National innovation coalition
Most RIU Africa Country Programmes have national innovation coalitions. These are the overarching committees of stakeholders that usually have two functions - one around governance and a second area around advocacy for the emerging lessons.
RIU Sierra Leone has adopted a model specific to its country context. This has resulted in the setting up of the Partnership in Agricultural Innovation for Development (PAID). PAID can be viewed as a social business network comprising of various stakeholders which works across the whole of the country. It has attracted a membership which includes public and private sectors, research institutions, non-governmental organization, universities, civil society, farmers and farmer-based organizations.
PAID is seen as a key vehicle for influencing policy and it has worked closely with the Ministry's Agriculture Advisory Group and the Agriculture Technical Team, to create a dialogue to influence policy. Because RIU Sierra Leone has been capacity building farmers' organizations, and PAID is self financing through subscriptions, it is hoped that PAID can be a sustainable and strong voice in policy dialogues.
Most RIU Africa Country Programmes have national innovation coalitions. These are the overarching committees of stakeholders that usually have two functions - one around governance and a second area around advocacy for the emerging lessons.
RIU Sierra Leone has adopted a model specific to its country context. This has resulted in the setting up of the Partnership in Agricultural Innovation for Development (PAID). PAID can be viewed as a social business network comprising of various stakeholders which works across the whole of the country. It has attracted a membership which includes public and private sectors, research institutions, non-governmental organization, universities, civil society, farmers and farmer-based organizations.
PAID is seen as a key vehicle for influencing policy and it has worked closely with the Ministry's Agriculture Advisory Group and the Agriculture Technical Team, to create a dialogue to influence policy. Because RIU Sierra Leone has been capacity building farmers' organizations, and PAID is self financing through subscriptions, it is hoped that PAID can be a sustainable and strong voice in policy dialogues.
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Thomas T. Tarawalie Chairman |
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Gladys Hindowa Vice chairman |
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Dauda K. Gbow Financial secretary |
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Ahmed Sesay Representative - Northern region |
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Patrick Momoh Representative - Southern region |
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Charles Morison Representative - Eastern region |
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Mariatu Jusu Representative - Western region |
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Isaac Palmer Technocrat |
| Ian Maudlin, RIU Director, introduces Research Into Use, explains its aims and outlines the impacts the programme hopes to achieve. November 2009 (3:55) |  |
Related information
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PAID-SL Baseline assessment RIU Sierra Leone May 2010 (PDF 1302KB) |
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PAID-SL Membership directory RIU Sierra Leone May 2010 (PDF 665KB) |
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PAID-SL Baseline -terms of reference RIU Sierra Leone March 2010 (PDF 81KB) |
