High Level Forum of Climate-Smart Agriculture Stakeholders in West Africa. West Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance

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1 Accelerating the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP High Level Forum of Climate-Smart Agriculture Stakeholders in West Africa Bamako (Mali), June 2015 West Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance (WACSAA) With technical facilitation by: And financial and logistic support from: In partnership with:

2 Executive summary Following a participatory and inclusive process, the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has adopted in January 2005 a common Regional Agricultural Policy for West Africa: The ECOWAP, under the Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program (CAADP). Its implementation is based on the coordination of national and regional levels of intervention, through the development of National Agricultural Investments Programs (NAIPs) and a Regional Agricultural Investments Program (RAIP). The ECOWAS Commission has begun accelerating the implementation of the RAIP. Three incentive-based policy instruments have already been developed in the frame of the RAIP, through a series of regional programs being currently operationalized: (i) the instruments to support the sustainable intensification of crop and livestock production; (ii) the instruments to support market regulation and intra-regional trade facilitation; and (iii) the instruments to improve the access to food for vulnerable populations. ECOWAS presently intends to develop new type of public policy instruments: Instruments to promote Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA), toward sustainable and equitable increase of agricultural production and incomes, reinforced adaptation and resilience to climate variability and change, and greenhouse gas (GHG) sequestration and/or mitigation when possible and appropriate. In 2012, the ECOWAS Commission initiated with the financial and technical supports from the USAID, CILSS and Hub Rural, a regional process to mainstream CSA in the national and regional agricultural investment programs in West Africa. To do this, ECOWAS and its partners have worked to outline an intervention approach adapted to the specificities of the region, the needs as expressed by member-countries, and the characteristics of the scientific, institutional, policy and financial landscape of CSA in West Africa. Two complementary incentive-based policy instruments are now promoted by ECOWAS to foster CSA in West Africa in the frame of the ECOWAS regional agricultural policy (ECOWAP/CAADP): an Intervention Framework for the Development of Climate-Smart Agriculture under the West Africa Regional Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP/CAADP) implementation Process, subject to a specific document (ECOWAS, 2015), to guide and frame in a comprehensive and coherent manner the technical, scientific, policy, institutional and financing initiatives developed to foster CSA through the agricultural investment programs; a West Africa Alliance to support the implementation of this Intervention Framework, through convergent and coordinated initiatives. The West Africa CSA Alliance (also abbreviated in this document as: The Alliance) is the consultation, coordination, convergence, capitalization and monitoring mechanism of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. It is a voluntary and non-binding multistakeholder partnership framework, which is flexible, dynamic, open, participatory and inclusive; bringing together legal entities from public sector, private one, or civil society; with mandates at international, continental, regional, cross-border, and/or national level; concerned by CSA development in West Africa either as beneficiaries or partners; and willing to align their CSA initiatives (strategies, policies programs, projects, etc.) with the orientations and priorities of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA to contribute in achieving its objective by

3 The objective of the Alliance is thus to support the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework on CSA by providing a consultation, coordination, convergence, capitalization and monitoring mechanism for the initiatives of the members of the Alliance. To that end, the Alliance is structured on 4 convergence axes, each of them being associated with its own working group: Convergence axis 1: Supporting ownership, planning, implementation, capitalization, monitoring and evaluation of CSA under agricultural investment programs at the various levels of public action (sub-national, national, cross-border, regional), whilst reinforcing equality between men and women and promotion of youth and vulnerable groups in accessing productive resources for CSA. Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Investments for CSA ; Convergence axis 2: Strengthening inter-sectoral consistency, inter-institutional dialogue and cross-scale coordination of agricultural investment programs on CSA. Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Institutions for CSA ; Convergence axis 3: Increasing resources mobilization for CSA under agricultural investment programs. Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Resources for CSA ; Convergence axis 4: Strengthening coordination and convergence between technical, scientific, institutional, political and financial initiatives for CSA around strategic orientations and operational priorities of agricultural investment programs (establishment of multi-stakeholder partnership frameworks). Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Partnerships for CSA. The Alliance shall be structured and organized as follow: Alliance Members will ensure the implementation and monitoring of their individual initiatives contributing to the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; Working Groups of the Alliance shall constitute the mechanisms for coordination and convergence of initiatives toward the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. Their objective is to reinforce the coordination and convergence of members CSA related initiatives, at the technical, scientific, institutional, political and financial levels in implementing the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; Annual Meeting of Alliance members will be the mechanism for collective consultation and monitoring of the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; Steering Committee of the Alliance will be the oversee, monitoring and evaluation mechanism of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; Facilitation Unit of the Alliance will be the facilitation mechanism of the Alliance that facilitates consultations, coordination, convergence, implementation, monitoring and management of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. Its objective is to support the activities and the functioning of the Alliance and its bodies (Working Groups, Annual Meeting, and Steering Committee). -3-

