PROGRESS REPORT Daphne Leger

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PROGRESS REPORTDaphne Leger
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Background

• Launched in Feb 2007 at Hanoi 3rd MfDR Roundtable
• Two year workplan ratified by members at 1st
  annual meeting (Uganda)
• Core Management Team established Five Sub-themes
• With monthly meetings in French and English
• Networking and Coordination
• Membership Decentralization
• Knowledge Management Publicity
• Capacity Building
• Monitoring and Evaluation

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Current Activities

• Thematic, expert led, E-discussions
• English launched in April, French launched in
  June
• Overarching theme Integrated Results-Based
  Management
• To date 2/3 discussions have taken place on 2/3
  topics
• Sharing ideas across language streams via
  translated discussion summaries

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Thematic Group Achievements

• Networking Coordination, Recognition, and
  Sustainability
• presence at key meetings (Kigali consultative
  workshop, Asian CoP meeting, JV MfDR High Level
  Forum in Accra)
• Decentralized Structure and Active Expanded
  Membership
• Launching country-based CoPs (Niger, Mauritius
  Zimbabwe)
• Enrolling new members through personal
  invitations
• Membership has doubled since annual meeting, now
  totaling over 300 from 40 countries
• Knowledge Management, Organizational Learning,
  and Publicity
• Developing promotional Materials (flyer, poster,
  brochures for Kigali consultative meeting and
  Accra marketplace)
• Overseeing production of bi-monthly AfCoP
  newsletters
• Capacity Building
• Launching electronic discussions led by
  international MfDR experts
• Expanding the electronic resource library
  currently developing this
• Developing a practitioners database through the
  website not yet started
• Monitoring and Evaluation
• Monitoring and evaluation of the AfCoP

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Targets and Indicators

• Up to 15 CoP member countries disseminated their
  good practices in MfDR
• Up to 6 newsletters published per year
• Up to 30 new documents posted in the electronic
  library
• Up to 2 members participate in the Asian CoP
  annual meeting and one African-Asian partnership
  is formed.
• Up to 2 countries implement Phase One of the
  Country Self Assessment Tool.
• Up to 50 listings within the e-directory of
  practitioners, experts and academics.
• Up to 4 members submit up-dates on implementation
  of National Action Plans.
• AfCoP is considered to be useful and relevant by
  80 of its core group members.
• 80 of the AfCoP member countries adopt the
  results-based ME framework at national level

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Member Survey Results

• Over 2 weeks 43 responses

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Member Survey Results

• The AfCoP is a useful and relevant resource and
  tool in achieving Development Results
• ? On a scale of 1- 5, 82.5 voted 4 and 5
• Modes of communication in order of preference
• Current mode e-discussions (75.5 voted as top
  choice)
• Text messaging
• Podcasts
• Monthly targeted videoconferences in small groups
• Audio conferences
• Live chat rooms

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Important Features of the AfCoP in 2009

• 81 of members indicated that the electronic
  library would be very valuable
• 75 of members indicated that the newsletters are
  very important
• 72 of responses indicated that the database of
  practitioners would be valuable but some details
  still need to be worked out
• To increase membership (in order of preference)
• Increased presence at regional and international
  meetings
• Hold regional capacity building events through
  e-platforms
• Encourage member invitations to colleagues at
  home and abroad

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Strengths

• Diversity of members
• Increases understanding of MfDR and helps us
  share knowledge
• Provides a forum for valuable discussions on
  specific themes
• Provision of expert opinion and moderation in
  discussions
• Dr. Arun
• Members are able to feel less isolated, connected
  to others facing same situations and challenges
• The quality of ACTIVE members

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Weaknesses / Challenges

• Not engaging enough of the right people (govt,
  policy level people but also more grassroots)
• Not visible enough, need more publicity and
  branding
• Discussions topics are difficult for members to
  respond to (too high level)
• Members do not/cannot devote enough time to AfCoP
• Not enough staff dedicated to this community /
  lack of resources
• A wholly virtual community is challenging in
  African context
• Adults learn when they are benefitting from the
  learning and it is relevant to them---need to
  make this more clear

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Suggestions

• Membership needs to be wider and more varied in
  terms of fields and levels
• Discussions need to be more concrete, based on
  real cases and challenges that members are facing
• AfCoP needs to be creating products and tools
• Would benefit from more focus on national level
• Need to engage in strategic partnerships

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Conclusions Moving Forward

• Opportunities ownership, priorities, new
  directions, AAA, greater presence
• Need to stay responsive to members
• Engage more people to play an active role
• Review structure of the management
• Review technology options

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THANK YOU
MERCI