building the community of practice for pro-poor livestock development main findings from the need...
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Building the Community of Practice for Pro-poor Livestock Development
Main Findings from the Need AssessmentSilvia Sperandini
Consultant, Knowledge Management and LearningTechnical Advisory Division, PT
12-13 January 2009
Main Findings from the Need Assessment
• To present the Need Assessment and its objectives;
• To highlight participants' views and key findings;
• To link the main results with the Workshop objectives.
Objectives of the presentation:
Main Findings from the Need Assessment
• It intended to be a starting point to build an effective and powerful Community of Practice in line with participants' expectations
Why a Need Assessment:
• Set a first target group of committed people and organizations ;
• Know participants’ views and expectations on CoPs;
• Open the dialogue on common priority needs, strategies and areas of actions.
It aimed to:
Main Findings from the Need Assessment
Response rate:
Methodology:• Process broad and participatory;• The electronic survey was sent to 166 resource people.
• Universities and research institutes; Farmers organizations; International organizations; Regional networks and other consortia; Development practitioners, decision makers etc.
Target Group:
• 85 resource people (52%) from 45 different organizations;• 79% of them express their interest in joining the CoP.
The attention on livestock development issues;The interest in establishing new strategic working relationships.
This reflects:
Main Findings from the Need Assessment
• Livestock merits a better position in the international agendaMulti-stakeholders partnerships can raise this awareness embracing the importance of livestock development;
• An effective sustainable livestock development passes through:Better designed/better targeted programmes, and better implementation support;
Concrete focus on poor farmers and on their socio-economic empowerment;
Innovative activities;
Better partnerships and knowledge sharing (of what works and doesn’t work);
Demand-driven and participatory interventions;
Institutional support and pro-poor policies.
Key highlights:
Main Findings from the Need Assessment
• Empowering poor livestock keepers to secure their assets; • Improving productivity and competitiveness of livestock
products with a sustainable use of the available natural resources;
• Improving market access and market opportunities;• Assuring poor livestock keepers' inclusion and participation in
the development process;• Investing in capacity building;• Supporting pro-poor adaptive research.
Main priorities:
Main Findings from the Need Assessment
• Identifying and piloting innovative interventions; • Improving mechanisms for achieving better results; and• Supporting learning for achieving better results;• Securing financial resources in support of a pro-poor
livestock development;• Improving the effectiveness of existing practices.
“Developing new ways of working together”
Respondents' expectations: