The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 to strengthen local capacity for independent economic policy research in sub-Saharan Africa. AERC conducts policy-relevant research through various programs, including thematic research projects, collaborative research with African and global researchers, and graduate training programs. AERC also aims to ensure research informs policy through senior policy seminars and national policy workshops. Over the years, AERC has supported thousands of African researchers and policymakers and produced extensive research to promote evidence-based economic policymaking in sub-Saharan Africa.
This document discusses the role of Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) in supporting the Malabo Biennial Review process for mutual accountability in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). It defines mutual accountability and outlines the principles and roadmap for undertaking JSRs at the country level. JSRs create a platform to assess agricultural sector performance, results, and implementation of commitments. The document also discusses the initiation process for country JSRs, partnerships to support JSR implementation, progress on JSR assessments, and the processes for JSR reporting and reviews at the country, regional, and continental levels to feed into the Malabo Biennial Review.
The document summarizes the establishment and objectives of the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) and its research wing, the Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEPRI). It outlines their strategic projects, including research undertakings, short term trainings, publications, and public forums. It also describes the establishment of a Food Price Dynamics Information and Analysis Hub in collaboration with IFPRI to encourage research on food price issues in Ethiopia. The hub administered a small research grant project, receiving 30 proposals and selecting 9 for funding to investigate knowledge and information gaps related to food price dynamics.
AGRODEP provides capacity strengthening for African agricultural experts through training courses, grants, workshops, technical resources and publications. Its goal is to enable African experts to lead research and policy analysis on strategic development questions in Africa. Key activities include over 25 training courses attended by 275 participants, 83 grants awarded, annual members' workshops, co-hosting the 2014 GTAP conference, and a library of models, datasets and publications.
This document discusses improving joint sector reviews (JSRs) at the country level in West Africa. It outlines the principles and components of effective JSRs, including assessing sector performance, commitments, expenditures, and policies. It describes how JSRs have been implemented in several West African countries to evaluate agriculture sectors and commitments in national agriculture investment plans. Lessons learned include the need for more country ownership and participation. Challenges remain around timely implementation, follow through on recommendations, and stakeholder involvement. Overall, JSRs aim to operationalize mutual accountability frameworks for agriculture sectors.
This document discusses two questions: how governments have used recent Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (Ag PERs), and how to make Ag PERs more useful. It finds that Ag PERs have been used to improve strategic planning, expenditure levels and composition, budget processes, communications and accountability, and mobilize external finance. However, some problem areas identified in Ag PERs have not been acted upon, such as whether recurrent budgets are sufficient to sustain investment scale-up or provide essential public services. It also notes challenges in coordinating central and devolved expenditure authorities and linking expenditure to sector outcomes. Solutions proposed include routine "Ag PER Lite" analyses, strengthening analytical capacity, and improving data and monitoring and evaluation systems.
The African Economic Research Consortium (AERC) was established in 1988 to strengthen local capacity for independent economic policy research in sub-Saharan Africa. AERC conducts policy-relevant research through various programs, including thematic research projects, collaborative research with African and global researchers, and graduate training programs. AERC also aims to ensure research informs policy through senior policy seminars and national policy workshops. Over the years, AERC has supported thousands of African researchers and policymakers and produced extensive research to promote evidence-based economic policymaking in sub-Saharan Africa.
This document discusses the role of Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) in supporting the Malabo Biennial Review process for mutual accountability in the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP). It defines mutual accountability and outlines the principles and roadmap for undertaking JSRs at the country level. JSRs create a platform to assess agricultural sector performance, results, and implementation of commitments. The document also discusses the initiation process for country JSRs, partnerships to support JSR implementation, progress on JSR assessments, and the processes for JSR reporting and reviews at the country, regional, and continental levels to feed into the Malabo Biennial Review.
The document summarizes the establishment and objectives of the Ethiopian Economics Association (EEA) and its research wing, the Ethiopian Economic Policy Research Institute (EEPRI). It outlines their strategic projects, including research undertakings, short term trainings, publications, and public forums. It also describes the establishment of a Food Price Dynamics Information and Analysis Hub in collaboration with IFPRI to encourage research on food price issues in Ethiopia. The hub administered a small research grant project, receiving 30 proposals and selecting 9 for funding to investigate knowledge and information gaps related to food price dynamics.
AGRODEP provides capacity strengthening for African agricultural experts through training courses, grants, workshops, technical resources and publications. Its goal is to enable African experts to lead research and policy analysis on strategic development questions in Africa. Key activities include over 25 training courses attended by 275 participants, 83 grants awarded, annual members' workshops, co-hosting the 2014 GTAP conference, and a library of models, datasets and publications.
