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Stockholm International Water Institute mapping and organizational analysis (2019)
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OpenCities produced a report for the Stockholm International Water Institute (SIWI) based on research and analysis of African regional and sub-regional organizations.
SIWI were interested in understanding the potential of different organizations to acts as partners in influencing and implementing improved rainfed agriculture.
An initial analysis of 22 organizations formed part of a mapping exercise which gave an overview of relevant institutions and institutional frameworks, and sought to summarize each organization's current engagement with rainfed agriculture and related practices. A complex area of relationships involving overlapping policy frameworks, continental organizations, regional economic communities (RECs), member states and river basin organizations was condensed into a series of slides and diagrams to help our client gain a better understanding of the environment they wanted to engage with.
This research was supplemented by an analysis of available data on REC capacities, as well as an overview of the different areas in which work on rainfed agriculture techniques was being included, for example, Climate Smart Agriculture (CSA). OpenCities also carried out seven interviews with representatives from the relevant organisations. This allowed us to glean nuanced and detailed insights into how each of the organisations work, what their experience of working with the other organisations has been like, and where the momentum is moving forward in terms of working on improving rainfed agriculture.
All of this research was outlined in the report and used to make recommendations on where and how SIWI could best engage.
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