4 Contents 1. Purpose and mandate Status and Identity Objective and convergence axes Guiding principles of the Alliance Expected result and impact by Structure and functioning of the Alliance Membership Working Groups Annual Meeting of members Steering Committee Facilitation Unit Mobilization of resources for the functioning of the Alliance Initial activities for the launch year (Year 1) References

5 List of acronyms and abbreviations AAFEX: African agro-export association AECID: Spanish Cooperation Agency AFAO/WAWA: West Africa Women Association Africa Rice : Africa Rice Center APESS: Association for the Promotion of Livestock in the Sahel and Savannah ASDI: Swedish Cooperation Agency BOAD: West Africa Development Bank (UEMOA) CAADP: NEPAD Comprehensive African Agricultural Development Program CARE International: Cooperative for Assistance and Relief Everywhere (NGO) CCAFS: CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security CILSS: Permanent Interstate Committee for drought control in the Sahel CILSS/CRA: Agrhymet Regional Center (training and application center on agro-meteorology and hydrology) CILSS/ES: CILSS Executive Secretariat CILSS/INSAH: The Sahel Institute (Institute for regional cooperation on agricultural research in the Sahel) CORAF/WECARD: West and Central African Council for Agricultural Research and Development CORET: Confederation of Traditional Herder Organizations in Africa CRS: Catholic Relief Services CSA: Climate-Smart Agriculture EBID: ECOWAS Bank for Investment and Development ECOWAP: ECOWAS Agricultural Policy ECOWAS: Economic Community Of West African States ENDA: ENDA Tiers Monde EU: European Union FAO: UN Food and Agriculture Organization GIZ: German Cooperation Agency GWP/WA: Global Water Partnership / West Africa Hub Rural: Platform for Rural Development and Food Security Support in West and Central Africa IFPRI: International Food Policy Research Institute IUCN: International Union for the Conservation of Nature NAIP: National Agricultural Investment Program (ECOWAP/CAADP) NEPAD: New Partnership for Africa s Development (African Union) POSCAO: Platform of Civil Society Organizations in West Africa RAIP: Regional Agricultural Investment Program (ECOWAP/CAADP) RBM: Network of associations of pastoralists and breeders in West Africa RECAO: Network of Agriculture Chambers in West Africa REPAO: Network on Fishery Policies in West Africa ROPPA: Network of Farmers' and Agricultural Producers' Organizations of West Africa SAFGRAD/AU: Semi-Arid Food Grains Research and Development project (African Union) SWAC/OECD: Sahel and West Africa Club (OECD) UEMOA: West African Economic and Monetary Union (WAEMU) UNOPS: United Nations Office for Project Services USAID: Cooperation Agency of the United States of America WACSAA: West Africa CSA Alliance WILDAF: Women in Law and Development in Africa (organization) -5-