This document discusses improving joint sector reviews (JSRs) at the country level in West Africa. It outlines the principles and components of effective JSRs, including assessing sector performance, commitments, expenditures, and policies. It describes how JSRs have been implemented in several West African countries to evaluate agriculture sectors and commitments in national agriculture investment plans. Lessons learned include the need for more country ownership and participation. Challenges remain around timely implementation, follow through on recommendations, and stakeholder involvement. Overall, JSRs aim to operationalize mutual accountability frameworks for agriculture sectors.
This document discusses two questions: how governments have used recent Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (Ag PERs), and how to make Ag PERs more useful. It finds that Ag PERs have been used to improve strategic planning, expenditure levels and composition, budget processes, communications and accountability, and mobilize external finance. However, some problem areas identified in Ag PERs have not been acted upon, such as whether recurrent budgets are sufficient to sustain investment scale-up or provide essential public services. It also notes challenges in coordinating central and devolved expenditure authorities and linking expenditure to sector outcomes. Solutions proposed include routine "Ag PER Lite" analyses, strengthening analytical capacity, and improving data and monitoring and evaluation systems.
"A Common M&E Framework for CAADP" presentation by Sam Benin at the NEPAD, IFPRI, AGRA and World Bank Meeting to Align Efforts on Agricultural Policy and Knowledge Systems, Dakar, Senegal, January 6-7, 2009.
"The JSR Experience and Scaling Up in East and Central Africa" presented by Joseph Karugia, ReSAKSS East and Central Africa Coordinator, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya, at 2014 ReSAKSS Annual Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 8-10 2014
The document discusses Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) as a way to operationalize mutual accountability in agriculture in Africa. It provides context on mutual accountability commitments in CAADP and defines mutual accountability. It outlines principles of mutual accountability, what a JSR is, what should be monitored in a JSR, and the roadmap for undertaking a JSR. It discusses how country JSR processes are initiated, partnerships to implement JSRs, progress made with JSR assessments, and lessons learned. The key lessons are the importance of leadership, political buy-in, inclusive participation, and following through on implementing action plans from JSR assessments.
- Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) in countries like Ghana and Rwanda assess progress and support accountability in the agriculture sector.
- Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (AgPERs) can provide essential outputs to inform specific objectives of JSRs, such as expenditures on value chains, technologies, and sector priorities.
- However, AgPERs are sometimes inadequate, providing lists of achievements without corresponding budget or expenditure information.
- For comprehensive accountability analysis, future AgPERs should include more frequent, flexible analyses of effectiveness and efficiency, while also capturing reliable expenditure data from all major stakeholders, not just government.
The document discusses Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) which are a process for mutual accountability in country agriculture sectors. JSRs assess sector performance against targets, identify strengths/weaknesses, and make recommendations. Several Southern African countries have launched JSR processes with support from organizations like ReSAKSS and NEPAD. Outcomes include countries using results to guide policy and increase data/M&E. Lessons indicate political support, inclusiveness, and data availability are important for effective JSRs.
The document summarizes a roadmap for validation of prior learning (VPL) in 2018 that was compiled by an expert group. The roadmap provides a holistic understanding of relevant EU policies and tools, including indicators and discussion questions. It can be used as a benchmarking or self-evaluation tool for VPL developers and policymakers. The content covers legislation, financing, practitioner competence development, coordination, regulated professions, statistics, EU frameworks, stakeholder participation, organization, information, quality assurance, and tool implementation. Indicators and questions are available online. The presentation also notes new European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning and updates to the European inventory on validation. 2018 is a benchmark year to follow up on
The document discusses the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS), a network of collaborating partners that provides data, analytical tools, and research to inform food and nutrition security policymaking. It aims to 1) provide strategic analysis and monitoring of interventions, 2) manage knowledge on key indicators, and 3) strengthen capacity and policy communication. ReSAKSS will develop a website for accessing and sharing this information to support evidence-based policies across countries in the region. The document also discusses several specific issues and opportunities that ReSAKSS could address to better meet policy needs, such as spatial disaggregation of strategies and monitoring of food security indicators.
CountrySTAT Regional Basic Administrator Training for GCC Member States/ Intr...FAO
"http://www.countrystat.org
CountrySTAT can contribute toward the centralization, harmonization, standardization, integration and validation of data on food and agriculture coming from different sources within the GCC Region."
New institutions, updates and evaluations - Phil Bowen, AustraliaOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Phil Bowen, Australia, at the 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD network of Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6-7 April 2017.
Session 3 strengthening policy engagemetn in imcha wahoJoshua Waema
The document describes the West African Initiative to Strengthen Capacities through Health Systems Research project. The project aims to generate evidence through research to inform health policy and strengthen relationships between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. It established a Regional Consultative Committee of experts to provide technical support and promote regional collaboration. Four research teams in Benin, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Burkina Faso were selected to conduct studies on improving primary healthcare access. The project is implemented through the West African Health Organization and provides support to the research teams, including establishing national steering committees to facilitate dialogue between researchers and health ministries.
