ICER2019

Africa RISING Phase II
Internally Commissioned External Review
July 2019 - April 2020

Schedule

• Document reviews: July 2019
• Key informant interviews: July/August 2019 for WA and Ethiopia, January 2020 for East/Southern Africa
• Travels to countries to meet with key informants and field visits: September 2019 (Ghana and Mali); October 2019 (Ethiopia), February 2020 (Malawi, Tanzania);a detailed schedule will be worked out by Africa RISING Management
• Interim report with key findings and draft recommendations for WA and ET projects: November 2019
• Debriefing meeting with PCT: could be virtual, March 2020 after conclusion of field trips in Tanzania
• Draft report writing: March 2020
• Feedback on draft report from PCT: March 2020
• Final Report writing: two weeks after receipt of feedback from PCT (April 2020)
  

Deliverables

1. Initial summary report on the findings (for the debriefing meeting)
2. Interim report for WA and ET projects
3. Draft report with key findings and recommendations - for comments and feedback by the Africa RISING PCT
4. Final report with key findings and recommendations (no more than 50 pages)

Field visit itineraries for the review team

• 15 September - 21 September: Ghana

Key contact persons for each project and the program

Program background materials

• Program overview
• | Program Phase II proposal
• | Program data management plan: 2019–2021
• | Program communication and knowledge management strategy: 2019–2021
• | Peer reviewed journal publications
• | Phase I program framework: 2012 - 2016

Project background materials

• ESA Project
• Ethiopian Highlands Project
• WA Project

Previous internally-commissioned review reports

• | East and Southern Africa Project
• | Ethiopia Highlands Project
• | West Africa Project

General resources for the reviewers:

• | CGspace outputs repository
• | AR web site and updates
• | AR data portal