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=Sustainable intensification of crop-livestock systems to improve food security and farm income diversification in the Ethiopian highlands=
=Project Design Workshop=
=30 January - 2 February 2012, Addis Ababa Ethiopia=

=AGENDA=

This workshop provides an opportunity for a broad group of important stakeholders to both learn about the project plans and to share their views on expectations from and opportunities for synergies with the project (days 1 and 2) and for the core project team to finalize the project details (days 3 and 4). 

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| '''Timing''' || '''Session'''
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| || '''Day 1 - Monday 30 January'''
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| 08.30 || Registration
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| 09.00 || [[Addis_Workshop introduction, process and objectives| Workshop introduction, process and objectives]]
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| 09.15 || [[Addis_Welcome| Welcome]]
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| 09.45 || [[Addis_Ice-breaker for participants' introduction| Ice-breaker for participants' introduction]]
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| 10.15 || ''Break''
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| 10.45 || [[Addis_Research on sustainable intensification in the CGIAR research programs| Research on sustainable intensification in the CGIAR research programs]] [http://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/research-on-sustainable-intensification-in-the-cgiar-research-programs| Presentation by Iain Wright]
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| 11.15 || [[Addis_Presentation of the concept note| Presentation of the concept note]] [http://www.slideshare.net/ILRI/sustainable-intensification-of-croplivestock-systems-to-improve-food-security-and-farm-income-diversification-in-the-ethiopian-highlands-project-design-workshopproject-outline-and-concepts| Presentation by Shirley Tarawali]
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| 11.45 || [[Addis_Impact assessment and monitoring & evaluation in the program| Impact assessment and monitoring & evaluation in the program]] [http://agintensificationafrica.wikispaces.com/file/view/AddisM%26E_intro_wood.pptx| Presentation by Stan Wood]
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| 12.15 || [[Addis_Buzz group and plenary feedback discussion| Buzz group and plenary feedback discussion]]
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| 12.45 || ''Lunch''
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| 14.00 || [[Addis_Alignment tactics| Alignment tactics]] USAID Feed the Future Initiative research strategy [http://agintensificationafrica.wikispaces.com/file/view/addis_FtF_bertram.ppt| Presentation by Rob Bertram] USAID Ethiopia - Objectives and projects in the country [http://agintensificationafrica.wikispaces.com/file/view/addis_usaid_hughes.ppt| Presentation by Cullen Hughes] Aligning with CAADP
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| 15.00 || ''Break''
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| 15.30 || [[Addis_Alignment with key development (and research) initiatives with synergies within the new project| Alignment with key development (and research) initiatives with synergies within the new project]] - inputs from ALL participants
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| 17.00 || Close
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| 17.30 || ''Cocktail reception''
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| || '''Day 2 - Tuesday 31 January'''
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| 08.30 || [[Addis_day1Recap| Recap and setting the scene for the day's work / Questions & Answers]]
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| 08.45 || [[Addis_hypotheses and assumptions behind this program| Brief reminder: the hypotheses and assumptions behind this program]]
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| 09.00 || Validating and improving the project hypotheses, objectives, outputs and outcomes (group work) [[addisblogcomments| Comments on questions posed in the blog]]
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| 10.30 || ''Break''
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| 11.00 || [[Addis_Peer-feedback| Peer-feedback]]
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| 11.30 || Group work (continued) (In parallel) '''''Donors' discussion''''': what seems interesting about this programme and what would make it more attractive to support or connect with?
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| 12.45 || ''Lunch''
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| 14.00 || [[Addis_Feedback from working groups| Feedback from working groups on hypotheses]]
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| 15.00 || ''Break''
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| 15.30 || [[Addis_Synthesis and implications for the program| Synthesis and implications for the program]]: What needs to be improved, integrated, changed in the proposal?
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| 16.30 17:00 || [[Addis_Reflections on the two days| Reflections on the two days]]: accomplishments, next steps Close
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| || '''Day 3 - Wednesday 1 February - tentative programme''' '''(pending on first two days)'''
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| 08.30 || Recap of lessons from first two days' discussions [[Addis_Reminder about the Ghana lessons and the road to Dar-es-Salaam| Reminder about the Ghana lessons and the road to Dar-es-Salaam]] / how to ensure some degree of consistency across the programme and alignment with CAADP and the Dublin agenda.
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| || [[Addis_Lessons from the past| Lessons from the past]]
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| || [[Addis_Site selection| Site selection]]
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| 10.00 || ''Break''
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| 10.30 || Groups: [[Addis_Site selection criteria| Site selection criteria (continued)]] [[addis_earlywinscrosscutting| early wins across the project]] [diego] [[addis_integration_hihi| integrating farming system components in a Hi-HI site]] [alastair] [[addis_integration_lolo| integrating farming system components in a Lo-Lo site [alan]]]
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| 12.30 || ''Lunch''
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| 14.30 || Group feedback ''(see results in the group sessions above)''
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| 16.00 || ''Break''
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| 16.30 || Group work: * [[Addis_Goalpurposeobjectives| Goal/purpose/high level objectives]] * [[Addis_AssumptionsOutcomes| Assumptions/outcomes]] * [[Addis_project_boundaries| What NOT to include - project scope/positioning]] * [[Addis_Site selection_day3| Site selection]] * Intensification index and gradient
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| 17.00 || Close
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| || '''Day 4 - Thursday 2 February - tentative programme (pending on first two days)'''
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| 08.30 || Designing project activities, roles, timelines, milestones (logframe etc.)
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| 10.00 || ''Break''
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| 11.00 || World cafe on gaps: * [[Addis_gaps_Comms| Comms]] * [[Addis_gaps_Gender| Gender]] * [[Addis_gaps_Nutrition| Nutrition]]
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| 12.00 || Group work: * [[Addis_Indices| Intensification and sustainability indices]] * [[Addis_M&E plans| M&E plans]] * [[Addis_Site selection_day4| Site selection]] * [[ethiopia_management| Project management and coordination]] Project management (ongoing since 11.00)
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| 12.45 || ''Lunch''
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| 13.30 || Feedback on the 4 working groups (''See above'')
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| 14.30 || Early win investment opportunities for 2012 * [[Addis_investment_Non-site specific group| Non-site specific group]] * Site-specific group: [[Addis_investment_Sinana| Sinana]] * Site-specific group: [[Addis_investment_Debre Birhan| Debre Birhan]]
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| 15.45 || ''Break''
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| 16.15 || [[Addis_Next steps| Next steps / time frame]]
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| 17.00 || [[Addis_Closing| Closing]]
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[[agintensificationafrica/Agenda for the organisers - D-e-S workshop Feb 2012| Agenda for the organisers - D-e-S workshop Feb 2012]]

