e-Panel
How to improve results in the agriculture sector: a discussion on leadership and RBM in Africa.
Wednesday 6 May 2020, 11 – 12h CEST / 9 – 10h GMT
The e-Panel discussion: “How to improve results in the agriculture sector: a discussion on leadership and RBM in Africa”, jointly organised by AVANTI and EvalForward, addressed the importance of leadership to establishing and maintaining effective Results-Based management in the agriculture and rural development sector.
AVANTI is an IFAD funded initiative supporting national governments to assess and build RBM capacities in order to better measure SDGs in up to 20 countries globally. It is implemented by Helvetas and Itad.
EvalForward is a community of practice on evaluation for Food Security, Agriculture and Rural Development, supported by the evaluation offices of FAO, IFAD and WFP.
Panellists
AVANTI & EvalForward collaborate to share their joint experience and specific learning by a pool of expert panellists consisting of:
Angela Dannson
Director, Policy Planning Monitoring and Evaluation Department, Ministry of Food and Agriculture, Republic of Ghana
Elias A.K. Segla
Evaluation Specialist, Presidency, Bureau of Public Policy Evaluation and Government Action Analysis, Republic of Benin
Ian Goldman
Advisor on Evaluation and Evidence Systems, CLEAR Anglophone Africa
Questions addressed in the e-Panel
Some of the questions under discussion included:
- What is the importance of leadership in mainstreaming RBM in agriculture-related ministries and other institutions?
- What factors are most influential in enabling or hindering leadership’s contribution to improved RBM in the agriculture sector?
- What concrete actions can key stakeholders take to create an enabling environment for effective leadership in the pursuit of SDGs?
Hosting team
- Riff Fullan: e-Panel Facilitator and Knowledge Component Lead for AVANTI
- Ethel Sibanda: Chat Moderator and AG-Scan methodology Lead, AVANTI
- Cesar Robles: e-Panel Technical Coordinator and Communications Lead, AVANTI (Linkedin)
- Renata Mirulla: Facilitator, EvalForward