ET_2012_review_planning_agenda

=Ethiopian Highlands Annual Review and Planning meeting= Go back to the event home page
 * 17-18 September 2012**
 * Info centre break out room, ILRI Ethiopia, Addis Ababa**

Agenda
The general format of the meeting will involve a gathering of the core research partners on the 17th with this group being augmented by representatives of wider stakeholders on the 18th.

Discussion on main results, lessons and implications || Designing research activities: Next steps (feedback on action plans - integrated in the session above on 'reflections from development partners') Final reflections ||
 * **Timing** || **Session** ||
 * = **Day 1 - Monday 17 September 2012** ||
 * 08.00 || Participants registration ||
 * 08.30 || * Welcome (I. Wright, Director General's representative, ILRI)
 * Introduction (E. Le Borgne, facilitator, ILRI)
 * Participants
 * Agenda and objectives ||
 * 09.30 || Background information to this workshop:
 * Presentation: Feed the Future and Africa RISING (J. Glover, Africa RISING activity manager, USAID)
 * [[file:1 - AR Ethiopia Introduction PT.ppt|Presentation]]: Africa RISING in Ethiopia thus far (P. Thorne, regional coordinator, ILRI) ||
 * 10.00 || //Break// ||
 * 10.30 || Looking back at the inception 'early win' period I: Fact-finding
 * Short presentation of early win projects - batch 1 (30 min)
 * //Quick feed//
 * //[[file:QW_overview_17-9-12.pptx|Quick water]] -// presentation at national meeting
 * //Integrating pulses in crop-livestock//
 * Marketplace (15 min)
 * Short presentation of early win projects - batch 2 (30 min)
 * //Tree-crop-livestock interactions//
 * //Research for development//
 * Market place (15 min) ||
 * 12.00 || Looking back at the inception 'early win' period II: Consolidation
 * 13.00 || //Lunch break// ||
 * 14.00 || Jerry Glover Refresh/Review [[file:Glover_Africa RISING ET Highland 1400.pptx]]
 * [[file:2 - Research Criteria.ppt|Presentation about research criteria]] and possible categories of intervention (15 min)
 * Identifying key constraints to address in each region and matching possible categories of intervention (60 min)
 * Commentary on preliminary group work results (15 min) ||
 * 15.30 || //Break// ||
 * 16.00 || Designing research activities (continued) - presentation of group work results (30 min) ||
 * 16.30 || Cooperating and collaborating around Africa RISING:
 * [[file:3 - Cooperation and Collaboration.ppt|Short presentation]] about cooperation and collaboration (10 min)
 * Reviewing and questioning collaboration areas (30 min)
 * Observations and reflections (20 min) ||
 * 17.30 || Close ||
 * = **Day 2 - Tuesday 18 September 2012** ||
 * 08.30 || Participants registration ||
 * 09.00 || Welcome and introduction ||
 * 09.30 || Presentation of the 'Feed the Future' initiative and the Africa RISING project - status post quick wins
 * Presentation of the Africa RISING program and Feed the Future initiative (J. Glover, Africa RISING activity manager, USAid) - [[file:ET Highlands FTF Intro.ppt]]
 * Presentation of the project in the Ethiopian Highlands (P. Thorne, regional coordinator, ILRI) - [[file:4 - AR Ethiopia Overview Day 2 PT.ppt]] ||
 * 10.00 || Presentation of research ideas for the wider program
 * Elevator pitches (20 min) - [[file:USAID - Africa RISING - Scaling and Delivery.pptx]]
 * Marketplace (30 min)
 * Reflections (10 min) ||
 * 11.00 || //Break// ||
 * 11.30 || Further development of themes and identification of potential 'on the ground' partnerships:
 * Group work: Further developing research action plans (45 min)
 * Presentation of group work (30 min) ||
 * 13.00 || //Lunch break// ||
 * 14.00 || Reflections from development partners (30 min): what's in it for them, how to make Africa RISING relevant and attractive, potential areas for further cooperation
 * 15.00 || Close ||

Agenda for organizers