ReSAKSS-AfricaLead Workshop on Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy and Investment Planning and Implementation in Africa Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, June 25th‐ 26th 2012

1. ReSAKSS: Overview and
Activities
Workshop on Strengthening Capacity for Strategic Agricultural Policy
and Investment Planning and Implementation in Africa
Safari Park Hotel, Nairobi, June 25th‐ 26th 2012
Joseph Karugia

2. Introduction - What is ReSAKSS?
Regional Strategic Analysis and Knowledge Support
System
Information and knowledge management system
Africa‐wide initiative organized in three nodes
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3. ReSAKSS Organization
1 Africa‐wide and 3
regional nodes:
» IFPRI: ReSAKSS‐AW
» ILRI: ReSAKSS‐ECA
» IITA: ReSAKSS‐WA
» IWMI: ReSAKSS‐SA
Key partners
» AUC
» NPCA
» RECs (COMESA,
ECOWAS, SADC)
Funding
» USAID, DfID, SIDA, B&M
Gates Foundation
» IFAD, Netherlands

4. Objectives of ReSAKSS
Promote and support effective and sustainable agricultural
and rural development in Africa
Provide analytical and knowledge support to RECs,
governments, donors
Policy‐relevant analysis, data, and tools
Improve policy making
Fill knowledge gaps
Promote dialogue, and
Facilitate the benchmarking and review processes under CAADP
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5. How does ReSAKSS Work?
Common agenda across all the three ReSAKSS nodes:
Strategic Analysis, Knowledge Management and
Communication, and Capacity building
Monitoring and Evaluation of CAADP is integral to all of
the above
Work plans ‐defined through a consultative process
RECs – serve as Chairs of Steering Committees
Collaborative networks of users and suppliers of knowledge
and research products
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6. How does ReSAKSS Work?
Members of Steering Committee of ReSAKSS‐ECA:
COMESA Secretariat ‐ Chair
East African Community
NPCA
Host Country Government Representative
ASARECA
East African Farmers Federation (EAFF)
East Africa Business Council (EABC)
COMESA Business Council
SADC‐ Chair of ReSAKSS‐SA
ReSAKSS‐ECA ‐ Secretariat
Observers ‐ Donor Representatives (USAID), Coordinators of other
ReSAKSS Nodes
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7. ReSAKSS Phase I (2007-2010)
• Common agenda across all the three ReSAKSS nodes
• ReSAKSS‐ECA activities are guided by a Steering
Committee chaired by COMESA

8. ReSAKSS Phase I (2007-2010)
• Established the ECA regional node and network
• Developed web‐based platforms/networks for
sharing data, tools, analysis, news, knowledge
products, CAADP documents, and links to
resources on CAADP implementation
• Website (www.resakss.org)
• eNewsletter/Blog (www.resakss.wordpress.com)
• Other social media (Facebook, twitter, Flickr, …)

9. www.resakss.org

10. ReSAKSS Phase I (2007-2010)
• Developed CAADP M&E framework
• Data collection and analysis to monitor progress
towards CAADP benchmarks and targets
• Results published annually in ATOR

11. ReSAKSS Phase I (2007-2010)
• Strategic analysis
• Sources of growth and investment priorities
• Impact of NTBs in EAC
• Impact of CET in COMESA region
• Vulnerability analysis
• Mapping investments (donors, governments,
etc.)
• Responding to the rising food prices in ESA
• Dynamics of intra‐regional trade
• Regional M&E framework

12. ReSAKSS Phase I (2007-2010)
• Knowledge management and
communication
• Database of agriculture and RD indicators;
• Synthesis of existing research and analysis
• Publications – WPs, conference papers, reports, issue
briefs, posters
• Presentations at various forums
• Media

13. ReSAKSS Phase I (2007-2010)
• Capacity building
• Economic modelling
• Policy analysis
• GIS training
• Support to country CAADP roundtable processes
• Operationalization of M&E
• support to collaborators in database design and
management

14. 2011-215 Work Plan

15. Consolidation and repositioning of
ReSAKSS
• Build on past achievements to consolidate ReSAKSS as
the leading knowledge platform for agricultural policy
planning and implementation in Africa
• Transition to a COMESA based platform in year 4&5

16. Operationaization at the country level
of the CAADP M&E framework
• Work with country nodes and CAADP Teams to
standardize and harmonize CAADP M&E indicators
• In collaboration with AU/NEPAD, COMESA, and DPs
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17. Establishment of Country SAKSS
Nodes
• Technical assistance to establishment of low cost
country knowledge systems to support implementation
of national agriculture and food security investment
plans
• For review, benchmarking, dialogue, learning

18. ReSAKSS Phase II (2011-2015)
Strengthen existing country SAKSS nodes and
establish new ones. Depends on a country’s:
state in the CAADP process
readiness in “setting” up a SAKSS
capacity needs for strategic analysis, M&E and
knowledge management

19. Objective of Regional Workshops
Training on SAKSS concepts
Agricultural policy analysis
Monitoring and evaluation
Communications and networking

20. Topics (see agenda)
Strategic analysis
Project management and M&E
M&E
Communications
Networking
Transformational leadership

21. Outputs and Expected Outcomes
Outputs
Country SAKSS architecture
Roadmap for country SAKSS and capacity building
Expected outcomes
Participants equipped to help develop country
systems for improving the quality and utility of
agricultural policy analysis and investment planning
and implementation and M&E

22. THANK YOU
www.resakss.org
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