Ieemeetingfeb2015

=Livestock and Fish Independent External Evaluation Meeting= =4-7 February 2015= =Room 720, ILRI Nairobi=

The Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA) Office of CGIAR is responsible for System-level Independent External Evaluations, through strategic evaluations of CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs) and institutional elements of CGIAR.
 * Background**

The evaluation of the Livestock and Fish CGIAR Research Program is one of several CRP evaluations which the IEA is currently conducting. Led by a fully independent evaluation team, with quality assurance and management by IEA, the purpose of the forward-looking evaluation is to inform decision-making by the Livestock and Fish management, funders and partners. It aims to enhance the program's performance and likelihood of achieving its program objectives of increasing productivity and performance of small‐scale livestock and fish production systems and related value chains.


 * Agenda**
 * ** Day ** || ** Time ** || ** Action ** || ** Responsible ** ||
 * Wednesday 4th Feb 2015 || 1400-1500hrs || ILRI overview || Shirley Tarawali, Assistant Director General, Institutional planning and Partnerships

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 * ^  || 1500-1600hrs || How CRPs fit in the ILRI Strategy || Iain Wright, Deputy Director General, Integrated Science

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 * ^  || 1600-1645hrs || ILRI/Lab tour ||   ||   ||
 * ^  || 1645-1730hrs || ILRI role in administering Livestock and Fish || Stella Ikileng (Martin van Weerdenburg, Director Corporate Services)

||  || · Program concept · Implementation · Partnerships || Patricia Rainey, Keith Child, Stuart Worsley and Tom Randolph || Cross CRP collaboration PIM || Hikuepi Katjiuongua
 * Thursday 5th Feb 2015 || 0900-1200 [[image:resource://skype_ff_extension-at-jetpack/skype_ff_extension/data/call_skype_logo.png]]0900-1200   hrs || CRP Management – Focus on CRP overview
 * ^  || 1230-1400hrs || Lunch Meeting

||  ||  ||   ||  ||   ||  || Targeting and Environment
 * ^  || 1400-1500hrs || Animal Health Orientation || ** Phil Toye ** ,Vish Nene, Henry Kiara, Richard Bishop  ||   ||
 * ^  || 1500-1600hrs || Animal Genetics Orientation || ** John Benzie ** (by skype), Karen Marshal,Okeyo Mwai, Julie Ojango, Steve Kemp
 * ^  || 1600-1630hrs || M&EL || ** Keith Child, ** Patricia Rainey, Michael Kidoido, Jane Poole
 * ^  || 1700hrs || Cocktail || Ndama Lounge ||   ||
 * Friday 6th Feb 2015 || 0900-1000 [[image:resource://skype_ff_extension-at-jetpack/skype_ff_extension/data/call_skype_logo.png]]0900-1000    || Feeds and Forages Orientation || ** Michael Blummel ** (by skype) **, ** Ben Lukuyu, Brigitte Maass
 * ^  || 1000-1200hrs || SASI Orientation

Gender || ** An Notenbaert, ** Mats Lannerstad

** Alessandra Galie, ** Isabelle Baltenweck ||  ||  ||   || Cross CRP collaboration A4NH, CCAFS and Humid tropics || Johanna Lindahl (for Delia Grace), Polly Ericksen, Iddo Dror (for Tim Robinson), ||  || ||  || Ethiopia and Tanzania || Barbara, Amos Tanzania Value Chain
 * ^  || 1200-1230hrs || Capacity Development || ** Iddo Dror, ** Diana Brandes
 * ^  || 1230-1400hrs || Lunch Meeting
 * ^  || 1400-1500hrs || Value Chains Orientation || ** Acho **, Isabelle, Barbara, Amos
 * ^  || 1500-1600hrs || Value Chain meetings

Ethiopia Value Chain ||  ||
 * ^  || 1600-1700hrs || Wrap up Meeting with CRP and ILRI Management ||   ||   ||
 * Saturday 7th Feb 2015 ||  || Panel internal wrap-up meeting ||   ||

The 5 Flagship Leaders will give a 15 minute orientation that includes: > The 2 Value Chain Leaders (Ethiopia and Tanzania) will give a 10 minute overview of their value chains that includes: > The Cross-cutting Leaders will give a 5 minutes overview of their activities that will include:
 * The research agenda: original purpose/objectives and how they have evolved over the 3 years;
 * Structure and resources: The capacities contributed by the centres, key people;
 * Key partners;
 * Cluster of Activities about purpose, general approach, types of activities, some key achievements, directions going forward.
 * Summation of overall progress made and key challenges.
 * What is the target value chain, what was there to build on already, how did the program develop an agenda and initiate activities/engage with stakeholders;
 * Composition of the team, links to the centres and to the flagships,
 * Key partners,
 * Main activities and achievements;
 * Summation of overall progress made and key challenges.
 * Research agenda: purpose/objectives and how they have evolved over the 3 years
 * Structure and resources: The capacities contributed by the centres, key people;
 * Key partners;
 * Cluster of Activities about purpose, general approach, types of activities, some key achievements, directions going forward.
 * Summation of overall progress made and key challenges.