EMPOWERING PACIFIC COMMUNITIES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE

CTA PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

EMPOWERING PACIFIC COMMUNITIES THROUGH KNOWLEDGE

CTA PARTNERSHIP OPPORTUNITIES

By Judith A. Francis, Senior Programme Coordinator, S&T Policy, CTA, The Netherlands

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To take advantage of the positive

TREND

To take advantage of the positive

TRENDand ... Empower ACP communities Empower ACP communities

through knowledgethrough knowledge

CTA plans

Our MissionTo advance food and nutritional security,

increase prosperity and encourage sound natural resource management by

providing access to information and

knowledge, facilitating policy dialogue and strengthening the

capacity of agricultural and rural development

institutions and communities in ACP

countries

To support well informed, inclusive agricultural policy processes and

strategies in each ACP region to empower

smallholder producers, women and youth

Strategic Goal 1

Food security, climate change & agriculture, regional trade & markets, agricultural innovation

Multi-disciplinary/multi-stakeholder knowledge exchange platforms

Tools, methods and approaches to facilitate policy formulation and analysis

Synthesis studies for evidence-based policy & decision-making

Publications, web sites

e.g 2012 Pacific university dialogue on climate change

Themes & Activities

To promote innovation, value To promote innovation, value addition, investments, trade addition, investments, trade and markets that nurture the and markets that nurture the development of ACP priority development of ACP priority value chains, especially for value chains, especially for smallholder producerssmallholder producers

Strategic Goal 2Strategic Goal 2

Themes & Activities Research-extension-market linkages;

marketing support systems; post-harvest handling, processing & standards

Technology transfer/exchange Public-private partnerships Integrated information systems and

communities of practice Case studies and best practices

To strengthen the information, communication

and knowledge management capacities of ACP institutions

and networks

Strategic Goal 3Strategic Goal 3

Themes & Activities Promoting access to ACP-generated content Increased focus on electronic content

generation Promoting and supporting use of innovative

ICT tools and approaches Building skills of ACP partners Promoting information, communication and

knowledge management policies & strategies

ICT based community of Information and Knowledge

CTA Pacific Focus Goal – Enhanced regional policy processes & value chain

development Target - youth, women, farmers, scientists, academics, private

sector, policymakers Partner with - regional (e.g. SPC, USP) & national organizations

(e.g. NARI-PNG) Priorities – climate change, food & nutrition security, fisheries

Intra-ACP Project (2012-2014)

Objective – Enhance capability of regional institutions and actors through mutual learning between Caribbean & Pacific Priorities – Policy networking, intra-regional trade, capacity development in policy analysis, formulation and advocacy on key issues

ConclusionProfound changes are taking place

in the external environment with emerging challenges and opportunities

Partnerships will strengthen our impact on ARD –

knowledge sharing, networking, capacity building and advocacy are

key!!

CTA is re-focusing its efforts to ensure it takes advantage of the emerging opportunities

Contact detailsJudith Ann Francis

Senior Programme Coordinator Science & Technology Strategies, CTA

P.O. Box 380, NL 6700 AJ Wageningen, The Netherlands

Agro Business Park 2, NL 6708 PW Wageningen, The Netherlands

Tel: 31 (0) 317 467 190; Fax: 31 (0) 317 460 067

Email: Francis@cta.intWebsite: www.cta.int; Webportal:

http://knowledge.cta.int/Facebook & Twitter

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