Action Plan and Implementation Framework

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Action Plan and Implementation Framework for the AfCoP

Participants engaged a participatory process of defining a vision, setting goals, activities and defining the institutional arrangement for the AfCoP. This section provides the details.

The vision and mission statements developed by the Interim Management Team and early members of the AfCoP-MfDR were posted and participants were invited to post suggested changes.

Vision

To facilitate good MfDR practices through information exchange and to provide capacity development opportunities for results management among countries on the African continent.

Three proposals for change were made;

• Sustainable practice of managing for development results deeply rooted in public sector service of the populations in African countries.
• Good MfDR practices through information exchange and provision of capacity development opportunities for results management among countries in the African continent.
• A community of practitioners with sound knowledge, skills and information flow ability to enable partner countries to manage effectively the achievement o development results.

Mission

To provide a platform for the exchange of experience and knowledge among practitioners who seek to develop and expand their capacity to manage for development results (MfDR). One proposal for change was made:

• To provide a platform for exchange of experience and knowledge among practitioners to manage for development results,

Action Plan for the African Community of Practice for Managing for Development Results

Goals	Constraints	Remedial Actions	Activities	Timeframe	Person Responsible
Regional and country CoPs established for MfDR practice in place in administrative areas of each country for the benefit of its citizens.	Lack of people and institutions in countries with information on MfDR Failure to attract donors to provide financial support Trying to decentralize before the regional CoPs are strong Un supportive political environment Lack of capable leadership for MfDR Representation of regions and countries	Common starting ground Advocacy Strengthen communication strategy Solicit donor support Capacity building at country level Awareness creation among leaders	Set up a coordinating secretariat for the AfCoP	March 2008	All AfCoP participants of Mukono meeting
			Set-up a management team with specific tasks and responsibilities	April 2008	All participants
			Recruit members	Start immediately & continuously	All participants
			Focal points in all countries	June 2008	Secretariat
			Organize general meeting	September 2008 in Ghana	Secretariat
			Establish links with relevant bodies	Immediately & on-going	Secretariat
Capacity created within AfCoP to provide technical assistance and develop technical capacity at country level in MfDR	Unable to identify skills expects to provide technical assistance Technical assistance needs are different across countries No clear standards and meaning of Expert Failure to attract donors to provide financial support Lack of experience Experts have no time or resources to provide technical assistance	Monitoring and exchange programs Exchange of good and bad practice Resource mapping Good governance Financial assistance for technical assistance Partnering Sustainability of membership.	Taking stock and identify capacity gaps of current CoP members	2 months	Core team
			Identify potential source of Technical Assistance within membership and from other sources of knowledge and expertise	60 days	Core team
			Develop common tools and approaches for MfDR	90 days	Core team
			Enhancing the MfDR skills of CoP members	150 days	Core team
Monitoring and evaluation of the MfDR action plan. Better evidence based	Non involvement of govt Lack of statistical data Action plan is not clear and specific making it difficult to monitor and evaluate	Awareness raising Create reliable information systems Set up strategies Clear definition of indicators Institutional mobilization Mainstream
A CoP that is networked and able to coordinate exchange and information on MfDR	Existing national, regional and international need to invest in economic infrastructure Inadequate IT infrastructure Time constraints Limited expertise in African countries Limited documentation on good practices Failure to attract donor financial support	Document and disseminate early results
An international recognized representative body of people involved with MfDR across Africa who are able to support development of policies and programmes.	A supportive political environment	Disseminate examples of success Awareness raising Advocacy	Advocacy and publicity	Immediate strategy in next 3-6 months	Core team
			Membership drive	To be complete after the inventory of MfDR process	Core team
			Capacity building	Next 2 years	Core team
			Peer Review	Next 6 months	Core team
			Develop strategic linkages with sister organizations	1 yr after formalization	Core team
			Membership to international organizations	Next 6months	Core team
			Research &studies (Status Inventory of MfDR)	1 year	Thematic teams
			Identification of other studies	January Immediately	Core Management team
			Involvement in HLF
A CoP that is knowledge based and learning organization.	How to get good practices across the continent Capacity constraints Theme not focused	Recording and publishing good practices from the beginning Capacity development initiative Refocus the theme
An expended, actively participating membership (CoP recruiting and mobilizing)	Inadequate financial resources CoP wont be able to raise funds to support activities Financial constraints Limited human expertise and political commitment Constraints in ICT enabled services and connectivity.	Sustainability of membership Domestic revenue mobilization strategies Advocacy on value added (ownership) Member countries to support CoP activities Fundraise with in the region (at country level) Attract donors to invest	Identify the countries that may wish to join the CoP	End March 2008	Core Team
			Marketing the CoP	January 2008	Core Team
An autonomous (independent) CoP that can recommend best practices towards the achievement of MfDR objectives	Constraints in ICT services and connectivity Limited knowledge of MfDR initiative Lack of coordination mechanisms An supportive political environment	Criteria for recruitment Use regional forums for dissemination Publicise the CoP at regional levels Identify potential member countries Identify professional association operative in the region Develop flyers on MfDR dissemination to political members Set up web site and link to popular sites

Activits	Groupe Cible	Responsabilite	chance	Risques et Hypothses	Dmarche	indicateurs
1. Informer et sensibiliser	GVT Parlementaire lus locaux Socit civile Secteur Prive PTF	Comit Ad Hoc	Mars 2008	Indisponibilit	Nbre de personnes contactes Nbre dadhrents
2. Cration du rseau nationalv	Personnes contactes		Avril 2008			Rseau cr Plan daction chiffr tablit
3. Elaboration dune base de donnes Inventaire des comptences et des bonnes pratiques			Action continue : 2010	Rsistance et difficult de collecte dinformation Manque de moyens	Ateliers nationaux Site WEB	Diffrentes bases de donnes cres
4. Mobilisation du financement	PTT GVT	Comit de coordination	Juin 2008
5. laborer une charte et un code de dontologie
6. Atelier de lancement des activits de la CoP Nationale		Comit de coordination	Juin 2008	RAS		Rapport de synthse diffus sur le site
7. Analyse des comptences et des bonnes pratiques existantes		Comit de coordination	Activit continue		Cration des sites nationaux Bulletins semestriels	Votes techniques labors
8. Organiser des rencontres trimestrielles de suivi		Comit de coordination	A partir de juin 2008

Institutional and Implementation Mechanism for the African CoP

A draft model of the AfCoP was presented for discussion and approval. Five Teams were proposed /approved and their respective members presented below;

Working Team	Team Leader	Membership
Decentralization and Membership	Zaam Ssali (Uganda)	Jared Ichwara (Kenya) Sephania Mwakipesile (Tanzania)
Capacity Building	Solomon Mhlangga (Zimbabwe)	Mayacine Camara (Senegal) Joy Mukaire (Tanzania) Mbayani Yudica Saruni (Tanzania)
Monitoring and Evaluation	Claude Kakule (Ethiopia)	Seydou Yaye (Niger) Tamirat Yacob (Uganda)
Networking	Peter Sentongo (Uganda)	Sylvester Obongo (Kenya) Abdou Karim Lo (Senegal)
Publicity, Knowledge Management and Learning	Ali Doungou Boubacar (Niger)	Richard Ssewakiryanga (Uganda) Dev Ruhee (Mauritius)

Way Forward

The following were agreed upon for the team leaders 1. Provide details of their respective contacts to Sheila 2. Produce and submit progress reports on monthly basis 3. Develop and submit an action plan for the team