Maurice Lorka N'Guessan, CAADP M&E Advisor, AUC

1. African Union Biennial Review on Malabo
Decalaration
Process and potential outcomes
Maurice Lorka, Senior CAADP Advisor, African Union Commission
African Agricultural Transformation Scorecard (AATS) as high level advocacy tools
for triggering improved country performances in achieving Malabo Declaration.
SIDE # EVENT 1

2. A. Where are we coming from?

3. 1 Background
Malabo Declaration on accelerated
Agricultural Growth and
Transformation for shared
prosperity and improved
livelihoods
Doc. Assembly/au/2(XXIII)

4. 2 Malabo Declaration
Commitments
I. Recommitment to the Principles and Values of
CAADP;
II. Enhancing Investment Finance in Agriculture;
III. Ending Hunger by 2025,
IV. Reduce Poverty by half, by 2025, through Inclusive
Agricultural Growth and Transformation;
V. Boosting Intra-African Trade in Agricultural
commodities and services;
VI. Enhancing Resilience of Livelihoods and production
Systems to Climate Variability and other related
Risks;
VII. Mutual Accountability to Actions and Results.

5. 3 Mutual Accountability for
Results and Actions
• Conduct a Biennial Agricultural Review Process
that involves tracking, monitoring and reporting on
implementation progress;
• foster alignment, harmonization and coordination
among multi-sectorial efforts and multi-
institutional platforms for Peer Review, Mutual
Learning and Mutual Accountability;
• strengthen national and regional institutional
capacities for knowledge and data generation and
management that support Evidence based
Planning.

6. B. Biennial Review Process

7. AUC BR Process in 2016
To be tested in Senegal,
Kenya, Gabon, Tunisia
3. Testing Indicators in 4
Countries (May-Jun-July)
2. Development of set of Indicators(Apr)
Task team validated the
weighting for indicators for
developing the scorecard
4. Weighting of Indicators
(July)
1. PS Retreat-12th
CAADP PP
(Mar-Apr)
Validation of
Strategic Guidelines
to establish the BR
mechanism
5. Coordination mechanism
and Roadmap (Sept)
6. Finalized Indicators
Profiles (Sept)
7. Training of
Trainers (Nov)

8. AU Tools and Instruments for the Biennial Review
(2016-2017)
• Technical Guidelines that provide the profile of each the 43 indicator
and detailed calculations and computing methods.
• Country Performance Reporting Template which is used by
countries to collect data required for the country report preparation
based on the guidance provided in Technical Guidelines.
• Technical Notes that exhibit the benchmarking methods for
evaluating country progress in terms of being ''on-track'' or ''not on
track'' for a specific target of the Malabo commitment.
• BR Tool Application and Databank for data entry and generate
automatically Individual Country Scorecards that will show if the
country is “On Track” or “Not On Track”

9. Regional Training on BR Feb-July 2017
Region REC involved Venue Dates
Western Africa
francophone
ECOWAS Abidjan 6-10 March
Western Africa
Anglophone
ECOWAS Accra 27 Feb-3 March
Southern Africa COMESA Jo’burg 13-17 March
Central Africa CEEAC Yaounde 13-17 March
Eastern Africa IGAD Arusha 6-10 March
Northern Africa UMA Tunis 20-24 March

10. Regional Training on BR Feb-July 2017
Training of Trainers (Nov 16): Experts from ReSAKSS, RECs, National
Researchers and National Lecturers trained by AUC on BR Tools
West
Africa
Anglo.
REC involved:
ECOWAS
Accra
27/2-3/3
West
Africa
Franco.
REC involved:
ECOWAS
Abidjan
6-10/3
Eastern
Africa
REC involved:
IGAD
Arusha
10-14/4
Southern
Africa
REC involved:
SADC
Johannesburg
24-28/4
Central
Africa
REC involved:
ECCAS
Yaounde
8-12/5
Northern
Africa
REC involved:
UMA
Tunis
17-21/7

11. Regional Trainings on Biennial
Review (February – July 2017)
• 6 Regional Trainings conducted in West, East, Central,
Southern and North Africa;
• 51 AU Member States were trained on Technical Guidelines
and Country Performance Reporting Template;
• 156 trainees from the Member States including CAADP Focal
Persons, Monitoring and Evaluation Specialists and
Statisticians from Ministries of Agriculture;
• Conducted under the leadership of AUC and NEPAD in
collaboration with the RECs with the support from Partners
AGRA , FAO, IFPRI/ReSAKSS, and AfricaLead.

