These is the slide deck of presentations used during the webinar "Sharing Knowledge on Capacity Development for Agricultural Innovation through TAPipedia" This webinar was co-organised by GFAR and TAP. It was introduced in this blogpost: https://blog.gfar.net/2017/10/24/gfartap-webinar-sharing-knowledge-on-capacity-development-for-agricultural-innovation-through-tapipedia/ The video recording of the actual webinar can be found on our Youtube channel: https://youtu.be/_cHK5QK2rPk

1. GFAR-Secretariat@fao.org
GFAR/TAP Webinar
Sharing Knowledge on Capacity
Development for Agricultural Innovation
through TAPipedia

2. Presenters
• Karin Nichterlein (TAP Secretariat)
• Giulia Palestini (TAP Secretariat)
• Hans Dobson (AGRINATURA/NRI)
• Nasreen Sultana (CDAIS Bangladesh)
Q & A
Moderators: Charles Plummer/Peter Casier (GFAR)

3. Brief introduction to TAPipediaBrief introduction to TAPipedia
within the context of TAPwithin the context of TAP
Karin Nichterlein
FAO Research & Extension Unit
Tropical Agriculture Platform (TAP) Secretariat

4. The Tropical Agriculture PlatformThe Tropical Agriculture Platform
in a nutshellin a nutshell
 Low and lower-middle income countries, which are mainly located in the
tropics, often lack capacities in support of agricultural innovation
 To address this gap, the G20 launched the Tropical Agriculture Platform
(TAP) in 2012
 With more than 40 partners, TAP is facilitating greater coherence and
impact of capacity development in the tropics
 Based on regional needs assessments (by regional partners) the TAP Action
Plan 2014-17 developed
 TAP Common Framework developed aiming to achieve better coherence and impact of
capacity development
 Framework applied in 8 countries in Africa, Asia and Latin America (EU-funded CDAIS
project)
 Organizations of policy dialogues
 TAPipedia developed to support the objectives of TAP and CDAIS

5. http://www.tapipedia.org
information sharing system developed within TAP and designed to enhance
knowledge exchange in support of Capacity Development (CD) for Agricultural
Innovation Systems (AIS)
allows Partners and other stakeholders to share their CD for AIS resources and
initiatives
presents, explains and promotes the TAP Common Framework and its application
What is TAPipedia?What is TAPipedia?

6. TAPipedia homepageTAPipedia homepage
Three languages: English,
Spanish, French
Metrics
Search bar
Main functionalities

7. For instance, if you search for “facilitator” in the search bar on the homepage…For instance, if you search for “facilitator” in the search bar on the homepage…
……you will be redirected to an intermediate page that allows you to filter the resultsyou will be redirected to an intermediate page that allows you to filter the results
for “facilitator” using the TAPipedia taxonomy terms (54 in total)for “facilitator” using the TAPipedia taxonomy terms (54 in total)

8. Resources pageResources page
Browse resources by Thematic Area,
Resource Type, Region and Sources

9. Search ResultsSearch Results
Number of
resources
Resource’s
short profile
Filter by:
Language,
Topic,
Country,
Region,
Publication
Year,
Author,
Provider,
Publisher,
Type

10. Resource’s full profileResource’s full profile
Type
Geographical focus
Publication
year
Provider
Related resources
License
Author(s)
Topics
Publisher(s)
Description

11. TAPipedia Network pageTAPipedia Network page
Explore the
TAPipedia
network!
Interactive map
Filter organizations by
Type, Areas of activity
and Geographical Focus
List of organizations,
each one with its
informative profile

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13. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
A Global Partnership on
Developing Innovation Capacities in Agriculture
Trainer’s Manual: Facilitating Capacity Needs Assessment
Funded by the EC, partnership between Agrinatura and FAO
Lead Presenter: Hans Dobson
Members of the Thematic working group: Julia Ekong, with
inputs from many others

14. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Preparation for Capacity Needs Assessment
(CNA)
Conceptual
design of CNA
(WG)
Conceptual
design of CNA
(WG)
Training of
Trainers
Training of
Trainers
Training
of facilitators
Training
of facilitators
Capacity Needs
Assessment
Capacity Needs
Assessment
Agrinatura
FAO

15. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Preparation for Capacity Needs Assessment
(CNA)
Conceptual
design of CNA
(WG)
Conceptual
design of CNA
(WG)
Training of
Trainers
Training of
Trainers
Training
of facilitators
Training
of facilitators
Capacity Needs
Assessment
Capacity Needs
Assessment
Agrinatura
FAO
One event 8 events

16. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Preparation for Capacity Needs Assessment
(CNA)
Conceptual
design of CNA
(WG)
Conceptual
design of CNA
(WG)
Training of
Trainers
Training of
Trainers
Training
of facilitators
Training
of facilitators
Capacity Needs
Assessment
Capacity Needs
Assessment
Agrinatura
FAO
One event 8 events
Trainer’sTrainer’s
ManualManual

17. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
What is the Trainer’s Manual?
• A package of tools adapted from
the TAP Common Framework
• Guidance, resource and reference
material
• A suggested 4 day programme for
delivery covering:
– AIS and CD concepts
– Facilitation tools and skills
– Implementation planning
• Links to other resources

18. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Trainer’s Manual
Session Plan 1
Session Plan 2
Session Plan 3
Exercise sheets
Resource
materials
Powerpoints
Forms/templates
Exercise sheets
Resource
materials
Exercise sheets
Resource
materials
Powerpoints
Forms/templates
Powerpoints
Forms/templates

19. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Why do we have such a product?
• Ideas, approaches, methods captured from many
• Resource to help build (and maintain) capacity of
national facilitation teams
• Harmonized approach across countries
• Resource for use outside CDAIS to help promote
the TAP Common Framework approach to CD for
AIS

20. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Who are the target users/beneficiaries?
• Agrinatura Focal Persons
• Country Project Managers
• Innovation Facilitators
• Others carrying out CNA
and other facilitation
outside CDAIS

21. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Where it has been tested or being used
• National Facilitator training in Kigali (piloted)
• Tools used at 5 niches in Rwanda
• Adapted for use across all 8 countries and used

22. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Conclusion
• A pooling of experience, approaches, methods
• Country-level tailoring and translating
• Understanding and ‘owning’ it requires
rehearsal
• National Facilitators can use it to train others
• Some content can be re-purposed as CNA
Guidelines
• Other training manuals planned

23. This project is funded by the European Unionwww.CDAIS.net
CAPACITY DEVELOPMENT FOR AGRICULTURAL INNOVATION SYSTEMS
Trainer’s Manual is available at:
• http://cdais.net/2017/07/24/decouvrez-le-
manuel-des-formateurs/
• http://www.tapipedia.org/content/trainers-
manual-facilitating-capacity-needs-assessment
• http://agrinatura-eu.eu/2017/07/trainers-
manual-facilitating-capacity-needs-
assessment/

24. Enhancing Knowledge
Sharing Through
TAPipedia
Bangladesh experience
Nasreen Sultana
Country Project Manager
CDAIS

25. Bangladesh: Some Basic Information
Area: ≈ 148 thousand sq- KM
Population: ≈ 160 million
GDP growth rate: ≈ 7% (2nd
position in Asia!)
Target of the country: Become
middle income country by 2021
Country slogan: “Digital
Bangladesh”
CDAIS: one of 8 piloting countries

26. CDAIS project in Bangladesh
• Objectives
• develop a national vision for
strengthening the agricultural
innovation system
• Strengthen a National Platform
for agricultural innovation
• develop an action plan based
on capacity needs assessments
• Focus
• Developing innovation
capacities (soft or functional
skills) in five areas (niches)
Five selected Niches

27. CDAIS methodology across countries
or stakeholder engagement
INCEPTION WORKSHOPS & CONSULTATIONS
NEEDS ASSESSMENTS MARKETPLACES
FACILITATOR TRAININGS

28. Marketplace
- TAPipedia introduced to
stakeholders in Sep. 2017
- 31 organizations/individuals
expressed interest to join the
network
- Stakeholders started to
share experiences on capacity
development (almost 20
documents)

29. Feed Back: Swisscontact Katalyst
TAPipedia is an interesting platform of knowledge exchange and
sharing… after the documents were uploaded, it brought me into
great satisfaction to have Katalyst resources open for wider
audiences. I also shared the TAPipedia link on Katalyst's FB page. I
believe TAPipedia, can be a good source of knowledge bank for the
development practitioners, if widely promoted. I wish TAPipedia
great success.
Nadia Iqbal, Communications and Knowledge Management
Practitioner, Swisscontact-Katalyst.

30. Questions/Remarks