1. FIDAFRIQUE-IFADAFRICA KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT LAUNCH WROSKHOP
“Sharing lessons and experience for better development results
in sub-Saharan Africa”
Draft Workshop Programme
Nairobi April 20-22, 2009
Day 1 : Monday 20 April 2009
Time Activities Task distribution
8h00–9h00 Participants registration
9h00-10h00 Introduction of Workshop (objectives, expected results, Miriam Cherogony
Session 1 and programme) and informal welcome
10h00–10h30 Opening Ceremony
Session 2 Welcoming remarks by AFRACA Mary Nandazi
Remarks on behalf of the Director, West and Central Africa
Division, IFAD Leopold Sarr
Remarks by the Director, Eastern and Southern Africa
Division, IFAD Ides de Willebois
Official opening remarks on behalf of the Minister of
Finance Director of External
Resources, Ministry of
Finance, Kinya Njui
Finance
10h30–11h00 Coffee break and photo
11h00–11h30 Introduction of FIDAfrique: experience & lessons Coumba Fall
Session 3 Coordination, WCA
11h30–12h00 Introduction of IFADAfrica: experience and lessons Miriam Cherogony
Session 4 Coordination, ESA
12h00–13h00 Plenary: questions and discussion Facilitators
Session 5
13h00–14h15 Lunch Break
14h15–15h45 Knowledge sharing and networking Facilitator: Roxy Samii
Session 6 Panel discussion to share experiences of Participants: German
FIDAMERICA/ENRAP/Rural Finance KMP/SMIP Escobar, Shalini Kala,
Miriam Cherogony, Mine
Pabari
15h45–16h00 Debrief Facilitators
Session 7
16h00–16h30 Coffee/Tea Break Facilitators
16h30–18h00 Knowledge sharing and networking Facilitator: Roxy Samii
Session 8 Panel discussion to share experiences of Participants:
IMAWESA/SCAPEMA/ENDA/CGIAR Alliance for Collective Bancy Mati, Roy van der
Action/RKN Drift, Moussa Mbaye,
Ravi Prahbu, Helen
Gillman
18.00-18.15 Housekeeping Miriam Cherogony
19.00 Welcome cocktail
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2. Day 2 : Tuesday 21 April 2009
Time Activities Task Distribution
8h30-9h30 Preparation for regional work plan development Facilitators
Presentation of FIDAfrique/IFADAfrica: project vision,
objectives and expectations
9h30-10h30 Develop regional workplans Break into individual
regional groups
10h30-10h45 Coffee break
10h45-13h00 Develop regional workplans (continued)
13h00-14h00 Lunch
14h00-14h30 Plenary session to report on progress towards workplan Facilitators
development, and share challenges and issues
14h30-16h00 Develop regional workplans (continued)
16h00-16h15 Coffee break
16h15-18h00 Develop regional workplans (continued)
Day 3 : Wednesday 22 April 2009
Time Activities Task Distribution
8h00–9h00 Finalize presentations by the working groups Working groups
Session 12
9h00–10h00 Presentations of Regional Work Plans by working groups 1 presenter from each
Session 13 group
10h00–10h30 Questions and discussion Facilitators
Session 14
10h30–11h00 Coffee break
11h00–12h30 Plenary discussion to identify cross-cutting activities and Facilitators
Session 15 areas for collaborations between the two regions. Develop
an action plan for cross-cutting and collaborative activities.
Network coordinators to comment on areas for
collaboration.
12h30–13h30 Lunch Break
13h30–15h00 Continue work on action plan if necessary. Facilitators
Session 16 Next steps, including:
• establishment of programme steering committee
• joint ventures with other institutions
• funding contributions from projects
15h00–16h00 Preparation of workshop synthesis Facilitators, organizing
Session 17 committee and
rapporteurs
Participants retire for general discussion and coffee
16h00–16h30 Presentation of workshop synthesis Facilitators
Official Closing Representative of
Minister for Agriculture
16h30–17h00 Evaluation Facilitators
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3. 17h00 Coffee and goodbye
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4. LEARNING SESSIONS
Nairobi April 23-24, 2009
Thursday, 23 April 2009 (simultaneous translation available all day)
Time Activities Task Distribution
9h00–10h00 FIDAFRIQUE methodology for capitalization Coumba Fall
10.00-11.00 FIDAMERICA methodology for sistematizacion German Escobar
11h00-11h15 Coffee/Tea Break
11h15-13h00 Learning routes: a method for learning and sharing. Ariel Halpern,
PROCASUR
13H00-14H00 Lunch Break
14h00-15h00 Introduce the FIDAFRIQUE platform: opportunities, tools, Foly Akoussan, Nicolas
and content management system. Hosting and linking up Granier, Enoch Bosire,
country programme and project websites. Linking up to Roxy Samii
IFAD website and the rural poverty portal.
15h00-15h30 Presentation by Madagascar country team on their country Madagascar country
programme approach and website team
15h30–16h00 Coffee/Tea Break
16h00–17h00 Forging the links: a meta approach to networking Ravi Prabhu, Alliance for
Collective Action, CGIAR
Friday, 24 April 2009
Time Activities Task Distribution
9h00–11h00 FIDAfrique platform: a practical, hands-on working session Foly Akoussan, Nicolas
on FIDAfrique tools and the content management system. Granier, Enoch Bosire
11h00–11h30 Coffee/Tea Break
11h30-12h30 Continuation of FIDAFRIQUE web platform session: Foly Akoussan, Nicolas
participants can do practical work on FIDAFRIQUE – surf Granier, Enoch Bosire,
the website, learn how to use the content management Roxy Samii, Madagascar
system and other tools team
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5. 12h30-13h00 Closing Session ESA Coordination
13h00-14h30 Lunch Break
14h30-18h00 Final Network Coordination meeting
Further discussion of work plans and the way forward,
including partnership building and fundraising
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