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Medium Term Operational Plan (MTOP) - Simon Mwale - Programme & Grants Manager - CCARDESA Secretariat

Outline
1. Why the MTOP?
2. Major factors in the development of MTOP
3. Process of developing the MTOP
4. The MTOP in Brief
5. Environment & social safeguards
6. Budget
7. Submission to the GA

Why the MTOP?
1. New organisation; established 2011
2. Need for a concise document outlining corporate
plan
3. Need for setting a technical operational path
4. Tool for supporting resource mobilisation to finance
the technical plans

Major factors in the development of MTOP
1. CAADP – especially Pillar 4
2. Framework for African Agricultural Productivity
(FAAP)
3. SADC Priority setting studies (2011 & 2012)
4. Multi-country Agricultural Productivity Programme
(MAPP) 15 year plans
5. Regional Indicative Strategic Development Plan
(RISDP) of SADC
6. Dar-es-salaam Declaration on Agriculture and
Food Security of SADC.
7. Draft Regional Agricultural Policy

Process of developing the MTOP
Research Priority
studies (2011-12)
Development of 2nd
Draft (2011)
Development of 1st
Draft (2011)
Consultations with
Board and Partners
(Nov 2012 – Feb 2013)
Development of 3rd
Draft
Regional Consultation with
stakeholders (April 2013)
Final Consultations
with Board & Partners
Regional
Consultations
Final MTOP

The MTOP in brief
1. Purpose: to provide a direction and framework
within which CCARDESA will operate in
fulfillment of its mandate
2. Holistic document for communicating to
partners
3. Basis for engaging with partners and funding
organisations

Thematic areas
1. Farmer empowerment market access
2. Technology generation and demand-driven
advisory services
3. Knowledge, information and communication
4. Institutional development and capacity building
5. Strengthening of CCARDESA Secretariat

Cross cutting issues
1. Gender
2. Health and nutrition, HIV and AIDS
3. Climate change
 All cross cutting elements will be at the
centre of each Thematic Area and the
activities.

Monitoring and evaluation
1. Tracking of progress annually and taking appropriate
actions
2. MTOP has detailed Logical framework
3. Provides targets, indicators & means of verification
4. M&E framework has been developed on the basis of
MTOP log frame
5. Mid term and final evaluations

Environmental & social safeguards
1. Represents CCARDESA’s social and environmental
responsibilities
2. Safeguards against negative impact of activities
on natural resources/habitats, living organisms
and people
3. Adheres to global & regional conventions,
agreements

Budget (‘000 USD) over 5 years
Cost Centre Scenario 1 Scenario 2 Scenario 3
Thematic Area 1 5,398 2,365 1,536
Thematic Area 2 8,740 7,390 3,410
Thematic Area 3 1,536 1,536 1,313
Thematic Area 4 7,774 4,039 2,904
Thematic Area 5 2,885 2,885 2,885
HR & Admin 9,908 9,908 9,908
Contingency 2,634 1,925 1,217
TOTAL 38,876 30,048 23,293

Submission to the General Assembly
For Approval
by the GA
2011
2012 2013
7 May
2014
Studies, Drafting,
Consultations, Revisions,
Redrafting

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