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Countries
individual Report
Preparation.
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Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
IGAD & EAC
Technica
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Political
Eastern Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
ECCAS
Technica
l
Political
Central Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
UMA
Technica
l
Political
Northern Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
ECOWAS
Technica
l
Political
Western Africa
RTO RPO
Involve all RECs in the
sub-region.
SADC, COMESA
Technica
l
Political
Southern Africa
RTO RPO
Technical
alignment and
political
endorsement of
countries reports
at sub-regional
levels: Under a
sub-regional
workshops
organized by
RECs.
2
AUC/NPCA CAADP
Team
Submission of
regional Reports,
after integration of
comments, with
Country reports in
Annex.
3
Continental report
compilation.
4
PRC
EXECUTIVE COUNCIL
AFRICAN UNION SUMMIT
Continental
Report to the
AU Summit
through the
AU validation
mechanism
7
AUC
Official Submission to the AUC.6 TA
DREA STC
Continental Report
endorsement by
Ministers, to allow
submission to the
AU Summit.
5
RECs, NPCA/AUC and Member States Coordination Mechanism in 7 steps for
preparing the Biennial Report on Malabo Declaration to the African Union
Summit.
bSCbTF
Accountability from
Government to the highest
political level …

14. C. Country Scorecards as powerful
mutual accountability tool … under the
BR process

15. Give progress status for each country in implementing the
Malabo Declaration …

16. Key Concepts to read the
Country Scorecard
Benchmark: a standard or point of reference against which
scores are compared.
2017 Benchmark: Minimum score in 2017 for a country to be
able to achieve the Malabo Targets by 2025.
On-Track: when the score of a country is equal or more than the
Benchmark.
Not On-Track: when the score of a country is less than the
Benchmark.
Will be covered by the next presentation !!!

17. 4.3 /10 and is On track
2017 Country Scorecard for implementing Malabo Declaration
Country Name
No. Item
T-score
out of 10
Minimum
for 2017
T-progress No. Item
C-score
out of 10
Minimum
for 2017
PC 1.1 Completing National CAADP Process 4.29 3.33
PC 1.2
Establishing CAADP based Cooperation,
Partnership & Alliance
6.49 3.33
PC 1.3
Establishing CAADP based Policy &
Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support
8.77 3.33
PC 2.1 Public Expenditures in Agriculture 9.79 10.00
PC 2.2
Domestic Private Sector Investment in
Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agro-Ind.
- -
PC 2.3
Foreign Private Sector Investment in
Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agro-Ind.
- -
PC 2.4 Enhancing access to finance 0.37 3.33
-1.1% -6.9% 7.7% 80% PC 3.1
Access to Agriculture inputs and
technologies
4.84 5.53
PC 3.2 Doubling agricultural Productivity 0.00 1.00
PC 3.3 Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss 0.00 1.00
PC 3.4 Strengthening Social Protection 3.40 10.00
PC 3.5 Improving Food security and Nutrition 2.38 1.00
PC 4.1
Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty
Reduction
2.50 3.25
PC 4.2
Establishing Inclusive PPPs for commodity
value chains
0.00 1.00
PC 4.3
Creating job for Youth in agricultural
value chains
0.00 1.00
PC 4.4 Women participation in Agri-business 10.00 3.00
PC 5.1
Tripling Intra-African Trade for agriculture
commodities and services
0.11 1.00
PC 5.2
Establishing Intra-African Trade Policies
and institutional conditions
6.90 1.00
PC 6.1
Ensuring Resilience to climate related
risks
3.78 2.00
PC 6.2 Investment in resilience building 10.00 10.00
PC 7.1
Increasing country capacity for evidence
based planning, impl. and M&E
0.00 1.00
PC 7.2
Fostering Peer Review and Mutual
Accountability
0.00 3.33
PC 7.3
Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review
Process
9.51 10.00
Overall ProgressOverall Country Score 4.34 On track
The 2017 Benchmark is 3.94 which is the miminum overall SCORE for a country to be on track in 2017.
- It is recommended for Country A to review its National Agriculture Investment
Plan (NAIP) in a way to deliver on each specific target of the Malabo Declaration.
- The country A has to strengthen its agricultural data management system to be
able to report on missing indicators to fully report on Malabo Declaration, such as
post-harvest loss (PHL); youth involvement in agriculture; households and
vulnerable social group protected by resilience building initiatives; amongst others.
- The Country A should develop and implement strategies that will increase
agricultural inputs such as the use of fertilizer to boost agriculture productivity.
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Mutual
Accountability
for Actions and
Results
3.17 4.78 Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
On track
6
Enhancing
Resilience to
Climate
Variability
6.89 6.00 On track
On track
On track
Recommendations
5
Boosting Intra-
African Trade
in Agriculture
Commodities
3.51 1.00 On track
Halving
Poverty
through
Agriculture by
2025
3.13 2.06 On track
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
On track
growth rate of
yields of
priority
agricultural
commodities.
growth rate of
Intra-African
trade of
agricultural
commodities
and services.
growth rate of
the agricultural
GDP.
of agricultural
land is placed
under
sustainable
land
management
practice.
of biennial
review
parameters have
been reported,
implying that
some of the
indicators could
not be
computed.
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
On track
4
2.2%
3
Ending Hunger
by 2025 2.12 3.71 Not on track
Not on track
2
Enhancing
Investment
Finance in
Agriculture
5.08 6.67 Not on track
Not on track
silent
average of public
agriculture
expenditure as
share of total
public
expenditure.
prevalence of
wasting (% of
children under 5
old) from its
2015 value of
10.4%.
rural women
are
empowered in
agriculture.
as trade
facilitation Index
(TFI), with 48
African countries
having easy
entry to Burkina
Faso.
On track
On track
On track
Malabo Commitments Areas (T) Commitments Categories (C)
C-Progress
1
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention:
silent
Not on track
of the
supportive
institutions are
established for
implementing
existing NAIP.
Country A scores in implementing the Malabo Declaration on Agriculture transformation in Africa …
Highlights of the 5 key areas of strong performance of the Country:
100% 10.5% 7.6% 72.8% 38 out of 100
Country A
Re-committing
to CAADP
Process
6.52 3.33 On track

