Call for CNs for CCAFS Flagship 2:
Climate Information Services and
Climate-Informed Safety Nets
Jim Hansen, CCAFS Theme 2 Leader
Mobilizing a CGIAR Agricultural Insurance Research Community
IFPRI, Washington, DC, USA
20-22 January 2014
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What is different about “Flagships?”
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CGIAR funding mechanism fully competitive
Bidding on development Outcomes, not research outputs
Competition open to non-CGIAR institutions (partially)
New incentives:
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Cross-CGIAR collaboration
External partnerships
“Knowledge-to-action”
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Vision and Targets
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Vision: Livelihoods of farmers across Asia, Africa and Latin
America are supported by effective climate information
services, and protected by timely and well-targeted food
security safety nets.
Targets:
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2018: 5 major international or national food system organizations
using CCAFS science outputs to manage the impacts of climatic
extremes on food security.
2024: climate services and safety net interventions enhance
climate resilience and adaptive capacity of 10M farmers, >50%
women, in CCAFS regions.
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Components
1. Climate-based methods and tools for seasonal
agricultural prediction and early warning
2. Knowledge and methods for designing and implementing
equitable climate information and advisory services for
smallholder communities
3. Food security safety nets and policy interventions for
dealing with impacts of climate-related shocks
4. Knowledge and methods to design and target
equitable weather-related insurance programs that
benefit smallholder communities
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Parameters
Indicative budget (US$ million)
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Parameters
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Budget
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Flagship 2 ~$6 - 7M annually, ramping up (we hope)
Roughly 20% - 30% - 25% - 25% allocation between components
Per project ~$250k – 1M annually
Time line
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Concept notes due 1 March
Concept note evaluation March-April
Development of full proposals: third quarter(?)
Funding starts 2015
Fully competitive when PPAs end in 2016
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Concept notes
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Specify development outcome and research outputs
Requested CGIAR funds between $250k and $1M/year
Four-year implementation (2015-2018)
Two-year commitment, renewal based on performance
and available funds
Prescribed 4-page template
Open, but partners must include CGIAR Center(s)
Concept notes are the basis for yes/no decisions.
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Evaluation
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Delphi process, with portfolio-level adjustments
Criteria:
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Delivery of Outcomes (25%)
Alignment with CCAFS theory of change and regional priorities
(20%)
Value for money (15%)
Demonstrated capacity and partnerships (20%)
Innovation (10%)
Attention to cross-cutting issues (10%)
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What I am looking for in Component 4
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Compelling development outcomes
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Scale
Evidence of likelihood
Insurance applications that make sense
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Function of insurance specified (w.r.t. climate-resilient agricultural
development)
Connected to other aspects of development, adaptation
Partnerships exploit cross-Center synergies and relevant
external partners, provide needed capacity
Connect to major global index insurance initiatives
Builds on other parts of CCAFS, as relevant
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What would help you today?
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Opportunity to share current state of concepts
Peer evaluations
Breakout discussions with CCAFS and external resource
people:
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Theme 2 / Flagship 2 leadership (Jim, Kevin)
Regional Program leadership (Pramod, James, Leo, Abdoulaye,
Deissy)
Dan Osgood, Helen Greatrex
Breakout discussions with scientist from your Center and
(potential) partner Centers
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