NDRC NICSS Safe School Learning Sharing 2019Ndrc Nepal
The National Disaster Risk Reduction Centre of Nepal presented on their efforts to promote Comprehensive School Safety. Their work includes:
1) Conducting studies, training teachers and students, school safety assessments and planning, and awareness campaigns.
2) Identifying gaps such as limited understanding of safety, lack of school safety mainstreaming and resources, and scattered capacity building.
3) Recommending raising awareness of policies and tools, mainstreaming school safety funding, maintaining standards, and strengthening monitoring.
"Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security" presentation by Karen Brooks, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, on 25 November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
3 step approach presentation january 2015SUN_Movement
The document provides a proposed methodology for tracking government spending on nutrition across countries. It summarizes preliminary findings from reviewing the online published national budgets of 28 out of 51 SUN member countries. The document outlines a 3-step approach to identify, categorize and attribute percentages of relevant program budgets to nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive categories. Step one involves populating an excel table through basic and advanced keyword searches of budget line items. Relevant sectors are identified as health, agriculture, education and others like social welfare. However, limited nutrition-specific programming and budget detail are typically found.
"A Common M&E Framework for CAADP" presentation by Sam Benin at the NEPAD, IFPRI, AGRA and World Bank Meeting to Align Efforts on Agricultural Policy and Knowledge Systems, Dakar, Senegal, January 6-7, 2009.
"The JSR Experience and Scaling Up in East and Central Africa" presented by Joseph Karugia, ReSAKSS East and Central Africa Coordinator, International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI), Kenya, at 2014 ReSAKSS Annual Conference, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, October 8-10 2014
The document discusses Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) as a way to operationalize mutual accountability in agriculture in Africa. It provides context on mutual accountability commitments in CAADP and defines mutual accountability. It outlines principles of mutual accountability, what a JSR is, what should be monitored in a JSR, and the roadmap for undertaking a JSR. It discusses how country JSR processes are initiated, partnerships to implement JSRs, progress made with JSR assessments, and lessons learned. The key lessons are the importance of leadership, political buy-in, inclusive participation, and following through on implementing action plans from JSR assessments.
- Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) in countries like Ghana and Rwanda assess progress and support accountability in the agriculture sector.
- Agriculture Public Expenditure Reviews (AgPERs) can provide essential outputs to inform specific objectives of JSRs, such as expenditures on value chains, technologies, and sector priorities.
- However, AgPERs are sometimes inadequate, providing lists of achievements without corresponding budget or expenditure information.
- For comprehensive accountability analysis, future AgPERs should include more frequent, flexible analyses of effectiveness and efficiency, while also capturing reliable expenditure data from all major stakeholders, not just government.
The document discusses Joint Sector Reviews (JSRs) which are a process for mutual accountability in country agriculture sectors. JSRs assess sector performance against targets, identify strengths/weaknesses, and make recommendations. Several Southern African countries have launched JSR processes with support from organizations like ReSAKSS and NEPAD. Outcomes include countries using results to guide policy and increase data/M&E. Lessons indicate political support, inclusiveness, and data availability are important for effective JSRs.
The document summarizes a roadmap for validation of prior learning (VPL) in 2018 that was compiled by an expert group. The roadmap provides a holistic understanding of relevant EU policies and tools, including indicators and discussion questions. It can be used as a benchmarking or self-evaluation tool for VPL developers and policymakers. The content covers legislation, financing, practitioner competence development, coordination, regulated professions, statistics, EU frameworks, stakeholder participation, organization, information, quality assurance, and tool implementation. Indicators and questions are available online. The presentation also notes new European guidelines for validating non-formal and informal learning and updates to the European inventory on validation. 2018 is a benchmark year to follow up on
The document discusses the Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support System (ReSAKSS), a network of collaborating partners that provides data, analytical tools, and research to inform food and nutrition security policymaking. It aims to 1) provide strategic analysis and monitoring of interventions, 2) manage knowledge on key indicators, and 3) strengthen capacity and policy communication. ReSAKSS will develop a website for accessing and sharing this information to support evidence-based policies across countries in the region. The document also discusses several specific issues and opportunities that ReSAKSS could address to better meet policy needs, such as spatial disaggregation of strategies and monitoring of food security indicators.
CountrySTAT Regional Basic Administrator Training for GCC Member States/ Intr...FAO
"http://www.countrystat.org
CountrySTAT can contribute toward the centralization, harmonization, standardization, integration and validation of data on food and agriculture coming from different sources within the GCC Region."
