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FEED THE FUTURE: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR
FEED THE FUTURE: BUILDING CAPACITY FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION (AFRICA LEAD II)
ANNUAL REPORT 2019
NOVEMBER 2019
This publication was produced by the Feed the Future: Building Capacity for African Agricultural
Transformation Project (Africa Lead II) for the United States Agency for International Development.
FEED THE FUTURE: BUILDING CAPACITY
FOR AFRICAN AGRICULTURAL
TRANSFORMATION (AFRICA LEAD II)
Program Title: Feed the Future: Building Capacity for African Agricultural Transformation (Africa Lead II)
Sponsoring USAID Office: USAID Bureau of Food Security
Award Number: AID-OAA-A13-00085
Awardee: DAI
Date of Publication: November 2019
Author: Africa Lead II Team
This publication was prepared by DAI and funded by the U.S. Agency for International Development under Cooperative Agreement No. AID-OAA-A13-00085. The authors’ views expressed in this publication do not necessarily reflect the views of the United States Agency for International
Development or the United States Government.
Cover photo: In August 2019, Africa Lead II facilitated a five-day PREG annual learning event for more than 90 participants from PREG implementing partners, national government representatives, county government representatives, various USAID Kenya technical offices, USAID South Sudan, and USAID Washington. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
Contents
Acronyms ...... ii
I. Introduction ...... 1
Key Project Results ...... 3
II. Institutional Architecture Milestone Summary ...... 4
III. Mission Year-in-Reviews ...... 6
Bureau for Food Security ...... 7 East Africa Regional ...... 15 Kenya ...... 20 Senegal ...... 24 Somalia ...... 31 South Sudan ...... 33
Annex A. Performance Indicator Tracking Table (PITT) ...... 36
Annex C. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for the Bureau for Food Security ...... 40
Annex D. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for USAID/East Africa Regional ...... 44
Annex E. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for USAID/Kenya ...... 45
Annex F. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for USAID/Senegal ...... 47
Annex G. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for USAID/South Sudan ...... 50
Annex H. Key Partners and Collaborators in FY2019 ...... 51
Annex I. Environmental Compliance ...... 54
Acronyms
ACTESA Alliance for Commodity Trade in East and Southern Africa AgCK Agricultural Council of Kenya
AUC/DREA African Union’s Department of Rural Economy and Agriculture C4C Champions for Change CAADP Comprehensive African Agriculture Development Programme
CILSS Comité permanent Inter-Etats de Lutte contre la Sécheresse dans le Sahel/Permanent Interstate Committee for Drought Control in the Sahel
CNC CAADP NSA Coalition COMESA Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa COMSHIP COMESA Seed Harmonization Implementation Plan
CORAF Central Africa Council for Agricultural Research and Development ECOWAP ECOWAS Agricultural Policy ECOWAS Economic Community of West African States
IFPRI International Food Policy Research Institute NAIP National Agriculture Investment Plan NEPAD New Partnership for Africa's Development
NPCA NEPAD Planning and Coordinating Agency NSA Non-State Actor OCA Organizational Capacity Assessment
PNIASA National Agriculture and Food Security Investment Plan RAIP Regional Agricultural Investment Program TOT Training of Trainers
AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 I. Introduction
Africa Lead — Feed the Future’s Building Africa Lead is in its final months, preparing to Capacity for African Agricultural Transformation close in December 2019. This Program Year Program — supports the advancement of Six (PY6) summary of Africa Lead covers the agricultural transformation in Africa as proposed Program’s key accomplishments from October by the African Union (AU) Comprehensive 2018 through September 2019 – the project’s Africa Agriculture Development Program final year – and serves as the report for the (CAADP). Africa Lead also contributes to the fourth quarter (Q4) of Africa Lead’s Fiscal Year Feed the Future (FTF) goals of reduced hunger 2019 (FY2019). The report highlights Africa and poverty by building the capacity of Lead’s support, facilitation, and training to Champions — i.e., men and women leaders in improve institutional capacity and broader agriculture — and the institutions in which they systems and institutional architecture to operate to develop, lead, and manage the manage agricultural transformation as well to policies, structures, and processes needed for promote the effective, inclusive participation of transformation. non-state actors in policy processes. During its
In August 2019, Africa Lead supported a workshop with UNACOIS to share and validate an economic model of contracting in horticultural sectors. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
1 AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 sixth and final year, Africa Lead activities also Africa for agriculture and food security. In the worked to promote and sustain a culture of same way, our adaptability as a project team learning and continued to build a process by comes from the way we measure and articulate which evidence can play a greater role in how we do our work, what we have learned determining policy directions and programs in from program implementation, and how we will agriculture. continue to adapt our work. We strive to ensure that our Final Report will also provide a learning Because the FY19 reporting period ends function – to inform our strategic approach, immediately prior to several of Africa Lead’s key provide an evidence base for best practice, and learning events in October 2019 and also due reveal insights into how to better accomplish to the fact that the project will submit a our goals. At its core Africa Lead is a learning comprehensive Final Report in approximately project, and one of our greatest assets is six weeks, the project decided to submit a relevant, timely, and valuable input for adaptive modified version of the Annual Report for this management and learning for our agricultural period. Accordingly, this report presents policy partners and stakeholders. aggregate-level PY6 performance indicator results data followed by Mission-level “Year in Review” summaries of key accomplishments by buy-ins from October 2018 through September 2019. The “Year in Review” summaries provide a summary of PY6 activities and performance indicators for each project buy-in. However, this FY19 Annual Report does not include comprehensive reflection on lessons learned and management updates for the reporting period. As such, the activity overviews in the Mission Dashboards are descriptive only. These sections do not delve into outcomes or lessons learned. This information will be included in the project’s Final Report, which will be submitted in Q1 of FY20. Participants at the rice fair and dialogue forum held in in Africa Lead is committed to a culture of learning Saint-Louis, Senegal – organized by Africa Lead as a strategy for ensuring steady and grantee Entreprise Aissatou Gaye (EAG) under the incremental improvements in leadership, Policy Reform for Private Sector Investment organizational, and systems strengthening in Mobilization (PR4I) activity. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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3 AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 II. Institutional Architecture Milestone Summary
This table presents a high-level summary of the IA milestones achieved in Africa Lead in FY2019 across the program. More detail is included in Annexes C through G. Policy Milestone Mission Element
Development of CAADP Toolkit to support communication and advocacy of the BFS 6 AUC’s 2018 Biennial Review and preparation for 2020 Biennial Review.
Funding and management support for the CAADP Development Partners BFS 6 Coordination Group (DPCG) Secretariat toward an improvement in the effectiveness of the platform among development partners, international financial institutions, UN technical agencies, and research and technical partners for the coordination of implementation of the CAADP agenda.
Facilitation of multi-stakeholder advisory committees (MSACs) in three countries to BFS 2, 4, 5 support the improvement of value-chain related policy dialogue to increase private sector investment in agriculture.
Launch of an online community of practice for the CAADP Peer-to-Peer network to BFS 6 exchange ideas, facilitate learning, and strengthen networks for peer review for CAADP implementation.
Development of a strategy and framework for an East Africa Community (EAC) BFS 2, 5 Public-Private Partnership for Fall Armyworm Response that targets achieving the implementation and domestication of the EAC harmonized pesticide guidelines.
Refinement of Institutional Architecture Assessing, Prioritization and Planning (IA- BFS 2, 4, 5, 6 APP) toolkit and pilot testing through country-level workshop; IA APP workshop in Uganda.
Strategic support to and participation in the CAADP Partnership Platform Meeting as BFS 6 continental dialogue platform for CAADP implementation.
Capacity enhanced for Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) through BFS 2 trainings and guidance development, toward the realization of goals outlined in the five-year business plan for “IGAD Land Governance” and associated expansion of the IGAD land governance team.
Effective platform established at the regional level in the Common Market for Eastern East 2, 4, 5 and Southern Africa (COMESA) region for seed-sector actors to dialogue, Africa coordinate, and harmonize policy based on evidence-based recommendations and learning.
Facilitation of an inclusive process (NSA and government) that engaged both Kenya 2, 3, 4 subnational and national levels of government to roll-out Kenya’s Agriculture Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS).
Inclusive launch of the 2019/2020 Biennial Review process, which will serve as a Kenya 6 mutual accountability mechanism for CAADP in Kenya.
Improved platforms for joint planning, and coordination for resilience priorities has Kenya 2, 5, 6 been reviewed and updated at national and county levels through the Partnership for Economic Growth and Resilience (PREG) partnership. This effort is leading to
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Policy Milestone Mission Element improved efficiency, better alignment, and trust between government and donors to implement resilience priorities.
A strong and technically-robust Joint Sector Review (JSR) process was conducted in Senegal 6 Senegal for the fourth consecutive year. Chaired by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment (MAER), the JSR served as an effective platform for key stakeholders to review achievements of the previous year, critically assess challenges encountered across the agriculture sector, and make recommendations for the upcoming year.
Senegal’s second-generation National Agriculture Investment Plan was technically Senegal 2, 3, 4 validated by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment (MAER) with constructive input from producer groups and civil society actors.
The Senegalese Inter-Professional Mango Association (IAMS) carried out its first- Senegal 3, 4 ever comprehensive evaluation of the mango production season in Senegal and held a two-day workshop to share the results. The workshop brought together different stakeholders from the mango value chain, as well as government and various private sector stakeholders, to review the past year’s season, the value chain process, and operational issues to serve as lessons learned and to inform planning.
Improved leadership and change management capacity enabled Cellule de Lutte Senegal 5 contre la Malnutrition (CLM) to better coordinate with other government departments in the development of the second-generation National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP). As a result of more effective intragovernmental, multisectoral coordination, the NAIP now reflects both nutrition and agriculture priorities.
Improved integration of nutrition into district development plans. Senegal 5
Improved internal governance within Ministry of Water and Sanitation to implement Senegal 5 flagship Water, Sanitation, and Health project under Senegal’s national development plan, the Plan Senegal Emergent (PSE).
Development and pilot testing of a collaborative programming approach in Yambio, South 3, 6 South Sudan under the Partnership for Resilience and Recovery (PfRR) Sudan
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In Q3 Africa Lead collaborated with the Cellue de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CLM) to conduct a local Training of Trainers (ToT). The five-day training brought together 24 regional government staff from four CLM priority action regions. During the training, participants practiced how to facilitate events, using adult learning principles. The ToT is a first step to build local capacity and improve the leadership skills of stakeholders in charge of the development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of local development plans. Photo credit: Africa Lead.
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Bureau for Food Security
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Activity Overview
▪ Leaders for African Food Security Course. During FY2019, Africa Lead worked with the African Management Initiative on a new training course to create a cadre of leaders of collaborative multi-stakeholder CAADP processes. After a rigorous process of written exams and oral interviews, Africa Lead selected a final cohort of 20 trainees for the Executive Leadership in African Food Security course. The course used a combination of virtual and in-person learning, including online “masterclasses” and facilitated meetings that support the development and implementation of Action Learning Projects (ALPs). The ALPs are designed by trainees to address major, practical leadership challenges over the six-month course period. The course concluded in August with a three-day in-person learning laboratory in Nairobi. In September, Africa Lead collected 360-feedback from 43 peers and colleagues of the participants. Ninety-five percent of 360-feedback respondents observed improvement in some combination of leadership ability, effectiveness, and motivation of the relevant participant during the period of the course.
▪ Improved Coordination between the AgCK and Subnational NSA Activities in Kenya. Africa Lead continued support to AgCK in strengthening the network of Non-State Actors aligned to CAADP through the NSA Advocacy and Consultation Tool (NSA-ACT), which encourages effective policy dialogue on budgetary allocation and expenditures in the agricultural sector. Having trained NSAs on the tool in the pilot area of Nakuru county during FY18, AgCK facilitated a policy brief writeshop during the first quarter of FY2019. Informed by the NSA-ACT, NSA participants in the writeshop developed an evidence-based policy brief on budgetary allocation for Nakuru county that was later validated during a meeting between AgCK and the county officials. Through this policy brief, AgCK will have an entry point to participate fully in the county budgetary cycle. Throughout FY2019, Africa Lead continued to support and strengthen AgCK by ensuring participation of its senior leadership in key Africa Lead activities. This engagement was deliberate to support AGCK’s continued growth into a vibrant NSA platform.
