Progress, Challenges, and Planned Activities for SAKSS Platforms in East and Central Africa
1. Progress, Challenges, and Planned Activities
for SAKSS Platforms in East and Central
Africa
Joseph Karugia
Coordinator, ReSAKSS-ECA
2. Progress (1)
• Country SAKSS platforms established and operationalized in Kenya,
Uganda, Rwanda and Tanzania
• Hosted by respective ministries of agriculture
• Capacity needs assessment in Seychelles
• Staffing;
• Coordinators + other technical staff (M&E)
• Support services e.g. finance/accounts provided by host ministry
• Equipment and supplies
• Acquired (computers, printers, furniture, internet)
3. Progress (2)
• Networks identified
• Rwanda-Ag. Sector Working Group
• Kenya-Agriculture Policy Analysis Group
• Uganda in process
• Country E-Atlas Platforms
• Coordinated formation & training of country e-Atlas teams
• Continuous updating of data on e-Atlas
• Policy dialogue forums
• Annual Agricultural Policy Conference (AAPC) in Tanzania
• Policy dialogue forum in Kenya
• Participation in ASWG in Rwanda
4. Progress (3)
• Analytical support
• Country SAKSS support and provide technical support to country CAADP
teams
• Participated in NAIP appraisal (Kenya)
• Support formulation of Ag. Sector M&E framework (in Kenya, Uganda &
Rwanda)
• Support M&E technical teams within ministries (e.g. Uganda SAKSS has
helped revitalize the Ministry M&E technical working group)
5. Progress (4)
• Knowledge management
• SAKSS web pages embedded in ministry websites e.g. Rwanda, Uganda
• Links to ReSAKSS website & e-Atlases embedded in ministry websites
(Kenya, Rwanda)
• Capacity building
• Supported and participated in training of stakeholders on CAADP M&E and
BR process (Kenya, Uganda, Rwanda)
• Training on e-Atlas
• Training recent post-docs on communicating policy messages to policy makers
6. Progress (5)
• Technical support to mutual accountability processes
• Participation in NAIP review and formulation processes
• Compilation of country CAADP indicators
• Support country BR processes
• Conducted training on BR indicators (Kenya)
• Preparation of ATORs (Uganda and Rwanda)
• Participation in JSR processes (in Uganda and Rwanda)
7. Challenges
• Contracting process with ministries
• Delays in procurement processes
• Short term contracts (1 year) problematic
• Turn over of technical support expertise (e.g. e-Atlas teams)
• Political environment (delayed e-Atlas training in Kenya for 8
months)
8. Planned Activities (1)
• SAKSS coordination and governance
• Steering committee meetings
• Setting/strengthening local analytical networks
• e-Atlas activities
• Training of e-Atlas teams
• Updating data on e-Atlas platform
• Outreach and dissemination of e-Atlas
• Capacity strengthening
• Support ministry training agenda in planning and M&E (Uganda)
9. Planned Activities (2)
• M&E activities
• Updating of CAADP indicators
• Participate in the BR process
• Support to JSR
• Support implementation of country Ag. Sector M&E framework (Kenya)