R4D_Aug12_organizersAgenda

= Developing a R4D approach at farm-level - consultation and writing workshop = Back to the event agenda
 * Infocentre break out room, 13-14 September, ILRI Ethiopia **

Objectives

 * Share a methodological approach for demand-driven R4D within the context of the AfricaRISING.
 * Identify and discuss major issues of the approach with a larger R&D community.
 * Find ways forward to tackle these issues based on the knowledge and experiences of this larger community.


 * **Thursday 13 September** ||  || **Friday 14 September** ||
 * 08.30 || Registration ||  ||   ||
 * 09.00 || * Introduction
 * Presentations:
 * Africa RISING & research framework
 * Systems approaches
 * Demand-driven R4D
 * Clarification questions || 08.30 || * Recap day 1
 * Group work:
 * Review positive and negative aspects of day 1 ideas in random groups
 * Work on specific topics in 'interest' groups
 * Present group work ||
 * 10.15 || //Coffee break// || 10.00 || //Coffee break// ||
 * 10.45 || * Presentations:
 * Africa RISING early win conceptual approach
 * Implementation and recommendations
 * Group discussion: Reflection and emerging issues || 10.30 || (individual/Group work) Writeshop:
 * Organisational arrangement
 * Capacity building strategy
 * Up & out-scaling
 * Emerging issues ||
 * 12.30 || //Lunch break// || 12.30 || //Lunch break// ||
 * 13.30 || * Organizing an R4D approach: underlying issues, promising strategies and examples of:
 * Organisational arrangement
 * Capacity building strategy
 * Up & out-scaling
 * Emerging issues (from previous session) || 13.30 || * Presentation writeshop results
 * Reflections about the writeshop and gaps (Diego) ||
 * 15.30 || //Coffee break// || 14.30 || Closing session
 * Evaluation
 * Next steps
 * Final words ||
 * 16.00 || Closing session
 * Presentations of group work
 * Commentary by selected people
 * Recap and plans for day 2 || 15.00 || Close ||
 * 17.00 || Close ||  ||   ||
 * 17.30 || Drinks and food ||  ||   ||

Detailed plans:

Day 1

 * AM1.1**
 * (5min) [Diego] opening the workshop
 * (25 min) [Ewen] introduction of the agenda and participants (speed dating in circles), ground rules;
 * (20 min) Presentation [Jerry] about the Africa RISING workshop + buzzing with 2-3 people to come up with questions;
 * (20 min) Presentation [Ken] on systems approaches + buzzing to come up with questions;
 * (20 min) Presentation [Ann] on R4D + buzzing to come up with questions
 * (15 min) Key questions for clarification (and challenges of operationalization?) - only 1 per buzz group
 * AM1.2**
 * (20 min) Presentation [Jens] on conceptual approach - 15 min pres + 5 min (2 or 3) burning questions
 * (20 min) Presentation [Diego] about implementation & recommendations - 15 min + 5 min Q&A
 * (50 min) Group work: Short fishbowl battle on pros and cons of the approach + (optional plenary reflection on insights) fish bowl for consolidation of insights and emerging issues...
 * PM1.1**
 * (5 min) Introduction group work [Ewen]
 * (10 min) Short presentation [Diego] about key issues in R4D approach - to check with Diego
 * (60 min) World cafe on the existing issues around the question: issues, strategies, examples of __(key issue)__ for R4D: What should and can we do about this?
 * If too many topics, organize a marketplace and find someone to champion it;
 * (30 min) Short peer review with one person going around to visit each other's ideas.
 * (15 min) Consolidation in dedicated groups to develop a more comprehensive overview
 * PM1.2**
 * (45 min) Presentation group work
 * (15 min) Feedback Jerry, Peter, Ann, Diego
 * (5 min) Recap [Ann or participants]

Day 2

 * AM2.1**
 * (5 min) Brief recap day 1 [Laurens] and introduction day 2 [Ewen]
 * (25 min) Green and red cards (in buzz groups) to flag interesting insights and ideas and challenges of questions for Africa RISING.
 * (25 min) Have groups champion some topics and come up with a refined plan for each of these topics + roaming group to ensure cross-pollination.
 * (35 min) Presentation of plans.
 * AM2.2**
 * (120 min) Writeshop - //to be fleshed out by Diego. Could be: Take the ideas from day 1 and work further on them in groups, with roaming AfricaRISING group to answer questions and help shape up reflections in a pragmatic way for the program - Develop template.//
 * PM2.1**
 * (60 min) Presenting Writeshop ideas + clarification questions + feedback Diego / Ann for each - in plenary.
 * PM2.2**
 * (15 min) Reflections by Diego and Ann about feedback given and implications + next steps [Diego].
 * (15 min) Short spectrogram evaluation of participants about liking the workshop and about believing in applicability.