▪ Institutional Architecture Assessment, Prioritization, and Planning (IA-APP) Toolkit. During FY2019, Africa Lead advocated for the institutionalization of the IA-APP Toolkit in CAADP processes and continued to refine the tool based on stakeholder feedback. Africa Lead held several co-creation discussions with AUC and NEPAD on how the IA methodology could be used as a convening and coordinating framework for CAADP, as well as how it could benefit AU Member States. The AU requested practical demonstrations through two workshops, with Uganda and Ghana suggested as demonstration countries. Africa Lead thoroughly reviewed the IA-APP tools, looking at lessons learned from pilot IA- APP workshops in Kenya, Tanzania, and Senegal. As a result of the review, the toolkit will be targeted toward CAADP country teams, focal points, and/or other members of the Ministry of Agriculture. Africa Lead is also expanding the toolkit to incorporate a user guide and additional tools, including one for stakeholder mapping and another for a team pause and reflect session. In July, a pilot IA-APP workshop was held in Uganda to demonstrate the toolkit, with the strong participation of the country USAID mission and AU, among others. Based on the feedback from this meeting and other interactions, the toolkit was further updated and reconditioned.
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▪ Market Systems Resilience Measurement Conceptual Framework and Tool (MSRM). Africa Lead finalized the Market Systems Resilience Measurement Conceptual Framework and Tool through a co-creation process in a workshop in Nairobi in November 2018. Participants included members of the Partnership for Resilience and Economic Growth (PREG) working group and USAID personnel. The team integrated feedback from the BFS Resilience team into the framework, as well as insights from a field visit to Northern Kenya (to Isiola and Oldyniro) and submitted the final conceptual framework and assessment tool to USAID Kenya in December 2018. The team also provided a field research design for testing the tool in Kenya.
▪ Policy Reform for Private Sector Investment Mobilization (PR4I). Africa Lead established PR4I activity to support value chain-related policy improvements through small grants to private organizations in Kenya, Tanzania, and Senegal. To oversee the grant- making process, Africa Lead facilitated Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Committees (MSACs) in each country. In Kenya, the Consumer Unity and Trust Society—Centre for International Trade, Economics and Environment (CUTS-CITEE) received a grant to study and advocate reforms in the cassava sector. In Tanzania, Africa Lead issued a grant to the Agricultural Council of Tanzania (ACT) to study and advocate policy improvements in three value chains: the grape value chain in Dodoma County, the sunflower value chain in Singida Rural District, and the beef and maize value chains in Kongwa District. Lack of land registration and resulting inability to meet collateral requirements to obtain financing were constraints across all three locations, as was the need for improved joint marketing and purchase of inputs by farmer associations. In Senegal, the successful grantee, Entreprise Aissatou Gaye (EAG), organized a rice fair and dialogue forum in Saint-Louis. During Q4, Africa Lead held a lessons-learned meeting and discussed program results and learning with the MSACs in each country. A comprehensive report of lessons learned will be shared in Q1 of FY2020.
▪ Shared Learning through Non-State Actors Small Grants Program. The overall objective of the NSA Small Grants Program (SGP), launched in FY18, was to strengthen the network of NSAs aligned to CAADP to improve citizen engagement in food security at subnational and national levels. Africa Lead awarded six grants under this program – five in Kenya and one in Senegal. To share and synthesize lessons learned, Africa Lead facilitated a two-day learning event in Nairobi in November 2018. Representatives from each grantee attended, as well as representatives from the Agricultural Council of Kenya (AgCK) and the CAADP Non-State Actors Coalition (CNC). Through this event, grantees were able to share and build on their learning while strengthening their networks for further collaboration. Africa Lead developed a comprehensive learning brief and a video based on all of the NSA small grants; these materials highlight important lessons learned and tools developed from NSA engagement with the CAADP process at sub-national levels.
▪ End-of-Project Learning Series. Launched in Q3, Africa Lead’s Learning Series facilitated the exchange and sharing of experience, knowledge, best practices, and lessons learned among our key counterparts through online and in-person events, online materials, and thought-leadership pieces. In Q3, Africa Lead co-hosted a webinar with Agrilinks to update a broad set of agriculture sector stakeholders on the current status of CAADP and reflect on with panelists from the AUC, NEPAD, and Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). Also in Q3, Africa Lead facilitated a panel discussion on the use of data for
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local policy engagement by NSA partners from the Small Grants Program (SGP) in partnership with the CAADP Nonstate Actors Coalition as a side event at the CAADP Partnership Platform (PP). Panelists presented on evidenced-based advocacy tools and other models. In Q4, Africa Lead organized an in-person learning event in Nairobi on facilitative leadership, which featured the Governor of Makueni County and the USAID Mission Director among others. Several webinars were also held as part of this series, including one focused on youth and policy, and another on the IA-APP toolkit. Africa Lead will hold its capstone learning event and is planning several smaller, topical learning events in Washington, DC in late October.
▪ CAADP Development Partners Coordination Group (DPCG). In FY2019, Africa Lead continued to support the DPCG, the platform for development partners, international financial institutions, UN agencies, and others to coordinate the implementation of the CAADP agenda. Through a contract with Wasafiri Consulting, Africa Lead supported the DPCG secretariat, including in convening DPCG meetings. Notable outputs of FY2019 meetings include donor sensitization and mobilization for the CAADP Partnership Platform (PP), donor engagement in the Biennial Review process, and the continuing development of a CAADP ODA indicator to track and report on donor commitments related to the Malabo Declaration. In Q3 of FY2019, USAID successfully handed over leadership from USAID to the World Bank, a move that Africa Lead supported by holding regular discussions with the Chair of DPCG to develop a strategic approach to moving forward main items with the AUC, the NEPAD Planning and Coordination Agency (NPCA), and development partners. Africa Lead has continued to participate actively in DPCG meetings, including at the 2019 AGRF where the DPCG hosted the Commissioner of Rural Economy and Agriculture at the African Union, Ambassador Josefa Sacko, and through monthly calls.
▪ Stakeholder Survey for the CAADP Non-State Actors Coalition (CNC). In October 2018, Africa Lead conducted a stakeholder assessment to document viewpoints, feedback, and recommendations from a wide range of individuals and organizations. Africa Lead processed the findings, both quantitative and qualitative, in an assessment report to the CNC leadership. The findings were structured around several themes: mission and relevance, governance and effectiveness, influence and impact, and membership and communication. Africa Lead also held a sense-making workshop with the CNC in November 2018. To continue to support the CNC, Africa Lead invested in coaching and mentorship of the CNC coordinator throughout FY2019, and supported the CNC coordinator’s participation in the Leaders for African Food Security Course described above.
▪ Design and Facilitation of the CAADP P2P Meeting. Africa Lead supported the design, facilitation, and documentation of the CAADP Peer-to-Peer Learning workshop, which focused on the CAADP Biennial Review (October 31 – November 2 in Nairobi). The meeting brought together more than 100 people and was a learning platform for country CAADP Biennial Review Focal Persons and other technical officers from AU Member States. The participants at this meeting were drawn from AU Member States; Regional Economic Communities (RECs), including COMESA, EAC, ECCAS, ECOWAS, UMA, and IGAD; AU institutions such as AUC-DREA and the NEPAD Agency; and development and technical partners including FAO, Africa Lead, IFPRI, ReSAKSS, and WFP.
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▪ The CAADP Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Network. In close collaboration with the AU, Africa Lead developed the CAADP P2P Network to facilitate increased CAADP learning and sharing among CAADP practitioners at the country level. Central to the network is an online platform that features online discussion rooms, newsfeeds, videos, a library, and webinars. In FY2019, Africa Lead designed and produced two P2P webinars for the network’s more than 100 members. The first webinar focused on the Africa Food Safety Index and featured input from AUC/DREA, AUDA-NEPAD, the Partnership for Aflatoxin Control in Africa, and independent food safety experts. The second engaged experts from AUC/DREA and the FAO to discuss how resilience is addressed in the Malabo declaration. A third webinar focused on youth and CAADP – and, specifically, how to encourage greater involvement and participation of youth in agriculture. This webinar highlighted youth champions and practitioners.
▪ Fall Armyworm Response. Africa Lead supported the USAID Fall Armyworm Task Force and key regional stakeholders in responding to the Fall Armyworm, a pest that threatens food security on the continent. Africa Lead facilitated the task force’s first in-person meeting, which included implementing partners and consultants. Africa Lead subsequently provided facilitators and staff to support the Fall Armyworm Research and Development Consortium Conference held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, which drew more than 200 participants. In addition, Africa Lead supported the development of a strategy for an East Africa Community (EAC) Public-Private Partnership for Fall Armyworm Response. The strategy aims to implement and domesticate the EAC harmonized pesticide guidelines. Africa Lead also helped facilitate the implementation of the harmonized EAC pesticide management guidelines, including by facilitating the Interim Technical Committee (ITC) meetings to review efficacy trials and sensitize pesticide production companies on their roles in efficacy trials. To ensure a smooth transition of this activity to AGRA, Africa Lead also held sensitization and orientation meetings with AGRA and worked with both USAID and AGRA to finalize an 18-month strategy plan for implementation by AGRA.
▪ CAADP Biennial Review Communications and Advocacy Toolkit. Africa Lead designed and developed a CAADP Biennial Review communications and advocacy toolkit to provide presentation materials to non-state actors, government leaders, and CAADP focal points across the continent. Africa Lead finalized the toolkit, which was launched by the Deputy President of Kenya, Dr. William Ruto, the Commissioner of AUC/DREA, and officials from AUDA-NEPAD at the CAADP Partnership Platform in June 2019. The tool was distributed to more than 500 participants including 15 ministers and other senior national officials. Available in English and French, the “Catalyzing Action and Agricultural Transformation in Africa: Understanding CAADP and the Biennial Review” toolkit provides an online interactive application to navigate and explore the results of the 2018 Biennial Review and is available for download on the AUC/DREA website at www.au.int/caadp/toolkit. In the last quarter, responding to requests from the African Union and other partners, Africa Lead developed the second version of the Communications Toolkit that will be used to popularize results of the Second Biennial Review Report to be launched next year in February. The new version of the toolkit includes a variety of new capabilities like cross-year comparisons, visualization of dynamics, and links to other tools and resources.
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▪ Adoption of Champions for Change (C4C) Curriculum by Two Universities in Ghana. In October 2018, two C4C Validation Workshops were held in Ghana at the University of Development Studies (UDS) in Tamale and Kwame Nkrumah University (KNUST) in Kumasi. In addition, a C4C Training of Trainers (TOT) workshop for lecturers from both institutions was held at KNUST. The program validation brings the total number of universities that have adopted the C4C models into their core university curriculum to six, along with ISAE/UCAD in Senegal and three universities in Nigeria. The C4C curriculum shared with the universities in Ghana, Nigeria, and Senegal comprises two sets of modules: Module 1 has one Teaching Unit, “Food Security and Nutrition,” which has six lessons, while Module 2 “Leadership, Managing Change and Micro-Finance in Agriculture” has 16 lessons, organized into units: “Leadership and Management” consisting of six lessons, Teaching Unit 2, “Managing Change” with eight lessons, and Teaching Unit 3 with two lessons.
▪ Africa Lead Facilitator/Trainer Network. Africa Lead established and supported the development of the Africa Lead Facilitator/Trainer Network, a pool of well-qualified trainers and facilitators who are committed and equipped to facilitate transformational processes for agricultural reform. To develop the network, Africa Lead used a continent-wide survey of facilitators and trainers to identify a critical cadre of professionals who can help food security and agricultural stakeholder assess, prioritize, and plan capacity investments to improve policy. The project supported the professional development of these individuals as well, offering two webinars. The first webinar was on the IA-APP tools; the second webinar, on co-design, was developed in response to network member interest in learning how to employ co-design methodologies to support country-led processes. A third webinar focused on systems and stakeholder mapping techniques using a software called Kumu (https://kumu.io) and presented by an expert from Kumu. Africa Lead also looked for ways to facilitate sharing and learning among network members, including by encouraging them to participate in the Africa Food Security Network.
