Pct17
Africa RISING PCT meeting[edit | edit source]
23 September 2016 Online
Participants
Siboniso Moyo (SM) - chair Peter Thorne (PT) Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IHZ) Carlo Azzarri (CA) Bernard Vanlauwe (BV) Peter Ballantyne (PB)
Agenda
1. Plans for the science event, 17-19 Jan 2017 (half day friday for PCT) Would be good to plan around Jerry/USAID availability. as far as possible Dar es Salaam (WhiteSands if possible) 3 days Synthesis phase 1 / launch phase 2
- Show and tell the research, for/by project staff
- Share technology briefs / draft final products [beyond presentations]; with some 'writeshopping'
- Cross-project collaboration
- COPs set up
- Some of the strategic partners (SI lab, ILSSI lab, LIvestock lab, N2Africa, USAID missions...?); for phase 2 synergies and collaborations
- field trips?
- half a day or so for M&E? data, PMMT
- SI indicators etc
- PCT half day additional
- harvesting the stories/evidence and impact
venue science partners participants - want broad representation organizing group
2. Synthesis product
progressing, slowly, target end december, final and printed.
3. HT systems marketplace event in Ibadan in November
will deliver a presentation on systems research.
contribute tools, methods in a world cafe/poster session
important venue for AR systems work to feed into the new CRPs
Irmgard to lead the engagement
4. Plans for Program planning meetings
ESA: 5-8 Oct 2016, Malawi
WA: week of 23 Jan 2017, Ghana
ET: week of 28 Nov 2016
5. Next PCT meeting first week of Nov - PB/BM Doodle
Important for AR to engage in TAAT and related AFDB programs
Which CRP will AR align to?
ET: LIVESTOCK
others: MAIZE