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Briefing Gary Quince
CAADP 10 YEARS ON:
DIALOGUE TO IMPROVE IMPLEMENTATION, COORDINATION AND
ALIGNMENT WITH NATIONAL AGRICULTURE INVESTMENT PLANS (NAIP)
A Special Meeting of the Agriculture Development Working Group (ADWG) Leaders and
CAADP Managers of NAIPs on Country Post-Compact and Investment Plan Implementation
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia February 11-13, 2013
Protocol
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On behalf of the European Union as Chair of the Development Partners Task
Team, I am pleased to welcome you all to this meeting. We note with great
satisfaction the impressive response which this meeting has generated. This is
another clear signal of the support for CAADP both across the continent, and
among development partners.
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Development partners very much support the African Union’s decision to make
2014 the African Year of Agriculture and Food Security, giving agricultural
policies a renewed thrust for the next decade. We all agree on the need to
support a sustainable and inclusive agriculture as a key engine of growth, jobs,
poverty reduction and food security.
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Roles and responsibilities in CAADP implementation are situated at 3 levels:
national, regional and continental. Countries have the most direct
responsibility for reforming policies and institutions in order to transform the
agricultural sector according to the CAADP vision. They are supported by
regional and continental institutions responsible for facilitating policy reforms
through consultations & peer-reviews.
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Development partners also contribute to support the transformation agenda
for agriculture. The DPTT is working on tracking CAADP support flows at
regional and continental levels. Through this tracking, we expect to better
coordinate our support, identify possible gaps and better direct our support
towards key priorities.
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Partners at country level are often organised in sectorial groups. Our
participation today demonstrates how they also find the need for a closer
contact across regional and continental levels. We have come here to share our
experience and exchange best practices in order to improve our support to
CAADP implementation. Do we need guidelines? If so, what kind and what form
should future guidance for donors take? How should we combine guidance for
donors at county level with a regional and panafrican perspective? All these
questions will -we hope- find at least partial answers during the next three
days.
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Last but not least, I want to talk about a critical instrument which is in the
process of being defined by the AUC: the CAADP Result Framework. Such an
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important tool should significantly contribute to better identifying the priority
areas of the Agriculture for growth agenda. It should also allow all
stakeholders, including development partners, to align better and be more
accountable for the shared objectives.
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This is the first of several meetings on CAADP that will take place during the
first half of this year, leading up to the next AU Summit in June. Let us work
together to provide a springboard to make this year a great year for African
Agriculture and Food Security.
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I wish you constructive and interesting working sessions over the next 3 days.
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