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=Africa RISING M&E Expert Meeting=
'''5-7 September 2012'''
'''Large auditorium,''' '''ILRI Ethiopia, Addis Ababa'''
[[moneval_experts_2012| Back to the event home page]]
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==Agenda==

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| '''Timing''' || '''Session''' || '''Resource person [presenter, chair or facilitator]'''
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| 8.30 || Introduction: * Welcome * Participants' introduction * Agenda || [P] Kwadwo Asenso-Okyere (IFPRI) [C] Peter Thorne (ILRI) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
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| 9.15 || * Brief overview of M&E in Africa RISING (10') - [[:File:ME_Overview_ver2.pptx]]br Research design presentation 20 - [[:File:ARResearchFramework_jrns_ver3.pptx]] || [P] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [P] Joseph Rusike (IITA), Naomie Sakane (IFPRI/MSU)
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| 9.45 || [[moneval_experts_2012_intro_plenary| Plenary discussion]] (meeting agenda, overall research design, M&E,...) || [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
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| 10.30 || ''Break'' ||
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| 11.00 || [[moneval_experts_2012_research_Planning| Status of research planning in the three project zones]]: * Sudano-Sahelian zone of West Africa (20') ''' Ghana - [[:File:Africa RISING status of research Ghana.pdf]]br Mali - [[:File:Slides-ReportingAfricaRising-PCST NXPowerLite.ppt]]br Plenary discussion about West Africa15br Ethiopian highlands 20 - [[:File:AfricaRISING Ethiopia 28Addis Ababa 05-09-1229.pptx]]br Plenary discussion about Ethiopian Highlands15br East and Southern Africa 20 - [[:File:ESA Presentation at Addis 2.pdf]] * Plenary discussion about East and Southern Africa(15') * Plenary discussion about the collective picture (15') || [C] Sieg Snapp (MSU) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) [P] Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IITA), Asamoah Larbi (IITA) [P] Peter Thorne (ILRI) [P] Mateete Bekunda (IITA), Regis Chikowo (MSU)
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| 13.00 || ''Lunch break'' ||
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| 14.00 || [[moneval_experts_2012_data_platform| Data platform session]]: * Site characterization and rationale for site selection (25' + 5' Q&A) [[:File:ADDIS site selection.ppt]]br IFPRI monitoring tools and implementing partners: how to 45[[:File:Addis.pptx]] || [C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) [P] Christopher Legg (IFPRI) [P] Ryan Whitley, Jubal Harpster (SpatialDev)
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| 15.30 || ''Break'' ||
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| 16.00 || [[moneval_experts_2012_feedback_data_platform| Feedback on site characterization, selection and monitoring tools]] * Plenary clarification questions (15') * Group discussion about (45') ''' Tools ''' Site characterization * Plenary feedback (15') || [C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) Group animators: Ryan Whitley, Jubal Harpster (SpatialDev) on tools Christopher Legg (IFPRI) and An Notenbaert (ILRI) on site characterization
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| 17.15 || [[moneval_experts_2012_Impressions_day1| Final impressions for day 1]] || [P] Sieg Snapp (MSU) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
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| 17.30 || Close ||
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| 18.30 || ''Social event'' ||
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||| '''Day 2''' ||
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| 8.45 || Recap day 1 and program day 2 Presentation of group work from previous days (see [[moneval_experts_2012_feedback_data_platform| Feedback on site characterization, selection and monitoring tools]]) || [C] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) and Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) Groups to report back
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| 9.30 || [[moneval_experts_2012_different_MandE| Differentiating M&E for more effective M&E]] * USAid Feed the Future indicators (15') [[:File:FTF Indicators Session IV Ender.ppt]]/ How to use / adapt the Feed the Future indicators[[:File:ME strategy.ppt]]br Overview of current ME activities and reporting for Africa RISING 20br Research design and opportunities for evaluation 30br Presentation Joseph 15: [[:File:Research Design_USAID Africa RISING M E Meeting Addis Ababa_Sept 5-7 2012.ppt]]br Presentation Peter 15: [[:File:Research Framework M and E meeting 06-09-12.pptx]] || [C] Mateete Bekunda (IITA) [P] Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) [P] Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates) [P] Joseph Rusike (IITA) & Peter Thorne (ILRI)
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| 10.45 || ''Break'' ||
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| 11.15 || [[moneval_experts_2012_worldcafe_MandE| Group work session on evaluation, methods and responsibilities for M&E in Africa RISING]] I (105'): * What are the most important questions we need to ask ourselves and how can we use them to learn and inform management? (Gary) * What methods do we need to answer these questions? (Carlo) * What are functions / roles we need about monitoring and evaluation and how should we split them (Sibiry) Possibly zooming in on either of these in more details later || [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI) Group animators: Peter Thorne (ILRI) Carlo Azzarri (IFPRI) Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates)
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| 13.00 || ''Lunch break'' ||
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| 14.00 || [[Moneval_experts_2012_MandE_Plan| Draft M&E plan and overall future strategy]] [[:File:Ender presentation - ME Plan.ppt]] * Presentation of the components of the plan (30') * Clarification questions (15') * Group work (45'): review the M&E plans (in regional groups) and comment: what's agreed, what's disputed, what's missing || [C] Jerry Glover (USAid) [P] Gary Ender (IFPRI/Abt Associates) [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
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| 15.30 || ''Break'' ||
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| 16.00 || Reviewing the chart (60') * Does it make sense to use this chart to align our activities? || [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
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| 17.00 || [[moneval_experts_2012_Impressions_Day2| Final impressions for day 2]] || [P] Jerry Glover (USAid)
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| 17.15 || Close ||
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||| '''Day 3''' ||
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| 8.45 || Recap day 2 and program day 3 - one word about: * Finalisation of research framework (who? by when?) -> In small groups. * Data flow protocol, timelines & responsibilities in research WPs or who sends what to whom? -> In review and planning meetings * How to report on FtF indicators in the upcoming report? -> In small groups. || [C] Carlo Azzarri
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| 9.00 || Coming back to yesterday's discussions: 1) responsibilities, 2) M&E methods/approaches and 3) evaluation questions (see session ) || [P] Gary Ender (IFPRI / Abt Associates)
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| 9.15 || Clarify and vote on [[moneval_experts_2012_prioritizing_evaluation_questions| evaluation questions]] [[:File:Evaluation Questions for Africa RISING.docx]] || [P] Gary Ender
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| 9.45 || [[moneval_experts_2012_OpenSpace| Open space]] - organize your work: * How are we going to interact and collaborate on data collection and evaluation design? * Timing (e.g. villages, baselines), appointment of M&E coordinators and collection of baselines * Treatment sites active by October / mid-November - can we really randomize? / Resolve issue of selection of sites: random or not? || [C] Jerry Glover (USAid)
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| 10.30 || ''Break'' ||
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| 11.00 || Review sheets and finalize decisions (Open Space slot 2) || [F] Ewen Le Borgne (ILRI)
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| 12.00 || [[moneval_experts_2012_Next_steps| M&E next steps]]: * The four years ahead * Linking evaluation questions with approaches/methods: Review the degree of realism of the evaluation questions * Bringing it all together - what we can/can't do || [P] Gary Ender, Jerry Glover, Carlo Azzarri, Joseph Rusike.
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| 12.30 || Synthesis of the meeting and concluding remarks || [C] Jerry Glover (USAid) and participants
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| 13.00 || ''Close & lunch break'' ||
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