WA SC2

West Africa Project Steering Committee 2014'
4 February 2014
Azalai Grand Hotel, Bamako, Mali

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Agenda

08:00 Welcome of PSC members (R. Asiedu, Chairman PSC)

08:05 Follow up on action points from last meeting (R. Asiedu)

08:35 Management and implementation issues encountered since last PSC meeting (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, Project Coordinator; A. Larbi, Chief Scientist) See presentation

09:00 Reflection on stakeholder meeting of previous day (J. Glover, USAID Representative),

09:45 Discussion and approval of farming systems analysis proposal from Wageningen University; approval of draft annual project budget

10:00 Break

10:30 M&E and Project Mapping Tool update (B. Haile, IFPRI) See presentation

10:45 Communications update (F. Afolabi, Project Communication Specialists) See presentation

11:00 Briefing about ESA Steering Committee meeting and PCT meetings (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon)

11:20 PSC membership (replacement of AfricaRice, new rep from CSIR, Communication, IFPRI)

11:45 Next activities and upcoming events (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon)

12:00 AOB (data management,…)

12:30 End of meeting

12:30 Lunch

Minutes of meeting

Participants

Participants for Steering committee meeting (4th Feb 2014)

	Name	Organization
		WA Steering Committee
1	A.B. Salifu	CSIR-Ghana
2	Asamoah Larbi	IITA-GHANA
3	Carlo Azzarri	IFPRI-USA
4	Farid Waliyar	ICRISAT-MALI
5	Hoeschle-Zeledon	IITA-NIGERIA
6	Jerry Glover	USAID-USA
7	Kathy Lopez	IITA-NIGERIA
8	Kehinde Makinde	AGRA-GHANA
9	Ousmane Ndoye	CORAF-SENEGAL
10	Robert Asiedu	IITA-NIGERIA
11	Faith Afolabi	IITA-NIGERIA
		ESA Steering Committee
12	Carlo Azzarri	IFPRI-USA
13	Mateete Bekunda	IITA-TANZANIA
14	Mashinda Hassan	COSTECH- TANZANIA
15	Ivan Rwomushana	ASARECA-UGANDA
16	Felistus Patience Chipungu	MOA-MALAWI
17	Opio Fina	ASARECA-UGANDA
18	Hoeschle-Zeledon	IITA-NIGERIA
19	Jerry Glover	USAID-USA
20	Catherine Njuguna	IITA-TANZANIA
21	Oliver Jeffrey	IITA-ZAMBIA
22	Siambi Moses	ICRISAT-KENYA
23	Victor Manyong	IITA-TANZANIA
24	Faith Afolabi	IITA- NIGERIA