6 1. Purpose and mandate The agreed definition of CSA is the definition adopted by the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA : Climate-Smart Agriculture (CSA) is an integrated approach to the transformation and reorientation of agricultural systems toward sustainable and equitable increase of agricultural production and incomes, reinforced adaptation and resilience to climate variability and change, and greenhouse gas (GHG) sequestration and/or mitigation when possible and appropriate; that is aligned with the vision, principles and objectives of the West Africa regional agricultural policy (ECOWAP/CAADP) (ECOWAS, 2015 ; adapted from Lipper and al., 2014, and FAO, 2010, 2013). The West Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance (WACSAA, also abbreviated in this document as: The Alliance) is one of the implementation tools of the Intervention Framework for the Development of Climate Smart Agriculture under the West Africa Regional Agricultural Policy (ECOWAP/CAADP) implementation Process (referred in this document as the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; or Intervention Framework). More specifically, the Alliance is the consultation, coordination, convergence, capitalization and monitoring mechanism of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. In this regard, the Alliance aligns with the context, rationale, process, definitions, understanding, scope, issues, implications, challenges and the vision of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. The aim of the Alliance is to serve as a regional multi-stakeholder partnership framework through which the objective of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA is pursued. The mandate of the Alliance is to operate the process for consultation, coordination, convergence, capitalization and monitoring of members initiatives geared towards achieving the objective of the Intervention Framework. 2. Status and Identity The Alliance is an organization in the sense that it brings together legal entities that interact and have a collective purpose. However, the Alliance does not have a legal status. It is therefore not an institution as such and does not have or manage human, material and financial resources. To carry out its activities, the Alliance relies on the human, material and financial resources provided and seconded by its members and partners, who also assume the administrative, technical and financial management of these resources. The Alliance is a voluntary and non-binding multi-stakeholder partnership framework which is flexible, dynamic, open, participatory and inclusive, bringing together legal entities (governments, economic communities, monetary unions, administrations, organizations, programs, projects, initiatives, foundations, enterprises, etc.): - from the public sector, the private one, or the civil society; - with an international, continental, regional and cross-border and/or national mandate; -6-

7 - concerned by CSA development in West Africa either as representatives of beneficiaries (socio-professional organizations, civil society, private sector, etc.), as public authorities developing public policies and programs (States, regional integration organizations, river basin organizations, etc.), as technical development partners (regional cooperation organizations, scientific and technical organizations, non-governmental organizations, research and training institutions, etc.) and/or as financial development partners (bilateral and multilateral donors, trust funds, etc.); - willing to align their CSA initiatives (strategies, policies, programs, projects, etc.) with the orientations and priorities of ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA, and thus contribute in achieving its objective by Objective and convergence axes The objective of the Alliance is to support the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA by providing a consultation, coordination, convergence, capitalization and monitoring mechanism for the initiatives of the members of the Alliance. To that end, the Alliance is structured around 4 convergence axes, similar to those of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. Moreover, to keep the participation and inclusiveness principles that have guided its formulation, the Alliance will rely on Working Groups aiming at facilitating the synergy between actions related to each convergence axis. The four convergence axes of the Alliance, and their associated Working Groups, are: Convergence axis 1: Supporting ownership, planning, implementation, capitalization, monitoring and evaluation of CSA under agricultural investment programs at the various levels of public action (sub-national, national, cross-border, regional), whilst reinforcing equality between men and women and promotion of youth and vulnerable groups in accessing productive resources for CSA. Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Investments for CSA ; Convergence axis 2: Strengthening inter-sectoral consistency, inter-institutional dialogue and cross-scale coordination of agricultural investment programs on CSA. Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Institutions for CSA ; Convergence axis 3: Increasing resources mobilization for CSA under agricultural investment programs. Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Resources for CSA ; Convergence axis 4: Strengthening coordination and convergence between technical, scientific, institutional, political and financial initiatives for CSA around strategic orientations and operational priorities of agricultural investment programs (establishment of multi-stakeholder partnership frameworks). Is associated with this convergence axis the Working Group Partnerships for CSA. Working Groups are described in section