18. 2017 Country Scorecard for implementing Malabo Declaration
Country Name
No. Item
T-score
out of 10
Minimum
for 2017
T-progress No. Item
C-score
out of 10
Minimum
for 2017
PC 1.1 Completing National CAADP Process 4.29 3.33
PC 1.2
Establishing CAADP based Cooperation,
Partnership & Alliance
6.49 3.33
PC 1.3
Establishing CAADP based Policy &
Institutional Review/ Setting/ Support
8.77 3.33
PC 2.1 Public Expenditures in Agriculture 9.79 10.00
PC 2.2
Domestic Private Sector Investment in
Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agro-Ind.
- -
PC 2.3
Foreign Private Sector Investment in
Agriculture, Agribusiness, Agro-Ind.
- -
PC 2.4 Enhancing access to finance 0.37 3.33
PC 3.1
Access to Agriculture inputs and
technologies
4.84 5.53
PC 3.2 Doubling agricultural Productivity 0.00 1.00
PC 3.3 Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss 0.00 1.00
PC 3.4 Strengthening Social Protection 3.40 10.00
in implementing the Malabo Declaration on Agriculture transformation in Africa …
Country A
Re-committing
to CAADP
Process
6.52 3.33 On track
On track
On track
On track
Malabo Commitments Areas (T) Commitments Categories (C)
C-Progress
1
silent
Not on track
3
Ending Hunger
by 2025
2.12 3.71 Not on track
Not on track
2
Enhancing
Investment
Finance in
Agriculture
5.08 6.67 Not on track
Not on track
silent
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track

