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Preparatory Task Participatory Planning Monitoring & Evaluation Course At IAC, The Netherlands 9th to 28th February 2004 Geresom Okecho – Ochwo, Kampala Uganda 1 NAADS Programme Background GDP per capita US $ 300 Economy largely subsistence & Donor driven Low productivity in agric Macro-economic dev’t & reforms PEAP PMA NAADS 2 The NAADS Programme The National Agricultural Advisory Services (NAADS) Key component of PMA Increasing farmers access to improved: knowledge technologies information 3 NAADS Prog. (cont.) Farmer empowerment to d’d & control agric advisory services Support gov’t policies of: decentralisation liberalisation privatisation increased participation of pple in decision making 4 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 5 Key roles (cont.) Developing participatory capacity assessment tools: organisational institutional Assessing achievement of NAADS mission 6 Key roles (cont.) Reviewing distr & s/c w/plans & progress reports Technical backstopping of: districts Sub counties farmer groups/forums 7 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 8 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 9 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 10 Aspects for development/improvement A good & sustainable PPME system Levels of awareness/knowledge on NAADS Capacity of: farmers to undertake the task community facilitators to guide the process Method of data collection Logistical & operational procedures 11 Efforts Towards Improvement Macro-level adult functional literacy approach local government capacity dev’t prog. universal primary education NAADS level focused orientation & education guidelines in participatory processes initiated dev’t of (P)PM&E system 12 Own Suggestion for Improvement Dev’t of (P)PM&E system (indigenous knowledge, improve ownership & usability) Develop capacity & design incentive mechanism for community facilitators (farmers as community facilitators) Develop capacity of Secretariat staff Review overall budget for (P)PM&E 13 Constraining Factors NAADS a new concept Inadequate internalisation & ownership Weak & fragile organisational structures Low literacy level 14 Key Objectives of Course Acquiring adequate skills: develop & manage appropriate system Improving training skills in PPM&E Sharing Practical experiences & lessons learned 15