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<p>Imported from Wikispaces</p> <p><b>New page</b></p><div>=West Africa Project Coordination and Management= <br /> <br /> # Constitute Project Steering Committee [IITA by February 15]<br /> ## CGIAR (4): IITA, ICRISAT, AfricaRice, IFPRI<br /> ## NARS (2): CSIR, IER<br /> ## USAID: Jerry<br /> ## Cross-project linkage representative: (ILRI)<br /> ## Cross-project research representative: Sieg Snapp (MSU)<br /> ## CRP 1.1 representative WA: (ICRAF)<br /> ## CRP 1.2 representative: ?<br /> ## CRSP representative: ?<br /> ## Coordinator (ex-officio): Irmgard<br /> ## CORAF?<br /> # Steering committee meetings<br /> ## Meet in person once/year<br /> ## Meet virtually at least quarterly<br /> # Formal agreements<br /> ## Project agreement (IITA-USAID)<br /> ## IITA-&gt;ICRISAT, AfricaRice etc. sub-contracts [April 1]<br /> # Project documents<br /> ## M&amp;E plan (Stan Woods) [April 1?]<br /> ## Logframe (Drafting team: IITA-Alpha, ICRISAT-Eva, AfricaRice-Olupomi, IFPRI-Stan, IWMI-Fred, ICRAF-Antoine K., ILRI-Abdou F., AVRDC-Abdou T., CSIR- Stephen, IER-Diarisso) [April 1]<br /> ## Concept note (Drafting team) [March 1]<br /> ## Annual workplan and budget (through Sept 2012; Irmgard) [March 15]<br /> ## Report Oct. 2011-Dec. 2011 [Jan 31]<br /> ## Year 1 Activities<br /> ### Anchor site activity descriptions<br /> ### Technology transfer descriptions<br /> ### CGIAR/NARS staff recruitment as needed<br /> ### Funding of activities (planting season begins as early as May)<br /> ## Research Design Process<br /> ### Analyze research models (Mother-baby design: Snapp, SANREM, ICRISAT, IITA, N2Africa)<br /> ## Site selection process<br /> ### Site characterization [April 1]<br /> ### Component inventory (relevant work, technology, practices; Stan asks NARS, CGIAR)<br /> ### Identification of partners (research and development; Steering Committee)<br /> ## Design scientifically rigorous research plan [September 30 – if by June 1, can plant in 2012]<br /> ### overall experimental design [March 1]<br /> ### identify treatments, controls, packages<br /> ### methodology: data collection, management<br /> ### technology transfer plan<br /> # Research Design Team<br /> ## NARS, Alpha, Eva, Sibiry, Vara Prassad, social scientist, ILRI, AfricaRice, IFPRI M&amp;E, ICRAF<br /> # Research Design Review [June 1]<br /> ## NARS, Jerry Glover, Ajayi Olupomi, Sieg Snapp, ILRI-Addis<br /> # Implementation<br /> ## Implementation workshops<br /> ## Fast-track work plans<br /> ## Detailed work plans from design process if appropriate<br /> ## Communication<br /> ### Jerry and Irmgard talk weekly<br /> ### Irmgard talks weekly with ICRISAT, AfricaRice, IITA<br /> ### Keep well informed:<br /> #### USAID/Mali<br /> #### USAID/Ghana<br /> #### USAID/West Africa<br /> #### CRSPs<br /> <br /> Queries and Comments from group:<br /> * Subcontracts may be onerous for reporting<br /> * Communication should be within wider group, partners<br /> * Steering committee has only research: other stakeholders including farmers unions? CORAF?<br /> * External advisory committee needed?<br /> * Prefinancing? Planning costs, etc.</div>

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