Pct4 - Revision history

PopoolaSamuel001 at 09:03, 10 December 2018

2018-12-10T09:03:11Z

PopoolaSamuel001: /* Comms Update */

2018-11-29T11:12:31Z

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PopoolaSamuel001: /* M&E Update */

2018-11-29T10:43:31Z

‎M&E Update

PopoolaSamuel001: /* Ethiopia Update */

2018-11-29T10:27:06Z

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PopoolaSamuel001: /* WA Update */

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PopoolaSamuel001: /* ESA Update */

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PopoolaSamuel001: /* USAID Update */

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PopoolaSamuel001: /* Overall action points */

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‎Overall action points

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-<span style="font-size: 110%;">Program coordination team meeting #4</span>
+==Program coordination team meeting <br/>10 January 2014<br/>Venue: Virtual<br/>Time: 16:00 pm EAT , Nigeria 14:00 pm, DC 08:00 am==
-=[[#Agenda|Agenda]]=
+===[[#Agenda|Agenda]]===
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-| '''Task''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes for PCT review'''
+{| class="wikitable"
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-| Joint Africa RISING (AR)-Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) M&E meeting: || Completed || Custom indicators
+|'''Task'''
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-| Web-based monitoring platform (Project Mapping Tool PMT)<br><br>Version 2.0 demo at the M&E meeting<br>PMT updated based on feedback at the M&E meeting<br>AR data management protocol<br>Actions:<br>Version 3 to be ready by end of March<br>PMT training early April<br>Finalize data management plan by March (for April PCT meeting) || Completed<br>Ongoing<br>Ongoing || Level of reporting for FtF indicators
+|Joint Africa RISING (AR)-Cereal Systems Initiative for South Asia (CSISA) M&E meeting:
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-| AR baseline surveys (planning)<br>* Malawi<br>* Tanzania<br>* Ghana<br>* Mali<br>* Ethiopia<br><br>Actions:<br>Ghana: Review the additional proposal submitted by ISSER (on Jan 9) and sign contract (ISSER or Panafield) in January<br>Mali: Finalize discussions with Marikani and sign contract in January<br>Ethiopia: Review proposal submitted by BDS (Dec 31st), finalize negotiation with BST (that did FTF-Ethiopia, and AGP surveys) and sign contract in January<br>Follow up with Zambia team (for data access and site characterization/justification) --with Tracy's help || Completed<br>Ongoing<br>Feb-April<br>Feb-April<br>Feb-March ||
+|'''Version 2.0 demo at the M&E meeting'''
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-| Collaborations<br>Vital Signs<br>VS shared documentation on indicators, data use policy, shape files for TZ and Ghana<br>* Chief scientist to review VS agricultural intensification thread and select key indicators<br>* IFPRI aligned AR control sites with Vital Signs sites in northern Ghana<br>* But access to VS's household-level data can become a problem || Ongoing/<br>done ||
+|PMT updated based on feedback at the M&E meeting
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-| Site/field visits<br>* Tanzania, Ethiopia<br>* Ghana, Mali || ongoing//completed ||
+|AR data management protocol
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-|   ||
+|'''Actions:'''
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-| Update<br>Talks b/n IFPRI Finance and IITA/IWMI for WA and ESA M&E coordinators (positions)<br>M&E coordinator for Ethiopia (consultant)<br>A survey resident for WA (consultant)<br>A consultant to assist with all the upcoming surveys<br><br>Actions<br>Finalize negotiations and sign contracts for the new positions in January || ongoing<br>Identified<br>Identified<br>Identified ||   ||
+|'''AR baseline surveys (planning)'''
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+|Actions:<br/>
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+|Collaborations<br/>
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 =Ethiopia Update=
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-| '''Task''' ||< '''Status''' || '''Notes for PCT review'''
+{| class="wikitable"
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-| Development of SLATE tool ||< Reasonably stable version of software now available (contact PT). Will be used at HT action sites too. Does this qualify as an example of scaling innovation by AR? ||