▪ Executive Coaching for the CAADP Non-State Actors Coalition (CNC) Coordinator. Africa Lead took on the support for the CNC Coordinator with a primary role of providing strategic direction, execution, and leadership of CNC activities. Africa Lead sees the CNC Coordinator position as an important one and therefore committed the services of an (internal) executive coach to support the CNC Coordinator in planning and implementation of the work plan and facilitating a feedback process for developing effective leadership behaviors and conduct. This coaching process started with a rigorous 360° feedback assessment, establishing an evidence-based foundation that identified strengths to build on and key areas for growth and development. Based on this work, coaching objectives were established, and the coach continues to work with the CNC Coordinator on an ongoing basis to identify opportunities for improvement and new approaches.
▪ Organizational and Leadership Development for the Land Team and Steering Committee at the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD). In Q2 of FY2019, Africa Lead developed a capacity support plan focused on the people- and process-side of effective governance. The plan first focused on strengthening the leadership effectiveness of the IGAD Land Coordinator and the governance process and decision- making effectiveness of the Land Steering Committee. Africa Lead expanded on its initial training of the Land Coordinator and Land Steering Committee with a Coaching Clinic that
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brought together the core land governance team plus key colleagues supporting the land agenda within IGAD, along with country representatives. In total, Africa Lead trained 17 participants from six organizations in five countries (Djibouti, Ethiopia, Kenya, South Sudan, and Sudan). In July 2019, Africa Lead facilitated a two-day team building retreat with IGAD’s Land Governance Steering Committee.
▪ Strategic Facilitation for the CAADP Biennial Review Process. Africa Lead supported the design of and facilitated two major continental training events for the 2019/2020 CAADP Biennial Review process, once again helping to drive the technical and strategic leadership for the CAADP Biennial Review. The first event was a Training of Trainers on BR Technical Guidelines and Process in Kigali, Rwanda, which targeted about 50 technical experts from technical agencies across Africa. The purpose of the training was to ensure that the experts understood the 47 Biennial Review indicators, as they are expected to provide continuous technical backstopping in the lead-up to the 2020 reporting cycle. In addition, working with the AUC and Trainers, Africa Lead facilitated the training of about 45 countries, comprising about 200 individuals who will implement the BR in their respective countries (a separate training exercise was later carried out for countries that were not present). The training covered the various technical details of the BR indicators, data entry process, in-country roadmaps toward the final BR report, and country-REC consultations on the validation process. In May, Africa Lead facilitated a meeting to discuss communications and advocacy strategy for the Biennial Review, and subsequent follow-up discussions were held in the following months as a three-pronged strategy emerged, including: 1) facilitating country-level engagement and advocacy on the BR; 2) cultivating high-level champions, and 3) developing appropriate BR communications materials. Africa Lead, at the request of the AU, also provided significant support in writing up the 2019 BR report (to be released in February 2020), including managing two write-shops that attracted experts drawn from across Africa, contributing to data cleaning, analysis, and crafting of key recommendations. Lastly, during Q2 Africa Lead continued to participate in CAADP BR Task Force Meetings.
▪ CAADP Partnership Platform (PP). Africa Lead supported the 15th CAADP PP meeting in June 2019. In addition to assisting in the planning of the meeting, Africa Lead provided overall facilitation support for the meeting, including the Malabo Policy Learning Event (MAPLE) held on the first day of the forum. The MAPLE attempted to bring parliamentarians, as key policymakers, into the CAADP conversation and process, in order to ground CAADP implementation and agricultural development into the legislative process. The PP brought together diverse actors to discuss recommendations to transform agriculture through trade, especially in view of the Malabo Declaration Commitment on tripling intra-African trade by 2025, and the newly minted African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). The audience for the event’s launch included Kenya's Deputy President Dr. William Ruto, Minsters of Agriculture from 15 countries, senior representatives from the development community, non- state actors, and Regional Economic Communities. A Final Communique of the 15th CAADP PP was released at the end of the event, outlining agreed upon priorities of the PP.
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▪ USAID/Kenya Policy Mapping. The Kenya Policy Mapping Activity piloted the development and use of a mapping tool for USAID and the USAID-supported Kenya Policy Working Group in Q4 to better inform decision making around policy reform initiatives and to pilot the use of social network analysis to complement Africa Lead’s existing Institutional Architecture Assessment, Prioritization & Planning (IA-APP). Africa Lead worked closely with more than 10 implementing partners to develop systems and stakeholder maps that USAID and partners can use to determine going forward how they can improve collaboration, prioritization, and support for Kenya policy issues. USAID and implementing partners also plan to expand upon the mapping activity in 2020.
▪ Center for Resilience Case Study. Africa Lead is developing a case study with a buy-in from the USAID/Washington Center for Resilience (C4R) about the South Sudan Partnership for Recovery and Resilience (PfRR) in the second half of 2019 to document major challenges, attempted solutions, successes, shortcomings, and learning that had taken place during the first two years of the Partnership. The methodology included key informative interviews, workshops, and focus group discussions with stakeholders that make up the partnership: communities, donor representatives, implementing partners, and technical representatives. Deliverables are still being finalized, but will include a lessons learned report with specific sections providing evidence of the effects of social cohesion in the partnership areas, a collective impact case study, and PfRR toolkit – all of which will be utilized by USAID/South Sudan, PfRR partners, and C4R to inform decision making on how to continue and/or expand resilience partnership initiatives in South Sudan and fragile state environments.
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East Africa Regional
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Activity Overview
▪ USAID Kenya and East Africa Stock-taking of Past Regional Activities. Africa Lead supported USAID in Q1 to take stock of its activities and support in East Africa since 2011. Informed by the 2011-2015 Global Food Security Strategy (GFSS) strategy, the purpose of the stock-taking was to assess previous performance and identify opportunities that could contribute to its new GFSS. Through stakeholder consultations, desk reviews, and a validation workshop, the stock-taking documented key interventions and achievements during the period and identified new opportunities and priorities for its future investment, including new areas of focus and new approaches for future USAID investment.
▪ Facilitation of Value Chain and Policy Mapping of USAID Regional and Bilateral Missions and Implementing Programs in East Africa. In Q1 Africa Lead submitted a revised East Africa Value Chain and Policy Mapping report to USAID/KEA. The mapping exercise analyzed challenges to effective regional collaboration and promoted strategies to deepen collaboration on regional value chain and policy work. The mapping exercise also established links between regional, bilateral, and public government policies. It exploredwhy implementation of regional policies at country level is a problem, as well as gaps and overlaps in policy development and facilitation priorities. USAID/KEA is currently reviewing the report and using it to inform its GFSS strategy, 2019 East Africa Regional FTF and Trade Africa Conference, and strategies for collaboration with the mission.
▪ Facilitation of USAID/Kenya and East Africa (KEA) 2019 Regional FTF and Trade Conference. In Q4 Africa Lead II supported the USAID/KEA Office of Economic Growth and Integration (OEGI) to convene its 5th Annual Regional FTF and Trade Conference in Nairobi. Following past progress in enhancing collaboration, communication, and learning between USAID/KEA, bilateral missions, implementing partners, and the private sector, the conference worked to deepen USAID’s regional and bilateral mission collaboration on jointly-defined development priorities, value chains, policies, and thematic issues and actions. The three-day conference, attended by 70 participants including 30 USAID staff members, focused on changing development context, emerging trends, and key USAID priorities; building successful models for cross-border trade and private capital mobilization and investments; and exploring opportunities and interventions to strengthen collaboration on specific regional value chains.
▪ East Africa Pilot Seed Sector Strengthening Activity. In Q1 Africa Lead designed a pilot seed activity to address barriers to regional seed trade identified in its earlier study commissioned by the USAID/Kenya and East Africa mission. The activity focused on strengthening national seed certification systems, improving the efficiency of border operations, and strengthening the capacity of local seed companies to respond to issues that are major impediments to cross-border seed trade. The pilot seed activity takes a facilitative leadership approach to enhance learning, coordination, and operationalization of regional policies in the seed trade. In partnership with COMESA, the Seed Certification and Control Institute (SCCI), Bayer CropScience, SeedCo, and USAID’s Feed the Future Southern Africa Seed Trade Project, Africa Lead organized a training workshop in Zambia on the international Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD)
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Seed Certification process for seed inspectors. The workshop included30 participants from Zambia, Tanzania, Zimbabwe, Malawi, and Mozambique. Africa Lead identified potential partners and leverage opportunities for the pilot activity in Q2 and Q3 of FY2019 and embarked on sensitization meetings with partners in five countries. In Q2 Africa Lead kicked off the nine-month pilot. Africa Lead and subcontractor Emerge Center for Innovation - Africa (ECI - Africa) held two meetings for the activity's implementation task team (ITT) to refine the scope and timelines, and to identify opportunities for leveraging resources in implementing the seed activity. Outcomes of the meetings included clarifying the project context, goals, process, and expected outcomes; agreeing on the implementation approach and plans for project activities; refining ITT roles and working modalities; and identifying critical stakeholders/categories needed for the success of the project and composition of country-level task force teams. Africa Lead also conducted a preliminary review to identify key issues and opportunities for national stakeholder dialogue, developed a roadmap and identified participants for the national dialogue, and formed and kicked off engagement with country ITTs. In Q3 Africa Lead supported national leadership dialogues in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, as well as follow-up meetings to support the implementation of national action plans. Forty-nine national leaders participated in the meetings. A stakeholder dialogue in South Sudan in July – a collaboration between Africa Lead and FAO – combined a validation of the national seed sector study and action planning. Forty-two participants attended, including 10 regional seed companies.
▪ Joint-learning Visits in Uganda and Kenya. In Q4 Africa Lead organized and facilitated two joint-learning visits in Uganda and Kenya for more than 50 participants from across seven participating countries. This cross-country engagement process exposed leaders to different seed-certification processes and border operations to enable them to learn, identify, and commit to specific actions to improve seed quality and efficiency in their respective countries. Africa Lead also created a task force (known as a SWAT Team) to oversee and coordinate the implementation of action plans.
▪ Facilitation of East African Community (EAC) Workshop on Regional Approach to Combating the Fall Army Worm (FAW). In Q4 Africa Lead supported the EAC in facilitation of a two-day regional FAW meeting in September for member states and representatives from key institutional partners in Nairobi. The objective was to provide a platform for 46 participants from EAC partner states and key partners to appraise the state of FAW, assess available interventions and management strategies, and propose mechanisms for coordinating regional efforts toward FAW management. Africa Lead II worked closely with the International Maize and Wheat Improvement Center (CIMMYT), Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International (CABI), International Centre for Insect Physiology and Ecology (ICIPE), the Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA), FAO, and the USAID FAW Task Force in Washington to organize this activity. The activity was an effort toward developing an integrated, trans-boundary, flexible, coordinated, and evidence-based approach to manage FAW across the EAC region.
▪ Support for Harmonized EAC Pesticide Management Guidelines. Africa Lead supported the East African Community (EAC) to convene a four-day meeting in March 2019 in Arusha for the EAC Technical Working Group on pesticide management and registration guidelines
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harmonization. The meeting focused on the preparation of tools, procedures, and a roadmap for pilot-testing selected pesticide products under the approved EAC pesticide management guidelines. Outcomes of the meeting included EAC country representatives developing procedures and work plans for a trial test, a confidential business information framework, and criteria for selection and accreditation of testing centers. Pesticide companies also attended the meeting and gave presentations on the products they would like to pilot test and register in the region. Participating companies included Corteva, Syngenta, Provivi, and Bayer-Crop Science, AgBitech, and Real IPM. In Q3, Africa Lead continued to support the implementation of harmonized EAC pesticide management guidelines with engagement from Africa Agricultural Technology Foundation (AATF), Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), and Crop Life. Africa Lead provided technical input and participated in a meeting to review the confidential business information framework, and supported the EAC by facilitating Interim Technical Committee (ITC) meetings to review efficacy trials and sensitize pesticide production companies on their roles in efficacy trials. To support a smooth transition of this activity to AGRA, Africa Lead also held sensitization and orientation meetings with AGRA. In the next quarter, Africa Lead will continue to work with USAID and AGRA to finalize a 18-month Strategy Plan for implementation by AGRA.