19. PC 3.3 Reduction of Post-Harvest Loss 0.00 1.00
PC 3.4 Strengthening Social Protection 3.40 10.00
PC 3.5 Improving Food security and Nutrition 2.38 1.00
PC 4.1
Sustaining Agricultural GDP for Poverty
Reduction
2.50 3.25
PC 4.2
Establishing Inclusive PPPs for commodity
value chains
0.00 1.00
PC 4.3
Creating job for Youth in agricultural
value chains
0.00 1.00
PC 4.4 Women participation in Agri-business 10.00 3.00
PC 5.1
Tripling Intra-African Trade for agriculture
commodities and services
0.11 1.00
PC 5.2
Establishing Intra-African Trade Policies
and institutional conditions
6.90 1.00
PC 6.1
Ensuring Resilience to climate related
risks
3.78 2.00
PC 6.2 Investment in resilience building 10.00 10.00
PC 7.1
Increasing country capacity for evidence
based planning, impl. and M&E
0.00 1.00
PC 7.2
Fostering Peer Review and Mutual
Accountability
0.00 3.33
PC 7.3
Conducting a Biennial Agriculture Review
Process
9.51 10.00
Overall Progress
3
Ending Hunger
by 2025
2.12 3.71 Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
On track
Not on track
Not on track
On track
4
5
Boosting Intra-
African Trade
in Agriculture
Commodities
3.51 1.00 On track
Halving
Poverty
through
Agriculture by
2025
3.13 2.06 On track
7
Mutual
Accountability
for Actions and
Results
3.17 4.78 Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
Not on track
On track
6
Enhancing
Resilience to
Climate
Variability
6.89 6.00 On track
On track
On track
Overall Country Score 4.34 On track
The 2017 Benchmark is 3.94 which is the miminum overall SCORE for a country to be on track in 2017.

20. 4.3 /10 and is On track
-1.1% -6.9% 7.7% 80%
Country A scores in im
Highlights of the 5 key areas of strong performance of the Country:
100% 10.5% 7.6% 72.8% 38 out of 100
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention:
2.2%
of the
supportive
institutions are
established for
implementing
existing NAIP.
average of public
agriculture
expenditure as
share of total
public
expenditure.
prevalence of
wasting (% of
children under 5
old) from its
2015 value of
10.4%.
rural women
are
empowered in
agriculture.
as trade
facilitation Index
(TFI), with 48
African countries
having easy
entry to Burkina
Faso.
growth rate of
yields of
priority
growth rate of
Intra-African
trade of
growth rate of
the agricultural
GDP.
of agricultural
land is placed
under
of biennial
review
parameters have

21. -1.1% -6.9% 7.7% 80%
Highlights of the 5 key areas that require the country's attention:
2.2%
growth rate of
yields of
priority
agricultural
commodities.
growth rate of
Intra-African
trade of
agricultural
commodities
and services.
growth rate of
the agricultural
GDP.
of agricultural
land is placed
under
sustainable
land
management
practice.
of biennial
review
parameters have
been reported,
implying that
some of the
indicators could
not be
computed.
Recommendations
- It is recommended for Country A to review its National Agriculture Investment
Plan (NAIP) in a way to deliver on each specific target of the Malabo Declaration.
- The country has to strengthen its agricultural data management system to be able
to report on missing indicators to fully report on Malabo Declaration, such as post-
harvest loss (PHL); youth involvement in agriculture; households and vulnerable
social group protected by resilience building initiatives; amongst others.

22. E. Conclusions

23. Conclusions
• The AU Biennial Report gives an overall view on the
assessment of the progress made in achieving the Malabo
Declaration.
• The AU Biennial Report provides evidence based
Recommendations to be implemented at national, regional
and continental levels.
• AU Country Scorecard is a key tool for countries to guide their
policy intervention in achieving the Malabo Declaration Goals.
• The AU Biennial Review Process was conducted with key
technical support from IFPRI and ReSAKSS.

24. Links of the AU
BR Tools
https://au.int/web/en/documents/20170420/biennial-review-malabo-
implementaion-links
https://au.int/web/en/documents/20170420/coordination-mechanism-and-
continental-roadmap-br-eng
https://au.int/web/en/documents/20170420/2017-country-performances-
reporting-format-malabo-eng
https://au.int/web/en/documents/20170420/technical-guidelines-reporting-
malabo-rev2
https://au.int/web/en/documents/20170420/technical-notes

25. Thanks !
Asante
!
Merci !
Obrigado!
Shukran

27. B. How does mutual Accountability
works within CAADP?

29. Annually
Accountability @ other Dialogue Platforms
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1
STC on ARDWE
2
AUC-NPCA-REC-
CAADP Coordination
Meetings
3
CAADP Development
Partners
Coordination Group
Continental&globalNationalRegional
2. RECs
Agriculture Sector
Working Group (ASWG)
1. Regional Ag
Ministerial Council 3. Reg. Joint Sector
Review (RJSR)