Africa RISING M&E Expert Meeting[edit | edit source]

5-7 September 2012 Large auditorium, ILRI Ethiopia, Addis Ababa Back to the event home page

Agenda[edit | edit source]

Timing	Session	Resource person [presenter, chair or facilitator]
8.30	Introduction: * Welcome * Participants' introduction * Agenda	[P] Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere (IFPRI) [C] Peter Thorne (ILRI) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
9.15	* Brief overview of M&E in Africa RISING (10') - File:ME_Overview_ver2.pptxbr Research design presentation 20 - File:ARResearchFramework_jrns_ver3.pptx	[P] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [P] Joseph Rusike (IITA), Naomie Sakane (IFPRI/MSU)
9.45	Plenary discussion (meeting agenda, overall research design, M&E,...)	[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
10.30	Break
11.00	Status of research planning in the three project zones: * Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa (20') Ghana - File:Africa RISING status of research Ghana.pdfbr Mali - File:Slides-ReportingAfricaRising-PCST NXPowerLite.pptbr Plenary discussion about West Africa15br Ethiopian highlands 20 - File:AfricaRISING Ethiopia 28Addis Ababa 05-09-1229.pptxbr Plenary discussion about Ethiopian Highlands15br East and Southern Africa 20 - File:ESA Presentation at Addis 2.pdf * Plenary discussion about East and Southern Africa(15') * Plenary discussion about the collective picture (15')	[C] Sieg Snapp (MSU) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) [P] Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IITA), Asamoah Larbi (IITA) [P] Peter Thorne (ILRI) [P] Mateete Bekunda (IITA), Regis Chikowo (MSU)
13.00	Lunch break
14.00	Data platform session: * Site characterization and rationale for site selection (25' + 5' Q&A) File:ADDIS site selection.pptbr IFPRI monitoring tools and implementing partners: how to 45File:Addis.pptx	[C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) [P] Christopher Legg (IFPRI) [P] Ryan Whitley, Jubal Harpster (SpatialDev)
15.30	Break
16.00	Feedback on site characterization, selection and monitoring tools * Plenary clarification questions (15') * Group discussion about (45') Tools Site characterization * Plenary feedback (15')	[C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) Group animators: Ryan Whitley, Jubal Harpster (SpatialDev) on tools Christopher Legg (IFPRI) and An Notenbaert (ILRI) on site characterization
17.15	Final impressions for day 1	[P] Sieg Snapp (MSU) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
17.30	Close
18.30	Social event

	Day 2
8.45	Recap day 1 and program day 2 Presentation of group work from previous days (see Feedback on site characterization, selection and monitoring tools)	[C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) and Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) Groups to report back
9.30	Differentiating M&E for more effective M&E * USAid Feed the Future indicators (15') File:FTF Indicators Session IV Ender.ppt/ How to use / adapt the Feed the Future indicatorsFile:ME strategy.pptbr Overview of current ME activities and reporting for Africa RISING 20br Research design and opportunities for evaluation 30br Presentation Joseph 15: File:Research Design_USAID Africa RISING M E Meeting Addis Ababa_Sept 5-7 2012.pptbr Presentation Peter 15: File:Research Framework M and E meeting 06-09-12.pptx	[C] Mateete Bekunda (IITA) [P] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [P] Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates) [P] Joseph Rusike (IITA) & Peter Thorne (ILRI)
10.45	Break
11.15	Group work session on evaluation, methods and responsibilities for M&E in Africa RISING I (105'): * What are the most important questions we need to ask ourselves and how can we use them to learn and inform management? (Gary) * What methods do we need to answer these questions? (Carlo) * What are functions / roles we need about monitoring and evaluation and how should we split them (Sibiry) Possibly zooming in on either of these in more details later	[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) Group animators: Peter Thorne (ILRI) Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates)
13.00	Lunch break
14.00	Draft M&E plan and overall future strategy File:Ender presentation - ME Plan.ppt * Presentation of the components of the plan (30') * Clarification questions (15') * Group work (45'): review the M&E plans (in regional groups) and comment: what's agreed, what's disputed, what's missing	[C] Jerry Glover (USAid) [P] Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
15.30	Break
16.00	Reviewing the chart (60') * Does it make sense to use this chart to align our activities?	[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
17.00	Final impressions for day 2	[P] Jerry Glover (USAid)
17.15	Close
	Day 3
8.45	Recap day 2 and program day 3 - one word about: * Finalisation of research framework (who? by when?) -> In small groups. * Data flow protocol, timelines & responsibilities in research WPs or who sends what to whom? -> In review and planning meetings * How to report on FtF indicators in the upcoming report? -> In small groups.	[C] Carlo Azzarri
9.00	Coming back to yesterday's discussions: 1) responsibilities, 2) M&E methods/approaches and 3) evaluation questions (see session )	[P] Gary Ender (IFPRI / Abt Associates)
9.15	Clarify and vote on evaluation questions File:Evaluation Questions for Africa RISING.docx	[P] Gary Ender
9.45	Open space - organize your work: * How are we going to interact and collaborate on data collection and evaluation design? * Timing (e.g. villages, baselines), appointment of M&E coordinators and collection of baselines * Treatment sites active by October / mid-November - can we really randomize? / Resolve issue of selection of sites: random or not?	[C] Jerry Glover (USAid)
10.30	Break
11.00	Review sheets and finalize decisions (Open Space slot 2)	[F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
12.00	M&E next steps: * The four years ahead * Linking evaluation questions with approaches/methods: Review the degree of realism of the evaluation questions * Bringing it all together - what we can/can't do	[P] Gary Ender, Jerry Glover, Carlo Azzarri, Joseph Rusike.
12.30	Synthesis of the meeting and concluding remarks	[C] Jerry Glover (USAid) and participants
13.00	Close & lunch break