8 4. Guiding principles of the Alliance The general guiding principles of the Alliance are those of the ECOWAP/CAADP, namely: the principles of subsidiarity, proportionality, complementarity, regionality, solidarity, partnership, consultation and progressiveness. The specific principles guiding the Alliance are as follows: - Principle of non-binding active volunteering : membership of the Alliance is on a voluntary basis, requires active involvement and remains non-binding in the sense that it does not involve any devolution or prerogative sharing 1 for its members; - Principle of participation, inclusiveness and equity: The Alliance is open to all stakeholders from public sector, private one, and/or civil society. It shall ensure, in its operations, the participation and inclusion of all, as well as a balanced and equitable dialogue among its members, which includes strengthening the analytical and intervention capacities of non-state actors (farmers organizations, civil society and private sector organizations), especially women and youth groups as well as vulnerable groups; - Principle of transparency : membership, facilitation, coordination, management processes, and modalities for participation in these processes, shall be transparent and accessible to all, and the outcomes shall be mutually adopted and available to all; - Principle of information sharing and communication : the Alliance, through its members and the Facilitation Unit, ensures the dissemination of information from members initiatives, facilitates the sharing of outcomes from these initiatives among all members, relays communication of its members about their initiatives and events, and communicates the Alliance s own information to partners and beneficiaries; - Principle of coordination and convergence : the Alliance, through its members and coordination mechanisms (Working Groups, Annual Meeting of Members, Steering Committee), shall work towards the coordination and convergence of technical, scientific, institutional, political and financial initiatives of its members in pursuit of the objective of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; - Principle of brokerage: the Alliance is a partnership framework providing facilitation to better articulate (i) the beneficiaries and their representatives needs for support (direct and indirect beneficiaries); and (ii) the development partners providing supports through various initiatives (technical partners and donors); - Principle of accountability: the Alliance, through its members and coordinating mechanisms (Working Groups, Annual Meeting of members, Steering Committee), seeks to ensure the collective accountability of members initiatives in the implementation of the Intervention Framework, by contributing collectively to their coordination, convergence and performance. 1 Including the evaluation of the Alliance members initiatives. The evaluation is not the responsibility of the Alliance (only the monitoring is). -8-

9 5. Expected result and impact by 2025 The expected result and impact by 2025 of the West Africa Climate-Smart Agriculture Alliance correspond to those of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA, since the Alliance is its consultation, coordination, convergence, capitalization and monitoring mechanism. The main expected result by 2025 is as follows: CSA has been developed and promoted efficiently at the operational level, equitably at the social level and consistently at the institutional level, through agricultural investment programs at the various levels of public action; and it has been increasingly adopted in the agro-silvo-pastoral and fisheries production systems in West Africa and throughout the related value chains. The main expected impact by 2025 is as follows: Agro-silvo-pastoral and fisheries production systems in West Africa and their value chains have increased their contribution to food and nutrition security and sovereignty of populations, through sustainable and equitable increase of agricultural production and incomes, improved climate adaptation and resilience, whilst improving GHG sequestration and/or mitigation when possible and appropriate. 6. Structure and functioning of the Alliance The Alliance shall be organized with the following components: - Alliance Members will ensure the implementation and monitoring of their individual initiatives contributing to the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; - Working Groups of Alliance members will be the mechanism for collective consultation and monitoring of the implementation of the Intervention Framework; - Annual Meeting of Alliance members will be the mechanism for consultation and collective monitoring of the implementation of the intervention framework; - Steering Committee of the Alliance will be the management mechanism of the Intervention Framework; - Facilitation Unit of the Alliance will be the facilitation mechanism of the Alliance that facilitates consultations, coordination, convergence, implementation, monitoring and management of the Intervention Framework. -9-

10 6.1. Membership Membership of the Alliance is open to any legal entity belonging to the public, private or voluntary sector, with an international, continental, regional, cross-border, national, and/or subnational mandate which is related to CSA activities is implemented in West Africa. The Alliance members shall be grouped into two colleges 2 : - The college of beneficiaries: brings together state or non-state representatives of beneficiaries of CSA development initiatives in West Africa: socio-professional organizations (including those of farmers, herders, fishermen, foresters, etc.), civil society organizations, private sector organizations, states, regional economic community, economic and monetary union, etc.; - The college of partners: brings together technical or financial partners of CSA development initiatives in West Africa: scientific and technical organizations, nongovernmental organizations, research and training institutes, regional cooperation organizations, bilateral and multilateral donors, etc. Membership is obtained by sending a written request for membership to the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance and submitting the membership form provided by the facilitation unit. Membership is free of charge. By joining the Alliance, each member shall agree to: Adhere to the guiding principles of the Alliance and contribute to achieving its objective; Present to the other members of the Alliance, during the Annual Meeting and the associated Working Groups, the progress made during the past year and the available activity planning information for the upcoming year associated with the member s CSA initiatives contributing to the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework on CSA; Work toward the coordination and convergence of initiatives (scientific, technical, institutional, political, and financial) in pursuing the objective of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA, through the coordination mechanisms of the Alliance (Working Groups, Annual Meeting of members, steering committee) and in the light of the conclusions and recommendations resulting from these mechanisms (non-binding incentives); Inform the other Alliance members, through the facilitation unit, about the main progress and key events associated with its activities during the year, and communicate accessible public products developed as part of these initiatives sharing (e.g. reports, studies, technical or policy briefs, toolbox, cartographic products, etc.) to ensure they are shared with other Alliance members; Conversely, by joining the Alliance, each member shall benefit from: 2 This distinction aims at guiding the distribution of organizations between the different bodies of the Alliance, and in fine enabling a better articulation between beneficiaries and partners. However, no organization could be reduced to this single attribute, including non-state actors who, apart from being beneficiaries from public action, are key partners of its implementation. -10-