+|'''Task'''
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-| Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis at AR field sites ||< Limited progress since last report due to time constraints.<br>Field work completed at all eight sites. Currently completing data entry and have started analysis and typology identification (one site complete - the approach appears to work delivering a meaningful and interpretable typology) ||
+|Development of SLATE tool
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-| Oct 2012 - Mar 2013 report ||< <span style="color: #ff0000;">Completed</span> ||
+|Sustainable Livelihoods Analysis at AR field sites
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-| April 2013 - Sep 2013 report ||< <span style="color: #ff0000;">Ready to review and submit next week.</span> ||
+|Oct 2012 - Mar 2013 report
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-| 2013 -2014 workplan and budget ||< <span style="color: #ff0000;">See below</span> ||
+|April 2013 - Sep 2013 report
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-| IP establishment || <span style="color: #ff0000;">Training of site coordinators and site partners 23-24 January. Establishment activities from 27 January</span> ||
+|2013 -2014 workplan and budget
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-| Field visits for USAID team ||< done ||
+|IP establishment
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-| 2013 Field activities || <span style="color: #ff0000;">Complete. Reporting in progress.</span> ||
+|Field visits for USAID team
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-| Planning meeting ||< <span style="color: #ff0000;">Work plans currently being finalised to feed into IP establishment.</span> ||
+|2013 Field activities
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-| Training<br>on Facilitation for IP ||   || Planned for the 23rd<br>and 24th of January , for the site<br>coordinators and other relevant people
+|Planning meeting
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+{| class="wikitable"
-| '''Task''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes for PCT review'''
+|+ Enter MAJOR ongoing/planned and completed tasks
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-| Annual review and planning meeting || MEETING WILL TAKE PLACE 3-5 FEBRUARY IN BAMAKO ||
+|'''Task'''
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-| April 2013 - Sep 2013 report || PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TIMELY ||
+|Annual review and planning meeting
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-| Scientist visit || VERY GOOD EXCHANGE VISIT TOOK PLACE. USAID WASHINGTON COULD NOT ATTEND. ||
+|April 2013 - Sep 2013 report
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-| USAID visit to project sites in northern Ghana || From 6-9 July Jerry, Tracy, Biniam, together with Justice (M&E officer), Asamoah, Irmgard and partners visited project activities in Upper East and Northern Region ||
+|Scientist visit
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-| Implementation of workplan || THE SEASON IS OVER AND PARTNERS ARE ANALYZING DATA. ||
+|USAID visit to project sites in northern Ghana
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+|From 6-9 July Jerry, Tracy, Biniam, together with Justice (M&E officer), Asamoah, Irmgard and partners visited project activities in Upper East and Northern Region
-| ? ||   ||
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+{| class="wikitable"
-| '''Task''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes for PCT review'''
+|+ Enter MAJOR ongoing/planned and completed tasks
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-| April 2013 - Sep 2013 report || REPORT PREPARED AND SUBMITTED TIMELY ||
+|'''Task'''
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-| 2013 -2014 workplan and budget || WAS ONLY COMPLETED RECENTLY. MOST NEW CONTRACTS ISSUED. IMPLEMENTATION PARTLY STARTED. RAINS ARE NOT YET REGUALAR. PARTNER MEETING ON IMPLEMENTATION CURRENTLY TAKING PLACE IN BABATI. ||
+|April 2013 - Sep 2013 report
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-| USAID FIELD VISIT TO TANZANIA || ASARECA AND COSTECH (STEERING COMMITTEE MEMBERS) WILL BE INVITED. ||
+|2013 -2014 workplan and budget
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-| Africa RISING - [[SIMLEZA - Africa RISING meeting, 28-29 May 2013|  SIMLEZA]] || AGREEMENT WITH SIMLEZA SIGNED, FUNDS DISBURSED. DATA SHARING STILL TO BE DISCUSSED (LED BY TRACY). MATEETE AND I WILL VISIT THE SITES LATER THIS MONTH. || Irmgard<br>to go to Zambia to check what has been implemented
