paepard innovative funding mechanisms and lessons learned from africa-eu ard4d partnerships
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PAEPARDinnovativefundingmechanisms&lessonslearned
fromAfrica-EUAR4Dpartnershipsby
JonasMugabe&RemiKahanePresented@theEFARDTechnical&Businessmeeting
Prague29-30November2016
ObjectivesofPAEPARD
• Overall: BuildjointAfrican-Europeanmulti-stakeholderpartnershipsinARDcontributingtoachievingtheMDGs(todaySDGs)
• Specific: Generate,communicateandfacilitateopportunitiesforinnovationinagriculturebasedonequitable,demand-drivenandmutuallybeneficialcollaborationofallconcernedactorsinAfricaandEurope
19consortiain17Africaincountries
+5ULP
Demand-led research (needsofusers)Oneexample :theULP-COLEACP
Addingvaluetomangonon-food useinWest-Africa(cosmetics,animalfeeding,bio-energy)
Users-LedProcess(ULP):aparticipatorycollectivelearningandownedbrokeringmechanism
Users’ Led
Process
Federating Theme
1
Desk review
2
Induction Workshop
3
MSHRQ Workshop
4
ConceptNote
Development
5
Full ProposalDevelopment
6
TheoriginalPAEPARDtargetedfundingmechanisms
• EC-basedfundingmechanismssuchasFP7,EDF,FSTP,EDULINK• BilateralEuropeanfundinginstrumentssupportingARD
Inadequatefundingmechanisms?From 2010 to 2012 calls for funding were rare but also inadequateto MSP promoted by PAEPARD:
• FP7 launched calls (until 2012) but by then it was research-research oriented in its requirements (excellence of proposalsinstead of relevance/potential impact of projects)
• The AURC launched a call in February 2012 for which PAEPARDconsortia applied with more than 10 proposals. TOR were similarto those of FP7 (with a research partner leading the proposal).Finally no project funded
• Some consortia applied for the CORAF call launched in 2012: onlyone on the Family Farming in Western Africa was successful
Whichinnovativefundingmechanisms?From 2013 to 2016 PAEPARD advertised a diversity of calls forfunding research and development:
• European donors: The Netherlands (ARF), Germany (BLE), France(Agropolis Foundation, Carasso Foundation)
• African donors: C2D (Cameroon, Côte d’Ivoire), WAPP, AU• Others: Canada (IDRC), Brazil (Market Place), BMG Foundation
Africa-BrazilAgriculturalInnovationMarketplacelaunchedacallendof2010
ü Focus was South-South Cooperation than South-Northpromoted by PAEPARD
ü However 2 of PAEPARD consortia (Uganda & Togo)were selected and funded
With the facilitation of PAEPARD, FANRPAN +NRI won abig project (ATONU) from the BMG Foundation
AjointcallIDRC-AICRlaunchedinJuly2013
ü 13proposalsweresubmitted.Onlytwoshortlistedbutnotfundedattheendoftheselectionprocess
ü Non-researchpartners(privatesector)mandatory.ü Europeanpartnerwasnotarequirement(becauseitwasnotaEuropeanfund)
AppliedResearchFund(ARF)oftheDutchMinistryofForeignAffairsstartedinSeptember2013untilnow.MostfittingcalltoPAEPARDphilosophybecausetheMSPismandatory
ü Leadinstitution=non-researchorganizationü Bilateral.RequiresonlyaDutchpartnerü Verygoodoutcome:5PAEPARDconsortiumproposalsfunded
Other innovative funding instruments: CRF & IF
Competitive Research Fund
- Support of 4 projects selected among the [19+5] - Maximum of 3 years of activities implemented with a maximum of 300 K€- Experiences/processes to be systematically documented to advocate for multi-stakeholder partnership funding- The fund is considered a seed money to search for more funding (sustainability)
IncentiveFund
- Studies - Workshop for refining the research question- Write-shops - Exchange visits
- Maximum of 40,000 € for each application
- Meant to seek a funding opportunity
Somelessonslearnt1.Thecurrentpush-orientedfundingmechanismleadstoimbalancebetweenpartnersandevenregions.Pull-oriented mechanismarebetterpromotingMSP(includingnon-researchstakeholders)
2.Europeanpartnersaremotivatedwhenthereisacallforproposalslaunchedbydonors.OtherwiseitisdifficulttogetaEuropeanpartnerjoiningaconsortium
3.MSPtakestime tofly,becausethearticulationofnon-researchstakeholders’needsisatimeconsumingexercise
4.Flexibility inconsortium/partnershipcreationisneededtomeetdonors’requirements
5.CommunicationisakeycomponentinMSP
RecommendationsfromPAEPARDexperience
“Smallisimpactful”:asmallgrantisjustenoughtoencouragethepartnership,toconfirmsomeconceptsandtolearnwithoutstress“Sustainabilitythroughdiversification”:better2-3smallgrantsthanabigone“Moresustainableformsoffunding”:membershipfees,royalties,crowdfunding,feesagainstservices…“Don’tforgetglobalbrokerage!”:akeyroletoinformorinfluencethedonorsabouturgent,actual,ororiginalchallenges(e.g.aflatoxininfoodandfeed)
ConclusionfromPAEPARDexperience
“Fundingisagoodindicatorofsuccess”: thenumberofproposalsfundedhasincreasedoverthelast3years
“Fundingshallnotbetheonlyindicatorofsuccess”:partnershipsaredevelopingstrategiesbeyondfundingsupport