/CSOs etc.
 Willing to share resources, either cash or in kind
 Accept an inclusive membership; all members have equal
share in decision making

3. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Benefits
• Finding partners with complementary skills, expertise
across countries and regions
• Sharing information on current and expected AU-EU
projects and policies
• Sharing ideas, jointly exploring opportunities for resources
• Value for money (services at low cost)
• Higher impact of R&I in all its dimensions, and capacity
building to achieve these goals

4. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Members agree to:
 contribute to the priorities of the AU-EU Roadmap on FNSSA:
1. Sustainable intensification
2. Agriculture and food systems for nutrition
3. Expansion and improvement of agricultural markets and trade
4. Cross-cutting issues
Including their mutual relationships, and any other (future) priorities, to
be jointly defined
 accept a multidisciplinary, participatory and demand-led
approach, especially for women and youth

5. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Members are willing to:
 Put effort into the generation of bi-regional and bi-
continental activities (projects, skills, events) and the
utilization of the results by cross-country and cross-
disciplinary learning in a participative process
 Work on long-term commitments (5 years?)
 Pay a minimum annual fee for running a small secretariat
(1000 euro/yr?)

6. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Associated partners:
• are legal entities
• have similar access to projects and working groups
• do not pay fees
• are observer in General Assembly meetings

7. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Growing the IRC membership – short term
1. Create commitment at institutional level
2. Include Europe-Africa private sector FNSSA initiatives (for-
profit and not-for-profit)
3. Synergize with other networks or platforms (CGIAR, FARA
Dgroups, Agrinatura, Africa knowledge platform...)
4. Showcase relevant services of the IRC

8. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Growth strategy – long term
1. Guarantee long-term funding for activities
2. Showcase results with impact on the ground
3. Shared vision development
4. Fair governance
5. Membership contribution (fee)
6. Just representation of women and youth organisations
7. Adapt R&I priorities if and where needed

9. EU-AU Research and Innovation Partnership on
Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture (FNSSA Partnership)
Discussion
• Of all elements, what would be the most critical one for
generating impact of the IRC?
• How would you go about that?
• What should IRC members avoid above all?

10. Supported under the EU Horizon 2020 Instrument
Thank you!