New institutions, updates and evaluations - Phil Bowen, AustraliaOECD Governance
This presentation was made by Phil Bowen, Australia, at the 9th Annual Meeting of the OECD network of Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions held in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 6-7 April 2017.
Session 3 strengthening policy engagemetn in imcha wahoJoshua Waema
The document describes the West African Initiative to Strengthen Capacities through Health Systems Research project. The project aims to generate evidence through research to inform health policy and strengthen relationships between researchers, policymakers, and practitioners. It established a Regional Consultative Committee of experts to provide technical support and promote regional collaboration. Four research teams in Benin, Sierra Leone, Senegal, and Burkina Faso were selected to conduct studies on improving primary healthcare access. The project is implemented through the West African Health Organization and provides support to the research teams, including establishing national steering committees to facilitate dialogue between researchers and health ministries.
NDRC NICSS Safe School Learning Sharing 2019Ndrc Nepal
The National Disaster Risk Reduction Centre of Nepal presented on their efforts to promote Comprehensive School Safety. Their work includes:
1) Conducting studies, training teachers and students, school safety assessments and planning, and awareness campaigns.
2) Identifying gaps such as limited understanding of safety, lack of school safety mainstreaming and resources, and scattered capacity building.
3) Recommending raising awareness of policies and tools, mainstreaming school safety funding, maintaining standards, and strengthening monitoring.
"Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security" presentation by Karen Brooks, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, on 25 November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
3 step approach presentation january 2015SUN_Movement
The document provides a proposed methodology for tracking government spending on nutrition across countries. It summarizes preliminary findings from reviewing the online published national budgets of 28 out of 51 SUN member countries. The document outlines a 3-step approach to identify, categorize and attribute percentages of relevant program budgets to nutrition-specific and nutrition-sensitive categories. Step one involves populating an excel table through basic and advanced keyword searches of budget line items. Relevant sectors are identified as health, agriculture, education and others like social welfare. However, limited nutrition-specific programming and budget detail are typically found.
The document provides tips for effective communication and meeting design. It stresses the importance of putting oneself in attendees' shoes, briefing speakers and staff in advance, setting the tone, and making meetings meaningful. A professional facilitator can help ensure effective communication is a priority in meeting design.
Interview with Eventbrite: How to Grow the Audience for your Next EventmyQaa
How do you use Social Media to market your event? How can event technology help to grow your audience?
These are some of the questions that we discussed with Katie McPhee, the Europe Regional Marketing Manager of Eventbrite.
The document discusses how mobile apps can increase the effectiveness of meetings and events. It notes that traditional learning environments are often not very effective, with most participants not fully engaging or viewing the event as an opportunity to learn. Mobile apps aim to improve learning, increase networking opportunities, and extend the lifespan of the event. The document provides case studies of mobile apps enabling networking among 30,000 people, facilitating a brainstorming session with 1,200 executives, and gathering questions from 1,000 participants. It promotes using mobile apps to boost engagement and provide a seamless user experience to make events more effective.
2014-15 Blueprint for a Responsible Budget — California Assembly Democratic C...AssemblyDems
After a decade of two massive economic crises, California’s Budget is once again balanced
A structurally balanced budget provides ability to ensure stability for the budget and expand opportunity for California families:
Ensuring Stability:
Enables budget to withstand inevitable economic downturns and make sound investments.
Expanding Opportunities:
Improves lives of Californians and strengthens state’s long-term economy.
Therefore, Assembly Democrats propose the 2014-15 Blueprint for a Responsible Budget
Event trends forecast: What will events look like in 2050?myQaa
In 2013, myQaa, a mobile event app company, interviewed dozens of leaders from the meeting and events community to identify the main trends shaping the future of events. See more at www.myQaa.com
Welcome to the Future: Technology Trends that will change your EventsmyQaa
Event apps that become the “Google Adwords” of meetings. Beacons that send geolocalized messages to trade show visitors and send them through a scavenger hunt. Drones that take impossible shots of events. Algorithms that predict what speakers you should include in your event programme to attract as much people as possible. Sounds like science fiction? A revolution in event technology is taking place right now. Discover what visionary entrepreneurs have in store to transform the event industry with digital technology.
Cop1 costing and financing kaia engesveenSUN_Movement
WHO supports countries in evidence-informed policy planning and adaptation of global nutrition targets through various tools and guidelines. They provide resources like policy briefs, country assessments, an e-library of evidence, and a global targets tracking tool to help set realistic national goals. WHO's OneHealth Tool and Health Accounts help countries cost and track expenditures for nutrition interventions and programs. WHO also maintains databases on nutrition actions, growth standards, and lessons learned from various country implementations.
