TOCworkshop2013

=Theory of Change Workshop=

Venue: ILRI Nairobi Campus, Ndama Lounge 15-16 January 2013


 * Report of the workshop**

This workshop aims to:
 * 1) Review and refine the Livestock and Fish program’s impact evaluation plan and strategy and framework
 * 2) Increase our understanding of the program’s design as well as its outcome pathways, over time
 * 3) Get clarity on program M&E-related activities (evaluation, impact assessment, learning, logic frameworks, impact pathways, program monitoring, outcome monitoring, etc).

We aim to produce the following outputs:
 * 1) Reviewed, refined and agreed Livestock and Fish program Theory of Change narrative and a plan to finalize this
 * 2) Reviewed and improved program impact evaluation plan and strategy
 * 3) Worked through examples of impact pathways and indicators of change that can be adapted across the country value chains
 * 4) List of candidate studies and potential indicators to use to monitor program outcome (short-term and intermediate)
 * 5) Inputs to the M&E and impact assessment work plan

Resources (to consult or read)
- Nancy Johnson, Michael Kidoido and Jane Poole

Strategic overview of CGIAR Research programs Part I. Theories of Change and Impact Pathways - ISPC

Strategic overview of CGIAR Research programs: Part II. Value chains and Seed systems - ISPC

Draft L&F IDOs

Agenda
TUESDAY 15 January

0845
 * Introductions, aims, expectations, objectives **

0930
 * Program outcomes, design, evaluation and impact pathways **

TOM PRESENTATION: Program design and impact pathways - why are we doing this?



NANCY PRESENTATION: Current 'Evaluation strategy and framework' of the program



10:30 break

1100
 * Getting to consensus on Program outcomes, design, evaluation and impact pathways **

FRAMING PRESENTATION
 * STUART - IDEAS ON OUTCOME MAPPING / THEORIES OF CHANGE



GROUP WORK:
 * Work on a program level theory of change narrative

1300 lunch

1400
 * Getting to consensus on Value Chain impact pathways and their indicators of change **

FRAMING PRESENTATIONS
 * ACHO and EPI – DRAFT VC ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK




 * EGYPT - Malcolm


 * TANZANIA - Amos and Isabelle



- What issues are we trying to address (and to whom are they important to)? - What are we trying to do about it? Pathways - Why do we think this would work? Assumptions - How will we know if it has worked? Indicators of change

1530 break

1600
 * Getting to consensus on Value Chain impact pathways and their indicators of change **

GROUP WORK ON VC IMPACT PATHWAYS - WORKING THROUGH EXAMPLES

Groupwork PHOTO

- 1 based on Tanzania Output PHOTO - 2 based on Egypt Output PHOTO - 3 reviewing the program level 'outputs' Output PHOTO

WEDNESDAY 16 January

0830
 * Getting to consensus on Value Chain impact pathways and their indicators of change **

GROUP WORK ON VC IMPACT PATHWAYS - WORKING THROUGH EXAMPLES


 * Reporting Back Tanzania PHOTO
 * Reporting Back Egypt PHOTO
 * Reporting Back Outputs PHOTO

1100
 * Mapping outputs and interventions to outcomes **

MICHAEL PRESENTATION - How do current and planned outputs contribute to achieving desired outcomes? The mapping of component outputs into program outputs presented below is the revised version by Kate

1215 lunch

1400


 * Operationalizing outcomes **

Program, Component and VC levels: “What evidence will we use to show that this outcome has been achieved?”

GROUPWORK on Evidence needed - 1 based on Tanzania - 2 based on Egypt - 3 reviewing the program level 'outputs'

NANCY PRESENTATION - the evidence base we need



1530 Next Steps [Compiled by Nancy]


 * **What** || **Who** || **When** || **Follow up** ||
 * Revise program IP || Michael and Nancy || Next few days || Send to workshop participants ||
 * VC level IPs with 2-3 page narrative || VC? || 2 weeks from generic || Send to workshop participants ||
 * Finalize IP and ToC for program || Tom and Michael || ISPC schedule || Will involve interaction across CRP ||
 * VC level IP/ToC revision || Stuart and Michael || Q1/2 ||  ||
 * Finalize program and component output mapping || Tom and Michael ||  ||   ||
 * IPG impact pathway || Michael, tom, stuart, jane ||  ||   ||
 * Evidence generation || Component ;leaders and \M&E FP Please send studies to michael || 2 weeks ||  ||
 * CRP-commissioned schedule || Component leaders to Tom || Q1 to be reviewed by SPAC ||  ||
 * Research quality indicators || research; communication and uptake ++ tom, program coordinator ||  ||   ||
 * Indicators followup || Michael plus VC WG ||  ||   ||
 * M&E ‘task force’ || Michael ||  ||   ||
 * M&E ‘unit’ || Tom, PPMC ||  ||   ||

List of participants

 * ** Name ** || ** Institution ** || ** Name ** || ** Institution ** ||
 * 1. Amos Omore || ILRI || 12. Jens Peter Tang Dalsgaard || WorldFish ||
 * 2. Nancy Johnson || ILRI || 13. Kathleen Colverson || ILRI ||
 * 3. Tom Randolph || ILRI || 14. Stuart Worsley || ILRI ||
 * 4. Kate Longley || WorldFish || 15. Iheanacho Okike || ILRI ||
 * 5. An Notenbaert || ILRI || 16. Peter Ballantyne || ILRI ||
 * 6. Michael Kidoido || ILRI || 17. Birthe Paul || CIAT ||
 * 7. Malcolm Dickson || WorldFish || 18. Yigezu Yigezu || ICARDA ||
 * 8. Jane Poole || ILRI || 19. James Rao || ILRI ||
 * 9. Iddo Dror || ILRI || 20. Hikuepi Katjiuongua || ILRI ||
 * 10. Isabelle Baltenweck || ILRI || 21. Phil Toye || ILRI ||
 * 11. Okeyo Mwai || ILRI ||  ||   ||