SANREM CRSP Annual Technical Meeting

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SANREM CRSP Annual Technical Meeting
Chris Kosnik USAID EGAT/ Office of Natural
Resources Management June 26th, 2007
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Outline of Presentation

• Recent Transitions at USAID
• Foreign Assistance Framework
• SANREM Program Review
• Soils Research
• Getting the word out

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Recent transitions in USAID

• Consolidation of roles USAID Administrator and
  State Department Director of Foreign Assistance
  (DFA)
• Elaboration of the Foreign Assistance Framework
  Common Indicators
• USAID State Department joint planning
  budgeting
• USAID focal shift to Rebuilding Developing
  Country Categories
• Interest in USAID resource flows to local
  partners and institutions
• Henrietta Fore named acting DFA and awaiting
  confirmation as USAID Administrator

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Rationale for Foreign Assistance Reform

• This major change in the way the US government
  directs foreign assistance aims to
• Ensure that foreign assistance is used as
  effectively as possible to meet our broad foreign
  policy objectives
• More fully align the foreign assistance
  activities carried out by the Department of State
  and USAID
• Demonstrate that we are responsible stewards of
  taxpayer dollars.
• http//www.state.gov/f

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Foreign Assistance Framework

• Country Categories
• Rebuilding
• Developing (8)
• Transforming (1)
• Sustaining (1)
• Restrictive
• Global Programs

• FAF Objectives
• Peace Security
• Governing Justly Democratically
• Investing in People
• Economic Growth
• Humanitarian Assistance

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Program Area Elements

• What are they and what are they for?
• a standardized program structure
• and definitions
• Program Objective 4 Economic Growth
• Program Area 4.5 Agriculture
• Program Elements
• 4.5.1 Agricultural Enabling Environment
• 4.5.2 Agricultural Sector Productivity
• 4.5.3 Agricultural Program Support

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Soils Research

• Soils CRSP ending December 08
• Limited resources will be available for
• on-going research
• Dissemination outreach related to SM CRSP
  research
• USAID will be working with relevant partners to
  identify high priority SM CRSP research

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Relevant Common Indicators

• individuals receiving USG supported short-term
  training (men/women) similar indicator for
  long-term training
• new technologies/management practices under
  research
• of technologies or management practices being
  field tested
• of partner organizations benefiting from USG
  assistance
• of producer organizations, water user
  associations, trade and business associations
  community based organizations assisted
• of technologies made available for transfer as
  a result of USG assistance
• policy reforms analyzed with USG assistance
• of policy reforms presented for legislation or
  decree as a result of USG Assistance
• analytical studies of policies or institutions
  disseminated

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What Does This All Mean To You?

• Limited USAID staff access availability
• Possible funding and programmatic shifts
• We will need to become familiar with the Foreign
  Assistance Framework
• We will need to report on relevant common
  indicators provide targets for out-years that
  are linked to budget allocations

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SANREM CRSP Review

• Conducted by USAID SPARE in consultation with
  BIFAD
• Consists of three parts
• SANREM EEP Technical Review
• Administrative and Management Review (AMR)
• Program Review (to answer specific BIFAD
  questions)

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Looking forward

• Cross-cutting Efforts
• Watershed Modeling/Spatial Analysis, Gender,
  Soils, Biodiversity, Resource governance
• Getting the word out
• Disseminating articles relevant reports to
  USAID HQ and Mission staff
• DC presentations seminars
• Platforms for communication in-country
• Reporting
• Biodiversity attribution, Climate Change
• Capturing the story of local institutions in
  carrying out SANREM research

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Reminder elements to meet biodiversity code

• The program must have an explicit, but not
  necessarily primary, biodiversity objective
• Activities must be identified based on an
  analysis of threats to biodiversity
• The program must monitor associated indicators
  for biodiversity conservation
• Site-based programs must have the intent to
  positively impact biodiversity in biologically
  significant areas

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The End

• Important Websites
• USAID Biodiversity Code and Definition-
• http//www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiver
  sity/code.html
• USAID Environment-
• http//www.usaid.gov/our_work/environment/biodiver
  sity/coastal_coral.reef.html
• Director of Foreign Assistance-
• http//www.state.gov/f/