This document outlines an intrapreneurship training program to spark innovation within a company by having employees develop solutions for corporate social responsibility challenges. The program uses design thinking, lean startup, and business model canvas methods to guide employees through understanding problems, ideating solutions, prototyping, testing, and pitching their ideas. The goal is to enrich employee talent and engagement by giving them autonomy and skills in innovation processes while also creating value for the company and society.
This document discusses scaling up nutrition actions to reduce stunting. It describes the Scaling Up Nutrition Planning and Monitoring tool, which provides three elements to support scaling up discussions:
1. A recap of the nutrition situation and current nutrition actions.
2. Coverage data showing what percentage of the target group is reached nationally and regionally through different delivery mechanisms.
3. Guidance for stakeholder discussions on how and where to scale up nutrition actions based on the situation analysis and coverage data. Regional examples are provided to illustrate gaps in coverage for areas with high stunting or anemia prevalence.
The document also notes that financial data is not collected to make the mapping exercise simpler, but that funding constraints will
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This document discusses nutrition in the context of post-2015 development goals. It summarizes the incomplete treatment of nutrition under the Millennium Development Goals and proposes ways to strengthen the inclusion of nutrition in the new Sustainable Development Goals. Key points include expanding the World Health Assembly nutrition targets, including indicators for dietary diversity and political commitment to nutrition, and estimating costs and financing required to meet global nutrition targets through evidence-based interventions.
This document discusses the program experience approach to costing nutrition programs. It involves estimating costs based on actual programs that have been implemented rather than hypothetical programs. The key points made are:
- It estimates the cost of what is currently being delivered based on total program expenditures and the number of people served to determine a unit cost.
- Cost data comes from program budgets and expenditure reports from implementing agencies, donors, and academics.
- Advantages are that costs reflect real-world inefficiencies and are a reasonable approximation of future costs.
- Challenges include needing quality unit cost data, which requires an initial data collection effort that may be lengthy since programs need to already exist.
- An
This document summarizes an analysis of the costs and funding gaps for Nigeria's Saving One Million Lives initiative. The initiative aims to save one million lives between 2010-2015 through investments in essential medicines, immunization, malaria, maternal and child health, nutrition, and HIV prevention. The analysis estimates the resource needs and probable financing for each of the six pillars. It identifies total funding secured and the remaining gaps. It also models three scenarios for increasing domestic financing through expanding Nigeria's commitment to health spending and reallocating some funds from tertiary hospitals to more cost-effective pillars. The additional domestic funds raised in the three scenarios could range from $158 million to $398 million and help avert up to 140,000 child deaths through
This document discusses analyzing government budgets to understand resource allocations and whether they align with stated policies. It involves assessing budget allocations by department, budget line, and subnational level in local currency and USD. The analysis examines on-budget and off-budget spending across sectors to monitor the impact of government programs and aid at the community level through budget tracking and social audits.
Post-LMP Engagement: Lessons from ReSAKSS Support to CAADPILRI
Presented by Joseph Karugia at the Planning Meeting for POLICIES (Policy Options for Livestock Investment, Capacity Improvement, and Equitable Solutions), Dakar, Senegal, 15-17 January 2020
Local Analysis Networks (LANs) can help match the supply and demand of evidence for implementing CAADP by conveying scientific evidence to policymakers. Examples of established LANs include those in Ghana, Mozambique, Kenya, Uganda, and Rwanda. These LANs generate research topics in response to government demands and support processes like reviewing and formulating National Agricultural Investment Plans. The session will focus on Mozambique's LAN, covering its organization and activities. SAKSS helps broker strategic analysis and knowledge between policy analysis units, research institutions, and other stakeholders to support CAADP goals.
The document provides an overview of the Knowledge Management, Policy Analysis and Mutual Accountability Technical Network under CAADP. It discusses that the network aims to provide technical support and capacity development to AU member states on policies, programs and practices. The network focuses on supporting NAIP development, mutual accountability processes, monitoring and evaluation, policy analysis, and knowledge management. Recent progress includes supporting the CAADP Biennial Review process and a policy learning event in Uganda. Going forward, the network will focus on extending support beyond countries to all CAADP stakeholders and mobilizing additional resources.
The document summarizes progress, challenges, and planned activities for SAKSS platforms in East and Central Africa. Key progress includes establishing operational country SAKSS platforms, capacity building activities, analytical support to policy processes, and knowledge management. Challenges involve contracting delays and high staff turnover. Planned activities center on coordinating SAKSS governance, supporting e-Atlas platforms, capacity strengthening, and mutual accountability processes like benchmarking reviews.
