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Learning team. Process and Operation. Process establising and operating LT. Selection of the LT No receipe for establishment No ‘one size fits all’ Leverage on opportunities to bring people of LT together Advocacy to allpotential members of LT
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Learning team Process and Operation
Processestablising and operating LT • Selection of the LT • No receipe for establishment • No ‘one size fits all’ • Leverage on opportunities to bring people of LT together • Advocacy to allpotentialmembers of LT • Use aministrativeprerogative to gatherpotentialmebers • Lesson: Advocate, advocate, advocateuntil trigger to establish LT isfound • In SADC region: canalsolink up to AIMS committeeatregional and national level • There isneed to document the variousapproachesused in differentcontexts in establishinglearning teams (Lessonslearnt for sharing)
Possible Structure RAILS Learning team Core team Focal inst. FP
What do we want to achieve, and what are you doing currently that needs to be enhanced? • Quick wins • Required outputs by the project • Phasedapproach • Information gathering, processing (packaging), dissemination • Enhancevisibility of partners and activities • Pooling of resources and skills • Look for synergies withotherspartners/initiatives • Capitalizeonprevious/past initiatives to makethem more known, visible and accessible • Build on whatwealready have
What do we want to achieve, and what are you doing currently that needs to be enhanced? • Allowanceneeded for the Focal person? • Yes: Mozambique, related to activities, to attend meetings • No necessary: Zambia, institutions shouldmeet the cost for attending LT meeting • It iskey to show impact right from the beginningso as to attract support, considerationfrom the decisionmakers (Government, international donors, etc.) • Manystakeholders not havingwebsite: need to support them to be visible through Mozambique eRAILS
Tools • eRAILS • Dgroups • Workshops • Capacity building • Bulletin d’information/ • Fiche technique/technicalbriefs • Attend conference • Videoconference • Participate in agricultural fielddays/agricultural shows (organizeeventwithin)
Accountability • Financial • Technical • Performance • Should we develop a Procedure manual for operating the LT? • Project manuals available
Sustainability • Buildstrategicpartnerships • Embedactivities in strongexistingorganizations (e.g. BIMTT established an internal Learning team, some networks, etc. alsodid) • Includelearning teams atsub-regional and in existinginstitutional structure at province/district level • Show impact and focus on keyproducts/services (create a need and dependance for decisionmakers)