Learnings from the CPWF for WLE

Tapping into Research for Development Impact

28 – 29th October, 2014

Rome.

Synopsis of CPWFOverall Goal of the Program:• Raising water productivity and improving

food security while helping alleviate poverty, improve health, and attain environmental security.

Investment and External Review• The total value of the investment was more

than 80 million USD.• As part of the CPWF transition into WLE an

external review (November 2013-March 2014) was commissioned.

• To assess CPWF achievements and lessons that might be of value to CRPs.

• Broadly endorsed CPWF’s R4D approach and underscored the value of its implementation strategy.

WLE Program Structure

Synopsis of CPWF

Learnings from the CPWF

1. Build on CPWF’s progressive, learning-driven development of R4D.

Initiation of the IES flagship in its centrality within WLE.

2. Build on CPWF sunk investment in people, capacities and networks in the basins to strengthen the enabling environment for impact.

Retained four of the basins that CPWF operated in within the Focal Regions of WLE.Same management and coordination structures, open and competitive calls etc.

Synopsis of CPWF

Learnings from the CPWF

3. Invest in CPWF activities that have the potential to go to scale.

WLE acknowledges significant opportunities to take promising outputs from the CPWF portfolio and other non-CPWF initiatives and turning them into outcomes and impacts, with only limited investment. This is being assessed under extremely trying financial circumstances.

4. Re-instatement of development-oriented topic working groups.

This is being considered under the Focal Regions.

Synopsis of CPWF

Learnings from the CPWF

5. Plan for impact at scale during the life of the program.

Generating evidence with partners - WLE carries research out with partners (international research agencies, national agencies, and even end users and next users) to make sure results are owned by them.

Builds on the networks and partnerships of CPWF and creates new and innovative partnerships to take to scale i.e. IWMI/TATA.

6. Invest in CPWF’s unfinished messages.