4 -Capacity building VCA's institutional Moderate Likely High -Training needs assessment (including VCA targets only capacity is not assessment of gaps in institutional capacity) will Component individuals improved as be carried out before capacity building design Director expected - Detailed knowledge transfer/ sharing to wider beneficiaries in the agency will be part of follow up action plan of capacity building's beneficiaries - Criteria to select trainees will take into account trainees' potential to make institutional reforms Component 3: Component 3: Restructuring of Rural Economy Focussing on Rice Value Chains 5 Interest of rice value Institutional Major Likely High - IPSARD will pursue bottom up approach in High IPSARD chain's stakeholders structure for rice working with local level's stakeholders in the value Component are different production value chain in Dong Thap to build pressure for changes Director chain in Dong Thap in institutional structure is not changed. -Open policy debate will be conducted with all (e.g., the stakeholders of the rice value chain including establishment of farmers, researcher, SOE, private sector....) to appropriate rice present evidence based analysis and get their value chain consensus on the most appropriate institutional institutional structure to increase rice value added in Dong arrangements in Thap Dong Thap is delayed or ineffective) 6 The activities Program support Moderate Likely High -The program will closely monitor the planning and High PCU, proposed by IPSARD may not generate implementation of IPSARD's activities. Two Program are still vague. the tangible planning will be carried out but with an initial focus Director, contributions to on specific and feasible outputs for the first year of DFAT SPM, practical program budgeting and resources allocation. IPSARD restructuring - Annual review and planning mechanism will Component initiatives expected allow the adjustment of the intervention areas as Director under this program needed.
4 -Capacity building targets only individuals VCA's institutional capacity is not improved as expected Moderate Likely High -Training needs assessment (including assessment of gaps in institutional capacity) will be carried out before capacity building design - Detailed knowledge transfer/ sharing to wider beneficiaries in the agency will be part of follow up action plan of capacity building's beneficiaries - Criteria to select trainees will take into account trainees' potential to make institutional reforms VCA Component Director Component 3: Component 3: Restructuring of Rural Economy Focussing on Rice Value Chains 5 Interest of rice value chain's stakeholders are different Institutional structure for rice production value chain in Dong Thap is not changed. (e.g., the establishment of appropriate rice value chain institutional arrangements in Dong Thap is delayed or ineffective) Major Likely High - IPSARD will pursue bottom up approach in working with local level's stakeholders in the value chain in Dong Thap to build pressure for changes in institutional structure -Open policy debate will be conducted with all stakeholders of the rice value chain including farmers, researcher, SOE, private sector....) to present evidence based analysis and get their consensus on the most appropriate institutional structure to increase rice value added in Dong Thap High IPSARD Component Director 6 The activities proposed by IPSARD are still vague. Program support may not generate the tangible contributions to practical restructuring initiatives expected under this program Moderate Likely High -The program will closely monitor the planning and implementation of IPSARD's activities. Two planning will be carried out but with an initial focus on specific and feasible outputs for the first year of program budgeting and resources allocation. - Annual review and planning mechanism will allow the adjustment of the intervention areas as needed. High PCU, Program Director, DFAT SPM, IPSARD Component Director
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