This document outlines the background, goals, objectives, approach and expected outcomes of a training workshop aimed at strengthening capacities for strategic agricultural policy planning and implementation in Africa. The workshop will provide training on monitoring and evaluation, communications, capacity needs assessments and establishing country-level policy analysis nodes to support evidence-based agricultural planning. The expected outcomes include roadmaps and strategies for setting up sustainable country policy analysis nodes to improve investment planning and implementation through ongoing monitoring and evaluation.
This document discusses Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (SAKSS) in Nigeria. SAKSS are collaborative networks that generate and share evidence to inform agricultural development strategies. The key points made are:
1) SAKSS brings together analysts, researchers, policymakers, and others to conduct strategic analysis and establish knowledge sharing networks.
2) SAKSS supports the goals of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) by monitoring progress and facilitating policy dialogue.
3) Non-state actors play an important role within SAKSS and the Mutual Accountability Framework by contributing data, research, and participation in reviews.
How to Work Together to Advance Country SAKSS, Mutual Accountability, and Agriculture Joint Sector Reviews in Southern Africa, presented by Greenwell Matchaya, ReSAKSS Southern Africa Coordinator at the 2013 ReSAKSS Annual Conference on Nov 12-13
Day 2, Session 2: Round Table Discussion about the Agricultural Transformatio...IFPRI-NSSP
The document outlines the Agricultural Transformation Agenda in Nigeria. It notes the declining performance of the agricultural sector due to low productivity from inadequate inputs, insufficient research, and poor infrastructure. The vision is to achieve food security and transform Nigeria's agriculture into a leading global player. Key strategies include e-wallet input supply, commodity value chains, credit facilities from NIRSAL, and the Agricultural Transformation Implementation Council. Priority commodities and expectations for increased yields, production, jobs and income are also outlined.
Renewable Energy in Federal, Provincial and Local LevelAashish Pradhan
Presentation shows potential roles and responsibility of AEPC at all level of government based on the Constitution 2015 and Local Governance Operational Act 2017
ReSAKSS-AfricaLead Workshop on Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in Africa
Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, June 25th‐ 26th 2012
This document summarizes a presentation on the progress of male circumcision programs in 13 African countries. It provides an overview of global recommendations and UN support actions. It then reviews each country's situation analysis, policy development, training activities, and service delivery. Key challenges discussed include human resource constraints, political buy-in, funding, and involving traditional providers. Facilitating factors highlighted are increasing political commitment, tools and guidelines, funding support, and country peer learning.
Building the Ship as it Sails: Challenges and Strategies to Assess and Enhanc...MEASURE Evaluation
This document summarizes a presentation given at the American Evaluation Association Conference in 2017. It discusses MEASURE Evaluation, a five-year $180 million project to strengthen health data capacity in developing countries. The project aims to improve routine health data collection and use, health information system management, and evaluation capacity. The presentation describes MEASURE Evaluation's framework for assessing and planning evaluation capacity building. It also provides details on capacity assessment pilots conducted in six countries and small group discussions on challenges and lessons from the pilots.
The document discusses the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) framework and country implementation process. It provides an overview of CAADP's vision and goals to improve agricultural productivity, integrate farmers into markets, and improve livelihoods through evidence-based country strategies and investments. It outlines the key steps in the country implementation process, including stakeholder engagement, analysis, development of investment programs, and monitoring. It describes FARA's role in providing technical support through human and institutional capacity building, advocacy, and partnerships to ensure countries benefit from agricultural research and innovation under CAADP.
1) The document discusses efforts to improve food security in Africa through the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and related initiatives.
2) It outlines lessons learned from CAADP implementation including the need for mutual accountability and data to track progress towards goals.
3) Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (SAKSS) are being established in countries to help monitor and evaluate CAADP commitments by providing timely data and analysis to inform policies.
"Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support Systems (SAKSS) Work in Africa and Plans for 2014 and Beyond" presented by Greenwell C Matchaya at The 10th CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting 19-22 March2 014
The document summarizes the objectives, structure, achievements and planned research activities of PAPA, a Feed the Future project in Senegal. PAPA aims to strengthen Senegal's agricultural policy through capacity building, evidence-based policymaking, and establishing a Local Analysis Network (LAN) of research centers. Achievements include developing an M&E system, collecting survey data on value chains, and initial analyses. Planned research includes scaling up analysis within the LAN and continuing inclusive policy dialogue.
This document discusses establishing and strengthening monitoring and evaluation systems for national tuberculosis programs. It identifies the key elements of a comprehensive M&E system including management, goals and objectives, indicators, data collection, analysis and dissemination. It describes a 5 step process to develop an M&E system: 1) situation analysis, 2) develop an M&E plan, 3) establish an M&E unit, 4) implement the plan, and 5) establish quality control mechanisms. The document emphasizes linking the M&E system to program goals, collecting complete data, building human capacity, and using data for decision making.
