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Regional Priority Setting The Sub-Regional and Regional Fora are formulating their own visions of ARD through "Regional Strategies" with concrete Research and Development programmes and collaborative efforts to meet the aims of these strategies. This process is leads directly towards GPPs as each region identifies issues of concern to them that are shared around the globe. GFAR is supporting the process and the inclusion of all stakeholders into it. NARS are playing a very important role at the Sub-regional level due to their important link between agricultural research and development impact. Regional Priorities and Emerging Global Programmes: A Preliminary Report on a Stakeholder Dialogue FARA APAARI
AARINENA FORAGRO
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CGIAR Vision and Strategy and Challenge Programmes The CGIAR has recently undergone an important vision and strategy- formulation exercise with the input and support of several stakeholders. This has resulted in the establishment of a 21- member Executive Council, the ExCo which is a committee of stakeholders selected to incorporate perspectives from all components of the CGIAR system; GFAR sits on the ExCo. Another change of importance is the launching by the CGIAR of Challenge Programs which are designed to bring more efficiency to the CG research toward achieving their development goals and to open the CG system to broader partnerships. Given the important role that the CG plays in international agricultural research, this strategic document is very important.
Business and Industry Strategy Private - agribusinesses i.e. Business and Industry, of the North and the South have much to benefit from and contribute to GFAR and to global Agricultural Research for Development. GFAR provides a neutral space for dialogue with other stakeholders of ARD on strategic policy issues; the participation of Business and Industry is necessary to establish truly inter-stakeholder dialogues and their contributions to regional and global research agendas important; there is a need to develop closer links between the public and the private sector through innovative partnerships; and the importance of strengthening the participation of the B&I sector in rural and agroindustrial development projects through which the private sector can play an important role in contributing to the overall objectives of the eradication of rural poverty and of achieving sustainable development. In 1999 in Beijing the Private Sector presented a Strategic Framework document that formulates a Vision and outlines a general Strategy to orient their contribution to ARD and to the objectives of poverty eradication, food security and sustainable development . Farmer's Organisations' Strategy Farmers Associations have been discussing and IFAP has adopted Strategy Documents on some of the most critical issues of interest to farmers, such as information management and research partnerships. The vision and strategic thinking of farmers is of central concern to the Global Forum as they are the main end-users of the knowledge and the technology that is being developed through R&D efforts. GFAR and IFAP have established a collaborative programme designed to increase the participation of farmers and Farmer's Organisations in Agricultural Research for Development.
NGOs Strategy A very important effort in defining the NGO strategy was carried out in 2000 by the NGOs through the NGO Committee and the related processes of articulating an NGO constituency for ARD. A draft strategy document was produced which builds on and incorporates the work they have done throughout the last year. In this document, they present a "Pro-Poor, Agroecologically Based NRM Strategy". ARIs Strategies It is also important to recognize the visioning and strategy exercises that have been carried out by ARIs in developed countries in order to respond to the needs and requirements of developing countries in the topics of poverty eradication, food security and sustainable development. The most important exercise is the one carried out by the European Forum on Agricultural Research for Development (EFARD) and by EIARD, who have jointly formulated an European strategy in this area.
Global Agricultural Research for Development Facilitation Efforts At the global inter-stakeholder level, the strategic planning efforts of GFAR have been aimed at: (1) supporting the visioning and strategy-formulating efforts of the various stakeholders, given the key role these specific strategies play; and (2) facilitating the emergence and implementation of Global Partnership Programmes. The main purpose for this inter-stakeholder strategic planning process is that of providing a framework for collaboration and research partnerships among the stakeholders of ARD in their efforts to contribute to the objectives mentioned above and also to identify emerging Global Partnership Programmes relevant for the Regions and the stakeholders. At the first GFAR Conference in 2000 the Dresden Declaration was made and endorsed by all stakeholders: Dresden Declaration: Towards a Global System for Agricultural Research for Development In October 2001 a workshop on Global Partnership Programmes was held to discuss the implementation of these projects:
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GFAR is a multi-stakeholder initiative of representatives from developing-country national agricultural research systems (NARS), advanced research institutions (ARIs) and universities, Regional and Subregional Fora, NGOs, Farmers' Organizations, the Business and Industry/ private sector, international agricultural research centres (IARCs), and the donor community. By facilitating and encouraging stakeholder activities, GFAR aims to build a Global Shared Vision on ARD, to promote information and knowledge exchange among stakeholder constituencies, and strengthen partnerships among stakeholders. GFAR- facilitated Global Partnership Programmes (GPPs) are an important framework through which this occurs- whether by promoting a loose collection of partnerships with the same goal or a structured project framework- and directly arise from other GFAR activities such as the Regional Priority Setting processes. GFAR ensures that all stakeholders have the opportunity to participate in Agricultural Research for Development activities.
