WA_SC2

Azalai Grand Hotel, Bamako, Mali
 * West Africa Project Steering Committee 2014**
 * 4 February 2014 **
 * Venue: **

=**Agenda**=

08:00 Welcome of PSC members (R. Asiedu, Chairman PSC)

08:05 Follow up on action points from last meeting (R. Asiedu)

08.35 Management and implementation issues encountered since last PSC meeting (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon, Project Coordinator; A. Larbi, Chief Scientist)

09.00 Reflection on stakeholder meeting of previous day (J. Glover, USAID Representative),

09:45 Discussion and approval of farming systems analysis proposal from Wageningen University; approval of draft annual project budget

10:00 Break

10:30 M&E and Project Mapping Tool update (B. Haile, IFPRI)

10.45 Communications update (F. Afolabi, Project Communication Specialists)

11:00 Briefing about ESA Steering Committee meeting and PCT meetings (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon)

11:20 PSC membership (replacement of AfricaRice, new rep from CSIR, Communication, IFPRI)

11:45 Next activities and upcoming events (I. Hoeschle-Zeledon)

12:00 AOB (data management,…)

12:30 End of meeting

12:30 Lunch

Minutes of meeting

Participants

 * Participants for Steering committee meeting (4th Feb 2014) ||
 * || Name || Organization ||
 * WA Steering Committee ||
 * 1 || A.B. Salifu || CSIR-Ghana ||
 * 2 || Asamoah Larbi || IITA-GHANA ||
 * 3 || Carlo Azzarri || IFPRI-USA ||
 * 4 || Farid Waliyar || ICRISAT-MALI ||
 * 5 || Hoeschle-Zeledon || IITA-NIGERIA ||
 * 6 || Jerry Glover || USAID-USA ||
 * 7 || Kathy Lopez || IITA-NIGERIA ||
 * 8 || Kehinde Makinde || AGRA-GHANA ||
 * 9 || Ousmane Ndoye || CORAF-SENEGAL ||
 * 10 || Robert Asiedu || IITA-NIGERIA ||
 * 11 || Faith Afolabi || IITA-NIGERIA ||
 * ESA Steering Committee ||
 * 12 || Carlo Azzarri || IFPRI-USA ||
 * 13 || Mateete Bekunda || IITA-TANZANIA ||
 * 14 || Mashinda Hassan || COSTECH- TANZANIA ||
 * 15 || Ivan Rwomushana || ASARECA-UGANDA ||
 * 16 || Felistus Patience Chipungu || MOA-MALAWI ||
 * 17 || Opio Fina || ASARECA-UGANDA ||
 * 18 || Hoeschle-Zeledon || IITA-NIGERIA ||
 * 19 || Jerry Glover || USAID-USA ||
 * 20 || Catherine Njuguna || IITA-TANZANIA ||
 * 21 || Oliver Jeffrey || IITA-ZAMBIA ||
 * 22 || Siambi Moses || ICRISAT-KENYA ||
 * 23 || Victor Manyong || IITA-TANZANIA ||
 * 24 || Faith Afolabi || IITA- NIGERIA ||