PROIntensAfrica partnership proposal

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Carolyn Glynn SLU - Swedish Univ. of Agricultural Sciences

The PROIntensAfrica partnership approach - visions for future and transitional partnerships

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• African partners: FARA - Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (Ghana), CORAF/WECARD – Central and West African Organisation for Agricultural Research (Senegal), CCARDESA - Centre for Coordination of Agricultural Research and Development for Southern Africa: (Botswana), ASARECA - Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (Uganda), AFAAS – African Forum for Agricultural Advisory services (Uganda), ARC- African Research Council (South Africa), CSRI-CRI - Crops Research Institute (Ghana) and INERA- Institute for Environment and Agriculture (Burkina Faso).

• European partners: Wageningen UR (The Netherlands), CIRAD (France), SLU (Sweden), UCL (Belgium), University of Lisbon (Portugal), Luke (Finland), University of Copenhagen (Denmark), ZEF (Germany), INIA (Spain), NRI (England), Teagasc (Ireland), BOKU (Austria), University of Life Sciences (Czech Republic).

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• A sense of urgency • Potential to scale up small initiatives • Coherent science-based research approach • Diversity in sustainable intensification of

agri-food systems • Ready to take on the controversial issues • Willing to invest time to create added value

The concepts that unite us:

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Rebel atmosphere! Remember the feeling in Wagneningen and Paris! Literally cooked.

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The bottom line – we are ready for a new way of working

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Ready for a new way of working – joint, strategy, long-term ambitious partnership Europe and Africa

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• Long-term partnership for alignment • Innovative R&I agenda – harnessing

potential of diversity • Impact-oriented partnership for

sustainable development

IntensAfrica strategic proposal: partnership in three dimensions

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Over the two years of our partnership we have matured

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• Diversity approach address controversial issues

• Aligns efforts • Connects:

• funders to long-term R&I efforts • research to policy • results to innovation and application • agriculture to other sectors • researchers to researchers.

IntensAfrica partnership approach, makes even more sense now:

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After this time we are still the rebel group of hugely experienced partners from very different perspectives. What we found is that our approach makes even more sense now.

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• Merge step-by-step toward common partnerships

• Long-term governance • Coherent interactions other

initiatives • Serve the political dialogue –

mutual priorities, mutual ownership,

• Feed policy makers with the ’situation on the ground’

Our vision for the future: even more ambitous than before

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Even more demanding – matured expertise willingness

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All three pillars of the EU-Africa High Level Policy Dialogue (sus.agr., nutrition, agr. trade/markets)

LEAP-AGRI, PRIMA, FACCE, CGIAR CRPs, World Bank, FAO Align efforts for Science Agenda for Africa, EU-African

Use PROIntensAfrica capacity to contribute to:

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Sustainable agricuture,

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• JPI aim to link policy with implementation of science-based results – support i.e. funding from CSA, EJP

• LEAP AGRI - WP6 inherits/ continues PROIA work

• Many R&I initiatives with Africa: JPI FACCE, Belmont Forum, WB, CGIAR CRPs –

Time is right to build on initiatives – for coherence and efficiency

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serve as: advisors in research, interface between HLPD and implementation, facilitators to the multi-stakeholder dialogue required for the HLPD Road Map.

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Linking policy dialogues with projects in the field HLPD FNSSA steering committee’s (SC) mandate is demanding without significant funding Willing institutions with relevant expertise will work toward JPI ’like’ initiatives. IA partnership useful in transitional phase – as a member of Institutions Support Group (ISG) Members serve as: advisors in research, interface between HLPD and implementation, facilitators to the multi-stakeholder dialogue required for the HLPD Road Map. Builds on existing structures and proven experiences. It is flexible, allows parties to join partership at all times. Can use a variety of implementation instruments. Inclusevie mechanism as the stakeholder and research organizations are linked to advisory boards. Accountability through a governing board – it will be a prerequisite for implementation instruments. Impact will be the diver of each instrument – also governing board’s responsibility. A mean and lean secretariate Stimulated collaboration and alignment – since this is what is needed to reach impact.

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The potential of partnerships is said to be dictated by funding mechanisms – we say it is equally the people that dictate the potential.

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We are at the end of our project but the strength of the partnership is just realizing its potential. How can the IntensAfrica partnership forward? Yes, we have the ERA-NET cofund LEAP-Agri that many countries without the funding that in this It is time to move from the fragmentation that short-term and small-scale funding causes The changing policy landscape with the EU-Africa HLPD FNSSA roa Joint funding allows for joint strategic research priorities and management – the time is ripe for large-scale efforts and long-term investments in solving complex research and innovation issues