MTCP2 OVERVIEW

COPROFAM SFOAP

MTCP

Global Farmer Forum cooperation

Key Principles• MTCP 2 to:

• Respect FAFO principles and guide of action• Build on success on MTCP1 and lessons learned• Recognize sub-regional differences in Asia• Recognize variable national dynamics• Better integration within IFAD country programs• Increase policy aspects (less politics more policies)• Increase technical aspects (services)• Better geographical coverage, include Pacific• Invite more regional organization in regional steering

committee

Strategy, approach• Strategy:

– support the institutional and operational development of the FOs with an emphasis on services to FO members and knowledge management among the highly diversified sub-regional contexts in the Asia and Pacific region to enhance the integration of the poor smallholders

– Approach:– Empowering the FOs to achieve sustainable

collaboration and dialogue within the network as well as with other partners and policy makers at national, sub-regional and regional levels

MTCP2 THRUST• Capacity building and FO services to their

members

• Actions in policy dialogues

• Recognition for FO organizational credibility

• Active participation in development and in implementation of IFAD country programmes

Target groups

• In two tiers:– Rural women and men, and youth, especially those rural

smallholders who are undertaking farm and non-farm enterprises;

– FOs that operate in rural and agricultural development with firm commitment to representing and promoting the farmers’ interests, and with their policy and service inclusiveness for the first tier of the smallholder farmers.

Characteristics of FO

• a) Legally established for at least two years,• b) Based in the MTCP-covered countries,• c) Accept due inclusiveness principles and values,• d) Have established or initiated some policy-nature consultations with

the national policy makers or influencers,• e) Showed signs of improving the organisational relevance to

smallholders and credibility to the agribusiness and market access,• f) Strong leadership in applying quality standard of organized or

cooperative farming, processing, and marketing,• g) Commitment to systematically recruit the poor smallholder

farmers, especially the women and the youth as members and applying tailor-made technical coaching for their inclusion,

• h) Support of national policy makers or influencers.

Geographic scale• MTCP 1 countries and FOs:

– Continue to focus on MTCP-1 countries and likely include more FOs based on well defined criteria;

–Expansion:– The Pacific region and in countries where FO

development presents a growth potential within the programme support timeframe.

MTCP2 Reach

South East

Asia/East Asia

• Philippines, Indonesia, Vietnam, Myanmar, Laos, Cambodia, China

• Potential expansion: Thailand

South Asia

• India, Srilanka, Nepal, Bangladesh

• Potential expansion: Pakistan, Afghanistan

Pacific

• Samoa, Fiji.• Tonga, Papua New

Guinea, Vanuatu, Solomon Islands, Cook Islands,

• Other islands …

Regional Asia –

Pan Asia

Strategic Goal

• To contribute to the poverty alleviation in Asia and the Pacific Region through strengthened capacities of the rural poor and their organisations that leads to improved livelihoods and positive socio-economic impacts in the rural development

Program Objectives

• To strengthen the farmers’ organizations in Asia and the Pacific Region in their capacities of engaging active policy consultations related to the rural smallholders’ interests at national, sub-regional and regional levels, and to provide improved and inclusive services to the rural poor including within IFAD programmes,

Components and activities summary

SUB COMPONENT 1.1 :Act 1.1.1 : Organizational reviewAct 1.1.2.: Partnership and network capacityAct 1.1.3 : Institutional positioningSUB COMPONENT 1.2 : Act 1.2.1 : Organizational management capacityAct 1.2.2 : Structuring service functions for membersAct 1.2.3 : Market integration

Component 1:Strengthening FOs and their

Networks

Component 3: FO Involvement in IFAD Country

Programmes

SUB COMPONENT 3.1 :Act 3.1.1 : Review on collaboration opportunitiesAct 3.1.2.: FO focus capacity buildingSUB COMPONENT 3.2 : Act 3.2.1 : Participation in IFAD country actionsAct 3.2.2 : Participation in implementation support and in implementing activities, subcomponents or components in IFAD-assisted projects where applicableAct 3.2.3 : participation in country knowledge tank

Component 4: Programme Management and Coordination

- SC 4.1. Facilitation and coordination- SC 4.2: M&E, and knowledge management and communication, -

- SC 4.3: Financial management, - 

Component 2:FO Participation in Policy

Process

SUB COMPONENT 2.1 :Act 2.1.1 : Policy, advocacy, lobbying and representationAct 2.1.2.: Strategic networking and coordinationAct 2.1.3 : Research and studiesSUB COMPONENT 2.2 : Act 2.2.1 : Policy process with regional and sub-regional policy makers and influencers (ASEAN, FAO, FAFO Rome…)Act 2.2.2 : Regional and sub-regional networking and coordinationAct 2.2.3 : Research and studies on regional and sub-regional interests

Technical Assistance

Project financing: 2013-2017• IFAD APR grant of 1.5 million and a IFAD PTA grant of

0.5 million (15% of total costs)

• Swiss Development Cooperation grant of 3 million (70% to be used for year 1-3 and remaining 30% for year 4-5)

• Potential Donors:– The EU – grant of USD 5 million – Supplementary grant financiers:

ASEAN/SAARC/Japan/Korea/Australia/AgriCord/…

Management structure

(Regional Liaison Unit)

SEA S-regional IA (S-regional PMU)

SA S-regional IA (S-regional PMU)

Pacific S-regional IA (Secretariat)

National FO Platform/Coalition

FO 1, NIA

FO 2 FO n

National FO Platform/Coalition

FO 1, NIA

FO 2 FO n

National FO Platform/Coalition

FO 1, NIA

FO 2 FO n

Regional Steering

Committee

Sub-Regional Steering

CommitteeNational Steering

Committee

Operational management• The programme operational management will be delegated

to the sub-regional implementersRegional level:• steering committee composed of 1 representative from

each sub-regional FO;1 observer from a national FO per sub-region

• A small liaison unit embedded in a regional implementing agency

Sub-regional level:• steering committee composed of 8 – 10 representatives

from the national forums and the sub-regional FOs. • A SRPMU will be set up within the SR implementing agencyNational level:• a national implementing agency identified within the

platform from amongst participating national FOs

Regional and Sub-regional Implementing Agencies (SRIAs)

• Regional Impelenting Agency (RIA):• Asia-Pacific: AFA/LVC

• Sub-regional Implementing Agencies (SRIAs):

• Southeast Asia: AFA/LVC• South Asia: ANFPa• Pacific: PIFON

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