European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD) Jürgen Anthofer EIARD Executive Secretary

European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD)


Jürgen AnthoferEIARD Executive Secretary


What is EIARD?

EIARD is a permanent informal ARDpolicy coordination platform

The Communication (COM(97)126) on EIARD was recognised by the Council and European Parliament in 1997.

aims to promote and implement coherent European policies at international, regional and sub-regional levels

aims to coordinate and harmonize European investments in ARD


Members of EIARD

The members of EIARD are the

EU Member States,

plus Norway, Switzerland and the European Commission

EIARD representatives areARD policy makers and their advisers.


European Coordination Group (ECG)

European Coordination Group (ECG)

EIARD Secretaria

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EIARD Secretaria

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Ad-hoc WGsAd-hoc WGs Task ForcesTask

Forces

Government

Departments

Ministries

Advisers

National Contact Points

National EIARD Network OuTSIDE

WORLD

Structure


EIARD Strategy ad-hoc Working Group:

David Radcliffe, Carmen Thönnissen, Jürgen Anthofer, Eddie Brannigan, Daniel van Gilst, Corinne Abbas

EIARD Strategy 2014-2018


EIARD Goal

Strategic Plan 2014-2018

We seek to reduce poverty, to promote economic growth, food and nutrition security, sustainable management of natural resources in Africa, Latin America and Asia, …

… through effective and harmonized European investments and policies in ARD, promotion of international partnerships and support to capacity development.


EIARD Outputs


Strategic Output 1

Coordination of European ARD Policies

Networking activities (EIARD WG & ECG, SCAR, EFARD)

Joint SCAR-EIARD Strategic Working Group on AR-ARD linkages (ARCH)

Rolling Work Plan

WG Meetings

Study on Intersection AR – ARD

Study for a proposed KMS for "Improving Coordination of AR-ARD activities in Europe"

ARCH-AKIS Workshop May ‘14


Strategic Output 2

Coordination of European investments in strengthening the CGIAR

CGIAR Fund

European contribution to the CGIAR 2013:

CGIAR Fund ~306 Mio $US (47%)

CGIAR in total ~404 Mio $US (40%)

Europe has 7 Fund Council seats:

European Commission

Switzerland

Norway

Ireland*

United Kingdom

Netherlands

Sweden

*France (2013), Ireland (2014), Belgium (2015)


Harmonizing investments to the CGIAR

CGIAR Fund

EIARD coordinates the European voices by common EIARD positions

EIARD participation in FC Committees and Working Groups

Governance Committee (FCGC) – UK, Switzerland

Evaluation and Impact Assessment Committee (EIAC) – UK, Netherlands

Peer Review Team – Sweden

FC Resource Group (FCRG) – Norway, UK

FC Intellectual Property (FCIP) Group – Netherlands

Consortium Board Observer representing the FC - Switzerland


EC is part of the CAADP-CGIAR SC

MoU AUC – CGIAR Consortium

Strategic Output 3

African and sub-continental level


Strategic support to FARA and the SROs

Financial crisis

Strategic Output 3



Strategic Output 3


EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue on Science, Technology and Innovation

First priority on Food and Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture


Strategic Output 4

Coordination between investments in ARD and in rural development

Permanent topic on the CGIAR agenda ("delivery")

Round table private session

"Innovation serving food and nutrition security in Europe and Africa"

– linking private sector/research


Strategic Output 5

►Helps to lobby for increased investments into ARD

Advocacy, information and communication


EIARD Case Study - Background

EU Policy Framework for Food Security (COM(2010)127)

Plan to Implement the Food and Nutrition Security commitments (SWD(2013)104)

Council requested in May 2013 a consolidated biannual progress report

how did the EU and the EU MS adhere to the 3Cs of coherence, complementarity, and coordination in executing the six policy priorities


EIARD Case Study – Key Question

EIARD as a mechanism to facilitate coordination of European policy and investments for ARD


EIARD Case Study - Impact

ARD policies of the EU and Members States have been influenced by EIARD (activities, thematic studies, and coordinated work)

EIARD had a prominent role in creating the Joint SCAR /EIARD Strategic Working Group ARCH

EIARD has facilitated opportunities for enhanced participation of civil society organizations in ARD activities and processes

EIARD has influenced the transformation of CGIAR governance and strategy, results based management, and the formulation of the CGIAR Research Programmes (CRPs) in terms of approaches and thematic content

EIARD has also contributed to a more substantive alignment of the CGIAR agenda to CAADP

EIARD has played an important role in ensuring that the Sub-Saharan Africa- Challenge Programme (SSA-CP) was accepted as a CGIAR programme and is sufficiently funded


Continue to support the CGIAR but ...

... We need also a coordinated approach to support global, continental and sub-continental ARD programmes and strategies beyond the CGIAR

What next?

Thank you for your

attention

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European Initiative for Agricultural Research for Development (EIARD) Jürgen Anthofer EIARD Executive Secretary