11 A privileged space for individual and collective advocacy for the funding, implementation and monitoring of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA, through the Working Groups and the Annual Meeting of members, and their resulting statements of conclusions and recommendations on which will be built the regional dialogue between intergovernmental organizations (ECOWAS, UEMOA, CILSS), representatives of the beneficiaries, and technical and donor partners gathered within the Steering Committee of the Alliance; A space for dialogue, learning, coordination, seizing of opportunities and partnership with other Alliance members and stakeholders in CSA (beneficiaries, states, regional organizations, technical and donor partners, etc.), within the framework of the Working Groups and the Annual Meeting of the Alliance; Increased visibility and promotion on its initiatives, products and information through the information and communication tools of the Alliance (newsletter, website, brochures, presentation at regional, continental and international events, annual reports, etc.) towards its members, partners and the public, with the aim of providing greater clarity of the landscape of CSA initiatives and actors in West Africa, and the regional processes, progress and challenges in this area ; Easy access to information and products proposed by the Alliance members as part of their initiatives (events, reports, studies, technical notes or policy briefs, toolkits, cartographic products, etc.), through sharing and communication tools of the Alliance (facilitation unit) and thematic Working Groups (facilitators and leaders) ; The founding members of the Alliance, involved in its establishment process since 2012, are: - For the college of beneficiaries : the 17 countries of the ECOWAS/UEMOA/CILSS region (Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Côte d'ivoire, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Bissau- Guinea, Liberia, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Chad and Togo), ROPPA, RBM, APESS, CORET, RECAO, REPAO, WILDAF/FEDDAF, AFAO/WAWA, POSCAO, ECOWAS, and UEMOA; - For the college of partners : CILSS (ES, CRA and INSAH), CORAF/WECARD, IFPRI/CGIAR, CCAFS/CGIAR, Africa Rice, IUCN, GWP/WA, CARE International, ENDA, Hub Rural, FAO, the European Union, UNOPS, GIZ ASDI, NEPAD/AU, and USAID Working Groups The objective of the Working Groups is to strengthen the technical, scientific, institutional, political and financial coordination and convergence of members initiatives in the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA to achieve its objective. Each group shall perform the following functions: - Discuss, for the convergence axis concerned, the progress made by members during the past year and the available activity planning information for the upcoming year associated with their CSA initiatives contributing to the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework on CSA; - Share information, knowledge and products associated with these initiatives (events, publications, trainings, tools, field support, experiments, workshops, dialogues, etc.); -11-