+|USAID FIELD VISIT TO TANZANIA
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-| New partnerships || In DC, USAID has signed partnership agreement with, food security , economic growth and<br>education and environment . There has not been any<br>identification who to implement it but<br>hopefully through Africa RISING will ||
+|Africa RISING - [http://africa-rising-wiki.net/SIMLEZA_-_Africa_RISING_meeting,_28-29_May_2013 SIMLEZA]
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-| Field<br>visit in Tanzania ||   || 3rd<br>week of March
+|New partnerships
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-| '''Task''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes for PCT review'''
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-| Tracy to report on discussion about FtF indicators for Africa RISING - and all of us in the project to share possible questions to Tracy for that discussion. || '''IHZ and Carlo agreed that IHZ will continue entering the data for ESA and WA. IHZ will request access to FTFMS for IFPRI colleagues.''' ||
+|'''Task'''
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-| Funding<br>for scaling up || - 4th year of the ftf and push on impact on the group and USAID is looking for scaling up .So if AR woks on scaling up there could be money channel for that purpose<br>- Thought AR is a research project there are other CG center that work on scaling up<br>Jerry suggested for AR cg partners to develop a concept note on What could be scaled up that Africa RISING project could help on the scaling up || - Jerry to send some of the concept note already submitted<br>- Jerry to discuss with the USAID mission in Mail and Tanzania on what they want to focus and how much they will spend<br>Project coordinators to give a thought and also discuss with their team and project partners and if there are ideas to develop a 2 pager concept note and discuss with the relevant mission
+|Tracy to report on discussion about FtF indicators for Africa RISING - and all of us in the project to share possible questions to Tracy for that discussion.
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-| Request<br>for application for sustainable intensification<br>innovation lab || - That serves as a coordinator as sustainable intensification work<br>- It will be announced next<br>Applicants will have 90 days to submit application || Jerry to keep the team in the loop
+|Funding for scaling up
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-| Data<br>management and curation || - There seems no scientist providing data about soil…<br>- There has not been any transfer to IFPRI<br>- This needs to happen soon<br>- There is a plan to have data management protocol and a training by M&E coordinators || - M&E will contact the relevant people<br>- The management protocol will be finalized by March<br>- Training will be organized by early April<br>- Data management plan to be finalized by the next PCT meeting<br>- Peter and Irmgard to work with Carol
+|Request for application for sustainable intensification innovation lab
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+|That serves as a coordinator as sustainable intensification work<br/>
-|   ||   ||
+It will be announced next<br/>
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 =<span style="font-size: 120%;">[[#Overall action points|Overall action points]]</span><span style="font-size: 110%;"></span>=
-{|
+{| class="wikitable"
-|   || '''Action''' || '''Status''' || '''Notes'''
+|+ Overall action points
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-| 1 || Develop program-level good practice ‘rules of engagement’ with farms and households (including data practice); || <span style'''"color: #ff0000;">the final version is reviewed by all </span> || <span style'''"color: #ff0000;">Peter Balalntryne needs to see it befor is attached </span>
+|'''Action'''
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-| 2 || Develop the regional logframes || MEETING TOOK PLACE AND FIRST LOGFRAME DEVELOPMENT WAS STARTED. CHIEF SCIENTISTS OF ESA AN WA FELT THEY COULD NOT COMPLETE BEFORE HAVING THE LONGER TERM RESEARCH PLANS FROM THEIR REGIONS. THESE HAVE JUST BEEN FINALIZED IN ESA AND WILL BE IN WA AFTER THE FEBRUARY PLANNING MEETING. I AIM FOR END OF FEBRUARY TO HAVE THE TWO LOGFRAMES. || <span style'''"color: #ff0000;">- Irmagrd to finalize by February for ESA </span><br><span style'''"color: #ff0000;">- Ethiopia also to be finalized by February </span>
