Bangladesh Country Investment Plan - Feed the Future

provide orientation and guidance. Regular briefing/team meetings with FPMU have been taken
regularly. The National Committee reviewed the draft of the updated CIP on 14 th March.
13. The consultations at design stage have led to bringing the perspectives of the various
stakeholders together and building some strong consensus around priority investment programmes
and key policy issues to be considered. Moreover, stakeholders have strongly contributed to
identifying the key principles to guide implementation, contributing to improving substantially
CIP’s collaborative framework and enhancing its strategic dimension.
14. Process for prioritization of investments. Stakeholder priorities were reflected in the
narrative and description of each investment Programme (see Annex 3) along the following
criteria (used by the Planning Commission of GoB):
• Top Priority: Most important to the goals of CIP, has potential to provide immediate
benefits to large sections of people and already has substantial GOB commitments;
• High Priority: Important areas where efforts would benefit the public and has regional
and area-based importance and needs to be implemented immediately.
• Medium Priority: Important programs where implementation may be needed in future.
• Low Priority: Programs where implementation depends on the availability of resources.
15. Policy Mapping. IFPRI undertook a policy mapping exercise as part of the updating and
consultation process, in close cooperation with GoB and FAO. In this respect, initial meetings
among IFPRI, USAID and FAO were held on 13th January 2011, followed by the preparation of a
synthesis on priority policy issues, prepared by IFPRI 1 , which was presented at the National
Forum on 20 March.
16. Consultation on costing, financing and resource mapping. Information on ongoing and
projected investments in food and nutrition security - including costing and financing - was
collected through standard templates which were sent to nearly 40 relevant agencies. Similar
templates were also sent to the relevant DPs. Findings of the prioritization and costing processes
were shared with the GoB agencies on 28 th February in a day-long seminar. This exercise also led
to the mapping of existing investment operations and available resources.
1 IFPRI, Bangladesh Policy and Research and Strategy Support Program, Policy Analysis for the Country
Investment Plan for Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition in Bangladesh, March 2011.
Updated Bangladesh Country Investment Plan: A Road Map Towards investing in Agriculture, Food Security and Nutrition
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