history and current organizational structure of africarice
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History and Current Organizational Structure
of AfricaRice
Dr Harold Roy-MacauleyDirector General
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Presentation Layout
• Genesis• Some historical events• Current Organizational Structure and
functions• Conclusion
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Genesis• 1971 – Founding of West Africa Rice Development Association
(WARDA)- Autonomous Intergovernmental Research Association- Founding Constitution signed by 11 African countries
• Mission- To bridge the gap between rice production and consumption
• Organizational structure - Governing Council - Scientific & Technical Committee (STC) - Executive Secretariat
- Headquarter - Monrovia Liberia- 3 Departments: Admin& Fin; Res. & Develop.; Training, Com. & Doc.
- Regional Coordinating Offices
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History• Shortcomings - structure, research programs, fulfilling financial
obligations, gap between rice supply and demand
• Re-evaluation of WARDA structure, strategy, programs (TAC, 1983)
• 1986: Reforms - WARDA becomes a CGIAR Center– Constitution amended
– Dual Status: Intergovernmental organization + CGIAR (unique)
– Executive Secretary transformed to Director General (internationally recruited from WARDA countries)
– Governing Council transformed to Council of Ministers
– STC replaced by Board of Trustees
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History – major events (1)
• June 1987: Meeting of Council of Ministers in Liberia – 1st DG appointed
• May 1988: Installation of WARDA in Cote d’Ivoire (M’bé)
• 1988/89: Approval of 1990-2000 Strategy and 1990-1994 MTP
– New Program structure – Upland/Inland Swamp Continuum (Mbe); lowland rice breeding (IITA, Ibadan); Irrigated Sahel (St Louis); Mangrove (Rokupr)
• 1993: Expanded mission
– To contribute to food security and poverty alleviation in poor rural and urban populations, particularly in West and Central Africa, through research, partnerships, capacity strengthening and policy support on rice-based systems, and in ways that promote sustainable agricultural development based on environmentally sound management of natural resources”
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History – major events (2) • 2000: Creation of New Rice for Africa (NERICA)
– Oryza. glaberrima (African rice) x O. sativa (Asian rice) – interspecific hybrid (plant tissue culture technique embryo-rescue crosses survive and grow to maturity)
– Heterosis - improve quality of both parents
– Major scientific breakthrough that won numerous awards including World Food Prize in 2004)
• 2002: Crises in Côte d’Ivoire– 2002: Management moves to Abidjan and Research to Samanko, Mali
– 2004: Management joins Research in Samanko, Mali
– 2005 (Jan): Management and Research move to temporary headquarters in Cotonou, Benin
• 2003 – 2009: Name change – Africa Rice Center (WARDA) – Cotonou, Benin (Council Meeting, 2003)
– Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice) – Lome, Togo (Council Meeting, 2009)
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Council of Ministers
Board of Trustees
Director General
DDG
Services attached to the DG - Legal - Internal Audit- Resource Mobilization - Strategic Support (Special Adviser and Media
Officer)
Services attached to the DDG- Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning- Knowledge Management- Impact Assessment- Risk Management
DCS Support Unit- Finance, Planning & Budget- Facilities/Operations- Human Resources- Procurement/Supplies- Security
DR4D
PROGRAMS
PROJECTS
DPC DCSSupport Unit- Biometry- GIS
Representations- Regional- Country
DPC Support Unit- Marketing & Communications- Capacity Development - Information & Communication Technology - Conventions & Grants
Current Organizational Structure
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Director General• Appointed by COM upon nomination by BoT
• Secretary to the COM
• Reports to Board of Trustees and Ex-officio member of BoT
• Appoints, contracts, and supervises all staff of the Center
• Ensures delivery on strategic trajectory of Center
• Major roles: Advocacy, Resource Mobilization, Coordination and facilitation; and Provision of support to CGIAR system organization
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Strategic Plan 2011 – 2020: Boost Africa’s rice sector – increase rice productivity and competitiveness in sub-Saharan Africa.
Vision: increase rice self-sufficiency ratio to almost 90% in 2020 (compared to 60% in 2010) leading to a reduction in imports of about 5Mt per year-
September 2011: Approval of plan by the AfricaRice Council of Ministers
Implementation: AfricaRice and different categories of stakeholders across the research to development continuum.
Research for Development Division
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Approach: Rice Value Chains
Products & Services:Suitability, Reliability, Affordability…
Partnerships / MSPs:Trust,Win-Win,Equity…
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Approach : Global Rice Science Partnership
An evolving alliance of IRRI, AfricaRice & CIAT with Cirad, IRD, JIRCAS and hundreds of research and
development partners worldwide
IrrigatedRainfedlowlandRainfedupland
Each dot represents5,000 ha of rice
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Approach Science for Impact
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GlobalNational
District, province
GRiSP enabling actions
GRiSP products &
servicesLocal
research
Intermediate users
evaluate
adaptresearch
Action sites (Hubs)
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Genetic Diversity and Improvement Program (16 IRS + 80 GSS)
Surveys Product development
Out-scaling
Outcomes
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Sustainable Productivity Enhancement Program (15 IRS + 35 GSS)
Surveys Product development
Out-scaling
Outcomes
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Policy, innovation systems and impact assessment Program (6 IRS + 8 GSS)
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SMART-Valleys demonstration site near Zoungo in the Commune de Ouinhi, southern Benin
3rd year of development activities and.... ...massive adoption of the Smart-valleys development approach across Togo and Benin!
Rice Sector Development Program (13 IRS + 8 GSS)
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Corporate Services Division
Functions
• Provide overall assistance to research activities
• Manages the long term sustainability of the Center
• Manages physical, human and financial resources
• Provides the best possible services and control mechanisms at international standards
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Units and functions
• Finance: Manages financial aspects (Accounting and Planning and Budgeting)
• Human Resources : Assists in the management of staff
• Operations and Facilities: Provides support service to facilitate implementation of activities
• Security: Designs measures for protecting human and material assets
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Division of Strategic Partnerships
Director,Strategic Partnerships
Regional / CountryRepresentatives
Senegal ESA --Tanzania
Nigeria
Sierra Leone Liberia Benin
MadagascarCapacity
Development Marketing/Comm.
ICT
Conventions and Grants
Units
Principal Admin Assistant
Secretary
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(M’BE VALLEE)
(DAR-ES-SALAAM)
(COTONOU)
IBADAN ST LOUIS
AfricaRice HQ
AfricaRice HQ & Out-Stations
St Louis, Senegal Ibadan, Nigeria
M’Be Côte d’Ivoire Cotonou, Benin
Dar es Salam, Tanzania
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Strategic Partnerships Functions • Formalize, structure, institutionalize and
consolidate Center’s partnerships
• Develop & implement Center’s partnership strategy
• Category of partners - NARIs; ARIs; CGIAR Centers; NGOs; Farmer Groups; Private Sector; Development Organizations; Civil Society; Regional Economic Communities; Universities; Continental, Regional and Sub-regional ag research and development organizations; Donors
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• Dual nature of AfricaRice
- Opportunity to position rice science in African political agenda
- Opportunity for Africa rice sector to benefit from global rice
science
Conclusions
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• Consolidate decentralization to ensure sustainability of research and uptake of its products
• Complete relocation process from Cotonou to Côte d’Ivoire
• Establish mechanisms for sustainable funding of AfricaRice activities - Public- Private Partnership
• Translate research into use – market oriented research stewardship
• Out-scaling research products – Hubs & innovation platforms, client database, LOAs with major development partners from public and private sector
Perspectives
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Thank you!