INRAE is tasked with the development of a diagnostic tool that can identify the capacity building needs for NOAMS in their mission of scaling up organic agriculture in their countries. The first work for this task was carried out between February and August 2020, but was abandoned due to the departure of the responsible staff from INRAE. A new proposal for carrying out this work directly by INRAE and CIRAD scientific coordinators directly with the AfrONet Board was presented to the Board in early 2021. This did not advance beyond the proposal stage and thus a new approach was proposed. This new approach was to invite the AfrONet Project Coordinator and Fund Manager to collaborate directly with INRAE and CIRAD to create a first draft of the tool that could be validated in a workshop with the new AfrONet Board at the African Organic Conference in Rwanda. Thus, the mission to Paris was organized with the additional participation of the President of AfrONet and the CEO of TOAM.