day 3: session 2. strategically mobilizing resources
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Day 3: Session 2
StrategicallyMobilizing Resources
An analogy…
Your Experience….
• Your top tips on mobilizing resources??
Overview
1. The need for a strategic approach2. The SNG/SNO context3. The corporate RMMS4. New tools – Website, IMPACT, the RM
Guide and the RM Intranet
A strategic approach
Programming
Resource Mobilization
Delivery/
Impact
Quality programming is a vital prerequisite to attracting resources
RM – an essential component
The RM Cycle
60% of FAO’s resources come from Voluntary/Extrabudgetary Contributions
Resource Mobilization is
VITAL to FAO!
2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 20120
200,000
400,000
600,000
800,000
1,000,000
1,200,000
Total new approvals
Low projection 2012
Year
Appr
oval
s (U
SD 0
00)
Average and
2012/13 Target
VC trend and projections
USD 1.6 Billion for next PWB
FAO’s biennial RM Target
1. EU
2. USA
3. MUL
4. Spain
5. UNOCHA
6. Japan
7. UNDP/MDTF
8. Canada
9. Italy
10. GEF/Belgium
11. UK
12. Sweden/Germany
FAO’s top resource partners
• Ad-hoc approach• Many small, isolated projects• Fragmentation
• Economic crisis• Critique of FAO (MAR, MOPAN, AMA)
• New resource partners “on the block”
Challenges and Opportunities
Decentralized RM Strategies
Regional Office Subregional Office Country Office
SNG/SNO Context
The Corporate Resource Mobilization and Management StrategyRMMS
The Strategy aims to achieve adequate, more predictable and sustainable voluntary contributions that fully support the achievement of FAO’s objectives at the global, regional, subregional and country levels
The Corporate RMMS
1. Expanding resource partnerships
2. Communicating priorities for RM
3. Enhancing RM capacities
4. Effectively manage and report on resources
RMMS – Outcomes
All resource mobilization efforts should....• Support FAO’s Strategic Framework and
Members’ priorities• Comply with FAO’s rules and regulations• Are built on trust and mutual
accountability• Are monitored and accounted for• Are coordinated and harmonized
Organization-wide
Guiding Principles
RM roles and responsibilities Corporate-level: the TC Department has the lead role, OSP, OCE, TDs/Strategy Team Leaders have a key function
Regional level: ADG oversees all RM activities, with specific responsibilities assigned to FP Officers and TOs
Subregional level: the SRC manages all resource mobilization efforts with support from TOs and FP Support and Monitoring Officers, and the Regional Emergency Coordinator (where present)
Country level: FAOR lead role supported by the AFAOR, the Chief TA, and the Emergency Coordinator
IT’S TEAMWORK!
Questions
New tools• Website www.fao.org/tc/resource-mobilization• IMPACT www.fao.org/about/en/• RM Guide and Intranet home.fao.org/rm• ADAM www.fao.org/tc/adam
Day 3: Session 3
Preparing an RM Strategy and Action Plan
IDENTIFY
ENGAGE
NEGOTIATE
MANAGE & REPORT
COMMUNICATE RESULTS
5 practical steps See RM ‘Tips &
Tools’ table
• Resource Mobilization Situation Analysis…looking at resource trends, the office’s capacity to deliver, and a list of potential resource partners, identified in the Resource Partner Matrix
• The Resource Target...in line with the CPF Results Matrix
Preparing the Strategy/Action Plan (see Guidance Note)
Achieving
• The RM Action Plan... outlining a list of activities, roles and a timeframe, in line with the outcomes of the RM Strategy and a set of RM Principles
• Monitoring and Evaluation... detailing how RM efforts will be tracked, reviewed and adjusted
Continued…
Consult the corporate RM intranet for updates on corporate guidelines and opportunities in RM
Assign donor focal points within the office team
Strengthen a team approach to RM by having regular meetings, information sharing, updating knowledge through training and developing contacts
Integrate RM activities into the Office’s work plan
Ideas to get started
Group Work :
RM Strategy and Action Planning
Day 4: Session 1
Engaging Resource Partners
•EU•Host Govt, IFIs and GEF•Private Sector•MDTFs•Emergency Funds
Group work/Discussion: