Egypt NPS Seminar - Clemens Briesinger

1. National Policies and
Strategies (NPS) Initiative
Overview
ClemensBreisingerandAlan Nicol(InitiativeLeadandCo-lead)
Marie-CharlotteBuisson,XinshenDiao,NaureenKarachiwalla,Joyce Maru(NPSWP Leads);KibromAbay,
KwawAndam,ClemensBreisinger,Marc Dubois,CarolinaGonzalez,ShilpVerma(NPSCountryLeads);
YumnaKassim(NPSProgramManager)
Egypt NPS Seminar No 1. Cairo, June 28, 2022

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Overview
• NPS is a 3-year policy research, capacity strengthening, and policy outreach initiative
funded by multiple donors through the ONE CGIAR and initially implemented in 6
countries.
• The program design is driven by country demand and informed by decade long,
country-level collaboration between our researchers and partners in dozens of
countries around the world.
• In Egypt, NPS builds on past and current programs of various CGIAR centers such as
IFPRI’s Country Strategy Support Program funded by projects of partners such as
USAID, FCDO, EU, etc..
• Each country has strong technical teams on the ground to closely and in a truly
collaborative way work with our in-country partners towards achieving our joint goals.
• Cross-country exchange and learning.

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Colombia, Nigeria, Egypt, Kenya, India, Laos
Responding to crises
Building policy coherence
Strengthening policy coherence at national level, and across the One CGIAR initiative portfolio
Piloting national policy and cross-CGIAR policy coherence mechanisms
(Work Packages 1,2,3,4)
Rapid-response tools, network of experts and evidence
Communities of policy practice
(Work Packages 1, 3 and 4)
Integrating policy tools
Strengthening the analytical performance of countries’ institutions
Training of Trainers (TOT) approach & user-friendly tools
(Work Packages 1, 2 and 4)
Main NPS Impact Areas:
 Nutrition, health and food security
 Poverty reduction, livelihoods and jobs
 Gender equality, youth and social inclusion
 Climate adaptation and mitigation
 Environmental health and biodiversity

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Update on NPS implementation progress
NPS Launch took place on May 17-18 at the ILRI campus in Nairobi, Kenya (proceedings).
Highlights:
• Hybrid event on ILRI campus with 150
participants online and in person; covered by
(social) media.
• Principal Secretary for Agriculture, One CG
Global ST Director, ESA Regional Director,
ILRI DG attended.
• High-level panel with key Kenyan partners.
• Rapid fire presentations from 12 One CGIAR
initiatives.
• Inaugural country-level NPS seminar series
in Nigeria (June 23), Egypt (June 28) and
Kenya (mid-July).
Photo credits: ILRI

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Progress: Building policy coherence
Database on activities of policy-related One CGIAR initiatives in progress as part of ONE CGIAR policy dashboard
development.

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Progress: Integrating policy tools
• Training of Trainer (ToT) modeling
workshop has been conducted for Kenya
and India.
• Development of simple policy tools has
started (Excel-based investment and
microsimulation tools).
• Rapid response experts group discussions
have started on Russia-Ukraine war
impact in Kenya, Egypt and Nigeria as
part of Community of Policy Practice
(CoPP) development.
Photo credits: IFPRI

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• The IFPRI / FORESIGHT country modeling
team is conducting multi-country, economy-
wide impact assessments of the Impacts of
the Ukraine and Global Crisis on Food
Systems and Poverty.
• NPS through its evolving country-level
Communities of Policy practices (CoPPs) is
providing data, organizes technical validation
meetings and dissemination events with local
partners for policy impact and uptake.
These country studies are conducted by IFPRI with financial support from
BMGF, FCDO, and USAID. All studies use data and models developed with ongoing support from BMGF, USAID and the CGIAR’s “Foresight
and Metrics” initiative. The Kenya case study benefitted from working with the CGIAR’s “National Policies and Strategies” initiative.
Progress on Rapid Response and Community of Policy
Practice (CoPP)
Study on Russia-Ukraine war impact on Kenya and
Nigeria

8. National Policies &
Strategies Initiative
(NPS)
Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock,
Fisheries and Co-operatives
Ministry of Planning and National
Development
Kenya Institute for Public
Policy Research and
Analysis (KIPPRA)
State Department of Crops and
Agricultural Research; Directorate
for Policy & Agricultural
Transformation Organization (ATO)
• Kenya Agricultural and Livestock Research
Organization (KALRO)
• Tegemeo
• Nairobi University, Faculty of Economics
• Others?
Council of Governors
NPS Community of Policy Practice (CoPP) in KENYA
 NPS Quarterly Seminar
 NPS bi-lateral policy exchanges
 Technical expert consultations
Policy decision-
level & influence
Primary
impact and
research
partner
Key technical
and secondary
impact
partners
Planning, Monitoring and
Knowledge Management
Unit
• Ministry of Finance
• Ministry of Water
• Ministry of Social
• Ministry of Environment
• Development Partner Group Agriculture
and Rural Development (DPG-ARD)

9. Thank you
For more information, please visit the NPS website or contact Yumna Kassim
(y.kassim@cgiar.org)