0830
Registration
'''Tiruwork Melaku, Wubalem Dejene'''

0900
Workshop introduction, process and objectives
'''Peter Ballantyne/Ewen Le Borgne.''' ''Objectives of the two “parts” of the workshop, how its organized for maximum interaction etc.''

0915
Welcome
? [[:File:///C:/Documents20and20Settings/eleborgne/My20Documents/__Useful20info/Blogging20amp20tweeting/_Blogging.doc_msocom_1| [I1]]](State Minister for Agriculture) and /or Solomon Assefa (Director EIAR)?
Shirley Tarawali, ILRI
Hezron Mogaka, ASARECA? [[:File:///C:/Documents20and20Settings/eleborgne/My20Documents/__Useful20info/Blogging20amp20tweeting/_Blogging.doc_msocom_2| [I2]]]
Julie Howard, USAID

0930
USAID Feed the Future Initiative research strategy
Rob Bertram, USAID

1000
Break

1030
The Dublin Process: International research efforts and the CAADP agenda
Tom Arnold, CGIAR Consortium Board; Jeff Hill, USAID, Dublin Process Steering Committee. ''Need to confirm''

1100
Research on sustainable intensification in the CGIAR Research Programs
Iain Wright, ILRI. [[:File:/C:/Documents20and20Settings/eleborgne/My20Documents/__Useful20info/Blogging20amp20tweeting/_Blogging.doc_msocom_3| [I3]]]''.'' ''This would include CRPs (1.1, 1.2 and 5… maybe others… 3.x and 3.7…?) ??? LIVES, SLP work…. Not sure…..//

1130
Group discussions:
''Suggest a format that allows short “buzz groups” on what has been presented. Or maybe a session with those “spectra” of everyone lining up and saying why they are where…..''

