CGIAR Impact Assessment Focal Point (IAFP) Meeting

This is a meeting of Impact Assessment Focal Points (IAFPs) from Centers and CRPs (CGIAR Research Programs) to strengthen the community of practitioners. The 2016 meeting aims to

Enhance communication/interactions between Centre/CRP IAFPs on adoption and ex post IA related issues
Receive updates from IAFPs on CRP Phase-II impact assessment and RBM strategy and plans; as well as feedback on a number of impact assessment related issues
Update IAFPs on SIAC activities, external evaluation of SIAC Phase-I, and prospects/plans for SIAC Phase-II
Discuss areas of complementarities and overlap between SPIA and other communities of practice (MELIA, ECoP, PIM’s COP on technology adoption)

Workshop Agenda and List of Participants (PDF)

Proceedings summary (PDF)

Presentations

08:45 – 10:00 I. Agri-food systems focus (Chair: Ricardo Labarta)

CRP RICE (10+5 min) [Samarendu Mohanty/ Aminou Arouna]
CRP MAIZE (10+5 min) [Paswel Marenya]
CRP WHEAT (10+5 min) [Aziz Karimov]
CRP DCL (10+5 min) [Aden Aw-Hassan/Conrad Murendo]
CRP RTB (10+5 min) [Tahirou Abdoulaye/Guy Hareau/Enoch Kikulwe/Ricardo Labarta]

10:15 – 11:15 Open discussion session 1: The demand for epIAs in the CRPs (Chair: Tim Kelley)

Donor demand for epIAs (10 min) [Lakshmi Krishnan]

11:15 – 12:00 II. Agri-food systems focus (Chair: Aden Aw-Hassan)

CRP Livestock (10+5 min) [Michael Kidoido]
CRP FISH (10+5 min) [Andrew Thorne-Lyman]
CRP FTA (10+5 min) [Ramadhani Achdiawan /Sid Mohan/Enoch Kikulwe]

13:00 – 14:00 III. Global integrative platforms focus (Chair: Guy Hareau)

CRP A4NH (10+5 min) [Agnes Quisumbing]
CRP CCAFS (10+5 min) [Ricardo Labarta]
CRP PIM (10+5 min) [Peter Hazell]
CRP WLE (10+5 min) [Marie-Charlotte Buisson/Dawit Mekonnen]

14:00 – 14:30 IAFP Community of Practice (Chair: Mywish Maredia)

PIM’s plan and expectations of other CGIAR impact assessment scientists, and overlaps/potential for collaboration with SPIA and its partners (15 min) [Peter Hazell]
Lessons from SIAC Phase-I experience (15 min) [Jeff Alwang]

14:30 – 15:00 Open discussion session 2: Structural challenges and constraints to epIAs (Chair: Doug Gollin)

15:15 – 16:00 Open discussion continued: Resources and support for high quality epIAs (Chair: Doug Gollin)

16:00 – 17:15 SIAC program highlights (Chair: Julian Alston)

IEA evaluation of SIAC Phase I (10 min + 5 min for questions) [Julia Compton and Tim Dalton]
Progress on SIAC Phase I (highlights) since Minneapolis 2014 (30 min) [James Stevenson]

17:15 – 18:30 SIAC Phase-II prospects and plans (Chair: Bob Herdt)