This document outlines the key activities, objectives, and challenges of the ReSAKSS-ECA Phase II Work Plan. The major objectives are to conduct research on priority agricultural issues, strengthen existing country SAKSS nodes and establish new ones, and transition to a COMESA-based platform. Key activities include consolidating ReSAKSS, operationalizing the CAADP M&E framework, and establishing Country SAKSS Nodes. Challenges include limited ReSAKSS funding and securing support and funding for country SAKSS nodes.

1. ReSAKSS-ECA Phase II Work Plan
ReSAKSS-ECA Steering Committee Meeting
ILRI, 12th June, 2012
Joseph Karugia

2. 2011-215 Work Plan

3. Key Activities
• Consolidation and repositioning of ReSAKSS
• Operationaization at the country level of
the CAADP M&E framework
• Establishment of Country SAKSS Nodes
• Transition to a COMESA based platform in
year 4&5

4. Major Objectives
 Conduct research on key areas/issues (ATOR
feature topics)
 2011: agricultural productivity; completed with
IFPRI HarvestChoice; report underway
 2012: agricultural investments; collaboration
with ASTI on AgR&D; starting
 2013: agricultural trade
 2014: poverty and safety nets

5. …Major Objectives
 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

6. Agricultural Productivity Study
 Key question: how to raise and maintain high
agricultural productivity across different parts of
the continent?
 fundamental and conceptual issues on the
definition and measurement of agricultural
productivity (temporal and spatial analysis)

7. Agricultural Productivity Study
 more sophisticated analysis on understanding
the determinants and drivers of agricultural
productivity
 seemingly-easy, but methodological-challenging
case analysis of successful and failed
implementation of several agricultural
productivity programs

8. Country SAKSS Activities
 The SAKSS concept is now an accepted CAADP
franchise, which is articulated in the CAADP
Compact and Brochure 5
 Strategic Analyses and Knowledge Support Systems
to inform and guide the CAADP implementation
process
 This is expected to come into existence following
the signing of the CAADP country compact and as
part of the implementation of the country’s
agricultural sector investment plan

9. Country SAKSS Activities
 Main objective of country SAKSS: provide strategic
knowledge products to facilitate better policy
design and implementation that ensure successful
implementation of the country’s agricultural sector
investment plan

10. SAKSS: Broker of Strategic
Analysis/Knowledge
Broker
Demand Supply
Parliament, Statistics
Policy
PS, FBOs, Think Tanks, Bureaus,
Analysis
Donors, Central Bank Universities,
Units
Directors FBOs
SAKSS SAKSS SAKSS Network
Oversight Body Node
• Identify and sensitize • Express interest and
• Credence of SAKSS in
knowledge gaps buy into vision
CAADP process
• Synthesize knowledge • Align knowledge
• Governance
• Channel knowledge • Mobilize and coordinate generation activities
knowledge generation • Receive funding and
and evidence to policy
• Facilitate training training
makers
•… •…
•…

11. SAKSS: capacity strengthening activities
Parliament, Statistics
Policy
PS, FBOs, Think Tanks, Bureaus,
Analysis
Donors, Central Bank Universities,
Units
Directors FBOs
OB Node Network
Level 100
Rationale and
Concepts
(CAADP; Policy Level 200
Gra
Analysis) Concepts and
dua Application
tion Level 300 …
o(Policy Analysis;
vert
ime Application and
Report Writing)
Modeling
(CGE, Econometrics,

12. Country SAKSS Approach
 Three groups
 SAKSS-ready: DRC, Ethiopia, Kenya, Malawi,
Tanzania (5)
 SAKSS-sensitized: Burundi, Central Africa
Republic, Seychelles, Swaziland, and Zambia (5)
 SAKSS-beginning: remaining countries

13. Country SAKSS Approach
 Regional Workshop: SAKSS concepts and launch
capacity needs assessment work (done)
 Conduct capacity needs assessments: individual
country reports
 Develop and implement capacity strengthening
strategy (start in July)

14. Issues/Challenges
 ReSAKSS funding—operating at 55% of budget
 Advocacy/political support for establishment of
country SAKSS
 Funding of country SAKSS

15. THANK YOU
www.resakss.org
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