Informal Workshop on Community-Driven Development (CDD) in WCA

Mohamed Béavogui, Director, Africa 1, IFAD

Introductory Remarks

CDD is a strong strategic pillar to “enable the rural poor to overcome their condition”

Strengthen the capacity of the rural poor and their organizations, and improve the pro-poor focus of rural development policies and institutions: Work with partners to improve service delivery and

decentralized decision-making Continued investment in CDD and monitoring of

experience Development and promotion of participatory M&E Knowledge sharing with regional and national

partners and effective grassroots strengthening investments

CDD in an Evolving Context… Internal Context:

Involvement in CDD-Local Development Projects seven years ago: time to take stock

Hub to foster policy change and regional integration, Fidafrique to improve Knowledge generation and sharing

Field Presence, PBAS, RIMS: How would these processes translate at field / community levels?

External Context: Constructive tension between Globalization and

Decentralization; Articulation between the Global, Regional, National

Institutions and Community / Citizens Institutions; New intervention frameworks: NEPAD, PRSP, MDBS, SWAPs…

should CDD be one of the main processes? Many peer institutions are working on CDD Key issue: how to make these processes “empowering”?

Why This Workshop?

Share the Lessons: Field Perspective: Review of 5 projects, country

participants, regional actors… Peers’ Perspective: World Bank, CIRAD, Council of

Europe… Internal Perspective: Regional Divisions, Technical

Division, Policy, Resource Mobilization, Evaluation… Foster Partnerships:

Develop a common vision; Implement coherent interventions; Solve problems and inconsistencies; Learn Together

Improve the Knowledge base: key issues…

There is not much point in engaging in CDD if we shy away from the governance values of equity, efficiency, and stability… but how to measure progress?

How to make sure bottom-up processes (CDD) and top-down processes (decentralisation) meet somewhere?

CDD is not cheap: is it cost effective? How to measure governance?

What are the changes to foster in our own operational processes? Are they empowering?

How to foster partnerships and linkages?

Key Issues for Your Consideration…

Have a better understanding and internalization to build a common vision, a renewed approach and adapted operational mechanisms;

Develop an approach that is well articulated with IFAD’s mandate, and at the same time reflecting the evolving concerns of our country and development partners;

Identify areas for collaboration, partnerships, innovation, R&D

Devise Mechanisms to upscale CDD operations and enhance impact

Concrete Approach and Plan of Action to be implemented in the coming three years…

Expected Results of the Workshop