CCSL_Project_CCSL_Evidence_Gathering

=** Social learning and transformative change: building the evidence together **=

Potential partners are being invited to take part in a co-constructed research programme to build evidence for the role that social learning methodologies play in transformative change. This is particularly important for complex, or wicked problems such as climate change adaptation.

We believe that this is a really exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing community of researchers and communicators who are actively learning together. It will provide a chance to share ideas, raise the profile of your research and the partners you work with and to connect with those who will be interested in promoting the work that you do.

The Climate Change and Social Learning initiative (CCSL) has two years of engagement under its belt and a number of publications and dialogues that have contributed to a wealth of information and thinking on social learning (1). We want to turn this knowledge into more robust evidence so that institutions who are delivering on ambitious development targets will feel able to use and fund social learning methodologies with confidence. We are engaging with potential partners to join us to help monitor, track and document where social learning works best.


 * This is not a funding call**. The CCSL initiative does not have any funding to support projects who wish to be engaged - what partners can expect from CCSL is the support and interest of a growing community of practice, the expertise and contacts to gather the evidence we collect and produce papers, frameworks, tools and other documentation that can help share the experience, an annual workshop to discuss findings and an engagement with donors to raise the profile of social learning. CCSL will also be communicating regularly on what we learn and profiling projects and partners on through our various online and print publications.

What we need from potential partners is:
 * the ability to commit time and resources for attending the annual workshop and the necessary pre-preparation
 * that they are happy to co-construct the indicators and M&E framework for gathering the evidence and impact of our collective social learning activities
 * that they would be happy to join in and engage with discussions in our community of practive

=Additional Information= Background resources used for the CCSL M&E Workshop on Evidence Gathering in June (see 'What next?' below)
 * [[file:CCSL Building the Evidence Together.pdf|CCSL Pitch Document]]
 * [[file:CCSL Building the Evidence Together Social Learning Criteria and Self Assessment.docx|Selection Criteria for Participating Project]]
 * [[file:CCAFS CCSL Booklet..pdf|CCAFS CCSL booklet]]
 * Nature Climate Change article 'Social learning and sustainable development'
 * [[file:DRAFT CCSL learning brief - the happy families of social learning - ELB.docx|DRAFT CCSL learning brief - the happy families of social learning]] (work in progress)

There will be a CCSL M&E Workshop on Evidence Gathering on 16-17 June 2014 – to which potential partners below are being invited. If you would like to partner with CCSL please contact the CCSL Case Study Research Programme lead:
 * What next? **
 * Ben Garside: ben.garside@iied.org

