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Facilitating partnerships and institutional engagements for effective implementation: An UpdateDenis MujibiInstitute of People Innovation and Change in Organizations -Eastern Africa (PICO-EA) Second ACGG Program Management Team Meeting, Arusha, 27-28 January 2016Innovation PlatformInnovation systems theory• According to innovation system theory, institutional innovation results from a complex set of relationships among actors in the systemInnovation Platform Rationale• ‘System’ as a machine – one dysfunctional part (e.g. fuel system) renders the whole machine useless• When ‘system’ is sub-optimal in some aspects all actors may potentially lose out Innovation Platform• Systematic processes or mechanisms, usually involving on-going face to face and/or virtual interactions, through which stakeholders engage to identify issues that affect their common interest and to co-create system-level innovative solutionsWhat was done - 20151. Facilitation skills workshop2. National platform meetings– Tanzania, Nigeria and Ethiopia3. Support to national and subnational teams– Agenda design for all countries– Refresher facilitation skills training and sub-national IP support in Tanzania– Identification of candidates for in-country support for Nigeria and Ethiopia – dropped!Ethiopia National IP & LaunchEthiopia National IP & LaunchTanzania National IP & LaunchAchievementsSome outputs and inspirations1. Development of an implementable work plan for the 1st year by SNC’s2. Realization that facilitation skills are life skills“These are skills we should use more, even at home”3. The impact of facilitation skills and style on attaining a common objective“The PI’s and Co-PI’s should have been present at the meeting”Achievements4. A deeper understanding of the project goals and activities“We received more than facilitation training. We now understand a lot more about the project, and aspects of planning for forthcoming activities”5. Value chain diagnosis and identification of opportunities to catalyze VC transformation –Priority Action Areas :AchievementsPRIORITY ACTION AREASTANZANIA NIGERIA ETHIOPIA1. ACCESS TO INPUTS INPUT AVAILABILITY & QUALITYINPUTS (HEALTH, FEEDS & GENETICS)2. FINANCIAL ACCESS3. MARKET ACCESS MARKET INFRASTRUCTURE & ACCESSMARKET INFRASTRUCTURE & ACCESS4. FARMER TRAINING & EXTENSIONFARMER & VC TRAINING SKILLS DEVELOPMENT & TRAINING5. POLICY POLICY & RISK POLICYPriority Action Areas  - ProgressSome examples of progress from Ethiopia include• A 50-Dose vaccine pack produced and released• Manuals for Marek’s, Gumboro and New Castle DiseaseChallenges FacedHow to…..1. Ensure on-going quality engagement of the critical stakeholders2. Identify truly passionate champions to create & retain energy of the IP3. Ensure that stakeholders are facilitated to continuously identify their WIII-FMChallenges FacedHow to…..4. Better support emergence of community innovation units (CIUs), as the basis for institutional change 5. Better support task teams to deliver on identified tasks6. Ensure that the ‘D’ in ‘R&D’ is given the critical emphasis it deservesLessons Learnt1. Stakeholders are hungry for transformative change“We can create miracles if we develop a functional innovation platform; let us emulate the flower industry”“We have started well. We should continue like this and we should be able to reach the farmers”2. The quality of stakeholder engagement matters – a lot!3. We need ongoing injection of inspiration into the system, e.g. celebrating wins as they comeLessons learnt4. Progress will significantly depend on passion and energy of the country teams5. There is a need to ensure greater participation and engagement of youth and women6. Innovative use of emerging ICT could catalyze increased participation and sharing within the IP – e.g. WhatsApp in TanzaniaPlans for 20161. Virtual support of task teams between IP meetings2. Periodic Skype calls with country teams as needed and requested3. Support SNCs in designing engagement at  Community Innovation Units4. Collaborate with RMG on broader sensitization by field officers, of farmers to catalyze changeConvenings in 2016What When WhereNigeria 2nd National Platform 15 – 16 Mar 2016 OAU, Ila IfeEthiopia 2nd National Platform 22 – 23 Mar 2016Tanzania  2nd National Platform 18 -19 Apr 2016 Dar Es Salaam, TZTanzania 3rd National Platform 6 – 7 Sep 2016Nigeria 3rd National Platform 20 – 21 Sep 2016Ethiopia 3rd National Platform 17 – 18 Oct 2016AND: On-going virtual support between conveningsConvenings 2016Thank you; Asante; AmasegnaluPutting farmers at the centre:Farmer Experimentation Approach1. 40 Households (HH) at the village level comprise a Community Innovation Unit (CIU) – the basic unit2. HHs commit to driving their experiments – to determine which strains work best for them3. HHs interact freely/informally amongst themselves to share results, perceptions, etc.4. HHs are convened regularly for formal sharing in structured convenings5. Data from the 40 hhs analysed (at that level) and results shared and discussed at the CIU platform meetingsGroup TaskGiven the challenges identified to date, what specific actions should be taken to enhance the likelihood of success? And by whom?Challenge Specific ActionWhom1.2.3.….more productive chickens for Africa’s smallholdershttp://africacgg.netThe presentation has a Creative Commons licence. You are free to re-use or distribute this work, provided credit is given to ILRI.

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