This presentation by Louise Buck outlines the points covered in the parallel session on Strengthening Capacities for Collaborative Landscape Management in Africa at the LPFN in Africa Conference #LPFNinAfrica on July 2, 2014. (Photos in this presentation are courtesy of Neil Palmer, CIAT, CIMMYT, Lee Gross, EcoAgriculture Partners, Bernand Gagnon, Eileen Delhi and John Picken)
2. Introduction
• Integrated management of rural landscapes is a
preferred way to satisfy human demands for
resources in ways that sustain ecosystems and
improve livelihood security and equity.
Working from a landscape
perspective requires a broad
spectrum of capacities.
3. Capacities, Landscape Capacities
and Capacity Development
Capacities
• Knowledge:
understanding from a
theoretical perspective
• Skill: applying knowledge
in real life
• Attitude: shapes
decisions, actions and
behavior based on
values, beliefs and
paradigms that drive
them
Photo: CIMMYT
4. Landscape Capacities
• Technical know-how
• Ability to consider landscapes as elements of
food, livelihood and ecosystem service
systems
• Feeling for spatial processes, inter-disciplinary
team work, complex stakeholder learning and
decision-making and local circumstances
5. Landscape Capacity Development
• Training
• Long term engagement in landscapes
• On the job facilitated collaborative learning
• Landscape experience elsewhere to help
think “outside the box”
Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT
6. Landscape Capacity Development Activities
Design, support,
facilitation of multi-
stakeholder
learning
Organizational and
institutional
support
Training Mentoring
Training of trainersAdvisory supportCoaching
Action research
and action learning
Farmer field
schools
Other vehicles for
learning
7. Cross-Landscape Learning Activities
• Study tours
• Dialogues and learning exchanges
• Web-based resource portals
• E-groups
• International training and encounters
offered by global knowledge providers
such as universities and knowledge
institutes
Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT
8. Landscape Capacity Development:
Findings from Recent Studies
• Integrated landscape initiatives for African
agriculture, development and conservation: a
region-wide assessment examines 87 ILIs in 33
African countries
• Provides insight into contexts and challenges
of diverse ILIs and lessons learned regarding
capacity development
9. Region-Wide Assessment of ILIs
• Producer groups and NGOs drive most ILIs.
• Most ILIs invest in improving landscape
planning, coordination and governance.
• Many ILIs invest in developing capacities in
agriculture production and conservation
management practices.
Photo: John Picken
10. NACOMA Investment in Capacity
Development
• Integrated coastal management (ICM) strategy
called for large scale capacity development
• Awareness raising on influence of different
stakeholder groups
• Educating stakeholders on principles of ICM
• Building neutral platform
• Developing skills in coordination and rapport
building
11. Capacity Development Challenges
• Coordinating stakeholders
• Building trust
• Reducing conflict
• Working in unsupportive policy frameworks
Photo: Lee Gross, EcoAgriculture Partners
12. Capacity Development Needs
• Improve private sector
engagement
• Improve government
support and leadership
• Improve knowledge
sharing and exchange
• Improve multi-
stakeholder
mechanisms and
governance
Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT
13. Conclusions from ILI Assessment and
Other Studies
• Technical management capacities relatively
easy to develop
• Cross-cutting capacities related to
stakeholder management, leadership and
governance highly in demand
Photo: Bernard Gagnon
14. Key Action Areas for Landscape
Capacity Development
• Curriculum development for
new breed of landscape
professionals
• Government support and
leadership
• Multi-stakeholder
mechanisms & governance
• Farmer engagement
• Private sector engagement
Photo: Neil Palmer, CIAT
15. Potential Action Steps
• Analyze approaches, methods and results of
current capacity development initiatives.
• Assess potential for building entrepreneurial
landscapes.
• Form a “global landscape academy.”
Photo: Eileen Delhi
16. Springboards for Action
• Draw from the many groups across Africa who are
developing tools and programs to enhance
capacity for landscape management
• Participate in Wageningen UR Center for
Development Innovation l/s learning events
• Engage with LPFN Working Group on Landscape
Strengthening