Country SAKSS: Architecture and Activities

Joseph Karugia

Workshop on Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in Africa

Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, June 25th- 26th 2012 

Why? Strategies and investment plans

to mobilize domestic and external resources

Effective design and implementation requires:

Identification of investment priorities

Studies to establish high quality indicator baselines

Measure and track progress in implementation

Assess achievement of outcome targets

Why? Effective design and implementation requires:

Regular evaluation – to review progress and impact studies to assess efficiency and effectiveness of programmes

Regular dialogue and review by stakeholders – progress; harmonization; coordination

Objectives

provide strategic knowledge products facilitate better policy design and implementation ensure successful implementation of the country’s

agricultural sector investment plan

inform national dialogue and progress review Transition to evidence and outcome based strategy planning and

implementation Growing demand for analytical capacity, high quality knowledge

tools and products Mobilize available in-country expertise and build/strengthen

future capacities

…Vision

Vision Policies and investments that

achieve the development objectives

SAKSS: Broker of Strategic Analysis/Knowledge

Policy Analysis

Units

Think Tanks, Central Bank

Statistics Bureaus,

Universities, NGOs

Parliament, PS, NGOs,

Donors, Directors

BrokerDemand Supply

SAKSS NetworkSAKSSNode

SAKSS Oversight Body

•Identify and sensitize knowledge gaps

•Synthesize knowledge•Mobilize and coordinate knowledge generation

•Facilitate training•…

•Express interest and buy into vision

•Align knowledge generation activities

•Receive funding and training

•…

· Credence of Knowledge System in the national process

· Governance · Channel knowledge

and evidence to policy makers

• …

Ministerial NAIP Steering Committee

Steering CommitteeCoordinated by the Permanent Secretary

Policy Dialogue Group (Stakeholders’ Group from across

the country)

Coordinator

M&E ICT Economist

KS Network: National Statistical Bureau; National Ag research System including Universities; Statistics and

Planning divisions of Ministries involved in agriculture; Poverty

Monitoring Units; locally-based int’l research orgs; …

Knowledge and operational gaps

identification

Program Coordination and Implementation

Team

Thematic working groups

Planning Director

Planning (core)

ICT and research division

M&E division

Collabo-ration

division

Other Departments and Agencies in the agriculture

ministry

KS Node

Activities and Outputs…

Strategic analysis to fill knowledge gaps What level on investment is needed to meet

national poverty reduction and food and nutrition security targets?

Which agricultural subsectors can generate the most pro-poor growth?

Special studies on priority and strategic issues that a country faces

Activities and Outputs…

M&E of Agricultural Sector Development and Investments Overall agriculture sector performance Agricultural investments Agricultural growth Agricultural trade Poverty and food and nutritional security Published as an Annual M&E Report Studies on impact of investments and policies against

goals and targets

Activities and Outputs…

KM, Communications, and Policy Dialogue Platform for sharing information in consistent

formats

Easy access - for dialogue, evidence-based policy making, review and learning

Platform can be in the form of dialogue forums and ICT based e.g. Website, newsletters, USB keys, CDs, and other media (social networking tools)

Capacity Strengthening is important…

Policy Analysis

Units

Think Tanks, Central Bank

Statistics Bureaus,

Universities, FBOs

Parliament, PS, FBOs, Donors,

Directors

NetworkNodeOB

Graduation overtime

Level 100Rationale and

Concepts(NAIPs; Policy

Analysis) Level 200Concepts and Application

(Policy Analysis; Report Writing)

Level 300 …Application and

Modeling(CGE, Econometrics,

Data Work)

THANK YOUwww.resakss.org

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