12 - Identify the needs for support, coordination and convergence as well as the collaboration opportunities between initiatives to achieve the objective of the Intervention Framework for CSA, and adopt the statement of conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group towards the Annual Meeting of members; - Facilitate the development of new technical and financial collaborations in this regard. The Working Groups meet face to face at least once a year, during the Annual Meeting of members (for effectiveness and cost-reduction concerns). However, their discussions will continue all year round through the leaders and facilitators appointed for each Working Group (see below). These discussions may require collaborative tools associated with the website of the Alliance (communities of practice), with the support of the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance. Each Working Group consists of: - A Leader from the college of beneficiaries. S/he is responsible for: o Chairing meetings of the Working Groups; o Soliciting, if necessary, on behalf of the Working Group, the support of the facilitation unit of the Alliance to provide targeted support to the Working Group s activities; o Presenting the progress, conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group during the Annual Meeting of members; o Representing the Working Group on the Steering Committee (leaders of the Working Groups are de facto members of the Alliance Steering Committee); - Two co-facilitators from the college of partners. They are responsible for: o Leading and facilitating the meeting (face-to-face) and exchanges (virtual) of the Working Group; o Coordinating the activities of the Working Group and facilitating information and products sharing among members; o Compiling and formalizing the potential support needs of the Working Group on behalf of their leader; o Compiling the information and products of the members of the Working Group, and forwarding them to the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance. The latter will communicate them to the Alliance members using its communication tools and products (newsletter, website, etc.); o Prepare the statement of conclusions and recommendations of the Working Group towards the Annual Meeting of members. - Members of the Alliance conducting initiatives related to the theme of the Working Group and wishing to make active contribution to it. They are responsible for : o Participating in the meeting (face-to-face) and exchanges (virtual) of the Working Group, taking part in the Working Group activities, and formulating their potential support needs; o Forwarding to co-facilitators the information and products in their possession or of which they are aware; o Work toward the coordination and convergence of initiatives (scientific, technical, institutional, political, and financial) within the Working Group, and formulate their messages and recommendations in that respect towards the Annual Meeting of members and, finally, the Alliance steering committee. -12-

13 The number of members of each Working Group is not fixed, as long as there are active members and the Working Groups remain functional. The composition of the Working Group shall, however, ensure representativeness in terms of the types of stakeholder, the agro-ecological zones where they operate and constraints they are facing. The initial constitution of the Working Group is based on the founding members of the Alliance, associated with new members. However, it can evolve with changing demands and requirements. The composition of groups must address a dual constraint. On one hand, the need to be able to hold parallel meetings of the Working Groups as part of the Annual Meeting of Alliance members. This means avoiding the presence of the same institution in several Working Groups if it is not in a position to be properly represented and participate actively. On the other hand, the need to have balanced and functional Working Groups and thus avoid having too few or too many stakeholders may suggest having tighter Working Groups. This requires an increased focus on communication and exchange of information between members of the Working Groups through their leaders and facilitators. The initial composition of the Working Groups is as follows: 1) Working Group Investments for CSA (convergence axis 1), with stronger scientific and technical focus: - Leader : ROPPA for the college of beneficiaries - Co-facilitators : IFPRI/CGIAR and CCAFS/CGIAR for the college of partners ; - Members : Mali (for Sahel and French-speaking countries), Benin (for coastal and French-speaking countries), Nigeria (for coastal and English-speaking countries), Cape Verde (for Island and Portuguese-Speaking countries), Sierra Leone (for post-crisis and English-speaking countries), CILSS/CRA, RBM, APESS, CORET, RECAO, Africa Rice, REPAO, CARE International, CRS, IUCN, ENDA, CORAF/WECARD, Hub Rural, ECOWAS. 2) Working Group Institutions for CSA (convergence axis 2), with stronger institutional and policy focus: - Leader : ECOWAS / UEMOA for the college of beneficiaries; - Co-facilitators : CORAF/WECARD and CILSS/ES for the college of partners; - Members: Senegal and Guinea (for countries with sectoral NAIPs), Niger (for countries with inter-sectoral NAIPs), Côte d Ivoire (countries with interministerial governance of climate change [Prime minister s office]), NEPAD/AU, GWP/WA, IUCN, REPAO, CCAFS/CGIAR, IFPRI/CGIAR, Hub Rural, CILSS, SAFGRAD/AU, SWAC/OECD. 3) Working Group Resources for CSA (convergence axis 3), with stronger funding focus: - Leader : UEMOA / ECOWAS for the college of beneficiaries; - Co-facilitators : BOAD and EBID for the college of partners; - Members: Burkina Faso (for LDC countries), Ghana (for non-ldc countries), Liberia (for post-crisis countries), Chad (for CILSS countries outside ECOWAS), -13-