▪ Facilitation of East Africa Seed Networking Activities. In February 2019, Africa Lead facilitated a webinar for 17 seed-sector stakeholders that provided opportunities for implementing programs to update each other on upcoming activities in 2019. The objective of the webinar was to provide a regional landscape of the seed sector program, discuss 2019 priorities and activities from different seed programs, agree upon follow-on actions to support opportunities for coordination and leverage, and begin developing a 2019 calendar synchronized around programming events led by different partners that require joint action to avoid conflicting events. In Q3 Africa Lead collaborated with partners to conduct three webinars on the following topics: Digitization of Seed Certification Systems, Review and Status Updates on Regional Seed Policy Harmonization; and Status Updates and Lessons Learned from National Leadership Dialogue.
▪ Revision of the Horn of Africa Resilience Network (HoRN) Regional Resilience Framework 2.0. The Regional Resilience Framework was developed by USAID to serve as a common reference for resilience programming in the Horn of Africa and informs program design to ensure programming is risk informed and shock responsive. It has three objectives: expanded and viable economic opportunities; strengthened institutions, systems, and governance; and improved and sustained human capital. From 2012 to 2016 the Horn of Africa Resilience Network (HoRN) used the Regional Resilience Framework 2.0 to guide resilience investments. In Q2 Africa Lead collected inputs from USAID bilateral Resilience Coordinators in the region to revise the Resilience Framework 2.0. In Q3 Africa Lead commenced the revision of the Framework to respond to current USAID resilience programming. The HoRN network has expanded to include countries that are in fragile states such as South Sudan and Somalia; as such, the framework will take into consideration the different operating contexts. With combined input from USAID Resilience Coordinators, bilateral missions, and USAID/Washington, Africa Lead incorporated revisions into a draft framework that has been shared with USAID. The framework will then be presented to the HoRN network for adoption into future programming.
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▪ Facilitation of the Horn of Africa Resilience Measurement Workshop. In Q3 Africa Lead jointly facilitated a four-day Horn of Africa Resilience Measurement Workshop with USAID/Kenya and East Africa, the Center for Resilience, the HoRN Network, and the Resilience Evaluation, Analysis and Learning (REAL) Associate Award. More than 100 participants attended the workshop, including resilience analysts, policy makers, and program staff best placed to translate emerging resilience evidence from the Horn of Africa into concrete action. The workshop’s objectives were to help participants understand evidence emerging from resilience research within the Horn of Africa, explore common resilience trends and themes across countries, and translate learning into country-specific action plans. At the end of the workshop, each represented country developed a country- specific action plan as a way of translating lessons learned during the workshop and informing a future learning agenda.
▪ Facilitation of the Development of IGAD’s Drought Disaster Resilience and Sustainability Initiative (IDDRSI) Annual Work Plan. In Q3 Africa Lead supported the IDDRSI teams to develop an annual work plan. IDDRSI is IGAD’s plan and commitment to end drought emergencies, build drought resilience, and achieve growth and sustainable development in the IGAD region. The annual work plan is aligned to the mile-based commitments outlined in IGAD’s Implementation Letter #2, which serves as a strategic guide to IGAD’s priority areas of focus within the resilience agenda for the next four years. To support the development of the work plan, Africa Lead facilitated consultations between the IDDRSI teams and USAID, and facilitated a three-day meeting in Nairobi for IGAD and USAID to draft the work plan. The work plan will be used to implement year one activities that align with the milestone-based commitment outlined in the Implementation Letter.
▪ Facilitation of Kenya-Uganda Cross-Border Consultative Meeting. In Q4 Africa Lead II, in collaboration with IGAD/IGAD Center for Pastoral Areas and Livestock Development (ICPALD), USAID/KEA, and USAID/Uganda, began planning the three-day consultative meeting to promote integrated development, including animal health and other resilience investments, in the Karamoja Cluster. The meeting was held on October 7–9 in Lodwar Kenya and targeted the cross-border communities, administration, and technical staff from the two countries. The meeting drew on areas of further cooperation from the previously identified good practices and other resilience-building efforts by governments and development actors.
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Activity Overview
▪ Facilitation of a National Youth in Agribusiness Forum and Youth Champions for Change (C4C) Leadership Training. Africa Lead facilitated a National Youth in Agribusiness Forum and C4C Leadership Training in Nairobi in November 2018. Both activities were held to explore existing youth activities in agriculture value chains and identify opportunities to expand and catalyze others under the implementation framework of the Agriculture Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS), the National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP), and the National Youth in Agribusiness Strategy (NYAS). More than 30 youth leaders from 13 Kenyan counties participated in the Youth Forum. Using a version of Africa Lead’s flagship C4C curriculum customized on the basis of Africa Lead’s Youth in Agribusiness Assessment, the three-day C4C Leadership Training was aimed at scaling up existing youth innovations in agriculture, developing relevant business skills, and developing an action plan to grow the agribusiness ventures of the participants.
▪ PREG Counties Follow-Up and Mentorship Visits. In FY2018, Africa Lead held a Transformational Leadership Training for seven PREG counties. As part of the training, each county team developed at a work plan with priority actions for their respective counties. Following this training, in FY2019, Africa Lead designed follow-up and mentorship visits to six of the seven trained counties. During these visits, trained officials identified challenges, gaps, lessons learned, recommendations, and case studies to highlight successful layering sites between the partners. They also reported on the progress they had made in implementing the work plans developed during the Transformational Leadership Training. Africa Lead shared summary reports of these trips with USAID and PREG Partners to inform future programming.
▪ Support to Case Study on WFP's Asset Creation Transition Program. As part of documenting lessons learned and best practices within PREG, in FY18 Africa Lead facilitated and coordinated the development of a case study on the transition of the World Food Program's (WFP) Asset Creation activities, leadership, roles, and responsibilities to the county governments of Wajir, Samburu, and Baringo. This quarter Africa Lead finalized this process by consolidating the findings for the data garnered into a case study report on WFP's Asset Creation Transition Program. The final report has been submitted to USAID and shared with PREG partners and other key stakeholders.
▪ Assessment for Deeper Nutrition Programming for PREG Investments. Africa Lead recruited a nutrition technical expert to conduct an assessment and recommend activities to address chronic nutrition in northern Kenya. These activities were also meant to improve synergy and collaboration among PREG partners. Africa Lead presented findings of the assessment to USAID and members of the Nutrition Technical Working Group in January 2019 and shared a draft report. Africa Lead presented recommendations to USAID and the Nutrition Technical Working Group in April 2019.
▪ Facilitation of Policy Technical Working Group Meetings. Africa Lead continued to facilitate USAID/Kenya’s Policy Technical Working Group meetings in FY2019. These meetings provide a forum for participants to discuss the changing agricultural policy and institutional environment in Kenya, review key policy issues that each program is
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addressing, and agree on action points and emerging issues. Outcomes of the meetings include opportunities for collaboration as well as agreement on a Terms of Reference (ToR) that will guide the Working Group’s activities.
▪ Onboarding of New PREG Partners. Africa Lead facilitated a PREG orientation workshop in February 2019 to onboard new PREG partners at the national level to align and reinforce PREG collaboration and partnership at both national and county levels. The workshop was attended by 20 participants from USAID and implementing partners. Outcomes of the orientation process included helping new partners and USAID staff understand the role of the partnership, processes of entry and exit for projects within PREG, how to engage PREG partners and structures at the national level and support their county teams, and the implementation of the PREG work plan.
▪ Development of PREG Targeting Guidelines. Africa Lead supported the development of guidelines to identify PREG program intervention locations. This activity was carried out in response to an expressed need among PREG partners for standard criteria against which they could select the sites for program interventions. To develop the targeting guidelines, Africa Lead examined current targeting approaches and conducted a data-gathering exercise in the counties of Turkana, Wajir, and Marsabit. Africa Lead also met with PREG county teams, county government officials, community members, and PREG Chiefs of Party/Program Managers and their USAID counterparts. With this stakeholder input, Africa Lead in Q4 developed targeting criteria and guidelines for USAID and implementing partners.
▪ PREG Learning and Adapting Together Toolkit. Africa Lead developed the PREG Learning and Adapting Together Toolkit to serve as a learning resource to strengthen USAID programming in northern Kenya. The toolkit can also be applied beyond the Arid and Semi-Arid Lands (ASAL) counties, as it provides insights, lessons learned, and tips that are broadly applicable. The PREG toolkit is currently being finalized and will be shared with partners in FY2020.
▪ Facilitation of the African Union’s (AU) Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Biennial Review Reporting Process. In Q3 Africa Lead supported the Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation (MoALFI) in facilitating an inception meeting prior to the 2019 – 2020 Biennial Review (BR) process. The meeting was attended by 61 participants from the Ministry, nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), and the private sector. The meeting was held to familiarize stakeholders on the themes and indicators of BR reporting, develop a final country roadmap for the BR process, discuss data needs for BR reporting and allocate data collection responsibilities, and kick-off the 2019 – 2020 BR data collection process.
▪ Facilitation of PREG annual learning event. In August 2019 Africa Lead II facilitated a five-day PREG annual learning event for more than 90 participants from PREG implementing partners, national government representatives, county government representatives, various USAID Kenya technical offices, USAID South Sudan, and USAID Washington. The learning event encompassed site visits to 21 sites across five sectors: livestock, WASH, governance, health and nutrition, and community livelihoods, with the theme “The Journey to Self-Reliance through Resilience Building and Economic Growth.” It
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focused on linkages between USAID PREG program interventions, county policy, planning processes from the County Integrated Development Plans (CIDPs), and budgeting and spending. It further explored how these linkages shape the county government in their journey to self-reliance at the local government level. Three key lessons from the learning event were: how alignment with county government priorities can be complicated but remains hugely compelling in fostering self-reliance in the county governments; that the catalytic impact of private sector investments in the ASALs remains promising but limited; and that strong community structures, where they exist, provide the best opportunity for increasing civic voice and accountability. Africa Lead facilitated a working session with PREG to review the key takeaways, develop a clear action plan, and agree on how to incorporate these lessons in partners’ annual work plans for the 2020 financial year. The feedback from this working session will be incorporated into a summary report for sharing with USAID and other relevant partners. As part of adaptive management, a presentation of the findings will also be made to USAID.
▪ Facilitation of Champions for Change Training for Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock, Fisheries, and Irrigation (MoALFI) Technical Directors. To support the rollout of Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth Strategy (ASTGS), Africa Lead organized and facilitated a Champions for Change (C4C) training in April for 35 participants, including senior MoALFI Directors and County Executive Committee members. The objectives of the training were to sensitize senior leadership on the ASTGS process, to create a cadre of champions who understand the importance of agriculture for the country’s socio-economic development, and to support the transformative implementation of the ASTGS at both county and national levels.
▪ Strengthened ASAL Donor Coordination. During the past year Africa Lead II provided targeted technical assistance to the ASAL Donor Group to facilitate smooth coordination among development partners and the government of Kenya. In 2018 Africa Lead II commenced the development of a mapping tool that would ensure that the development partners’ priorities align with the Government of Kenya’s priorities. The tool was developed to show the geographic and sector coverage of donor investment by county, and subsequent mapping analysis will equally inform the Government of Kenya on the extent to which donors align with national sector priorities and guide future donor investment decisions. In Q4 Africa Lead successfully handed over the mapping tool to the National Drought Management Authority for hosting and management.
