R4D Aug12 organizersAgenda

Developing a R4D approach at farm-level - consultation and writing workshop

Infocentre break out room, 13-14 September, ILRI Ethiopia Back to the event agenda

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Organizers' agenda

Objectives

• Share a methodological approach for demand-driven R4D within the context of the AfricaRISING.
• Identify and discuss major issues of the approach with a larger R&D community.
• Find ways forward to tackle these issues based on the knowledge and experiences of this larger community.

Thursday 13 September		Friday 14 September
08.30	Registration
09.00	* Introduction * Presentations: Africa RISING & research framework Systems approaches Demand-driven R4D * Clarification questions	08.30	* Recap day 1 * Group work: Review positive and negative aspects of day 1 ideas in random groups Work on specific topics in 'interest' groups Present group work
10.15	Coffee break	10.00	Coffee break
10.45	* Presentations: Africa RISING early win conceptual approach Implementation and recommendations * Group discussion: Reflection and emerging issues	10.30	(individual/Group work) Writeshop: * Organisational arrangement * Capacity building strategy * Up & out-scaling * Emerging issues
12.30	Lunch break	12.30	Lunch break
13.30	* Organizing an R4D approach: underlying issues, promising strategies and examples of: Organisational arrangement Capacity building strategy Up & out-scaling Emerging issues (from previous session)	13.30	* Presentation writeshop results * Reflections about the writeshop and gaps (Diego)
15.30	Coffee break	14.30	Closing session * Evaluation * Next steps * Final words
16.00	Closing session * Presentations of group work * Commentary by selected people * Recap and plans for day 2	15.00	Close
17.00	Close
17.30	Drinks and food

Detailed plans:

Day 1

AM1.1

• (5min) [Diego] opening the workshop
• (25 min) [Ewen] introduction of the agenda and participants (<range type="comment" id="842752">speed dating</range id="842752"> in circles), ground rules;
• (20 min) Presentation [Jerry] about the Africa RISING workshop + buzzing with 2-3 people to come up with questions;
• (20 min) Presentation [Ken] on systems approaches + buzzing to come up with questions;
• (20 min) Presentation [Ann] on R4D + buzzing to come up with questions
• (15 min) Key questions for clarification (and challenges of operationalization?) - only 1 per buzz group

AM1.2

• (20 min) Presentation [Jens] on conceptual approach - 15 min pres + 5 min (2 or 3) burning questions
• (20 min) Presentation [Diego] about implementation & recommendations - 15 min + 5 min Q&A
• (50 min) Group work: Short fishbowl battle on pros and cons of the approach + (optional plenary reflection on insights) fish bowl for consolidation of insights and emerging issues...

PM1.1

• (5 min) Introduction group work [Ewen]
• (10 min) Short presentation [Diego] about key issues in R4D approach - to check with Diego
• (60 min) World cafe on the existing issues around the question: issues, strategies, examples of (key issue) for R4D: What should and can we do about this?

If too many topics, organize a marketplace and find someone to champion it;

• (30 min) Short peer review with one person going around to visit each other's ideas.
• (15 min) Consolidation in dedicated groups to develop a more comprehensive overview

PM1.2

• (45 min) Presentation group work
• (15 min) Feedback Jerry, Peter, Ann, Diego
• (5 min) Recap [Ann or participants]

Day 2

AM2.1

• (5 min) Brief recap day 1 [Laurens] and introduction day 2 [Ewen]
• (25 min) Green and red cards (in buzz groups) to flag interesting insights and ideas and challenges of questions for Africa RISING.
• (25 min) Have groups champion some topics and come up with a refined plan for each of these topics + roaming group to ensure cross-pollination.
• (35 min) Presentation of plans.

AM2.2

• (120 min) Writeshop - to be fleshed out by Diego. Could be: Take the ideas from day 1 and work further on them in groups, with roaming AfricaRISING group to answer questions and help shape up reflections in a pragmatic way for the program - Develop template.

PM2.1

• (60 min) Presenting Writeshop ideas + clarification questions + feedback Diego / Ann for each - in plenary.

PM2.2

• (15 min) Reflections by Diego and Ann about feedback given and implications + next steps [Diego].
• (15 min) Short spectrogram evaluation of participants about liking the workshop and about believing in applicability.