This document provides a progress report on conservation agriculture in Malawi for the 2014-15 period. It summarizes key achievements including establishing guidelines for conservation agriculture practices in the country and developing a conservation agriculture curriculum. It also notes challenges such as a lack of dedicated personnel and funding for the National Conservation Agriculture Task Force. Recommendations from a biennial symposium focused on strengthening capacity for conservation agriculture adoption. An agreement was reached to develop a conservation agriculture curriculum between the government and a university, with the goal of training agricultural staff.
Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support (SAKSS): informing the implementatio...CTA
ReSAKSS is a knowledge support system that aims to provide analysis and data to support the implementation of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) and other regional agricultural strategies. It has regional nodes hosted by CGIAR centers in East, Southern, and West Africa. ReSAKSS objectives are to provide timely analysis and data for agricultural planning and policymaking, support CAADP implementation reviews, and encourage knowledge sharing among partners. It produces reports, briefs, and maintains a website with agricultural data and indicators to inform dialogue and decision-making regarding African agricultural development goals.
This document outlines the concept and process of establishing Country SAKSS platforms to support data-driven agricultural policymaking. It discusses lessons learned from establishing platforms in several countries. Key steps include conducting a capacity needs assessment, developing an implementation plan, and signing an agreement with ReSAKSS. Country SAKSS platforms are intended to track indicators, produce analytical reports, support policy dialogues, and conduct agricultural research. Successful platforms require government buy-in and trust-building between the country and ReSAKSS. Future plans include establishing more platforms and providing ongoing capacity building and knowledge management support.
Role of parliaments in influencing budgetary decisions SUN_Movement
This document summarizes a presentation on the critical role of parliaments in influencing budgetary decisions for nutrition. It notes that good nutrition is important for the economy and outlines parliament's role in scrutinizing budgets and ensuring adequate funding for proven nutrition programs. It provides examples of nutrition budget allocations as a percentage of government budgets in various countries. The document advocates for tracking and analyzing nutrition budget data to increase funding and focus on results.
Knowledge Management Workshop - SUN MovementSUN_Movement
The survey results from the SUN Movement Secretariat show that:
1) Knowledge management is being provided to 59 SUN countries around the world that are home to over 90 million stunted children.
2) Africa has the highest numbers of stunted children, with Nigeria, Ethiopia, and Burkina Faso having the most survey responses on knowledge management.
3) Bangladesh, despite having a high number of stunted children, received the most attention from knowledge management providers in Asia, with 9 providers focusing on the country.
Scaling Up Nutrition - European Development Days 2016SUN_Movement
The SUN Movement was founded in 2010 to promote good nutrition. It brings together governments, organizations, UN agencies, donors, businesses and researchers to support national nutrition plans. 57 countries have committed to the SUN Movement. The document discusses linking water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) with nutrition through policies, budgets, implementation and evidence generation. There are consensus areas but also challenges around joint policymaking, fostering collaboration across levels of government, quantifying cost efficiencies, conducting large-scale research, and incentivizing multi-sector work.
El documento proporciona directrices para que las Redes de las Naciones Unidas a nivel de país desarrollen dos entregables clave: 1) Un inventario de las medidas existentes para la nutrición de las agencias de la ONU en el país; y 2) Una agenda o estrategia común de la ONU para la nutrición en el país. El objetivo es mejorar la coordinación, eficiencia y eficacia de los esfuerzos de nutrición de la ONU en apoyo a las prioridades nacionales. Se ofrecen herramientas y procesos des
Spring dg community video approach-finalSUN_Movement
This document provides an introduction to using community video for health, nutrition, and agriculture projects. It outlines an agenda for a workshop on this topic, including introductions, breakout sessions on video production and dissemination basics, and a closing discussion. The community video approach empowers local communities to create their own videos on priority practices. It has been used successfully in India and Niger to educate communities on nutrition and health issues. The workshop will give participants hands-on experience with key aspects of the community video process.
UN Network Guidance Package on the Nutrition Inventory and UN Nutrition Strat...SUN_Movement
The document provides guidance for UN Networks for SUN at the country level to strengthen their support for national nutrition goals. It recommends six actions for UN Networks, including developing a UN Nutrition Inventory and Common UN Nutrition Strategy/Agenda. These deliverables would help articulate UN nutrition objectives, formulate a relevant strategy, and identify opportunities for collaboration. The guidance includes an introduction, background on the UN Network for SUN, and templates/tools to help country networks complete the inventory and strategy.
