CCSL_project_CGIAR-StockTaking

= CCSL project: CGIAR and CCAFS Stocktaking Exercise = Julian Gonsalves


 * Duration: September 01 – 1 March 2013 **

Terms of Reference:

 * Identify ‘CCSL’ people and initiatives across the CGIAR to help identify exciting approaches //at the local level//that already exist and to help catalyze and connect the currently-scattered community and pockets of innovation.
 * this is likely to include, to some extent, activities that are related, e.g. participatory research approaches (PAR, RRA, PLA,…), community-based adaptation,…
 * focus on the research community, but will go beyond to highlight partner (current CCAFS partners or potential future partners) activities with a specific learning, knowledge and communication focus, and particular focus on participation and engagement at the local level
 * This exercise should be presented with a short narrative for each activity and a table comparing these different experiences according to an agreed list of criteria.


 * Do an initial characterization of these initiatives to guide understanding, show gaps and opportunities, and shape further analysis and interventions.
 * Help identify key individuals to participate in a stocktaking workshop to be held in Addis Ababa (20-22 November 2012).
 * Provide inputs into the design this stocktaking workshop of relevant social learning and communication approaches, expertise and good practices within CCAFS and the CGIAR.
 * Work closely with CCAFS and its partners, as well as The Sandbox and the advisory group. Actively test and use the Sandbox as a mechanism to share ideas and lessons and solicit feedback and experiences relevant to the project.
 * Work closely with Alison Shaw (who is working on social differentiation approaches and a stocktake of those activities in the CG) to create synergies and avoid overlap

Final outputs:
> CCAFS Working paper 37
 * Gonsalves, J. (2013)  A new relevance and better prospects for wider uptake of social learning within CGIAR - Findings from a stocktaking exercise within CGIAR ,
 * [[file:Insights from CGIAR stocktaking.ppt|Presentation about the insights from stock-taking exercise]]
 * [[file:Twelve Propositions_Feb2013.ppt|Presentation about the propositions resulting from the stock-taking exercise]]

Documentation:
List of from the stock-taking exercise.

This work was partly introduced at the **CGIAR Social learning stocktaking workshop** in November 2012.

Stock-taking (study findings): Stock-taking (12 presentations for discussion):
 * Version Nov. 2012: [[file:Part 12-Social Learning in the CGIAR- a stock taking exercise FINAL VERSION Nov18 updated 2013.ppt|Presentation: 12-Social Learning in the CGIAR- a stock taking exercise FINAL VERSION Nov18 updated 2013]]
 * Version Feb. 2013: [[file:Propositions Resulting Stocktaking Exercise_Revised 25Feb2013.ppt|Updated presentation]]
 * [[file:12 Propositions FINAL version Nov17 updated 2013.ppt|Presentation]] (version Nov. 2012) and [[file:ccsl/ccafs v2 - 12 props.pdf|PDF version]]
 * [[file:Twelve Propositions_Feb2013.ppt|Updated presentation]] (version Feb. 2013)

(12 propositions for discussion).
 * [[file:Appendix 1 - List of people responding to the survey (1).doc|Appendix 1]] - Survey respondents
 * [[file:Appendix 2 - List of people with whom correspondence was undertaken (1).docx|Appendix 2]] - Correspondents
 * [[file:Appendix 3 - List of social learning cases (recommended by survey respondents).docx|Appendix 3]] - Social learning cases proposed by survey respondents (59 cases)
 * [[file:Appendix 4 - Survey feedback on three key questions related to Social Learning in the CGIAR.doc|Appendix 4]] - Survey feedback
 * [[file:Appendix 5 - Illustrative and partial listing of social-learning related efforts in the CGIAR (Web based review).doc|Appendix 5]] - Listing of social learning efforts in CGIAR (128 cases)
 * [[file:Appendix 6 - List of people identified for possible invitation to the workshop - Copy.docx|Appendix 6]] - Potential workshop participants
 * [[file:ccafs v2 - 12 props.pdf|Appendix 8]] - 14 Promising approaches for CCAFS theme 4 (previous version available [[file:Appendix 8 - Promising approaches for CCAFS theme 4.pdf|here]])

Results from the sessions related to this work:
 * Presentation by Julian - Part 1 see in the menu: #Day 1-Presentation by Julian - Part 1
 * Presentation by Julian - Part 2 see in the menu: #Day 1-Presentation by Julian - Part 2 / The relevance of social learning to deliver on CCAF's theme 4 objectives
 * Presentation by Julian - Part 3 see in the menu: #Day 2-Presentation by Julian - Part 3

** CGIAR and CCAFS Stocktaking Exercise **