+|Develop program-level good practice ‘rules of engagement’ with farms and households (including data practice);
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-| 3 || Update online events lists || [[events|  See events list]]. Send updates to Simret<br>THE EVENT PAGE HAS BEEN RESTRUCTURED ||
+|Develop the regional logframes
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-| 4 || Science Advisory mechanism || <span style'''"color: #000000;">All invitees agreed in principle</span><br><br><span style'''"color: #ff0000;">[[program_sag| See details]]</span> || Date for the next meeting – Iain to circulate provision date<br>First chair – Maggie Gill<br>Iain to ask Maggie and inform the PCT meeting
+|Update online events lists
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-| 5 || Gender strategy || <span style="color: #ff0000;">Peter and Annet have a complete draft gender strategic plan for Ethiopia to be discussed and finalised for circulation next week.</span><br><br>-It was suggested to have an overall strategy || - Jerry to connect with the USAID gender person<br>- Peter ,Annet and Irmgard to meet with USAID person to look in to a program level strategy<br>- To look at the humidtropics and use it as a basis gender strategy<br>- Irmgard and Peter to get the copy<br>of the humidtropics Gender strategy<br>- f each project feels there needs a separate one they can work on it and attached to the generic strategy
+|Science Advisory mechanism
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-| 5 || Framework<br>for livestock integration || '''JERRY:'''(Update 01/09/14) I'M NOT SO CONCERNED ABOUT THIS NOW GIVEN THIS YEAR'S'''<br>'''WORKPLANS WHICH MORE CLEARLY & CONSISTENTLY INCLUDE LIVESTOCK ACTIVITIES.''' || it was agreed to drop this off
+|Gender strategy
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-| 6 || Participation of Africa RISING in the ASARECA General Assembly, Scientific Conference and Exhibition to take place 9-13 December in Bujumbura || '''Simret and Catherine to follow up with ASARECA. Irmgard to provide contact.''' || This meeting has been conducted , we have sent some Africa RISING materials to be displayed .
+|Framework for livestock integration
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-| 7 || Formation of small working group on sustainability to come up with a framework and indicators || Peter and Tracy have discussed this in November<br>-We need few specific indicators for research projects , indicators that we could measure in the short project time<br>We needs to be focused<br>-Before USAID commission an external evaluators || - Irmgard to follow up with Asmoha (from the learning event )<br>- Iain to ask the convener to come up for a draft report by March<br>-Peter T . to feedback from the vital science meeting in London in February
+|General Assembly, Scientific Conference and Exhibition to take place 9-13 December in Bujumbura
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-| 8 || Preparation for project program review? || it was suggested to have an evaluation Before USAID commission an external evaluators || -Suggested to sure that the first advisory committee picks this up for their first meeting
+|Formation of small working group on sustainability to come up with a framework and indicators
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-| 9 || New fund allocation || - Oct 2013- Sept 2014(USAID financial year )<br>-Peter talked to Eric and he said that we will get the same amount of allocation of the last year || Jerry<br>to check with Eric an give us update
+|Preparation for project program review?
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 <span style="font-size: 110%;">Time: 16:00 pm EAT , Nigeria 14:00 pm, DC 08:00 am</span>
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 * <span style="font-size: 110%;">Overall action points</span>
 * USAID Update
 * Africa RISING Project update
-''' Eastern and southern Africa and West Africa
+'''Eastern and southern Africa and West Africa'''
-'''* Research update
+* Research update
-'''* Staff update
+* Staff update
-'''* Work plans and priorities
+* Work plans and priorities
-''' The Ethiopian highlands
+'''The Ethiopian highlands'''
-'''* Research update
+* Research update
-'''* Staff update
+* Staff update
-'''* Work plans and priorities
+* Work plans and priorities
 * M & E update
 * Communication update