pct17

=Africa RISING PCT meeting= 23 September 2016 Online

Participants

Siboniso Moyo (SM) - chair Peter Thorne (PT) Irmgard Hoeschle-Zeledon (IHZ) Carlo Azzarri (CA) Bernard Vanlauwe (BV) Peter Ballantyne (PB)

PCT page


 * Agenda**

1. Plans for the science event, 17-19 Jan 2017 (half day friday for PCT) Would be good to plan around Jerry/USAID availability. as far as possible Dar es Salaam (WhiteSands if possible) 3 days Synthesis phase 1 / launch phase 2
 * Show and tell the research, for/by project staff
 * Share technology briefs / draft final products [beyond presentations]; with some 'writeshopping'
 * Cross-project collaboration
 * COPs set up
 * Some of the strategic partners (SI lab, ILSSI lab, LIvestock lab, N2Africa, USAID missions...?); for phase 2 synergies and collaborations
 * field trips?
 * half a day or so for M&E? data, PMMT
 * SI indicators etc
 * PCT half day additional
 * harvesting the stories/evidence and impact

venue science partners participants - want broad representation organizing group

2. Synthesis product progressing, slowly, target end december, final and printed.

3. HT systems marketplace event in Ibadan in November will deliver a presentation on systems research. contribute tools, methods in a world cafe/poster session important venue for AR systems work to feed into the new CRPs Irmgard to lead the engagement

4. Plans for Program planning meetings ESA: 5-8 Oct 2016, Malawi WA: week of 23 Jan 2017, Ghana ET: week of 28 Nov 2016

5. Next PCT meeting first week of Nov - PB/BM Doodle

Important for AR to engage in TAAT and related AFDB programs

Which CRP will AR align to? ET: LIVESTOCK others: MAIZE