2017 Activity Report
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goo.gl/o2W6ZK Adam Cohn | Cohn Adam The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth Activity Report 2017 The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) is a joint project between the United Nations Development Programme and the Brazilian Government to promote policy dialogue and facilitate learning between countries of the South around social policies as well as inclusive development. International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (IPC-IG) SBS, Quadra 1, Bloco J, Ed. BNDES, 13º andar 70076-900 Brasília, DF - Brazil +55 61 2105 5000 [email protected] • www.ipc-undp.org Partners 2017 Investing in rural people BETTER POLICIES FOR BETTER LIVES Designed by the IPC-IG Publications team: Roberto Astorino, Flávia Amaral, Rosa Maria Banuth and Manoel Salles. Summary 07 Introduction 11 Knowledge production 25 Knowledge-sharing 39 Capacity-strengthening 45 The 2017 IPC-IG team UN Women/Joe Saad | goo.gl/aSULnR Introduction The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth Projects and thematic areas (IPC-IG) is pleased to present its 2017 Activity Report, outlining its research projects, knowledge products In 2017 the Centre expanded its portfolio by increasing and outreach activities from the past year. The IPC-IG its thematic fields of activity, especially at the is a leading global forum for South–South dialogue on intersection of social protection and environmental development policies, and its work reflects its mission issues, mostly regarding climate change and of promoting policy dialogue and facilitating learning implementing the Fundraising Committee (FRC). between developing countries around social policies for The objective of the FRC is to support IPC-IG inclusive growth. coordinators in the negotiation of new projects by preparing project proposals, terms of reference and Since its foundation in 2004, the IPC-IG has been budget plans and obtaining any necessary administrative providing services and tools to strengthen the institutional and legal clearance. The FRC provides support mainly capacities of countries of the South to design, monitor by participating in open competitive bidding processes and evaluate social policies. Guided by a partnership and by enacting cooperation agreements with agreement between the Government of Brazil and the partner institutions. United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), the IPC-IG, along with its partners, policymakers and experts, During 2017 the Centre undertook 21 projects in the develops solutions to strengthen both human and areas of social protection, South–South cooperation, institutional capacities and resources. monitoring and evaluation (M&E), food and nutrition security, public policy design and capacity-building in The innovative approaches used by the IPC-IG are based Angola, Brazil, Egypt, Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, on three pillars: knowledge production, knowledge- Niger, Senegal, and countries in the Middle East and sharing and capacity-strengthening: North Africa (MENA) region. knowledge production: carrying out research and studies, such as policy analysis and evaluations; Partners knowledge-sharing: facilitating the exchange The projects were conducted in close collaboration with of innovative experiences and initiatives among various partners, namely: countries of the South; and the United Kingdom Department for International capacity-strengthening: providing and facilitating Development (DFID); the collaborative construction of capacity- strengthening activities and flows of knowledge the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade of the among countries of the South. Australian Government (DFAT); Activity Report 2017 The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 7 the German Corporation for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the International Cooperation United Nations (FAO); (Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit—GIZ); the World Food Programme (WFP); the World Bank Group; Brazilian government ministries in the socio- economic and environmental fields; the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD); the Fundación Espacio Público; the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), the Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture (IICA); and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD); Nike, Inc. over over publications, including translations 800,000 4.9 1,500 downloads in 2017 million EN PT SP FR IT AR CH BA TU SW downloads across 4,900,000 downloads since 2004 Policy in Focus No. 9 162 What is poverty? countries is the most downloaded publication since 2004 32,873 followers Top downloads in 2017 12,100 likes OP PIF 292,178 WP 870 followers 209,520 157,625 1 2 3 11 newsletters The IPC-IG also organised a social protection study tour The information is presented as overview tables, displaying for delegations from the governments of the Republic of information about the partners, objectives, outcomes Congo and the Republic of Mali, and international events and the operational (team) summary of each project, regarding crucial issues in international development, such accompanied by a snapshot of outputs and tangible results. as water management and the linkages between national Finally, the report introduces the Centre’s staff in 2017. accounts and climate change. By disseminating this Activity Report, the Centre seeks This report covers the period from 1 January to account for its work and inform stakeholders, partners, to 31 December 2017. It comprises three main donors and society in general, by providing transparent chapters, each presenting information regarding and accurate information on all the projects conducted the projects and research activities undertaken over the past year. and the knowledge products published during the year. The projects and activities are grouped around Our most sincere thanks go to the unsung heroes the Centre’s three pillars: knowledge production of the Operations, Communications, IT and Publication (12 projects and 144 publications, leading to teams, whose names do not appear in the tables below. 835,863 downloads); knowledge-sharing Their contribution is essential to the success of any of the (4 projects, 29 webinars, 11 new online communities, Centre’s initiatives, and there can be no doubt as to how participation of IPC-IG staff in 39 international and much value they add to the quality of our work. Their national seminars); and capacity-strengthening backstopping ability is what guarantees the high quality (5 projects). and delivery speed of outputs. 8 Activity Report 2017 The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth Adam Cohn | goo.gl/649wwK Knowledge production The Centre’s knowledge production activities comprise IPC-IG publications also serve to outputs from both research projects and publications. share both newly produced and previously Together with partner institutions and governments, they existing knowledge with a global audience answered the requests of various countries of the South that includes policymakers, academia, and conducted 12 research projects to design, analyse and practitioners, members of the media and evaluate public policies. To consolidate the knowledge civil society in general, to improve the gathered during these activities, 144 publications were international debate in the arena released in different formats and multiple languages. of South–South cooperation. Projects 1. Promoting local food purchases for food assistance on the African continent—Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa) Name Promoting local food purchases for food assistance on the African continent—Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa) Donor United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) Start date October 2014 Closing date September 2017 Partners WFP, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Government of the United Kingdom (Department for International Development—DFID) and the Government of Brazil Main outcome Implement monitoring and support the evaluation of the project ‘Promoting local food purchases for food assistance on the African continent—Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Africa)’ Main outputs 1. Monitoring of PAA Africa 2. Quality assurance for an evaluation of PAA Africa (conducted by teams of African researchers) 3. Technical support to the development of PAA Africa’s M&E system for the scale-up phase Team in 2017 Coordinators: Fábio Veras Soares and Mario Gyori Researchers: Maria Hernández Lagana, Anna Carolina Machado, Jessica Baier, Sofie Olsson, Tatiana Martínez Zavala, Alexis Lefevre, Isabela Machado Martinez, Ana Carla Miranda, Rosana Pereira de Miranda and Isabella Di Paolo Intern: Sofie Olsson Activity Report 2017 The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth 11 The Purchase from Africans for Africa (PAA Presentation: ‘Phase II of the PAA Africa Africa) programme is an innovative development Programme in Mozambique: monitoring results’ at cooperation initiative that seeks to combine the workshop ‘National Consultation on PRONAE/ support to agricultural production with institutional PAA: Lessons and design of the HGSF model’, food procurement. The programme was piloted in five organised by the PAA Africa Programme, in African countries—Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Maputo, Mozambique, 20–21 March 2017 Niger and Senegal— jointly by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), Publication of a Working Paper titled the World Food Programme (WFP) and partner national ‘Implementation of decentralised food procurement governments.