Partnerships and Capacity Development Unit Strategic Plan

The Partnerships and Capacity Development (PCD) unit has been created in ASARECA to manage partnerships and capacity development initiatives of the organisation. In order to implement its functions, PCD has developed a strategy which defines the strategic areas where it will focus its efforts in partnerships and capacity development in the sub-region and how this will be done during the short- and medium-term periods. The strategy also identifies the challenges and constraints in partnerships and capacity development in the ECA sub-region. These challenges include how to realign the mindsets of most current agricultural research actors towards development impact; how to identify, build and manage successful partnerships; the strategies, capacity and skills to do these; and the systems, procedures and approaches for implementing programmes. How to institutionalise and catalyse partnerships, resource mobilisation for implementing partnership programmes, and mechanisms for bringing potential partners together are also challenges.