TAMAP
TAMAP Reports
05th May 2021Technical Assistance to the Modernization of Agriculture Programme
About Us
The European Union (EU) funded Technical Assistance to the Modernisation of Agriculture Programme in Sri Lanka (TAMAP) was commenced to contribute to a more Productive, Sustainable, Diversified, Climate-Resilient, Market-Oriented and an Inclusive Agriculture sector in Sri Lanka.
The project started on 8th January 2018 for a total of 36 months. A consortium led by Ecorys BV was awarded this service contract with a team of key experts and provision of a large number of non-key experts.
What we do
- Based on sector needs assessment, help identify and assess issues and challenges facing the process of modernising the agriculture sector.
- Development of an Overarching Agriculture Policy with a view to enhance agricultural productivity, efficiency and sustainability.
- Development of a coherent Implementation Strategy for the Overarching Agricultural Policy.
- Assist develop an action plan along with resource and financial budgets to provide a MTEF, along with a robust and pertinent M&E system.
- Help develop an agriculture sector reform contract to accommodate EU budget support.
The threads running through these five critical elements are Coordination, Facilitation, Training, Mentoring and Mainstreaming of cross-cutting issues such as Climate Change, Gender, Youth and Smart Nutrition.
The TAMAP team works as a catalyst to facilitate and bring the necessary changes to the structure and operations of the industry following in-depth analysis of the current situations impacting the sector to form the basis for informed scientific decision making. The TAMAP team facilitates the establishment of multi-stakeholder working groups for the corresponding results to be achieved by the project (Policy, Strategy, Action Plan with resource allocation through a Mid Term Expenditure Framework (MTEF)). The working groups elaborate concepts which will then be tabled to the TAMAP Programme Steering Committee for endorsement. This approach has a strong participatory character whereby each participating agency appoints representatives as active members for the Working Groups which meet regularly.