Et le processus continue - Capitalisation des leçons apprises du Programme Régional de Facilité Alimentaire

Atelier de Capitalisation et de Clôture du PFA
5 et 6 septembre 2012 - Abuja

Après plus d'un an et demi de mise en œuvre, le Programme Régional de Facilité Alimentaire de l'Union Européenne (PFA) clôture officiellement le 31 août 2012.

Même si les activités sont fermées, le processus d'apprentissage et de capitalisation fait partie d'un processus continu. En effet, pour assurer cette continuité les importants résultats du programme feront encore l'objet d'un atelier de capitation et de partage. L'atelier aura lieu les 5 et 6 septembre 2012 à l'Hôtel Immaculate Suites de Abuja (Wuse II).

L'objectif de l'atelier est de partager et diffuser les résultats du PFA avec un public plus large dont les représentants des gouvernements ayant bénéficié du programme (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Sénégal), les partenaires techniques ainsi que l'UE et les agences ONU.
Avec des approches novatrices à la communication, l'objectif est de partager et d'échanger sur les thèmes suivants:

- stratégies de mise en œuvre
- méthodes et outils d'exécution pour les programmes 
- produits de capitalisation
- promotion des meilleures pratiques
- processus continu de la capitalisation et du partage de l'information
- formalisation des leçons apprises
- formalisation des recommandations pour la conception de nouveaux programmes de développement

Les Termes de Référence relatifs à l'atelier sont disponibles sur FIDAFRIQUE www.fidafrique.net ainsi que les autres documents relatifs à l'atelier.


Des mises à jour régulières sur le déroulement de l'atelier seront postées sur ce site.

The sharing continues - lessons learned from the EU Food Facility

Capitalisation and Closing Workshop of the Programme
5 and 6 September 2012 - Abuja

After about a year and a half of implementation, the EU Food Facility Regional Programme implemented by IFAD, ECOWAS and ICRISAT in West Africa will close officially on 31 August 2012.

The learning and sharing however are still an ongoing process. In order to ensure this process lives along with the all of the dispositions put into place by the EU FF, ECOWAS and IFAD with the assistance of UNOPS is organising yet another capitalisation workshop in Abuja. The Workshop will take place at the Immaculate Suites (Wuse II) Abuja on 5 and 6 September 2012.

The objective of the workshop is to share and diffuse the results of the EU Food Facility Regional Programme in West Africa with a larger audience coming from representatives of the governments where the programme was implemented (Bénin, Burkina Faso, Côte d'Ivoire, Ghana, Mali, Niger, Sénégal) and technical partners from the region as well as the EU and UN Agencies.

Through innovative approaches we will share the following information during the workshop:

- positive strategies
- methods and tools used for implementation of the programme
- share capitalisation products
- share and promote best practises
- ensure continuous capitalisation process
- formalise lessons learned
- formalise recommendations for new development projects

The workshop TORS as well as background documentation for the workshop can be found on the FIDAFRIQUE page.

Regular updates on the workshop will also be posted.

Seeding ideas: EU Food Facility Steering Committee Meeting

In Rome, on the morning of the 26th of May, the discussions of the First Steering Committee Meeting for the EU Food Facility Regional Programme for West Africa implemented by IFAD were opened by Mr Mohamed Béavogui Director of the West and Central Africa Division of the Programme Management Department of IFAD and Ms Katariina Bastos, Programme Manager for the Food Facility at the European Commission in Brussels.

The EU Food Facility (EU/FF) is a programme launched by the EU for 1 billion euro in response to the rise in food prices in 2008. IFAD, one of the implementing agencies of the EU/FF received a contribution of Euro 20 million which it is implementing through its ongoing projects in Senegal, Mali, Benin, Côte d’Ivoire and Ghana. A part of the Grant has also been attributed to ICRISAT and ECOWAS.

The topics of discussion by the participants (about 40 in total) from IFAD, Senegal, Mali, Ghana, Benin, ICRISAT, the EU and ROPPA were among others the access to improved seeds, sensitization of actors to the use of improved seeds, inclusion of women and youth in activities and monitoring and evaluation.

During the course of the day, the debates have been dynamic and the participants are quite enthusiastic about sharing their knowledge. In fact, this Steering Committee Meetings is taking place at a critical moment in the implementation of the EU/FF as the rains have began recently and plating activities are in due course. The discussions, which sprung from each delegation’s presentation on their experiences of the EU/FF will allow the participants to identify solutions to common problems and possibly create new synergies in view of improving the implementation strategy for each of the of the EU/FF components in West Africa which is coming to an end this year.