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Activating the Power of African Civil Society

Steven Myers, National Alliance Partnership CoordinatorInterAction Best Practices and Innovations Award

Nov 29, 2012

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Mid-2010

Feed the Future ramping up.Focus countries identified.Started hearing words like: Country-owned, country-led, civilsociety engagement/consultation

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Mid-2010

Aug

2010

Alliance Director Tony Hall travels to Kenya to observe first-handconditions at Dadaab refugee camp.Meeting with INGO reps in Nairobi:

Tony discusses the coalition idea with INGOs

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Mid-2010

Aug.

2010

Oct.2010

I travel to Nairobi (w/ Save the Children) along with Bruce White(CRS) for CAADP meeting.Meet with INGO reps again to gauge interest/commitment tocoalition idea.Link coalition idea to engagement/consultation around FtF andCAADP.

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Mid-2010

Aug.

2010

Oct.2010

Nov.-Dec.

2010

DC-based INGOs conduct survey with country offices on CSOengagement in FtF and CAADP.Results are not encouraging; little or no meaningful engagementreported.As a result, the Alliance to End Hunger approaches IFAD withgrant proposal for CSO capacity building.

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Mid-2010

Aug.

2010

Oct.2010

Nov.-Dec.

2010

July2011

The Alliance secures 18-month grant from IFAD to do

capacity building in three developing countries.

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Mid-2010

Aug.

2010

Oct.2010

July2011

Aug.2011

Hired as National Alliance Partnership Coordinator.

Country partner selection begins in earnest.

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To strengthen the capacity of civil society toparticipate, in a sustainable way, in thedevelopment, implementation, and monitoringof country-led agricultural development, foodsecurity and nutrition activities.

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Strengthen the organizational and financialcapacity of the developing country Alliance.

Diversify the coalition of groups who areactive in the developing country Alliance, inparticular: farmers organizations

groups representing rural constituencies.

Increase the advocacy and policy analysiscapacity of the developing country Alliance.

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Assessment and Planning

Investment

Outreach and Coalition Building

Engagement and Advocacy

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The Hunger Alliance of Ghana(HAG) has been a partnersince at least 2008.

As part of the NAPP, weworked with HAG to expandtheir coalition and diversifytheir funding.

In 2011, the US Alliance andHAG convened two civilsociety consultation meetings

on the governmentsAgriculture Developmentplan.

These meetings increased thenumber of CSOs engaged inthese discussions from two toover 100.

HAG was designated as thesecretariat to coordinatethese ongoing discussions.

In July, HAG received a grantfrom the French Embassy inGhana to conduct capacitybuilding activities with their

own members.

Ghana

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Kenya

The US Alliance, inconjunction with CatholicRelief Services, convened a

series of consultations withinternational and local civilsociety in Kenya.

These meetings culminated inDec. 2011 with the creationof the Kenya Alliance AgainstHunger and Malnutrition.

KAAHM has selected agoverning secretariat and iscurrently hosted at the KenyaFreedom From HungerCouncil.

KAAHM has developed a work

plan for 2012-13 and abudget to get the Alliance upand running.

A national conference tolaunch the Alliance and tofocus civil society efforts on

hunger and malnutrition isbeing planned.

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Uganda

Uganda is the newest partnercountry in the NAPP.

The US Alliance has chosento partner with an existingcivil society coalition, theFood Rights Alliance (FRA).

The NAPP Coordinator hasparticipated in the FRAsannual business meeting, to

help align activities andobjectives.

We have also conducted acapacity assessment for theorganization.

Capacity needs have been

identified and a work planand budget to address themis under development.

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Leadership

Resources

Hands-on

Hands off

No one size fits all

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Sustainability As part of the program, Alliances will produce:

A multi-year strategic plan focused on organizationalgrowth

Clearly articulated advocacy and policy goals, withstrategies to achieve them

A response to the Country Investment Plan, or anotherkey government food security or agriculture initiative

Renewal and Expansion

Currently working with IFAD on renewal of the grant If renewed, we hope to expand program

Latin American (Guatemala, Honduras, El Salvador)

South Asia (Bangladesh, Nepal)

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Questions?