NO LONGER ATTENDING || NO LONGER ATTENDING ||
 * **Potential Case Study Project** || **Project Contact** || **CCSL Contact** || **Attending Workshop (name)** || **conf'd to CCSL** || **sent invite** || **conf'd to invite** ||= **paying?** || **Links** ||
 * Reading Uni - attended the first workshop on social learning - involved in relevant projects || Request from Peter Dorward for Roger to attend ||  || Roger Stern || yes || yes ||   ||   ||   ||
 * CBAI || Not sure how heard? Teresa checking on detail || ? || Julia Dennis - Comms manager ||  || not yet ||   ||   ||   ||
 * KCL || Wiebke Foerch || Wiebke Foerch || Emma Visman || yes || yes || yes || self paying ||  ||
 * CARIAA (Programme Level) || Blane Harvey IDRC (bharvey@idrc.ca ) || Blane Harvey || Blane attending 16th only || yes || yes || yes ||  || [] ||
 * CARIAA (Project Level - TBD) || Blane Harvey IDRC (bharvey@idrc.ca ) || Blane Harvey || 1-3 people, need funding for 2 (IDRC - Blane to confirm) ||  ||   ||   ||   || [] ||
 * ASSAR || mw.mjcole@mweb.co.za || Blane Harvey || Mary Cole confirmed || yes || yes || yes || self-paying(IDRC) ||  ||
 * ASSAR || dian.spear@uct.ac.za || Blane Harvey || Dian Spear confirmed || yes || yes || yes || self-paying ||  ||
 * Hi-Aware/ICIMOD || Blane Harvey || Blane Harvey || tbc ||  || not yet ||   || self-paying ||   ||
 * ASSAR (START) || sschweizer@start.org || Blane Harvey || Sarah Schweizer confirmed || yes || yes || yes || self-paying ||  ||
 * ASSAR (Oxfam) || MRokitzki@oxfam.org.uk || Blane Harvey || Martin Rokitzki || yes || no ||  || self-paying ||   ||
 * ASSAR (Oxfam) || HJeans1@oxfam.org.uk || Blane Harvey || Helen Jeans || yes || no ||  || self-paying ||   ||
 * ASSAR (IIHS) || Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar to confirm spgajjar@iihs.ac.in || Blane Harvey ||  ||   || no ||   || self-paying ||   ||
 * Prolinnova - Farmers Innovation Fair Model || waters-bayer@web.de || Patti Kristjanson || Ann Waters-Bayer || yes || yes || yes || self-paying (Patti) || [] ||
 * Shamba Shape-Up || david@mediae.org || Patti Kristjanson || David Campbell || yes || yes || yes || self-paying - in London ||  ||
 * Shamba Shape-Up || kate@mediae.org || Patti Kristjanson || Kate Lloyd Morgan || yes || yes || yes || self-paying - in London ||  ||
 * Supporting Farmer Decision Making Through Weather/Climate Data || p.t.dorward@reading.ac.uk || Wiebke Foerch || Peter Dorward - Reading University || yes || yes || yes || self-paying - from Reading ||  ||
 * Research and Institutional Transformation for Climate Change Adaptation (ILRI) || Lance Robinson ILRI (l.robinson@cgiar.org ) || Wiebke Foerch || Cannot come, needs to be convinced of committing since work still onfolding and CCSL not obvious ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   ||
 * CCAFS FP4 – Results Based Management Trial Programmatic Level || Philip Thornton (p.thornton@cgiar.org ) || Philip Thornton || Tonya Schuetz || yes || yes || yes || self-paying (Philip) || [|http://ccafs.cgiar.org/publications/lessons-learned-flagship-4-results-based-management-trial#.Uzx0z_ldWKU] ||
 * IITA Learning Alliance – CCAFS Flagship 4 Results Based Management Trial Project || Edidah Ampaire (e.ampaire@cgiar.org) || Wiebke Foerch ||  ||   ||   || No || self-paying || Not able to come NOT ATTENDING ||
 * IITA Learning Alliance – CCAFS Flagship 4 Results Based Management Trial Project || P.Pali@cgiar.org || Wiebke Foerch || Pamela Pali || yes || yes || yes || self-paying ||  ||
 * IITA Learning Alliance – CCAFS Flagship 4 Results Based Management Trial Project || rnabatanzi@gmail.com || Wiebke Foerch || Rebecca Nabatanzi || yes || yes || yes || self-paying || Research assistant, helping with M&E ||
 * CIAT Social Learning Under FP4 || p.laderach@cgiar.org || Wiebke Foerch || Peter Laederach || yes || yes || yes || self-paying ||  ||
 * Makerere Linking Watershed Assessment With Social Learning || Moses Tenywa (tenywamakooma@yahoo.com) || Wiebke Foerch || Gerd Foerch || yes || yes ||  || self-paying ||   ||
 * Makerere Linking Watershed Assessment With Social Learning || azizinga@gmail.com || Wiebke Foerch || Alex Zizinga || yes || yes || yes || IIED ||  ||
 * Africa Rising || Ewen Le Borgne ILRI (E.LeBorgne@cgiar.org ) || Ewen Le Borgne || unlikely - Ewen to confirm ||  ||   ||   ||   || [] ||
 * Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) || Krystyna Swiderska IIED (krystyna.swiderska@iied.org ) || Liz Carlile || Krystyna Swiderska is attending, || yes || yes || yes || self-paying - in London || [] ||
 * Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) || (songyc.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn) || Liz Carlile || Yiching Song (Krysyna Chinese colleague) || yes || yes || yes || IIED ||  ||
 * Adaptation Learning Plan for Africa (ALP) || Fiona Percy CARE (fiona@careclimatechange.org ) || Liz Carlile ||  ||   ||   ||   ||   || [] ||
 * Adaptation Learning Plan for Africa (ALP) || Pettengell@careinternational.org || Wiebke Foerch || Catherine Pettengell (CARE UK) || yes || yes ||  || self-paying - in London (tbc) || Adaptation and resilience advisor in CAREUK
 * Adaptation Learning Plan for Africa (ALP) || Bartimeus@careinternational.org || Wiebke Foerch || Ama Bartimeus (CARE UK) || yes || yes || yes || self-paying - in London || Co-facilitator for the ESA event. Attending part of the workshop.
 * Bolsa Floresta || Virgilio Viana FAS (Virgilio.Viana2@fas-amazonas.org ) || Ben Garside || Leandro Pinheiro (FAS) leandro.pinheiro@fas-amazonas.org || yes || yes || yes || IIED || [] ||
 * South-South Learning || Osana Bonilla (o.bonilla@cgiar.org); || Wiebke Foerch || Osana TBC || yes || yes ||  || self paying ||   ||
 * South-South Learning || Howland, Fanny (f.c.howland@cgiar.org) || Wiebke Foerch || Fanny confirmed || yes || yes || yes || self paying ||  ||
 * CCAFS Regional Socio-Economic Scenarios || Joost Vervoort joost.vervoort@eci.ox.ac.uk || Wiebke Foerch || Joost confirmed (self-paying) || yes || yes || yes || self-paying ||  ||
 * CSIRO /AusAID project - FSI || James Butler || Philip Thornton || James unable to attend, but Philip to mention again in June || no || no ||  ||   ||   ||

