TOMAK’s engagement with Inherent community inequity, TOMAK will initially undertake TOMAK Likely Moderate High communities and the injustices, prejudices and assessments to understand characterisation and community power relationships may lead to potential conflict issues. If planning of resource use may strife and unwanted conflict in political or power relations are too reveal inherent conflicts and decision making on resource entrenched TOMAK may choose inequities. use. not to work in those communities. All engagement with communities must anticipate conflict and provide the community with tools to identify, engage with and resolve issues as they arise. Adoption and uptake may be TOMAK produces lower than The five year (plus five) timeframe DFAT Likely Moderate slower than anticipated. TOMAK expected results in early years outlined for TOMAK is based on will be working in up to four value adoption rates seen in other chains in three to five Livelihood economic development programs Zones. Inevitably some will in Timor-Leste. However, move faster than others. TOMAK predicts that about a third Results of targeted value chains will establish successfully. TOMAK will not only need patience to nurture change, but will also need clear criteria to trigger exit strategies from failing value chains. The design will need to incorporate these mechanisms. Lack of sufficient options for Lack of effective partnerships TOMAK has assessed this issue DFAT Likely Moderate High robust delivery partnerships at may mean TOMAK has carefully and review approaches the local level insufficient capacity used by other development to influence partners and Programs to responses to commercial alleviate the risk. opportunity, basic food Currently, TOMAK will be production, and household food dependent on a reasonable level consumption. of contracted advisory support to assist with delivery and mentor emerging partnerships.
Results TOMAK’s engagement with communities and the characterisation and community planning of resource use may reveal inherent conflicts and inequities. Inherent community inequity, injustices, prejudices and power relationships may lead to strife and unwanted conflict in decision making on resource use. TOMAK will initially undertake assessments to understand potential conflict issues. If political or power relations are too entrenched TOMAK may choose not to work in those communities. All engagement with communities must anticipate conflict and provide the community with tools to identify, engage with and resolve issues as they arise. TOMAK Likely Moderate High Adoption and uptake may be slower than anticipated. TOMAK will be working in up to four value chains in three to five Livelihood Zones. Inevitably some will move faster than others. TOMAK produces lower than expected results in early years The five year (plus five) timeframe outlined for TOMAK is based on adoption rates seen in other economic development programs in Timor-Leste. However, TOMAK predicts that about a third of targeted value chains will establish successfully. TOMAK will not only need patience to nurture change, but will also need clear criteria to trigger exit strategies from failing value chains. The design will need to incorporate these mechanisms. DFAT Likely Moderate Lack of sufficient options for robust delivery partnerships at the local level Lack of effective partnerships may mean TOMAK has insufficient capacity to influence responses to commercial opportunity, basic food production, and household food consumption. TOMAK has assessed this issue carefully and review approaches used by other development partners and Programs to alleviate the risk. Currently, TOMAK will be dependent on a reasonable level of contracted advisory support to assist with delivery and mentor emerging partnerships. DFAT Likely Moderate High