▪ Production of PREG Samburu Video and Case Study Reports. In Q3 Africa Lead produced communications products including a video and written case study highlighting PREG partner collaboration and the role of local leadership in building community resilience in Samburu County. This work follows from similar communications products in FY2018 that highlighted PREG partner collaboration in Moruese, Turkana County. In Q4 Africa Lead will continue to document best practices and lessons learned from joint interventions at PREG sites and develop case studies for Garissa and Marsabit Counties.
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Activity Overview
▪ Contract Farming to Boost the Competitiveness of Horticultural Value Chains in Senegal. In March 2018 Africa Lead facilitated a sensitization workshop on contract farming for the Union Nationale des Commercants et Industriels du Senegal (UNACOIS). With support from the Directorate of Internal Trade (DCI) and the Market Regulation Agency, UNACOIS now intends to establish an economic model of contracting with the horticultural producers of the Niayes. In August 2019 Africa Lead supported a second workshop with UNACOIS to share and validate an economic model of contracting in horticultural sectors. The objective of the workshop was to reach agreement among the stakeholders concerning the first version of the contracting model in the horticultural sector, to be tested during the next agricultural campaign. The Minister of Commerce and Small and Medium Enterprises chaired the workshop. The President of UNACOIS and members of its Executive Board, USAID, and the Market Regulation Agency also participated. More than 70 people attended, including the presidents of several producers’ associations, distributors, the national institutions that support the private sector, the banks that finance agricultural sector, research institutes, and donors such as the ILO and GIZ.
▪ Consultative Workshops to Enhance NSA Capacity for the National CAADP Annual Joint Sector Review Process. In Q1 Africa Lead supported the Political and Social Dialogue Group (GDSP) to organize the Civil Society Consultative Workshop prior to the JSR 2018. The workshop was facilitated by the Hub Rural and brought together producer organizations and associations promoting rural development. As part of its effort to develop its contribution to the JSR 2018, the CSO sector (under the umbrella of the GDSP) adopted a seven-step approach. The private sector meeting was held October 31, 2018 and brought together a variety of private organizations and companies. Recent government actions were lauded by the participants, including measures to subsidize agricultural inputs and equipment, regulate onion and potato markets, and facilitate peanut and rice trade. However, they want to see more transparency in tenders; more support for access to hydro agricultural development, processing, and storage equipment; implementation of land reform favorable to private investment; and support for specific sectors and value chains structuring (e.g., development of inter-professional organizations).
▪ Fourth National Agricultural Joint Sector Review Meeting. Africa Lead supported, for the fourth consecutive time, the organization of Senegal’s fourth national Agricultural Joint Sector Review (JSR) consultation meeting. The meeting was held on December 10, 2018. Two panel discussions were organized to deepen reflection on the issues related to the major constraints and problems of the sustainable development process. This year focused on the agro-silvo-pastoral and fishing sector. The first panel topic was "Strengthening the Mobilization of Public and Private Sector Resources for Sustainable Financing." The second panel theme was “How to Strengthen the Quality and Sustainability of the Annual Joint Sector Review Process.” Participants on the panels included representatives from Nationale du Credit Agricole du Senegal (CNCAS); ASPRODEB (Association Sénégalaise pour la Promotion du Développement par la Base); USAID; MAER; the Prime Minister’s Office; Conseil National de Concertation et de Cooperation des Ruraux/Groupe Dialogue Social et
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Politique; Union Nationale des Chambres de Commerce d’Industrie et d’Agriculture du Senegal; and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations.
▪ Joint Sector Review (JSR) Report Preparation Retreat. In Q1 Africa Lead facilitated the JSR report preparation retreat, which was attended by 24 participants from the public sector, the private sector, civil society, and donors. During the retreat Draft 0 of the JSR report was finalized, the PowerPoint presentation of the NAIP 2.0 was prepared, and the Terms of Reference (TORs) for the sectoral consultative workshops were finalized. The retreat also provided an opportunity to present the priority areas of NAIP 2.0 mobilizing programs and addressed the four priority concerns for the development of value-added production and value chains.
▪ National Agricultural Investment Plan (NAIP) 2.0 Validation Workshop. In Q1 Africa Lead helped the NAIP National Technical Committee to organize the NAIP 2.0 document Validation Workshop. The National Agricultural Investment Program for Food Security and Nutrition (PNIASAN) document for 2018-2022 was validated. The total cost of the PNIASAN is estimated at around 2,465 billion CFA francs, divided among six target objectives: (i) improving and securing the productive base; (ii) sustainable growth of productivity and agricultural production; (iii) development of agricultural value chains; (iv) strengthening food security, nutritional status, resilience and social protection of vulnerable populations; (v) improving the business environment, governance, and financing mechanisms of the agricultural sector; and (vi) strengthening human capital. Most of the resources are directed toward improving and securing the productive base (42.57 percent) and increasing productivity and production (34.08 percent). The rest (14 percent) is dedicated to developing ASPH value chains, improving food security, nutrition and resilience, improving the business environment, governance, financing, and building human resources
▪ Fostering Improved Public-Private Engagement in Senegal’s Northern Region. Africa Lead supported the Agency for Investment Promotion and Major Projects / Agence pour la promotion des investissements et des grands travaux (APIX) and the North Zone Territorial Investment Platform (PTI) members in planning for some initial Public-Private Platform related activities in Saint Louis. A two-day workshop, held Nov. 14 -15, 2018 in Saint Louis, brought together 56 participants from the private sector, the public sector, women’s groups, farmers associations, and CBOs. The objectives were to: 1) define the conditions for setting up a Public-Private Dialogue Framework that will meet regularly to review the problems faced by local business actors and find local solutions; 2) share experiences of beneficiaries who used the PTI services in 2018; and 3) discuss the functioning mechanisms of the Investment Platform and together identify ways to help improve it. The decision was made to establish a local Public-Private Dialogue Framework with an identified secretariat and designated operating modalities. In February, Africa Lead facilitated the USAID/Senegal Mission’s visit to the PTI in Saint Louis and created an opportunity for private sector and service providers to showcase the importance of the PTI. The visit took place from February 5-7, 2019 and was part of the “Synergy Trip” organized to visit all projects funded by the Senegal Mission in Senegal’s Northern Zone. The Northern region of Senegal (composed of the regions of Louga, Matam, and Saint Louis) is attracting the most investment in the agricultural sector. In Q3 Africa Lead facilitated and organized a strategic visioning and teambuilding workshop for APIX and its partners involved in the implementation of the North
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Zone PTI activities. A three-day workshop was held from May 15-17, 2019 in Saint Louis and was attended by 14 participants including three women. Participants represented national agencies, directorates, financial institutions, and private sector institutions such as the Saint Louis Chamber of Commerce and the Saint Louis Chamber of Craft. The workshop allowed participants to develop a common vision, assess the elements of an efficient investment platform, and clarify roles. Participants also discussed the need to build relationships with various actors and stakeholders in the implementation of the platform as well as the development of a new mechanism that will ensure greater collaboration, more efficient implementation of activities, and sustainability.
▪ Building the Capacity of the Cellue de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CLM) in Leadership, Management, Negotiation, and Delegation. In Q1 of FY2019 Africa Lead delivered two training workshops to CLM’s senior management in leadership, negotiation, and delegation. The workshops, held from October 8-13, 2018 at Saly, Senegal brought together 42 key management staff. The program was a follow-on to the validation of the government’s multi-sectorial plan for nutrition. These trainings provided CLM senior management with techniques to negotiate effectively and helped them to develop skills to be more effective and efficient in managing their program and working as a team. The workshop used the experiential learning approach to present new concepts and gave participants the opportunity to apply them using role-playing and small-group work. As a result, participants learned about modern theories of negotiation and negotiation in various contexts. They also learned about the benefits and obstacles of delegation in their working context, as well as the requirements for successful delegation.
▪ ISAE/UCAD Showcasing at Youth Entrepreneurship and Self-Employment (YES) Forum. During Q1 Africa Lead supported ISAE/UCAD participation in the YES Forum organized by the International Labour Organization on Nov. 13-14, 2018 in Dakar. The event brought together more than 200 participants from different countries, various United Nations agencies, ECOWAS, NEPAD, youth employment programs and projects, universities, and private sector and financial institutions, who shared knowledge and best practices regarding youth entrepreneurship and self-employment and engaged in the Global Youth Employment Initiative. All stakeholders participated in the development of a mutual accord to act together to support youth employment and entrepreneurship.
▪ BOS 2018 Annual Review and 2019 Planning Workshop. Africa Lead supported the Bureau Opérationnel de Suivi du Plan Sénégal Emergent (BOS) with its fourth Annual Review and Work Planning Workshop. The meeting was held in Dakar on January 10-11, 2019 and brought together representatives from key government divisions and a cross- section of stakeholders from the private sector, community-based organizations (CBOs), and research institutions. During the two-day workshop, participants discussed the evolution of the key Plan for an Emerging Senegal (PSE) monitoring indicators. They identified achievements, areas of underperformance, and recommended solutions. At this meeting, the plans outlined in the PSE’s second Five-Year Phase program, the Plan d’Actions Prioritaires 2 (PAP2) covering the period 2019-2023, were presented. There was also a presentation by representatives from Morocco and Malaysia, who shared their experiences in monitoring and evaluation of policy implementation.
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▪ DGPPE Workshops. In Q2 Africa Lead facilitated and supported the Direction Générale de la Planification et des Politiques Économiques (DGPPE) to organize a Strategic Visioning and Team Building Workshop to help teams from different departments work together more effectively. The three-day workshop was held from January 31-February 2, 2019 in Saly, Senegal. Participants included directors, technical advisors, and regional department heads. The workshop was designed to help build team spirit among all players, strengthen a shared commitment to the mandate of the DGPPE, and help increase a sense of responsibility and accountability among team members. The participants also developed a roadmap highlighting the major activities to be implemented in 2019. In March 2019, in a follow-up to the Strategic Visioning and Team-Building Workshop, Africa Lead supported the organization and facilitated a one-day in-house workshop for DGPPE. Held on March 26, 2019 in Dakar, the workshop brought together 26 participants and included staff from administration, planning, human resources, monitoring and evaluation, and technical teams. This workshop focused on reviewing and verifying that the selected key indicators were aligned with the definitions adopted by the DGPPE, including a review of certain key concepts and terminology, and the presentation of the overall development strategic plan. This workshop also focused on completing indicators that were not filled in.
▪ IAMS Evaluation of the 2018 Mango Production Season. In Senegal during Q2 Africa Lead supported the Senegalese Inter-Professional Mango Association (IAMS) to evaluate the 2017-2018 mango production season. Building on previous Africa Lead support to help establish the association in 2017, Africa Lead supported IAMS to carry out its first-ever comprehensive evaluation of the mango production season in Senegal and to organize a two-day workshop to share the results. The workshop took place in Ziguinchor in the Casamance region, the heart of Senegal’s mango production, and brought together stakeholders from the mango value chain, government, and the private sector, to review the past year’s season, the value chain process, and operational issues to serve as lessons learned and to inform planning. The participation of diverse technical and financial partners allowed participants to learn about potential opportunities in the mango sector, and it encouraged mango stakeholders to work more closely to improve the value chain and increase synergies.
▪ Field Visit to Seed Fertilizer Enterprise. In March 2019 Africa Lead conducted a field visit to Seed Fertilizer, an enterprise specializing in the production of onion seeds and growing onions for local and export markets, located in the village of Sindia in the Thies Region of Senegal. Through the site visit, Africa Lead followed up on the internship program that Africa Lead is supporting in partnership with grantee University Cheick Anta Diop (UCAD/ISAE). The farm supervisor expressed his satisfaction with the two UCAD/ISAE interns who have assumed tasks that are critical to daily operations. At the end of their 10-week internships, students will have gained practical experience to bolster their careers in the agribusiness sector.
▪ Ensuring Sustainability by Leveraging Local Competencies to Build Capacities. In Q3 Africa Lead collaborated with the Cellue de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CLM) to conduct a local Training of Trainers (ToT). The five-day training was held in the Kolda region and brought together 24 regional government staff from four CLM priority action regions. During the training, participants practiced how to facilitate events, using adult learning principles.