__**M&E Specialists**__

Georgina Cundill ( georgina.cundill@gmail.com) 16th+17th Claire Hutchings (ASSAR/Oxfam) - head of M+E group ( CHutchings@oxfam.org.uk) - 16th only Barbara van Mierlo - recommended by Marc Schut [] 16th + 17th Richard Taylor (in place of Monica Coll Besa, SEI) ( richard.taylor@sei-international.org) - 17th only
 * Confirmed **

Sophie Alvarez - Liz emailed 1.5, Wiebke chased 14.5 - waiting for response. Chased again 27/5 (s.alvarez@cgiar.com) Sukaina Bharwani (SEI) - invited, waiting for response. Chased 27/5 (sukaina.bharwani@sei-international.org)
 * tbc**

Rumina Rodela - **liaising with Marissa on papers (**romina.rodela@wur.nl) Valerie Brown - **liaising with Marissa on papers** **(**valeriebrown@ozemail.com.au) Simon Heck - (S.Heck@cgiar.org) Jon Ensor (jon.ensor@york.ac.uk) Rick Davies (rick@mande.co.uk) Isobel Vogel (info@isabelvogel.co.uk) Boru Douthwaite (b.douthwaite@cgiar.com) Ben Ramalingam (b.ramalingam@odi.org.uk) Petra Tschakert (petra@psu.edu)
 * Invited, unable to attend**

__**CCSL participants attending:**__

Liz Carlile Teresa Corcoran Natalie Brighty Ben Garside Wiebke Foerch Philip Thornton Cecilia Schubert Pete Cranston Ewen Le Borgne Marissa Van Epp Christine Jost Carl Jackson (tbc)


 * Peter Ballantyne not able to attend

 (1) Social learning approaches help facilitate knowledge sharing, joint learning and co-creation experiences between particular stakeholders around a shared purpose taking learning and behaviour change beyond the individual to networks and systems. Through a facilitated iterative process of working together, in interactive dialogue, exchange, learning, action and reflection and on-going partnership new shared ways of knowing emerge that lead to changes in practice.

Workshop page for organisers