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| Strengthening institutional capacity for policy research and analysis among stakeholders in the SADC region |
| Holiday Inn Pretoria, South Africa |
| 13 November 2002 - 15 November 2002 |
Acknowledgements: This is a CTA funded publication. |
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Introduction
Objectives of the Workshop
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To present an overview of stakeholder institutions and farming organisations and come up with a strategy for enhancing capacity building for policy analysis by stakeholder institutions.
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To revaluate and adjust node operations to achieve improved efficiency and transparency in coordinating stakeholder driven research, development, terms of reference for policy studies and partnership for
collaborative research work.
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To discuss strategies for strengthening partnerships with national, regional and international policy research and donor institutions in their countries of operation.
Conduct of the Workshop
Keynote addresses were on:
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Overview of farmer based organizations in the region and strategies for improving collaboration and capacity building for policy formulation and implementation
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Enhancement of stakeholder consultation as a key component of agricultural development in Zambia.
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Co-operating partners, namely the SADC Food Security Training Programme, ICRISAT, CLUSA, Mananga
Training Institute (Swaziland) and IDEAA were given the opportunity to make presentations on areas of focus
and possible collaboration with FANRPAN.
Expected Outputs
The workshop was expected to contribute in the short to medium term towards the following outputs:
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Recommendations on establishing mechanisms for building the capacity for policy analysis among farming groups
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A common approach for strengthening and restructuring country nodes together with material for drafting node constitutions, MOUs for partner or host institutions, action plans, research topics and operational
producers' manual
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A Policy Analysis Institutional Matrix and Directory of Collaborative institutions in the region as a FANRPAN/CTA Publication
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Report on the proceedings of the workshop and the way forward.
Participants
Member countries were invited to bring two participants. Node Coordinators in the participating countries were
asked to bring a member of a farmer based organization. New node members (Mauritius, Swaziland, and Lesotho)
were also invited to send representatives. There were also participants from cooperating partners (SADC Food
Security Training Programme, ICRISAT and IDEAA). Thirty five people participated at the workshop.
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