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The ToT is a first step to build local capacity and improve the leadership skills of stakeholders in charge of the development, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of local development plans.
▪ Integration of Nutrition into the District Development Plans. In FY2019 Africa Lead, in collaboration with CLM, developed and tested local approaches to help CLM facilitate multisectoral, multistakeholder, and inclusive planning, implementation, and monitoring of the national nutrition policy. The approaches included leadership workshops to help local communities integrate nutrition at all stages of the territorial governance process. The workshops occurred in three of the most critical towns for the development of nutrition in Senegal. Participants at the event included representatives of all stakeholders involved in the development and management of the local development plans (PDC), heads of villages, and regional government staff including youth and women’s groups. The program increased their understanding and enabled participants take more ownership of their PDC. These activities contributed to Africa Lead’s goals of promoting mutual accountability, strengthening institutional capacity, and promoting the participation of non-state actors (NSAs) in the policy process.
▪ Increasing the Contribution of the Private Sector to Improve Nutrition in Senegal. The Senegal Multisectoral Strategic Plan for Nutrition (PSMN) creates opportunities for the private sector to invest in the 12 identified sectors as an approach to obtain a global impact on nutrition in Senegal. To support CLM to effectively establish a private sector network for nutrition, Africa Lead used the competencies of a local organization to validate an approach with CLM through: (i) research and analysis of the existing environment; (ii) the identification and consultation of private sector stakeholders with a potential high and rapid impact on nutrition; and (iii) the development of an action plan to mobilize these private sector stakeholders to improve nutrition in Senegal by identifying the priority working areas. This process will highlight needed changes in business policies to facilitate initiatives that result in increased private sector participation and contributions to improved nutrition results.
▪ Youth Training with MSD and ISAE/UCAD. Africa Lead supported Institut Supérieur d'Agriculture et Entreprenariat (ISAE) to organize a training workshop on “Optimal Production Transformation in the Agricultural and Fisheries Sectors” for the Youth Division of the Movement for Development in Senegal / Mouvement Sénégalais pour le Développement (MSD). The training was held in Koussanar (South East region) from June 15-17, 2019. Some of the sessions were facilitated in local languages (Wolof and Fulani). The workshop had 50 participants and provided a combination of theory and hands-on practice that allowed the participants to gain skills in processing cereal grains and fruits. In Q3 Africa Lead also supported ISAE/Université Cheikh Anta Diop (UCAD) to organize the second of two training workshops on “Good Practices for a Healthy and Sustainable Agriculture” and “Vegetable Farming.” The training, conducted over a three-day period, was divided into two parts, from June 25-27 and June 28-30, 2019, in Mboro (Thies Region), Senegal. Forty-eight participants, including 13 women, attended the training session on vegetable farming. Another group of 46 participants, including 13 women, participated in the training on “Good Practices for a Healthy and Sustainable Agriculture.”
▪ Capacity Building for the Ministry of Water and Sanitation to Streamline Guidelines and Reference Procedures and Achieve Regional Compliance. Africa Lead supported
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the Ministry of Water and Sanitation in the organization of a dissemination workshop to share its recently completed, first agency-wide Administrative and Operational Policies and Procedures Manual (Manuel de Procedures Administratives, Opérationnelles, Comptables et Financières; MPAOFC), developed with the support of Africa Lead. Held June 27 – 28, 2019, the dissemination workshop brought together 40 participants from various operation units of different directorates and national agencies of the ministry. Participants got a better understanding of rules, procedures, and authorities, and they committed to effective implementation of the manual.
▪ Support to the Ministry of Trade to Implement Its Strategic Policy Document for 2019 – 2021. Africa Lead supported the Ministry of Trade’s annual planning workshop for the implementation of its strategy document. The workshop, held June 19 – 21, 2019, brought together 30 heads of national directorates and agencies of the ministry. Through the workshop, participants (i) finalized the activities prioritization process; (ii) developed performance measurement framework for each program (iii); developed the performance evaluation framework for each program; and (iv) developed an action plan for all activities to be carried out by the department during the 2019 – 2020 period.
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Activity Overview
▪ USAID Somalia Resilience Approach Field Meetings. In FY2019 Africa Lead facilitated several field meetings with USAID implementing partners in Bay and Bakool in Baidoa, Somalia. The objective of the first field meeting was to introduce field-level staff to USAID/Somalia’s Resilience Approach and solicit feedback from partners on how to strengthen collaboration and partnerships for greater collective impact. Subsequent meetings aimed to build a knowledge base among partners on activities in Bay and Bakool. A major outcome of the meetings has been partners’ increased ability to recognize possible areas of collaboration with clearly identified areas of convergence. Moreover, the meetings provide a platform for communication and information sharing.
▪ Facilitation of USAID Partners Technical Meeting. In Q4 Africa Lead and USAID/Somalia convened a Technical Partners Meeting on resilience. The event, held on July 23, brought together 25 participants from implementing partners and USAID. The purpose of the meeting was to share insights and lessons from the pilot phase of the USAID Somalia Resilience Partnership Approach, and to reflect on how the approach should continue in the next phase. A key insight that, as a result of the field meetings, tangible results emerged with practical collaborations among partners. For example, three IPs – ACTED, CRS, and World Vision – designed interventions to leverage collective investments in this area.
▪ Facilitation and Documentation of Initial Collaboration between GEEL and Bay/Bakool Partners. Africa Lead linked the USAID-funded GEEL project with partners implementing in Bay and Bakool. Following this linkage and the identification of an opportunity for collaboration in an April meeting, GEEL held a business-to-business activity fair in July of the same year. The event brought together more than 100 participants from the private sector, public sector, government, and development partners. The fair also served as a platform for private sector actors to exhibit their products and services. As a result of the activity fair, business opportunities emerged linking actors in the agriculture value chain. For example, one GEEL-supported company contracted a farming cooperative with 150 members to grow hot chili peppers for processing and export.
▪ Facilitate a Stock-Taking Event. In Q4 Africa Lead facilitated a stock-taking event in Mogadishu that brought together 25 participants from USAID, IPs (both field and national- level), and staff from resilience partnerships funded by other donors. The objective of the meeting was to share insights and lessons learned, reflect on the next phase of the partnership approach, and explore opportunities for learning and adapting from all stakeholders.
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Activity Overview
▪ Facilitation of the Accountability and Learning Event for the Partnership for Resilience and Recovery in South Sudan. In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the South Sudan NGO Forum, in Q1 Africa Lead organized the first Accountability and Learning Event for the Partnership for Resilience and Recovery in South Sudan (PfRR). More than 250 stakeholders from donor agencies, UN entities, and nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) participated in the event. The event’s objectives were to reflect on the progress of the PfRR in FY18 and to identify shared commitments for FY2019 around which partners and local communities can rally to stop the growing trend of vulnerability as well as increase the coping capacity of individuals, households, and communities. The Learning Event included structured group work, panel discussions, and plenary sessions to align with the PfRR’s four pillar areas: re-establish access to basic services, rebuild trust in people and institutions, restore productive capacities, and nurture effective partnerships.
▪ Participation in Institutional Analysis Exercise for the PfRR. In Q1 Africa Lead, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), and MSI’s Monitoring and Evaluation Support Project (MESP) co- created the resilience profile chapters for the PfRR. These resilience profiles are a common reference for evidence upon which humanitarian and development partners in South Sudan can plan jointly for integrated resilience programming. The profiles describe multiple sub- systems that exist in relation to resilience with an emphasis on how communities cooperate, and sometimes come into conflict, through institutions as they administer access to assets and infrastructures upon which they depend for their needs. The Resilience Profiles cover thirteen chapters of information related to community resilience and serve as the framework that the partnership will use to drive the resilience and recovery agenda in South Sudan.
▪ Development of a Joint Work Planning Strategy and Tools for the Partnership for Resilience and Recovery in South Sudan (PfRR). In Q2 Africa Lead, in collaboration with USAID/South Sudan, the UNDP, the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO), and World Vision held technical planning sessions to develop a PfRR Strategy for activating the partnership and operationalizing the Joint Programme on Recovery and Resilience in the seven Partnership Areas of the PfRR. Outcomes of the planning sessions included developing draft implementation frameworks, agendas, a joint work planning framework, and mapping tools to implement joint programming in the partnership areas.
▪ Facilitation of the Yambio Partnership for Recovery and Resilience Technical Joint Work Planning and IA4R Assessment Workshop. Africa Lead organized and co- facilitated an IA4R assessment and joint work planning workshop for 90 participants representing technical partners and stakeholders from the PfRR in Yambio, South Sudan in March 2019 in collaboration with the UNDP, FAO, and World Vision. The objective of the workshop was to operationalize the Joint Programme on Recovery and Resilience in Yambio by merging the IA4R and joint work planning to ensure development partner objectives align with local stakeholder priorities to achieve shared commitments for the next
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year. Participants included representatives from the UN entities, USAID, the Netherlands Embassy, international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs), local NGOs (LNGOs), local authorities, and traditional leadership from the state of Yambio. Africa Lead facilitated structured group work, panel discussions, and plenary sessions to focus convergence efforts around the PfRR's four pillar areas.
▪ Development of Joint Work Planning Tools for Identified Partnership Areas of the Partnership for Resilience and Recovery in South Sudan (PfRR). In Q3 Africa Lead – in collaboration with USAID/South Sudan, the United Nations Joint Recovery and Stabilization Programme (UNJRSP) in Aweil, and the United Nations Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS) – held technical working meetings and sessions in the Aweil partnership area to refine Africa Lead’s Institutional Architecture Assessment for Recovery (IA4R) tool and methodology. During the sessions held in April and May, partners developed a revised IA4R tool and agenda outline, assessment frameworks, and the Resilience Index Measurement Analysis II, which complements the IA4R tool. In Q4 Africa Lead supported technical engagement in the remaining Partnership Areas of Torit and Wau.
▪ Validation of Resilience Profiles and Institutional Architecture for Resilience (IA4R) Assessment Workshops. In Q1 a stakeholder identification, engagement, and mobilization exercise was conducted by Africa Lead together with technical staff from the UNDP, the United Nations Mission in South Sudan civil affairs department, the United Nations Children's Fund, the FAO, and NGO Forum in preparation for a validation workshop. In Q3 Africa Lead organized and facilitated the validation workshops for the PfRR Resilience Profiles alongside the IA4R Assessment for 50 PfRR stakeholders in Aweil. During the IA4R workshop, participants assessed the capacities and efficiency of institutions within Aweil that are critical to the success of the PfRR agenda. For both workshops, Africa Lead facilitated structured group work and plenary sessions to focus resilience capacities around the PfRR’s four pillar areas. The outcomes of these workshops informed the Joint Work Planning exercises conducted in Q4, which will form the foundation for the partnership’s operations in Aweil and other areas of focus.
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# Indicator Indicator Year 1 – 5 FY2019 achieved by quarter FY2019 FY2019 LOP LOP type and (Y6) (Y6) Achiev Target number Achieved Target ed Achieved Q1 Q2 Q3 Q4
Intermediate Result 1: Improved leadership and institutional effectiveness for agricultural transformation 1.1 Output Number of individuals participating in USG 21,594 699 547 1,323 842 3,084 2,060 26,627 23,654 (EG.3-2) food security programs 1
% Women 39% 30% 26% 33% 27% 31% 40% 36% 40%
1.2 Output Number of individuals receiving USG- 6,161 96 0 586 0 695 645 7,188 6,806 (EG.3.2-1) supported short-term agricultural sector productivity or food security training % Women 56% 33% N/A 38% N/A 38% 40% 47% 55%
1.3 Outcome Number of individuals in the agriculture 798 N/A2 N/A N/A N/A 139 90 937 888 (EG.3.2-24) system who have applied improved management practices or technologies with USG assistance
% Women N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 30% 35% N/A3 N/A
1.4 Output Number of organizations receiving targeted 144 20 7 15 13 32 35 176 179 assistance to build their capacity and/or enhance their organizational functions
1 In the LOP analysis, duplicate individuals are counted once per year. In previous life of project analyses, duplicate individuals were removed across all project years. For this reason, the final life of project result is higher than the sum of previously reported LOP and FY2019 results. This applies to indicators 1.1, 1.2, 1.6, and 2.1.