1200
Feedback/plenary discussion
''Depending how the previous slot is organized….''

1230
Lunch

1330
Presentation of the concept note
''A panel discussion or some other interesting format to get across the key elements of what is proposed…''

1445
Break

1500
Key development (and research?) initiatives with synergies with the new project

''Here we need to be imaginative… we have representatives of a diversity of initiatives and need to provide an opportunity for everyone to learn about these, especially in relation to the potential synergies with the project we are discussing…. Maybe the bees and flowers (or whatever it was?)… Need to decide rather quickly because we need to give instructions. My count of who could be “presenting” here, which I’ve tried to cluster….:''

''National/regional research:''
''EIAR? Maybe not as they are in the core group''
''ASARECA?''

[[:File:/C:/Documents20and20Settings/eleborgne/My20Documents/__Useful20info/Blogging20amp20tweeting/_Blogging.doc_msocom_4| [I4]]]''://
''ATA''
''AGP''
''SLM''
''HABP''

''Development donors:''
''USAID mission''
''DFID''
''World Bank''
''SIDA''
''CIDA''
''IFAD''
''Netherlands''
''BMGF''

''NGOs:''
''SAA, CRS, ACDI VOCA, Oxfam,''

''CRSPs:''
''SANREM''
''Insormil''
''Livestock CC''

1645
Close

'''Tuesday 31st January'''

0830
Recap and setting the scene for the day’s work; Q and A…
''Feedback from blog? Highlights from yesterday’s work…….. organization of groups around key issues to discuss expectations from this project. This could include WHAT – research outputs that will be important in relation to these various other initiatives and well as HOW – what are the key opportunities and processes to ensure dialogue continues and outputs are usable, accessible etc… We might want to pre-organise the group leaders and composition? Probably good to have a copy (or summary) of the CN for each group, appropriate resource persons etc….''

0930
Working group discussions
(Break available 1000-1030hrs)

1230
Lunch

1400
Feedback from working groups

1500
Break

1530
Core group – highlights of what needs to be integrated into the proposal
''Some way to capture the key messages from the past two days that will need to be incorporated into the proposal.''

1630
Close

'''Wednesday 1st February'''

0830
Recap of lessons from first two days discussions
[[:File:///C:/Documents20and20Settings/eleborgne/My20Documents/__Useful20info/Blogging20amp20tweeting/_Blogging.doc_msocom_5| [I5]]]

0900
Key elements of proposal - discussion and agreement on these
''Probably something like refining the hypotheses, objectives and outputs?''

1000
Break

1030
Key drivers of site selection
''Based on the hypotheses agree on key drivers of intensification that will allow us to set up a gradient and test these…''

1100
“live GIS” for site selection
''An, Dave and Stan have data layers….''

1230
Lunch

1400
Key research outputs in sites
''Once we have the combination of outputs and sites it should be possible to be more precise for each site on what the outputs look like – for example, in a maize-dairy area, the combinations of technologies to be tested need to relate to these priority enterprises….''

1500
Break

1530
Summary, conclusions, preparation for Thursday
''Keep everyone on board… where have we got to and what we need to do….''

1700
Closing

'''Thursday 2nd February'''

0830
Designing project activities, roles, timelines, milestones…. (“logframe”) (Break available 1000-1030hrs)
''Based on the agreed outputs, and sites, what are the activities (in 2012 I guess) that will be implemented on the ground, etc… who takes responsibility for these…. Need to make sure we keep an “integrated” approach….not having each centre/partner having their own set up in each location etc''
1230
Lunch

1400
Principles for budget development
''Budgeting in this group is not possible, but we need to agree on principles, based on what will have been discussed earlier in the day etc, and a time frame by when budget drafts will be sent for collation, a process for revision etc (because its bound to be too much initially!)''

1500
Break

1530
Monitoring and evaluation plans
'''Stan Wood, IFPRI'''

1630
Next steps, time frame

1700
Closing

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