Transcript Preparatory Task

Preparatory Task
Participatory Planning Monitoring &
Evaluation Course
At
IAC, The Netherlands
9th to 28th February 2004
Geresom Okecho – Ochwo, Kampala Uganda
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NAADS Programme
 Background
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GDP per capita US $ 300
Economy largely subsistence & Donor
driven
Low productivity in agric
Macro-economic dev’t & reforms
PEAP
PMA
NAADS
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The NAADS Programme
The National Agricultural Advisory
Services (NAADS)
 Key component of PMA
 Increasing farmers access to improved:
 knowledge
 technologies
 information
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NAADS Prog. (cont.)
Farmer empowerment to d’d & control
agric advisory services
 Support gov’t policies of:
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decentralisation
liberalisation
privatisation
increased participation of pple in decision
making
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Key Roles as PM&EO
 Preparing/consolidating:
 NAADS work plan & linking it to the budget
 progress reports
 Formulating w/plans & reporting
formats:
 districts
 sub counties
 NGOs & service providers
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Key roles (cont.)
Developing participatory capacity
assessment tools:
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organisational
institutional
 Assessing achievement of NAADS
mission
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Key roles (cont.)
 Reviewing distr & s/c w/plans &
progress reports
 Technical backstopping of:
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districts
Sub counties
farmer groups/forums
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Importance of PPME to
NAADS
Bringing disparate voices to rural dev’t
 Reducing poverty in an effective &
sustainable manner
 Deepening to points were activities are
directed & controlled
 Ensuring that farmers learn lessons,
internalise & apply it
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Involvement in PPM&E
 Focus group discussion
 Rapid participatory rural appraisals
 Guiding farmer groups & forums in
enterprise selection, dev’t & promotion
 Tracking progress of prog. activities,
inputs & processes
 Developing collection tools & methods
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Better functioning PPME to
NAADS
 Cost effective means of channeling
feedback on progress
 Increase level of awareness about NAADS
 Improve the image & participation
 Greater impact on farmer empowerment
to control private service providers
 Special status to community facilitators
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Aspects for
development/improvement
A good & sustainable PPME system
 Levels of awareness/knowledge on
NAADS
 Capacity of:
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farmers to undertake the task
 community facilitators to guide the process
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Method of data collection
 Logistical & operational procedures
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Efforts Towards Improvement
 Macro-level
 adult functional literacy approach
 local government capacity dev’t prog.
 universal primary education
NAADS level
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focused orientation & education
guidelines in participatory processes
initiated dev’t of (P)PM&E system
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Own Suggestion for
Improvement
 Dev’t of (P)PM&E system
 (indigenous knowledge, improve ownership
& usability)
 Develop capacity & design incentive
mechanism for community facilitators
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(farmers as community facilitators)
 Develop capacity of Secretariat staff
 Review overall budget for (P)PM&E
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Constraining Factors
 NAADS a new concept
 Inadequate internalisation & ownership
 Weak & fragile organisational structures
 Low literacy level
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Key Objectives of Course
 Acquiring adequate skills:
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develop & manage appropriate system
 Improving training skills in PPM&E
 Sharing Practical experiences & lessons
learned
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