2 Indicators marked with “N/A” for quarterly results are annual indicators.
3 We do not have LOP gender-disaggregated data for this indicator. We do have gender disaggregation for FY2018 and FY2019, but not for the prior data.
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1.5 Outcome Percentage of institutions/organizations 95% N/A N/A N/A N/A 90% 85% 94% 90% benefitting from targeted Africa Lead II capacity building activities that apply improved practices 1.6 Output Number of food security private enterprises 170 76 174 217 586 315 2,968 2,164 (EG.3.2-4) (for profit), producers organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade 1,849 and business associations, and community- based organizations (CBOs) receiving USG assistance 1.7 Outcome Number of private enterprises, producers 68 N/A N/A N/A N/A 41 35 109 103 (EG.3.2-20) organizations, water users associations, women's groups, trade and business associations, and CBOs that apply improved technologies or management practices as a result of USG assistance Intermediate Result 2: Enhanced collaboration and effective coordination among food security and resilience stakeholders
2.1 Output Number of organizations/institutions 5,260 384 312 405 422 1,149 660 6,610 5,920 benefitting directly and indirectly from Africa Lead II programming 2.2 Output Number of events supported by Africa Lead 614 28 16 504 27 71 742 685 to improve institutional effectiveness of food security actors in managing agricultural 1235 transformation across Africa 2.3 Outcome Percentage of members of CAADP Non- - N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A N/A 72%6 N/A State Actors Coalition (CNC) that see improvement in mechanisms, processes, and systems for effective coordination among non-state actors. 2.4 Outcome Number of participants attending events to 1,642 329 157 839 821 1,550 1,345 3,192 2,987 support greater engagement of NSAs in agricultural development and implementation % Women 41% 30% 22% 37% 33% 33% 40% 37% 41%
Intermediate Result 3: More inclusive, African-led policy solutions and learning that empowers local stakeholders to contribute to improved food security and resilience policy outcomes
4 In FY2019 Q3, we are including 17 events from the NSA Small Grants Program that were actually held late in FY2018. Due to the inherent delay in capturing data through the grant reporting cycle, we were not able to record this data in our M&E database until FY2019.
5 Due to delayed data entry for several events, our annual result is higher than the sum of the quarters.
6 Per the CNC stakeholder survey conducted by Africa Lead in 2018.
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3.1 Outcome Number of milestones in improved 21 N/A N/A N/A N/A 19 6 40 27 (EG.3.1-d) institutional architecture for food security policy achieved with USG support 3.2 Output/ Number of agricultural enabling environment 55 N/A N/A N/A N/A 3 6 58 61 Outcome policies completing the following (EG.3.1-12) processes/steps of development as a result of USG assistance in each case – Stage 1: Analyzed; Stage 2: Drafted and presented for public/stakeholder consultation; Stage 3: Presented for legislation/decree; Stage 4: Passed/approved; Stage 5: Passed for which implementation has begun 3.3 Output Number of knowledge products generated 203 3 4 8 13 28 46 2317 249 with support from Africa Lead II
7 Several final learning products will be completed in the remaining months of the project, so we are below target on this indicator at the time of this report.
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39 AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 Annex C. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for the Bureau for Food Security
Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element(s)
Development of CAADP Toolkit The CAADP Biennial Review is an accountability and Continental Policy Element 6: to support communication and benchmarking milestone that serves to strengthen mutual Mutual advocacy of the AUC’s 2018 accountability at continental, regional, and national levels. Accountability Biennial Review and preparation Africa Lead II developed a communications and advocacy for 2020 Biennial Review. toolkit that advocates of CAADP at any level can use to inform the public and decision-makers about the importance of CAADP and the results of the first Biennial Review of CAADP. The toolkit provides an online interactive application to navigate and explore the results of the 2018 Biennial Review. Africa Lead II also deepened its work with the AU in reflecting on the 2018 BR and planning process for 2020.
Funding and management The funding and management support for the DPCG Continental Policy Element 6: support for the CAADP Secretariat allowed for effective management of the DPCG, Mutual Development Partners and in turn allowed for a more effective functional donor Accountability Coordination Group (DPCG) coordination platform at the continental level that enhances Secretariat toward an a shared vision, accountability and open communication improvement in the between government and donors on food security priorities effectiveness of the platform will ensure that international aid donors provide funds and among development partners, other forms of support to governments, NGOs, multilateral international financial institutions, research institutions, and others that encourage institutions, UN technical
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Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element(s) agencies, and research and African agriculture transformation according to the CAADP technical partners for the agenda. coordination of implementation of the CAADP agenda
Facilitation of multi-stakeholder Through the Policy Reform for Investment (PR4I) Activity, National Policy Element 2: advisory committees (MSACs) in Africa Lead II is supporting value chain-related policy Policy three countries to support the improvement with Non-State Actor (NSA) partners in Kenya, Development and improvement of value-chain Tanzania, and Senegal. Africa Lead II issued three grant Coordination related policy dialogue to agreements – one in Kenya, one in Tanzania, and one in Policy Element 4: increase private sector Senegal. In Kenya, the Consumer Unity and Trust Society – Evidence-based investment in agriculture. Centre for International Trade, Economics, and Environment Analysis (CUTS-CITEE) is studying and advocating for reforms in the cassava sector. In Tanzania, the Agricultural Council of Policy Element 5: Tanzania (ACT) is studying and advocating for the grape, Policy maize, and sunflower chains in three regions. In Senegal, Implementation Entreprise Aissatou Gaye (EAG) is organizing a trade fair on the rice sector with forums and workshops on the promotion of private investments in the agricultural sector.
Launch of an online community In close collaboration with the AU, Africa Lead developed Continental Policy Element 6: of practice for the CAADP Peer- the CAADP P2P Network to facilitate increased intra- Mutual to-Peer network to exchange CAADP learning and sharing among CAADP practitioners. Accountability ideas, facilitate learning, and Central to the network is an online platform that features strengthen networks for peer online discussion rooms, newsfeeds, videos, a library, and review for CAADP webinars. In FY2019, Africa Lead designed and produced implementation three P2P webinars for the network’s more than 100 members.
Development of a strategy and Africa Lead supported the development of a strategy for an Regional Policy Element 2: framework for an East Africa East Africa Community (EAC) Public-Private Partnership for Policy Community Public-Private Fall Armyworm Response. The strategy aims to implement
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Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element(s)
Partnership for Fall Armyworm and domesticate the EAC harmonized pesticide guidelines. Development and Response that targets achieving Africa Lead also helped facilitate the implementation of the Coordination the implementation and harmonized EAC pesticide management guidelines, Policy Element 5: domestication of the East Africa including by facilitating the Interim Technical Committee Policy Community (EAC) harmonized (ITC) meetings to review efficacy trials and sensitize Implementation pesticide guidelines pesticide production companies on their roles in efficacy trials.
Refinement of Institutional Africa Lead II undertook a thorough review of the IA-APP Continental Policy Element 2: Architecture Assessing, toolkit to reflect on learning from pilot IA-APP workshops in Policy Prioritization and Planning (IA- Kenya, Tanzania, and Senegal; and to leverage evolved Development and APP) toolkit and pilot testing understanding of the support needed to strengthen Coordination through country-level workshop; countries’ institutional architecture. The review included in- Policy Element 4: IA APP workshop in Uganda. depth interviews with each of the three facilitators of the IA- Evidence-Based APP pilot workshops; structured discussion and inputs from Analysis the Facilitator Network on application of the IA-APP toolkit; and internal team discussions with Global Integrity on Policy Element 5: country support needs to strengthen their institutional Policy architecture and approaches for providing support. The Implementation toolkit is also being expanded to incorporate a user guide and an array of additional tools, such as a tool for Policy Element 6: stakeholder mapping and another for team pause and Mutual reflection. Pilot testing of newly developed tools occurred Accountability during the Uganda IA-APP workshop.
Strategic support to and Africa Lead II provided overall facilitation support for the Continental Policy Element 6: participation in the CAADP 15th CAADP Partnership Platform (PP) meeting, including Mutual Partnership Platform Meeting as the Malabo Policy Learning Event (MAPLE) held on the first Accountability continental dialogue platform for day of the forum. Africa Lead II also developed feedback for
CAADP implementation and with the AU to improve how these events are organized in the future. This effort reflects the fact that Africa Lead
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Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element(s)
technical and facilitation support is optimal if there are supportive logistics, enough time, and responsiveness from all partners.
Enhanced capacity of the With a pending expansion in the land team at IGAD and Continental Policy Element 2: Intergovernmental Authority on increased need for focused and effective leadership to Policy
Development (IGAD) through realize the goals in the business plan, USAID recognized a Development and trainings and guidance relevant and meaningful opportunity to invest in targeted Coordination development, toward the support by Africa Lead. Africa Lead II delivered a Coaching realization of goals outlined in Clinic land team at IGAD and their Steering Committee, the five-year business plan for facilitated a team-building retreat for the IGAD Land “IGAD Land Governance” and Governance Project's Steering Committee (PSC), and associated expansion of the provided executive coaching to the IGAD Land Team IGAD land governance team Coordinator.
43 AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 Annex D. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for USAID/East Africa Regional
Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element
Effective platform To enhance regional seed trade in East Africa, it is critical to have the buy-in Regional Policy Element established at the and support of key national leaders in order to strengthen seed-certification 2: Policy regional level in the systems and cross-border operations. Dialogues with national leaders help Development Common Market for deepen their understanding of the importance of access to quality seed to and Eastern and Southern achieving their national objectives, and the systemic and strategic changes Coordination Africa (COMESA) region needed to facilitate trade and strengthen their border operations. Policy Element for seed sector actors to Africa Lead II facilitated an important dialogue activity for the seed sector to 4: Evidence- dialogue, coordinate, and address barriers to regional seed trade. Since March 2019, Africa Lead II has Based Analysis harmonize policy based been implementing a pilot regional seed activity that seeks to elucidate the on evidence-based Policy Element specific barriers to cross-border trade and how to overcome them, enhance recommendations and 5: Policy coordination between national seed agencies and regional and bilateral learning Implementation USAID missions, and put in place interventions and coordination mechanisms that countries can implement for enhanced seed trade.
Africa Lead II also supported activities to improve national seed-certification systems and border operations to facilitate cross-border seed trade. Some of these activities included national leadership dialogues in Ethiopia, Kenya, Tanzania, and Uganda, as well as follow-up meetings to support the implementation of national action plans.
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Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element
Facilitation of an inclusive At the national level, Africa Lead continues to support the Government of National Policy Element process (NSAs and Kenya in the development of a guiding national agricultural framework 2: Policy government) that following devolution. Africa Lead has supported the coordination, drafting, and Development engaged both subnational development of Kenya’s Agricultural Sector Transformation and Growth and and national levels of Strategy (ASTGS) and National Agriculture Investment Plan (NAIP) over the Coordination government to roll out past four years. In FY2019, Africa Lead supported the government of Kenya Policy Element Kenya’s Agriculture in rolling out the ASTGS. 3: Inclusivity and Sector Transformation Stakeholder and Growth Strategy Consultation (ASTGS) Policy Element 5: Policy Implementation
Inclusive launch of the Africa Lead supported the Kenya MoALFI in preparation for the 2019-2020 National Policy Element 2019/2020 Biennial Biennial Review process, which will be the second Biennial Review. Africa 6: Mutual Review process, which Lead II supported the Kenya MoALFI in facilitating an inclusive inception Accountability will serve as a mutual meeting prior to the 2019-2020 Biennial Review process. The meeting aimed accountability mechanism to familiarize diverse stakeholders with the themes and indicators of BR for CAADP in Kenya reporting, develop a final country roadmap for the BR process, discuss data needs for BR reporting and allocate data collection responsibilities, and kick- off the 2019-2020 BR data collection process.
