ESA rev planning Oct2018

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Africa RISING ESA REVIEW AND PLANNING MEETING
03 - 05 October 2018
Lilongwe, Malawi

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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 2

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
  
• Kindu 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