Extract from GLOBALSYNTHESIS REPORT 2021
The catalytic use of TCPs to mobilize resources
RAF reported that FAO Benin, FAO Botswana, FAO Cameroon, FAO Djibouti, FAO Eritrea, FAO Eswatini, FAO Kenya, FAO United Republic of Tanzania, FAO Zambia, and Subregional Offices SFE and SFS used around USD 2.6 million of TCP funds to mobilize over USD 98 million from IFAD, European Union, GCF. FAO Chad reported that a TCP related to the meat value chain enabled the government to mobilized resources from the AfDB for around USD 13 million. FAO Angola reported that the investment of three TCPs that amounted to around USD 450 000 catalysed more than USD 56 million in additional funds.
In the RNE region, FAO Lebanon reported that TCPs are a cornerstone and catalyst to mobilize funding for the fisheries sector, while FAO Mauritania noted that the results of a TCP contributed to government efforts to manage the impacts of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition. In emergency countries like Syria, where securing donor funding to support institutional capacity development is challenging, TCPs are a fundamental tool for FAO to support technical institutions in the country with preparedness for the development of the agriculture sector post crisis, and to improve their capacity to support the implementation of national programmes and FAO interventions.
In RLC, TCPs are used as strategic funds to be invested at country level to support the implementation of the CPF and the design of projects (GEF, GCF, European Union) looking for high impact at country level. In FAO Bolivia TCP represents 11 percent of the current project portfolio which catalysed the other 89 percent. In Colombia, FAO strengthen the relationship with the European Union and the Italian Cooperation Agency through TCP funded activities, mobilizing around USD 4.5 million of additional funding from these partners.
In RAP, FAO Cambodia reported that besides leveraging more funding support and technical assistance to the government, TCPs were used to support government counterparts to formulate policies/strategies, for instance, providing technical support to formulate the Agriculture Development Policy for the country.
In REU, the TCPs implemented in FAO Moldova in the last biennium had catalytic effects and led to the continuation of the initiatives both on the side of the Government and of other donors. The Intervention and Payment Agency in Agriculture provided a budget of about USD 3 million within the national subsidy scheme for investment activities related to agrifood promotion and agritourism.
Other noteworthy catalytic effects/impacts that resulted from the outputs produced by TCPs were:
In Bhutan, FAO implemented a TCP in response to the ongoing COVID pandemic, which generated employment and income for displaced employees of private sector and contributed to import substitution of fresh vegetables through urban agriculture.
A regional TCP project to support the implementation of the right to adequate food, led to Chile guaranteeing this right in the new Magna Carta of the country.
FAO Guinea reported that the strengthening of institutional capacities of state services and training through Farmer Field Schools enabled an increase in the level of production and yields.
TCP projects in Moldova were one of the main instruments to implement good practices in agriculture, as well as to introduce new policy and legal initiatives with a significant impact on the sustainable development of agriculture.
In Uganda a TCP on the Fall Armyworm (FAW) built capacity to manage this new pest. Furthermore, the project also introduced and popularized the use of phone-based applications for monitoring and reporting on FAW.
In Tanzania, TCPs enabled stronger partnerships with the government, the private sector (suppliers of services and goods) and with other stakeholders in agriculture sector, increasing FAO’s visibility at country level.