LIVES+research+planning+workshop+Organizers

= LIVES research workshop preparation = Back to the event home page
 * 26-28 March 2013 **
 * ILRI Addis, Large Auditorium **


 * Objectives**:


 * 1) Develop an overall research framework for LIVES
 * 2) Determine priority multi-locational research topics in support of the proposed interventions in LIVES and aligned with regional, national, CRPs and other ILRI research activities
 * 3) Identify potential research partners to lead/synthesize multi locational research and partners to implement such research in zones/regions

Pre-workshop preparation

 * [[file:Research Planning Meeting Minutes 01.docx|Meeting minute 01- Setting the objectives]]
 * [[file:research planning workshop minute0 2 reviced.docx|Meeting minute 02 - Concretizing objectives, content and participant list]]
 * [[file:annoucement poster.pdf|Announcement Poster]]

= Organizers' agenda =

Get a sense of who is who ||
 * Tuesday 26 March **
 * **Timing** || **Session** || **Method** || **Objectives** ||
 * 08.30 || Registration || N/A ||  ||
 * 09.00 || Introduction:
 * Welcome by Iain Wright
 * Welcome by D/DG EIAR
 * Introduction of the workshop objectives, agenda and participants (Ewen) || * 10' speech
 * 10' speech
 * 40' housekeeping announcements + introduction of participants by clustering (regional, thematic and functional with space, each time to meet people from their group) || Welcome everyone and explain the process of the next 3 days
 * 10.00 || Introduction of the LIVES project (Azage) || 20' Presentation + 10' clarification questions || Get everyone up to speed with the overall picture of the program ||
 * 10.30 || //Break// ||  ||   ||
 * 11.00 || The research framework: diagnostic, action and impact || 20' Presentation and 10' clarification questions || Introduce the research framework and ensure everyone understands this ||
 * 11.30 || Introduction of the possible LIVES interventions on irrigation (Philippe) + potential irrigated research areas || * 20' Presentation possible livestock interventions
 * 20' Presentation livestock areas
 * 40' Discussion || Present current set of possible interventions around the two major pillars - get a chance for participants to clarify uncertainties around these ||
 * 12.50 || //Lunch break// ||  ||   ||
 * 13.45 || Potential and irrigated (Simon/Philippe) research areas || * 20' presentation possible irrigated interventions
 * 20' presentation irrigated areas
 * 40' Discussion || Introduce the areas where irrigation and livestock activities are likely to take place ||
 * 15.05 || Expectations from related programs
 * Livestock and Fish CGIAR research program expectations from LIVES (T. Randolph / B. Rischkowsky)
 * BeCA goat project expectations from LIVES (Tadelle Dessie) || * 15' (verbal) presentation Tom / Barbara
 * 15' (verbal) presentation Tadelle || Get a sense of relations with other programs and expectations - how LIVES will contribute to these other programs and vice-versa ||
 * 15.30 || // Break // ||  ||   ||
 * 16.05 || Mainstreaming gender in irrigated and livestock value chain development || * 20' presentation
 * 5' questions and answers || Introduce perspectives to integrating and mainstreaming gender - seriously - in LIVES work both in livestock and irrigated areas ||
 * 16.30 || Introducing group work and starting work in six different working groups:
 * 1) Beef (Small and large ruminants),
 * 2) Dairy,
 * 3) Poultry,
 * 4) Apiculture,
 * 5) Irrigated vegetables, fruits and fodder
 * 6) Extension / capacity development and Knowledge management || Introduce the template that will be used to work on this and work on it while appointing: facilitator/chair, documenter, reporter.

Groups will be organised based on their primary interest and balanced out if there are too huge differences between them. An opportunity will be given to them later to join another group || Make sure everyone understands the assignment and works using the same template Start drafting work plans per thematic group ||
 * 17.30 || Close ||  ||   ||


 * Wednesday 27 March **

The 'envoys' are 1-2 persons from each group ||  || This will need to be documented by a dedicated person in each group. || To ensure that cross-cutting components are not forgotten about and are actually included in the work ||
 * **Timing** || **Session** || **Method** || **Objectives** ||
 * 09.00 || Group work (continued) || Bring everyone together to start the day and get an initial sense in plenary of the possible problems encountered || See above ||
 * 10.30 || //Break// ||  ||   ||
 * 11.00 || Group work (continued) || See above || See above ||
 * 12.30 || //Lunch break// ||  ||   ||
 * 13.30 || Group work (continued) - with 15' interactions with envoys from each group to get a feel for how plans are coming along || See above
 * 15.00 || Livestock Live Talk Seminar: ** Agricultural Research for Crop and Livestock Value Chain Development: The ‘IPMS’ Experience ** || Video seminar broadcast from the large auditorium to other ILRI campuses and offices worldwide || See above ||
 * 16.00 || Reality check: How is the work coming along and adressing: gender, environment, food safety, crop-livestock, integration with other working groups, remaining key questions... || (to be introduced by Ewen) Six-thinking hats: In their institution groups, one by one, the participants will 'wear a different hat' one after another to see if (& how) their group work addresses the 6 different issues highlighted there and could do a better job at it.
 * 17.00 || Brief plenary sharing || Each working group to report briefly what they discussed, where they see opportunities for integration and where they still see gaps || To get a sense of where each group is, what possible break-throughs they have made and what barriers they are struggling with ||
 * 17.30 || Close ||  ||   ||


 * Thursday 28 March **
 * **Timing** || **Session** || **Method** || **Objectives** ||
 * 09.00 || Group work (continued) || See above + providing support mechanisms in case groups get stuck (making some special resource persons available) || A nswer questions and help the groups finalize their work ||
 * 10.00 || Group presentation || See below (1 or 2 groups) || See below ||
 * 10.30 || //Break// ||  ||   ||
 * 11.00 || Group presentation || Each group will prepare a poster to present the results and the posters (on different flipcharts) will be posted around outside the auditorium, for the group to go around and listen to the short (5-10') summary of each group + 5' for questions...

The soft copy of their work should be prepared separately to ensure we have all the documentation that comes with the verbal flipchart presentation || Collect all results in soft copy and in a format that is friendlier for all participants (without taking too much time) || Bus stop: Participants split in 3, and 3 (groups of?) resource persons are waiting for them around these three types of programs (CRP / BeCA / IWMI priority programs). The resource persons briefly introduce the case of their programs and discuss with the group how they could integrate with LIVES better. We run 3 rotations of 20-25' to get all groups to discuss all integration issues 15' in plenary to bring it all back together and hear from the resource persons what happened in the 3 rounds || Ensure that LIVES is properly aligned with other programs and that some ideas are put forward, to be further integrated beyond this event (by the program team) ||
 * 12.30 || //Lunch break// ||  ||   ||
 * 13.30 || Aligning with other programs: the case of CRPs, BeCA and IWMI's priority programs || (//out of date//)
 * 14.00 || Cross-cutting issues || Plenary deliberation on how cross-cutting issues are going to be implemented across all working teams (gender, environment) ||  ||
 * 15.00 || //Break// ||  ||   ||
 * 15.30 || Management of research governance, next steps and closing || * Brief plenary discussion about the management of research governance
 * Next steps
 * Close to work further on (later) || Ensure that everyone understands requirements and options around the management of research governance

Summarize insights, explain next steps and thank everyone for coming over. ||
 * 17.00 || Close ||  ||   ||