Pct44

Africa RISING PCT #44
7 December 2020
Zoom Meetings

Present

Apologies

Agenda

Follow up on action points from the recent workshop on future of AR, SI & Systems Research - https://bit.ly/2KP0mdT
Review of PCT action points generated from the ICER (internally commissioned external review) - https://bit.ly/36miGUb
Any other Business
Handover of role of Chair from ILRI to IITA

Follow up on action points from the recent workshop on future of AR, SI & Systems Research


Time	Activity	Lead/Facilitated by
15.00 - 15.05	Welcome to the meeting & logistical information	J.Odhong & M. Victor
15.05 - 15.10	Introduction to objectives and background of the meeting	S. Moyo
15.10 – 15.15	Opening remarks	J. Glover
15.15 – 15.35	Progress against program-level outcomes & research questions for AR Phase II proposal	P. Thorne, I. Zeledon & C Azzarri
15.35 – 16.00	Collective critique of progress against program-level outcomes and research questions	Facilitated discussion by M. Victor/J. Odhong
16.05 - 17.00 [15 min. per presentation]	Keynote presentations by projects – impact, RoI and achievements Program M&E East and Southern Africa Project Ethiopian Highlands Project West Africa Project	C. Azzarri M. Bekunda K. Mekonnen F. Kizito
17.05 - 18.00	Actionable conversation around the following points: What are the priority actions for documenting AR scaling, impact and RoI? What are the gaps between the regional vs. program level outcomes and how can we fill those in the next year? What are lessons learned in AR that we would like to leave behind for future use -technologies, new ways of doing business, multi-center cooperation etc? A 30 min. provision is made at the start of day 2 in case more time is needed to discuss the above points.	Facilitated discussion by M. Victor & J. Odhong

Review of PCT action points generated from the ICER (internally commissioned external review)

Any other Business

Handover of role of Chair from ILRI to IITA