14 FAO, European Union, GIZ, USAID, Hub Rural, CORAF/WECARD, CCAFS/CGIAR, IUCN, CILSS/SE. 4) Working Group Partnerships for CSA (convergence axis 4), cross-cutting: - Leader : AFAO/WAWA for the college of beneficiaries; - Co-facilitators : CARE International and ENDA for the college of partners; - Members: Togo (for French-speaking countries), Gambia (for English-speaking countries), Guinea-Bissau (for Portuguese-speaking countries), Mauritania (for CILSS countries outside ECOWAS), CORAF/WECARD, CCAFS/CGIAR, Hub Rural, CILSS, ROPPA, RBM, APESS, CORET, POSCAO, WILDAF/FEDDAF, GWP/WA, RECAO, IUCN, CRS. The number of Working Groups, their area of activity, leaders, co-facilitators and members are not fixed. Any request for changes in the working group (i.e.: changing of a theme, leader or facilitator, etc.) must be communicated by their leaders to the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance, which will relay it to the Steering Committee for its opinion. The chair of the Steering Committee shall present the request and reasoned opinion to the Steering Committee at the Annual Meeting of Alliance members for discussion and adoption. Cross-cutting these thematic Working Groups, and upon request of non-state actors, Working Groups specific to non-state actors and the gender issue will be established in order to ensure their full consideration in the activities and functioning of the Alliance. Their functioning will be established during the first Annual Meeting of the Alliance members Annual Meeting of members The objective of the Annual Meeting of Alliance members is to ensure collective consultation and monitoring of the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. The functions of the Annual Meeting are to: - Facilitate dialogue between the college of beneficiaries (needs and requests for support) and the college of partners (offer and support initiatives) of the Alliance on the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA ; - Share experiences, knowledge, tools and information among members for the development of CSA in West Africa; - Be a space for coordination, seizing of opportunities and partnership with other Alliance members and stakeholders in CSA (beneficiaries, states, regional organizations, technical and donor partners, etc.); - Formulate, monitor and guide the implementation of the communication strategy of the Alliance (developed by the facilitation unit, approved by the Annual Meeting of members, and adopted by the steering committee); - Formulate conclusions and recommendations towards the Alliance Steering Committee and members in order to: o Improve the implementation, funding and monitoring of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; -14-

15 o Improve the functioning of the Alliance (membership, Working Groups, facilitation unit, etc.) Steering Committee The objective of the Alliance Steering Committee is to oversee the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA. The Steering Committee is dedicated to the regional dialogue between intergovernmental organizations (ECOWAS, UEMOA, CILSS), representatives of the beneficiaries, and technical and donor, about the funding, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of the Intervention Framework. The Steering Committee shall perform the following functions: - Monitor and evaluate the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA; - Supervise and support the mobilization of resources for: o The proper functioning of the Alliance o The efficient implementation (i.e. effective, coordinated and convergent) of the Intervention Framework; - Supervise the organization of the Annual Meeting of members with the support of the facilitation unit; - Supervise and support the mobilization of resources for: - Monitor and guide the activities of the Working Groups of the Alliance; - Adopt the communication strategy of the Alliance; - Oversee and guide the activities of the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance; - Decide on applications for membership of the steering committee. The Steering Committee of the Alliance shall initially be composed of members of the support and monitoring group of the Alliance process, which shall include de facto leaders of the Working Groups of the Alliance. The Steering Committee of the Alliance shall be made of: - For the college of partners: ECOWAS, UEMOA, ROPPA, AFAO/WAWA, RECAO and the country chairing ECOWAS (as representative of member-states); - For partners: CILSS, USAID, the European Union, ASDI, GIZ, NEPAD, AECID (as representative of the ECOWAP/CAADP group of technical and donor partners) and the main technical and financial partners, contributors wishing to take part. The chairmanship of the Steering Committee shall be held by a member of the Steering Committee from the college of beneficiaries, namely ECOWAS. It shall convene the Steering Committee meeting and preside over the discussions. The facilitation of the Steering Committee is supported by the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance, which is responsible for facilitating dialogue and producing the Statement of Conclusions and Recommendations. Application for membership of the Alliance Steering Committee shall be addressed to the attention of the chair of the Steering Committee through the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance. -15-