The document discusses a presentation from Alive & Thrive on innovations in social and behavior change communication for nutrition. Alive & Thrive aims to scale up nutrition programs to improve health outcomes. The presentation outlines three lessons for designing effective behavior change interventions: 1) Use evidence-based processes and principles from fields like behavioral science; 2) Use data to identify priority nutritional behaviors to target; and 3) Use data and behavior change theories to identify factors ("drivers") that influence those behaviors, such as rational or emotional motivations. Examples from various countries demonstrate how materials applied these lessons to promote behaviors like exclusive breastfeeding and complementary feeding.
Reducing stunting globally by 40% would cost an additional $8.50 per child under 5 annually, totaling $42 billion. A package of interventions like improving nutrition for pregnant women, supplementation, breastfeeding promotion, and complementary feeding could achieve this target. Additional financing is needed for 37 high burden countries over 10 years, as current approaches will not meet resource needs. "Global Solidarity" generating resources from all countries proportionate to their means could fund reaching the stunting reduction goal.
1) Ghana's Parliamentarians Against Hunger and Malnutrition Caucus plays an important role in advancing nutrition in Ghana through advocacy, lobbying, and sensitization.
2) The Caucus lobbies for increased budget allocations for nutrition and collaborates with civil society to raise the profile of nutrition issues.
3) It educates parliamentarians and the public on key nutrition problems in Ghana through publications, media engagements, and fact sheets to support evidence-based advocacy and policymaking.
UN Global Nutrition Agenda PresentationSUN_Movement
The UN Global Nutrition Agenda (UNGNA v. 1.0) aims to clarify the role of the UN system in addressing global and country-level nutrition goals. It provides guidance for coordinated UN action given changing policies, agency mandates, and country needs. The UNGNA was developed through consultations and aims to catalyze collective UN support for countries' nutrition efforts. It outlines three strategic outcomes, 14 specific goals, and accountability measures to increase collaboration and alignment across UN agencies in supporting national nutrition priorities.
The document discusses reducing stunting in children under 5 globally by 40% by 2025. It estimates it will cost an additional $8.50 per child per year, totaling $49.6 billion over 10 years, to implement proven nutrition interventions during pregnancy and a child's first 1000 days. While investing in reducing stunting has an economic return of $18 for every $1 spent, current funding falls far short of what is needed. The document proposes a "Global Solidarity" scenario where governments increase domestic spending along with support from donors and innovative financing to close the funding gap and meet the global stunting target.
The document discusses a food security analysis of Yemen conducted in June 2015 using the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) methodology. The analysis found that:
- Many areas of Yemen were experiencing acute food insecurity.
- Millions of Yemenis were food insecure due to the conflict, economic crisis, and other factors.
- The food insecure populations had a range of socioeconomic characteristics.
The IPC approach provided an evidence-based classification of food security conditions and priorities for response in different governorates of Yemen. Governorates were classified into phases of food insecurity severity from Minimal to Famine based on the latest assessments and reports.
Presentation by Rebecca Sachs and Joshua Varcie, analysts in CBO’s Health Analysis Division, at the 13th Annual Conference of the American Society of Health Economists.
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Presentation by Julie Topoleski, CBO’s Director of Labor, Income Security, and Long-Term Analysis, at the 16th Annual Meeting of the OECD Working Party of Parliamentary Budget Officials and Independent Fiscal Institutions.
Causes Supporting Charity for Elderly PeopleSERUDS INDIA
Around 52% of the elder populations in India are living in poverty and poor health problems. In this technological world, they became very backward without having any knowledge about technology. So they’re dependent on working hard for their daily earnings, they’re physically very weak. Thus charity organizations are made to help and raise them and also to give them hope to live.
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2. MQSUN Support
• “Menu” of services
– Policy and legal framework analysis
– Support and feedback on preparing documents
– Development of a common results framework
• Contextual analysis
• Food and nutrition security situation analysis
• Stakeholder mapping
• Support with setting priorities and targets
• Assessment of output targets and interventions
• Support for the development of an M&E framework
– Support of costing at national and district level
– Financial tracking
– Remote support and quick responses to general country queries
– Documentation of lessons learned
– Compilation and dissemination of support materials
3. MQSUN Country Requests
• Yemen
– Contextual analysis
– Projections and support for priority setting
– Rough national costing
– Support for developing district-level costing
• Ghana
– Contextual analysis
– Projections and support for priority setting
– Costing tools and guidance for national and district-level costing
• Malawi
– Assessment of the National Resource Tracking (NRT) tool
– Recommendations for developing annual/ongoing tracking mechanisms
• Chad
– Provide critique on national plan and provide recommendations on costing
• Nepal
– Support the National Planning Commission to understand the requirements for establishing a national
tracking system
• Required TA, mechanisms, approaches, role of NPC
• El Salvador
– Support for national costing (TBD)