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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).
Timing | Session |
Day 1 - Monday 30 January | |
08.30 | Registration |
09.00 | Workshop introduction, process and objectives |
09.15 | Welcome |
09.45 | Ice-breaker for participants' introduction |
10.15 | Break |
10.45 | Research on sustainable intensification in the CGIAR research programs Presentation by Iain Wright |
11.15 | Presentation of the concept note Presentation by Shirley Tarawali |
11.45 | Impact assessment and monitoring & evaluation in the program Presentation by Stan Wood |
12.15 | Buzz group and plenary feedback discussion |
12.45 | Lunch |
14.00 | Alignment tactics USAID Feed the Future Initiative research strategy Presentation by Rob Bertram USAID Ethiopia - Objectives and projects in the country Presentation by Cullen Hughes Aligning with CAADP |
15.00 | Break |
15.30 | Alignment with key development (and research) initiatives with synergies within the new project - inputs from ALL participants |
17.00 | Close |
17.30 | Cocktail reception |
Day 2 - Tuesday 31 January | |
08.30 | Recap and setting the scene for the day's work / Questions & Answers |
08.45 | Brief reminder: the hypotheses and assumptions behind this program |
09.00 | Validating and improving the project hypotheses, objectives, outputs and outcomes (group work) Comments on questions posed in the blog |
10.30 | Break |
11.00 | Peer-feedback |
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? |
12.45 | Lunch |
14.00 | Feedback from working groups on hypotheses |
15.00 | Break |
15.30 | Synthesis and implications for the program: What needs to be improved, integrated, changed in the proposal? |
16.30 17:00 |
Reflections on the two days: accomplishments, next steps Close |
Day 3 - Wednesday 1 February - tentative programme (pending on first two days) | |
08.30 | Recap of lessons from first two days' discussions 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. |
Lessons from the past | |
Site selection | |
10.00 | Break |
10.30 | Groups: Site selection criteria (continued) early wins across the project [diego] integrating farming system components in a Hi-HI site [alastair] integrating farming system components in a Lo-Lo site [alan] |
12.30 | Lunch |
14.30 | Group feedback (see results in the group sessions above) |
16.00 | Break |
16.30 | Group work: * Goal/purpose/high level objectives * Assumptions/outcomes * What NOT to include - project scope/positioning * Site selection * Intensification index and gradient |
17.00 | Close |
Day 4 - Thursday 2 February - tentative programme (pending on first two days) | |
08.30 | Designing project activities, roles, timelines, milestones (logframe etc.) |
10.00 | Break |
11.00 | World cafe on gaps: * Comms * Gender * Nutrition |
12.00 | Group work: * Intensification and sustainability indices * M&E plans * Site selection * Project management and coordination Project management (ongoing since 11.00) |
12.45 | Lunch |
13.30 | Feedback on the 4 working groups (See above) |
14.30 | Early win investment opportunities for 2012 * Non-site specific group * Site-specific group: Sinana * Site-specific group: Debre Birhan |
15.45 | Break |
16.15 | Next steps / time frame |
17.00 | Closing |
Agenda for the organisers - D-e-S workshop Feb 2012