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Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element
Improved platforms for USAID PREG works with the Kenya National Drought Management Authority National Policy Element joint planning and (NDMA) and county governments to coordinate resilience and economic 2: Policy coordination for resilience growth activities in nine arid and semi-arid land (ASAL) counties. It builds on Development priorities reviewed and community-identified strengths and priorities, tapping into the remarkable and updated at national and survival abilities of local populations. This collaborative partnership has grown Coordination county levels through the to include 26 USAID implementing partners, 21 USAID staff from seven Policy Element Partnership for Economic USAID offices, the National Drought Management Authority (NDMA), and 5: Policy Growth and Resilience county officials in nine ASAL counties. Since FY16, Africa Lead has been Implementation (PREG) partnership. This providing facilitation and coordination support to PREG in order to enhance milestone is leading to learning, share information, and leverage joint activities. In Q3 Africa Lead Policy Element improved efficiency, conducted a data-gathering exercise in three PREG counties: Turkana, Wajir, 6: Mutual better alignment and trust and Marsabit, to develop PREG targeting guidelines. This effort was Accountability between government and necessary because PREG partners often select target sites based on pre- donors to implement determined parameters that are partner specific, but PREG lacks an agreed- resilience priorities. upon approach for targeting sites for sequencing, layering, and integrating activities. For data collection, Africa Lead met with PREG county teams, county government officials, and community members.
46 AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 Annex F. FY2019 Institutional Architecture Milestones Achieved for USAID/Senegal
Policy Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Element
A strong and technically-robust Joint For the fourth consecutive year, Africa Lead supported National Policy Element Sector Review (JSR) process was Senegal’s Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment 6: Mutual conducted in Senegal for the fourth (MAER) National Agriculture Investment Program (NAIP) Accountability consecutive year. Chaired by the National Technical Committee in the preparation and
Ministry of Agriculture and Rural organization of the annual National CAADP Joint Sector Equipment (MAER), the JSR served as Review (JSR) meeting. Chaired by the Ministry of an effective platform for key Agriculture and Rural Equipment (MAER), the JSR served stakeholders to review achievements of as an effective platform for key stakeholders to review the previous year, critically assess achievements of the previous year, critically assess challenges encountered across the challenges encountered across the agriculture sector, and agriculture sector, and make make recommendations for the upcoming year. In the recommendations for the upcoming months leading up to this major event, Africa Lead year. supported MAER to organize a retreat for the NAIP National Technical Committee to complete a first draft of the 2017 JSR report and to prepare for the annual National JSR Consultation Stakeholders Meeting. The actual JSR – Senegal’s fourth – took place on December 10, 2018.
Senegal’s second-generation National Leading up to FY2019, Africa Lead supported the National National Policy Element Agriculture Investment Plan technically Technical Committee of the NAIP and the Division of 2: Policy validated by the Ministry of Agriculture Analysis, Forecasting, and Agricultural Statistics of the Development and Rural Equipment (MAER) with Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Equipment (MAER/ and DAPSA) to develop the NAIP 2.0 (2018-2022) strategic Coordination report. In addition to supporting organization of several
47 AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 constructive input from producer groups retreats for the development of the NAIP 2.0, Africa Lead Policy Element and civil society actors also recruited a consultant to facilitate the process. In 3: Inclusivity December 2018, Africa Lead supported the organization of and
the one-day, NAIP 2.0 Validation Workshop. Following an Stakeholder interactive discussion, the participants voted to validate the Consultation document. Policy Element 4: Evidence- Based Analysis
The Senegalese Inter-Professional In Senegal during Q2, Africa Lead supported the National Policy Element Mango Association’s (IAMS’) first-ever Senegalese Inter-Professional Mango Association (IAMS) 3: Inclusivity comprehensive evaluation of the mango to evaluate the 2017-2018 mango production season. and production season in Senegal and a Building on previous Africa Lead support to help establish Stakeholder two-day workshop to share the results the association in 2017, Africa Lead supported IAMS to Consultation carry out its first-ever comprehensive evaluation of the Policy Element mango production season in Senegal and to organize a 4: Evidence- two-day workshop to share the results. The workshop took Based Analysis place in Ziguinchor in the Casamance region, the heart of Senegal’s mango production. The workshop brought together different stakeholders from the mango value chain, as well as government and various private sector stakeholders, to review the past year’s season, the value chain process, and operational issues to serve as lessons learned and to inform planning.
Improved leadership and change Africa Lead delivered two training workshops to CLM’s National Policy Element management capacity enabled Cellule senior management in Leadership, Negotiation, and 5: Policy de Lutte contre la Malnutrition (CLM) to Delegation. The workshops, held from October 8-13, 2018 Implementation better coordinate with other government at Saly, Senegal brought together 42 key management departments in the development of the staff. The program was a follow-on to the validation of the second-generation National Agriculture government’s multi-sectorial plan for nutrition. These Investment Plan (NAIP). As a result of trainings provided CLM senior management with more effective intragovernmental, techniques to negotiate effectively and helped them to
48 AFRICA LEAD ANNUAL REPORT | 2019 multisectoral coordination, the NAIP now develop skills, such as delegation, to be more effective and reflects both nutrition and agriculture efficient in managing their program and working as a team. priorities. As a result of more effective intragovernmental, multisectoral coordination, the NAIP now reflects both nutrition and agriculture priorities.
Improved integration of nutrition into Africa Lead, in collaboration with CLM, developed and National Policy Element district development plans tested local approaches to help CLM facilitate multisectoral, 5: Policy multistakeholder and inclusive planning, implementation, Implementation and monitoring of the national nutrition policy. This included leadership workshops to help local communities integrate nutrition at all stages of the territorial governance process. This process includes the development and management of the local development plans (PDC) and involves heads of villages and regional government staff including youth and women’s groups. The program increased their understanding and enabled participants increase ownership of their PDC.
Improved internal governance within the Africa Lead II supported the Ministry of Water and National Policy Element Ministry of Water and Sanitation to Sanitation to develop a manual of procedures (Manuel des 5: Policy implement flagship Water, Sanitation, Procédures Administratives, Opérationnelles, Financières Implementation and Health project under Senegal’s et Comptables; MPAOFC), which will provide the ministry national development plan, the Plan with an effective internal governance system in compliance Senegal Emergent (PSE) with West Africa Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) standards. The manual will also enable the ministry to improve its effectiveness in implementing the flagship Water, Sanitation and Health project under the Plan Senegal Emergent (PSE). The PSE is Senegal’s national development plan, and many of the key initiatives and flagship programs support CAADP-related objectives in agriculture and food security.
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Milestone Brief description of USG support Level Policy Element
Development and pilot- The Partnership for Recovery and Resilience (PfRR) in South Sudan unites Sub- Policy Element testing of a collaborative donors, UN agencies, and NGOs at both national and local levels. PfRR national 3: Inclusivity and programming approach in targets seven geographic areas of South Sudan and builds on community- Stakeholder Yambio, South Sudan identified strengths and priorities. A PfRR Coordination Platform has been Consultation under the Partnership for established and is co-chaired by senior UN and donor leadership. It is guided Policy Element Resilience and Recovery by a Steering Committee (SC) comprising senior-level representatives from 6: Mutual (PfRR) NGOs, the UN, and donors, reinforcing the shared commitment. While donors Accountability will preside over their respective use of funds, the SC will provide guidance and will facilitate the alignment of various interventions and the effective use of funds with the aim of achieving the common goal of increasing resilience.
In collaboration with the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the South Sudan NGO Forum, in Q1 Africa Lead organized the first Accountability and Learning Event for the PfRR in South Sudan. More than 250 stakeholders from donor agencies, UN entities, and NGOs participated in the event. The event’s objectives were to reflect on the progress of the PfRR in FY18 and to identify shared commitments for FY2019, around which partners and local communities can rally to stop the growing trend of vulnerability as well as increase the coping capacity of individuals, households, and communities.
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Mission Organization Type Africa Lead Support Provided
BFS Africa Agribusiness Academy NSA Network Inclusive Policy Dialogue (AAA)
BFS African Union RIGO Organizational Development, Commission/Department of Rural Backbone Support Economy and Agriculture (AUC/DREA)
BFS Agricultural Council of Kenya NSA Network Inclusive Policy Dialogue (AgCK)
BFS Agricultural Council of Tanzania NSA Network Inclusive Policy Dialogue (ACT)
BFS CAADP Non-State Actors NSA Network Organizational Development, Coalition Coaching and Mentoring
BFS Conseil National de Concertation Civil Society Inclusive Policy Dialogue et de Cooperation des Ruraux/Groupe Dialogue Social et Politique (CNCR/GDSP)
BFS Consumer Unity and Trust Civil Society Inclusive Policy Dialogue Society/Centre for International Trade, Economics and Environment (CUTS-CITEE).
BFS Development Partners Working Coordination Coordination Group (DPCG) Group
BFS Entreprise Aissatou Gaye (EAG) Private Sector Inclusive Policy Dialogue
BFS Kericho Dairy Development Community- Inclusive Policy Dialogue Organization (KDDO) based Organization
BFS Kwame Nkrumah University of Research/ Champions for Change Science and Technology Academia (C4C) Institutionalization
BFS National Potato Council of Kenya Farmer Inclusive Policy Dialogue (NPCK) Organization
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Mission Organization Type Africa Lead Support Provided
BFS Open Institute (OI) Private Sector Inclusive Policy Dialogue
BFS Sugar Campaign for Change Farmer Inclusive Policy Dialogue (SUCAM) Organization
BFS University for Development Research/ Champions for Change Studies Academia (C4C) Institutionalization
East Africa Common Market for Eastern and RIGO Technical Assistance Region Southern Africa (COMESA)
East Africa East African Community (EAC) RIGO Coordination, Facilitation, Region Technical Assistance
East Africa Seed Traders Association of Trade and Technical Assistance Region Kenya (STAK) Business Association
East Africa Intergovernmental Authority on RIGO Facilitation, Coaching and Region, BFS Development (IGAD) Mentoring, Organizational Development
Kenya Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock Government Capacity Building, and Fisheries - Kenya Facilitation
Senegal Agency for Investment Promotion Government Inclusive Policy Dialogue, and Major Projects / Agence pour Coordination la Promotion des Investissements et des Grands Travaux (APIX)
Senegal Bureau Operationnel de Suivi du Government Facilitation, Technical Plan Senegal Emergent Assistance (BOS/PSE)
Senegal Cellule de Lutte contre la Government Capacity Building, Inclusive Malnutrition (CLM) Policy Dialogue, Policy Coordination
Senegal Direction Générale de la Government Facilitation, Technical Planification et des Politiques Assistance Économiques du Ministère de l'Économie, des Finances et du Plan du Sénégal (MEFP/DGPPE)
Senegal Higher Institute for Agribusiness Research/ Capacity Building and Entrepreneurship / Cheikh Academia Anta Diop University of Dakar / Institut Superieur d’Agriculture et Entreprenariat / Université
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Mission Organization Type Africa Lead Support Provided Cheikh Anta Diop de Dakar (UCAD/ISAE)
Senegal Interprofession des Acteurs de la Private Sector Technical Assistance Mangue du Senegal (IAMS) / Senegalese Inter-professional Mango Value Chain Association
Senegal Ministère de l'Agriculture et de Government Support for Joint Sector l'Equipment Rurale (MAER) – Review (JSR) Senegal
Senegal Ministere de l'Eau et de Government Organizational Development l'Assainissement / Ministry of Water and Sanitation - Senegal
Senegal Ministere du Commerce / Ministry Government Strategic Development of Trade - Senegal
Senegal Mouvement Sénégalais pour le Civil Society Agribusiness and Développement (MSD) Entrepreneurship Development
Senegal Union Nationale des Private Sector Facilitation Commercants et Industriels du Senegal (UNACOIS)
South Sudan Partnership for Recovery and Working Facilitation, Institutional Resilience (PfRR) Group Architecture Improvement Planning
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On March 22, 2013, Africa Lead II received a categorical exclusion as part of its environmental compliance reporting requirement. There has been no change in the past quarter (or year) with respect to this status.
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