ESA rev planning Oct2018
Africa RISING ESA
Review and planning meeting
03 - 05 October 2018 Lilongwe, Malawi
Objectives:
- Review of main research and development achievements and challenges of the project
- Plan activities for 2018/19 season, with a special focus on farming systems research, collection of data on SI indicators and documentation of project outputs
Agenda Day 1 [3 Oct.] 08:00 Registration 08:30 Introduction of participants 08:45 Welcome & Opening remarks
- A. Arega - IITA Country Representative
- J. Glover – USAID
09:15 Overview of agenda for the day & housekeeping
09:30 Updates from Project Manager – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon {30’ pres.}
10:00 Break
10:30 ESA project overview [what is going on] – M. Bekunda {15’ pres. + 15’disc.}
11:00 Planning with a farming systems research perspective - L. Claessens {15’ pres. + 15’disc.}
11:30 Review of 2017/18 activities – posters lot 1 & 4 parallel
13:00 Lunch 14:00 Review of 2017/18 activities cont’d – posters lot 2 & 3 parallel 15:30 Break 16:00 Plenary discussion and briefing back 17:00 End of day 1
Day 2 [4 Oct.] 08:30 M&E data management plan – an update on revised data management policy – B. Haile 09:30 Communication and Knowledge Management updates - wiki changes & others 10:00 Break 10:30 Guidance on preparation of work plans for 2018/19 - M. Bekunda 11:00 Break out groups to develop draft work plans 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Break out groups to develop draft work plans cont'd / parallel project steering committee meeting 17:00 End of day 1
Day 3 [5 Oct.] 08:30 Presentation of draft work plans for 2018/19 season 10:00 Break 10:30 Presentation of draft work plans 12:00 Feedback from farming systems research observatory team – led by Lieven Claessens et al. 13:00 Lunch 14:00 Break-out groups to refine work plans 15:00 Quick updates on changes made to draft work plans 16:00 Break 16:30 Reporting back from the project steering committee meeting – I. Hoeschle-Zeledon 16:40 Feedbacks, insights & observations from AR Ethiopia representation
- Peter Thorne - Manager, Africa RISING Ethiopia
- Kind Mekonnen - Chief Scientist, Africa RISING Ethiopia
17:00 Next steps – M. Bekunda 17:20 Closing remarks - J. Glover, I. Hoeschle-Zeledon 17:30 End of meeting
Background materials
Participants [click to download]
Outputs
