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Steering Committee Meeting WA Project 4 February 2014, Bamako, Mali

Steering Committee Meeting WA Project 4 February 2014, Bamako, Mali. I. Hoeschle-Zeledon Coordinator, ESA and WA projects. Late submission of work plans for timely submission to SC Respect of reporting deadlines Poor quality reports Acceptance of workplan and reporting templates

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Steering Committee Meeting WA Project 4 February 2014, Bamako, Mali

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  1. Steering Committee Meeting WA Project 4 February 2014, Bamako, Mali I. Hoeschle-Zeledon Coordinator, ESA and WA projects

  2. Late submission of work plans for timely submission to SC • Respect of reporting deadlines • Poor quality reports • Acceptance of workplan and reporting templates • Fund confirmation by donor, reimbursement of 2013 expenditures • Management issues

  3. Withdrawal of AfricaRice from Ghana component • Travel restrictions and ban on government institutions • Difficulty to align all researcher with Program Framework and Africa RISING research approach (site and activity integration) • Baseline surveys in Ghana and Mali still missing, limited presence of regional M&E specialist • No timely execution of work plans • Fluctuation of partner key staff • Implementation issues

  4. Some key partners not present in action countries; implementation by remote control • Difficulty to recruit suitable project economist • Change in Comms officer • Efforts to involve Nutrition Innovation Lab fruitless • Growing need for alignment with other USAID initiatives: how to operationalize these partnerships • Implementation issues

  5. Request for proper branding to improve visibility; everybody to work under Africa RISING umbrella, not home institutions • Urgency for Science Advisory Group • Easy to address intensification, but difficult to deal with sustainability, need for indicators, Africa RISING should pioneer a sustainability framework • Need for visualization of integration of activities • Need for standardized tool for data management; PMT should be made applicable • ESA Steering Committee, Sept. 2013

  6. Quarterly meetings held • ToR for SAG developed, SAG established, first meeting??? • Finalizing rules of engagement with farmers including handling their data • Gender strategy at Program level; specific project level strategies optional • Working group on sustainability indicators • Regional log frames by end of February • Program evaluation to be discussed with SAG • Next learning event Sept. in Arusha, Tanzania • Program Coordination Team

  7. Change of CORAF representative • Change of IFPRI representative • New Comms officer • Vacant seat for CGIAR to be filled; when? Suggestions: ICRAF, AVRDC (Farid) IWMI (Jerry) AVRDC (Kehinde) • CSIR is a silent member • Steering Committee membership

  8. Regional log frame (28 February) • Preparation of 2014 work plans (15 March) • Approval by Steering Committee (31 March) • New partner contracts (15 April) • PCT meeting March • SAG meeting ??? • Exchange visit to Tanzania (late April) • Technology descriptions ??? • Project document ??? • Program Learning Event (Sept.) • Next activities and events

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