October 2006: DGIS Support to Prolinnova 2007-2010 confirmed
The Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed its commitment to co-fund Prolinnova for the next 4 years, 2007-2010.
Though Prolinnova receives funding support from various donors, the DGIS component is crucial as it provides the core to which other sub-programmes with other donors can be added.
By the end of 2006, all country programmes and partners went through a strategic review and planning process, including both the activities and the partnership arrangements, in preparation to the next 4 years.
November 2006: Innovation in Africa Symposium
Prolinnova successfully co-hosted with CIAT the Innovation in Africa Symposium as part of its international awareness raising and policy work. About 140 professionals working on agriculture and NRM in Africa and representing different stakeholders discussed new insights in how agricultural innovation can be stimulated. It was strongly recommended to plan a similar event in 3 years time.
More information can be found in the news section on the Prolinnova website.
March 2007: Annual International Prolinnova Partners Meeting
The annual international Prolinnova partners meeting was held in Senegal. 40 people from about 20 countries exchanged their experiences in Promoting Local Innovation, building partnerships, integrating PID into curricula of universities and also developing plans for future joint actions.
One remarkable aspect was the presence of a considerable number of new partners from new countries who proved very keen on trying to build up Prolinnova type programmes: Kenya, Mozambique, Solomon Islands (representative got stranded on the way), Bolivia, Mali, Senegal, and Burkina Faso. The latter Francophone countries in West Africa have already mobilised funding from donors and the other countries have undertaken major steps, mostly from their own resources with limited inception support from the Prolinnova DGIS grant.
Booklets on Facilitating Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Recognising Local Innovation
Experiences among Prolinova partners in the period 2004-2006 have been captured in two publications: Facilitating Multistakeholder Partnerships and Recognising Local Innovation. These are available from IIRR, the Philippines, and also through the Prolinnova website here.
An agreement has been reached with CTA, the Netherlands, to cooperate in the publishing and distribution of a series of publications by Prolinnova, of which these booklets will be the first 2 volumes.
The Netherlands Directorate-General for International Cooperation (DGIS) of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs has confirmed its commitment to co-fund Prolinnova for the next 4 years, 2007-2010.
Though Prolinnova receives funding support from various donors, the DGIS component is crucial as it provides the core to which other sub-programmes with other donors can be added.
By the end of 2006, all country programmes and partners went through a strategic review and planning process, including both the activities and the partnership arrangements, in preparation to the next 4 years.
November 2006: Innovation in Africa Symposium
Prolinnova successfully co-hosted with CIAT the Innovation in Africa Symposium as part of its international awareness raising and policy work. About 140 professionals working on agriculture and NRM in Africa and representing different stakeholders discussed new insights in how agricultural innovation can be stimulated. It was strongly recommended to plan a similar event in 3 years time.
More information can be found in the news section on the Prolinnova website.
March 2007: Annual International Prolinnova Partners Meeting
The annual international Prolinnova partners meeting was held in Senegal. 40 people from about 20 countries exchanged their experiences in Promoting Local Innovation, building partnerships, integrating PID into curricula of universities and also developing plans for future joint actions.
One remarkable aspect was the presence of a considerable number of new partners from new countries who proved very keen on trying to build up Prolinnova type programmes: Kenya, Mozambique, Solomon Islands (representative got stranded on the way), Bolivia, Mali, Senegal, and Burkina Faso. The latter Francophone countries in West Africa have already mobilised funding from donors and the other countries have undertaken major steps, mostly from their own resources with limited inception support from the Prolinnova DGIS grant.
Booklets on Facilitating Multi-stakeholder Partnerships and Recognising Local Innovation
Experiences among Prolinova partners in the period 2004-2006 have been captured in two publications: Facilitating Multistakeholder Partnerships and Recognising Local Innovation. These are available from IIRR, the Philippines, and also through the Prolinnova website here.
An agreement has been reached with CTA, the Netherlands, to cooperate in the publishing and distribution of a series of publications by Prolinnova, of which these booklets will be the first 2 volumes.
Laurens van Veldhuizen, PROLINNOVA