16 Membership in the Steering Committee shall then be granted based on the proposal of the chair of the Steering Committee and acceptance by consensus of the members of the Steering Committee. The Steering Committee shall be convened by its chair through the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance. It shall meet at least once a year Facilitation Unit The objective of the Facilitation Unit is to support the activities and functioning of the Alliance and its Working Groups. The functions of the Facilitation Unit are as follows: - Elaborate the template for homogenizing and facilitating the presentation of progress made by members during the past year and the available activity planning information for the upcoming year associated with their CSA initiatives contributing to the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework on CSA, - Consolidate, jointly with the Working Groups leaders and facilitators, the monitoring report of the implementation of the ECOWAP/CAADP Intervention Framework for CSA, towards the Annual Meeting of members and the Alliance steering committee; - Ensure the scientific, budgetary and logistic organization of the Annual Meeting of the Alliance members on behalf of the steering committee, and facilitate the Annual Meeting of members; - Facilitate the meetings of the Steering Committee and produce their statement of conclusions and recommendations; - Support the mobilization/provision of resources for the proper functioning of the Alliance on behalf of the steering committee; - Support the mobilization/provision of resources for efficient implementation of the Intervention Framework on behalf of the steering committee; - Develop the provisional communication strategy of the Alliance for amendment, validation and adoption; - Collect products and information from members and Working Groups to support and develop the communication products of the Alliance (newsletter, website, brochures, reports, etc.); - Manage and run the website of the Alliance; - Develop the monthly newsletter of the Alliance; - Communicate the activities of the Alliance (events, products, etc.); - Facilitate membership, partnership and collaboration. The hosting institution of the Facilitation Unit of the Alliance will be jointly selected by ECOWAS, UEMOA and CILSS. This institution will have to ensure an effective and continuous, as well as participatory and inclusive functioning of the Alliance. The hosting institution shall be equidistant to the Alliance members in order to look for their CSA initiatives coordination and convergence. -16-

17 7. Mobilization of resources for the functioning of the Alliance The proper functioning of the Alliance requires at the very least the mobilization of resources for: - Holding the annual meetings of members; - Holding of at least one Steering Committee meeting of Alliance annually; - Holding of at least one meeting of the working group every year; - Designing, functioning and maintenance of the website of the Alliance; - Preparing, publishing and dissemination of the monthly newsletter of the Alliance; - Producing communication tools associated with the Alliance, with the activities of its members, and with the implementation and monitoring of the Intervention Framework CSA; - Continuous facilitation of the activities of the Alliance. These functions require the mobilization of financial and human resources which can be supplemented by material resources. For efficiency and cost-reduction concerns, the meeting of the Working Groups, the Annual Meeting of members and the Alliance Steering Committee meeting may be held successively during the same period. The Facilitation Unit is responsible for supporting the mobilization of resources, under the supervision of the steering committee. The Alliance is not a formal organization or legal entity in the sense that it has no legal status. It does not own or manage human, material or financial resources. To carry out its activities, the Alliance relies on the human, material and financial resources provided and seconded by members and partners which also assume the administrative, technical and financial management of these resources. The resources made available for the functioning of the Alliance are either provided by some members of the Alliance (possibly through other members), or the technical and financial partners (non-members) through members of the Alliance. In all cases, it is through and for the members of the Alliance that these human, material and financial resources are provided. The facilitation unit shall support, if necessary, on behalf of the Steering Committee and under its supervision, technical and financial reporting exercises placed under the responsibility of legal entities that made the aforementioned resources available. -17-

18 8. Initial activities for the launch year (Year 1) The first Steering Committee meeting of the Alliance will adopt the inception activities and roadmap for year 1. Among activities to be considered for year 1 are the following ones: - Launch of the membership campaign of the Alliance; - Elaboration of the template for homogenizing and facilitating the presentation of progress made by members during the past year and the available activity planning information for the upcoming year associated with their CSA initiatives contributing to the implementation of the Intervention Framework for CSA; - Consolidation of a baseline report for the implementation of the Intervention Framework for CSA; - Communication about the Alliance with CSA stakeholders (national, regional, international), to foster membership and help mobilize resources; - Mobilization of resources for the proper functioning of the Alliance; - Development of the terms of reference of the Working Groups; - Launching of the Working Groups; - Organization of a Steering Committee meeting; - Preparation of the first Annual Meeting of Alliance members. -18-

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