WA rev planning May2019

Africa RISING West Africa Project
Review and planning meeting
14 - 16 May 2019
Accra, Ghana

Objectives

1. Review progress, operations and results for 2018/19 season.
2. Plan for implementation of activities in 2019/20 season.
3. Share updates with partners about project implementation and new directions.

Participants

1. Augustine Ayantunde, ILRI
2. Baloua Nebie, ICRISAT
3. Nadine Worou, ICRISAT
4. Bouba Traore, ICRISAT
5. Bougouna Sogoba, AMEDD
6. Jerry Glover, USAID
7. Felix Badolo, ICRISAT
8. Jean-Baptiste Tignegre, WorldVeg
9. Birhanu Zemadim, ICRISAT
10. Kalifa Traore, IER
11. Karamoko Sanogo, ICRISAT
12. Abdul Rahman Nurudeen, IITA
13. Bekele Kotu, IITA
14. Charity Osei, STEPRI
15. Francis Muthoni, IITA
16. Fred Kizito, IITA-CIAT
17. Bosiako Oherne-Antwi, KNUST
18. Solomon Adebayo, IITA
19. Gundula Fischer, IITA
20. Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon, IITA
21. Jeroen Groot, WUR
22. Jonathan Odhong, IITA
23. Mahama Saaka, UDS
24. Michael Abberton, IITA
25. Sadat Salifu, ARI
26. Weseh Addah, UDS
27. Zenebe Adimassu, IWMI
28. Saaka Buah, SARI
29. Benedict Boyubie, IITA
30. Mateete Bekunda, IITA
31. Mirja Michalscheck, WUR
32. Eva Thuijsman, WUR
33. Abdulai Jalloh, CORAF
34. Harmen de Braber, WUR
35. Wilhelmina Ofori-Duah, IITA
36. Franklin Avornyo, ARI
37. Terry Ansah, UDS
38. Abdulai Lansa, SARI
39. Eva Huet, WUR
40. Beliyou Haile, IFPRI
41. Solomon Adebayo, IITA
42. Paul Zaato, WorldVeg
43. Linda Neequaye, IITA
44. Diarisso Niamoye Yaro, IER

AGENDA
14 May [Day 1]
08:00 Registration
08:30 Participants introduction, agenda overview
08:45 Opening/welcome remarks

• IITA WA Hub Director/PSC Chair - M. Abberton

09:00 Updates from the project and program - I. Hoeschle-Zeledon - Zeledon
09:30 Review of progress with implementation of project logframe – F. Kizito
10:00 Break & group photo
10:30 Updates from USAID - J.Glover
11:00 Review presentations
[Systematic reporting from one activity to the next for Ghana and Mali. There will only be 3 mins. presentation + 2 mins. discussion per sub-activity. Presenters to use the PowerPoint template provided. Individuals indicated in the brackets to collate & assemble the activity ppt.]

• Activity 1.1.1 [Ghana - N. Abdulrahman; Mali – JB. Tignegre]
• Activity 1.1.2 [Ghana & Mali – A. Ayantunde]
• Activity 1.1.3 [Mali – K. Descheemaeker]

13:00 Lunch
14:00 Review presentations cont’d…

• Activity 1.2.1 [Ghana – F. Kizito; Mali – K. Traore]
• Activity 1.2.2 [Ghana – Z. Adimassu]
• Activity 1.3.1 [Ghana – B. Kotu]
• Activity 2.1.1 [Ghana – J. Groot; Mali – JB. Tignegre]
• Activity 2.1.2 [Ghana – M. Saaka]
• Activity 3.1.1 [Ghana – C. Osei]
• Activity 3.2.1 [Ghana – J. Groot]
• Activity 4.1.1 [Ghana & Mali – B. Kotu]

15:30 Break
16:00 Review presentations cont’d…

• Activity 4.1.2 [Ghana – C. Osei]
• Activity 4.2.1 [Ghana – G. Fischer]
• Activity 4.3.1 [Ghana – J. Groot]
• Activity 4.3.2 [Mali – B. Sogouba]
• Activity 4.4.1 [Mali – B. Zemadim]

16:30 Discussion of general issues arising from review presentations
17:00 End of day 1

15 May [Day 2]
08:00 Feedback and insights from ESA Project – M. Bekunda
08:30 Applicability of the results of AR typology work – M. Michalscheck
08:40 Integrating gender analysis into SIAF: Examples from recent research in West Africa – G. Fischer

08:50 Discussion of the two presentations – facilitated process

09:30 Resilience in smallholder agriculture - perspectives from USAID – J. Glover
10:00 Break
10:30 Applications of SIAF at community/landscape level – E. Thuijsman
11:00 Monitoring, Evaluation and Data Management in AR West Africa – B. Ebito
11:30 Presentation & feedback on draft work plans developed after the pre-planning meetings held in Ghana & Mali [to be done following the order of activities as presented in the logframe]
13:00 Lunch
14:00 Presentation & feedback on draft work plans cont’d…
15:00 Work planning break-out groups (to refine drafts based on feedback received)

• Ghana
• Mali

16:00 Break
16:30 Workplan refining cont’d…
17:30 End of day 2

16 May [Day 3]
08:00 Briefing back from sub-activity leaders about the adjustments done to their workplans
10:00 Break
10:30 Communications session - J.Odhong & W.Ofori-Duah
11:30 Discussion of next steps
12:30 Lunch
14:00 Team building games
15:30 Closing remarks
16:00 End of review & planning/ Any other adjunct meetings

19:00 Closing cocktail

17 May [Day 4]
08:30 West Africa Project Steering Committee