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Large Auditorium, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa, 5-8 November 2012
The Training Objectives are to:
 * Understand the Value Chain component of the CGIAR Livestock and Fish Program
 * Understand the concept of Value Chain Assessment (VCA)
 * Understand the gender dimension of VCA
 * Produce and test Rapid VCA tools (checklists)

News item on Livestock and Fish website Photos from the training



Welcome address Opening remarks Expectations Participant introductions || Alan Duncan (ILRI) Getinet Assefa, EIAR Barbara Rischkowsky (ICARDA) Peter Ballantyne (ILRI) Peter Ballantyne || Presentation || Barbara Rischkowsky || Presentation || Getachew Legesse (ICARDA consultant) || Focal Questions: 1. What is "gender"? 2. How do we see our work in gender? 4 groups formed, each with atleast one woman and one socio-economist || Kathleen Colverson (ILRI) || || Gemeda Dhuguma || of participants (by sites) || Group work (30 min) Report back (15 min) Discussion (15 min) || Checklists for Service providers, traders and processors Presentation || Getachew Legesse || Presentation || Tamsin Dewe (ILRI consultant ) || Feeding Breeding and Management Marketing and Input services || Alan Duncan/Jane Wamatu Aynalem Haile/Tadelle Dessie Getachew Legesse ||
 * ** MONDAY, 5 November 2012 ** ||
 * ** Time ** || ** Program item ** || ** Who ** ||
 * 08:30 || Registration || Martha Sintayehu (ICARDA) ||
 * 09:00 || Welcome by ILRI
 * 09:30 || Introduction to the CGIAR Program Livestock and Fish – Sheep and goat value chains in Ethiopia
 * 10:00 || Introduction to the value chain concept and mapping of value chains
 * ** 10:30 ** || ** Break ** ||  ||
 * 11:00 || Integrating Gender into Livestock Value Chains – an Interactive Exercise
 * social division of work: men, women, children
 * socially attached roles
 * difference between gender and sex: sex is biological and cannot be changed, while gender roles can be changed
 * gender and sex is interchangeable
 * rigid gender roles
 * access to higher education is still limited for women
 * **division of labor: gender roles and responsibilities**
 * //Activity://** Gallery Walk
 * 12:00 || Example of a report VCA from a Sheep VC site
 * ** 12:30 ** || ** Lunch ** ||  ||
 * 13:30 || Practical exercise on mapping sheep/goat meat VC in the selected sites based on the experience
 * 14:30 || Introduction to the approach and methods - check lists/questionnaires for different actors
 * ** 15:00 ** || ** Break ** ||  ||
 * 15:30 || Introduction to the tool kit of Safe Food, Fair Food Consumer checklist
 * 16:00 || Producer Checklists by component
 * ** 17:00 ** || ** Close ** ||  ||

Producers Safe Food Package Traders, Service providers || Resource persons and teams ||
 * ** TUESDAY, 6 November 2012 ** ||
 * ** Time ** || ** Program item ** || ** Who ** ||
 * 08:30 || Plenary to recap tasks of the group work and group formation || Peter Ballantyne ||
 * 09:00 || Group work on the checklists for
 * ** 10:30 ** || ** Break ** ||  ||
 * 11:00 || Continuation of group work || Resource Persons and Teams ||
 * ** 12:30 ** || ** Lunch ** ||  ||
 * 13:30 || Feedback from groups to plenary || Peter Ballantyne ||
 * 14:30 || Discussion of field day on Wednesday/Group Formation || Getachew Legesse/Tadelle Dessie ||
 * ** 15:00 ** || ** Break ** ||  ||
 * 15:30 || Group Work to finalize checklists based on feedback from plenary || Resource Persons and Teams ||
 * ** 16:30 ** || ** Close ** ||  ||


 * __WEDNESDAY, 7 November 2012__**
 * Field Day in Sendafa to test the approach and the checklists (4 groups)**

|| Resource Persons and Teams || Producers Safe Food Package Traders, Processors and Service providers || Resource Persons and Teams || || Getachew Legesse / Resource Persons || Group work by sites to plan field implementation (time schedule and responsibilities) || Facilitator: Aynalem Haile || || Facilitator: Aynalem Haile ||
 * ** THURSDAY, 8 November 2012 ** ||
 * ** Time ** || ** Program item ** || ** Who ** ||
 * 09:00 || Plenary: Feedback from the field testing by group
 * ** 10:30 ** || ** Break ** ||  ||
 * 11:00 || Group work on the checklists for
 * ** 12:30 ** || ** Lunch ** ||  ||
 * 13:30 || Introduction to data entry and report writing
 * 14:00 || Group work on reports || Resource Persons and Teams ||
 * ** 15:00 ** || ** Break ** ||  ||
 * 15:30 || Introduction to next steps
 * 16:10 || Plenary: Report back from groups
 * ** 16:30 ** || ** Closing remarks ** || ** Barbara Rischkowsky ** ||
 * __FRIDAY, 9 November 2012 for resource persons only__**
 * Review training program, presentations, checklists, training schedule for the training in Awassa (20-23 November)
 * Discuss field implementation