plm_1Jul2014

= Program leaders meeting = = Tuesday 1 July 2014 = = Venue: ILRI campus, Sokoni meeting room =

**Participants**
 * 1) Tom Randolph
 * 2) Alessandra Galie
 * 3) Phil Toye
 * 4) Esther Ndungu
 * 5) Patricia Rainey
 * 6) Evelyn Katingi


 * Minutes **

Pending: all other themes and value chains. Submissions are expected over the next couple of weeks. __Reasons for preparing the SIPs:__ Need to be ready for the next SPAC meeting in September for their review. Value chain evaluation - information will be required for the East Africa SIPs that summarizes their work. || Vish will do for Animal Health Clusters 2 and 3 Check with WorldFish on their progress Mid-August set as deadline for submission Communications to be made by Pat Rainey || Current work focus is on implementing the Gender Action Plan. The program is engaging KIT who will be looking at how gender can be mainstreamed into the work of the themes. || Invitation to Gender Mainstreaming Orientation workshop 10th July by KIT to be sent out by Esther Ndungu. ||
 * **Agenda** || **Discussion** || **Action Point** ||
 * 1. Strategy and Implementation Plan (SIPs) status || Received: Animal health Cluster of Activities 1. Feeds to be submitted by end of the week
 * 2. Various proposal calls || Various calls have been circulated by Tom Randolph - Value Chain Call and Cross-CRP Call. Gender call postponed until October. || Theme leaders to ensure that they have circulated the same to team members ||
 * 3. Gender Interim leadership || Tom will take on interim leadership for the GIL theme as there is no dedicated person to lead the theme.
 * 4. VCTS and SASI flagship SIP/Planning meetings || Agenda has been circulated and is available on the wiki. ||  ||
 * 5. Status of value chain meetings and their SIPS || Review of the recently conducted value chain planning meetings (Ethiopia and Tanzania value chains). It was agreed that they were well organised and productive. || SIPs from VAlue Chain Coordinators due August. ||
 * 6. Database update || More user-friendly database has been created for collecting Consortium's data reporting needs. The database is for all of ILRI's CRPs. The database will capture site specific information and a percentage allocation of research outputs amongst various CRPs. ||  ||
 * 7. Bilateral project mapping workshop || 2 day meeting held on 26-27 June for ILRI's PMOs. The objective of the meeting was to map ILRI's bilateral projects to the CRP activity codes. The meeting was very successful and that the team was able to understand the process of mapping projects. || Pat to organise follow up activities to ensure all bilaterals from 2013 are mapped ||
 * 8. Update on POWB 2014 || Meetings are being arranged with each Directorate in ILRI to plan the 2014 budget updates; Centers will also be asked to update in a similar fashion || Meeting dates with ILRI Directorates to be communicated ||
 * AOB || Mid-2014 progress assessment (a traffic light type of report) is being worked on by Pat || Pat to circulate to ILRI Focal points and Center reps. ||