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S4AC; Initial Observations on Synergies with CGIAR for
Moving Forward - A draft outline
Yihenew Zewdie
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Environment and Production Technology Division (EPTD), IFPRI
30 September 2016

1. S4AC - Objectives and Result Areas
Objective: Foster increased application of STIs.
Expected Result Areas (ERAs):
1. Scaling up, generation, and adoption.
2. Human and institutional capacities, policy and regulatory
environments, and partnerships.
3. Knowledge management and communication.
4. Resource mobilisation and improved fiduciary
management for STI institutions.

2. Potential Areas of Collaboration
1. Organisation-related [ERA # 2]
O & M aspects of the Consortium - insights from accountability and
functional integration of the CRPs into CGIAR’s development objectives
‘Site Integration’: Two-way traffic – (a) insights from ‘site integration’ as a
basis for national-level coordination; (b) Consortium giving impetus to the
process of site integration
2. Conceptual guidance/leadership [ERAs # 1 & 3]
 Tools, approaches and programming frameworks.
 KM platforms (e.g., IFPRI-SROs current work on geo-spatial information -
Virtual Information Platforms.
Elaboration of Consortium’s technical/thematic proposals against Malabo
goals/targets.
Engagement of universities higher institutions of learning with the S4AC
(building on IFPRI-RUFORUM work on S&T partnerships in support of
CAADP-CGIAR alignment).

2. Potential Areas of Collaboration (cont’d)
2. Conceptual guidance … (cont’d) [ERAs # 1 & 3]
Policies and good practices around extension and advisory services.
Identification of (thematic and geographical) gaps for Consortium to fill in.
Foresight? [To what extent will the Consortium be involved in foresight
analysis?]
3. Resource mobilisation and management [ERA # 4]
Joint fund raising/joint proposal development
Fiduciary management in the context of STI processes

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