20-22 November 2012 InfoCentre break out room, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa Back to the event page
Agenda for organizers
Time
Session
Day 1 - Tuesday 20 November "Social learning - in the CGIAR"
08.30
Registration
09.00
Welcome
Introduction
Agenda and objectives
Ice-break discussion: What is social learning? What is its value?
10.30
Coffee / tea break
11.00
What is CCAFS and why does it bother about social learning (presentation Wiebke/Philip)
Stock-taking 1 (presentation J. Gonsalves) and discussion
12.30
Lunch break
14.00
Social learning marketplace of experiences
Open time / space
15.30
Coffee break
16.00
Social differentiation in the CGIAR (presentation Alison)
Updating the list of social learning initiatives + characterizing them
17.30
Close
19.00
Social event
Day 2 - Wednesday 21 November "CCAFS approach to social learning - opportunities and constraints"
09.00
The CCAFS approach to social learning
Marketplace of social learning experiences
Including and starting with impact assessment presentation (presentation Liz)
Mapping out key patterns of social learning: developing rich pictures about social learning in mixed groups
10.30
Coffee / tea break
11.00
Presenting and discussing rich pictures - identifying existing good practices
Brief presentation about CCAFS theme 4
Results from the May workshop (presentation Alison, Peter and Phil)
12.30
Lunch break
14.00
Stock-taking 2 (presentation Julian)
Commentary on the propositions
15.30
Coffee break
16.00
Fitting these ideas into the CCAFS strategy
Introducing the sandbox
17.30
Close
Day 3 - Thursday 22 November "Learning socially about social learning"
09.00
Plenary discussion:
How to bring together CCAFS and other CGIAR social learning initiatives? How to catalyze and connect the currently-scattered community and pockets of innovation?
How to identify current or past ‘champions of social learning’ within CCAFS and, to some extent, the CGIAR, eventually to help establish synergies within CCAFS and explore cross-CRP synergies on ‘climate change and social learning’
Next steps and close
10.30
Coffee / tea break
11.00
Seminar PhD Wiebke Foerch
12.00
Close
12.30
Lunch break
Day 1 - Social learning in the CGIAR
Morning 1
(5') Welcome by Wiebke and Philip
(40') Introduction of participants:
Place yourselves on the 4-quadrant social learning map (x = from research to development; y = from focusing on specific groups to multiple groups) and ask questions.
Introduce someone that you know and say what you think they can contribute about social learning (or otherwise).
(15') Objectives and agenda + check any particular idea (expectations) to cover in the workshop
(30') Ice-breaking discussion: what is social learning / what is its value? (table buzz for 15 min and feedback in plenary for 15'.
Morning 2
(45') CCAFS in the social learning arena...
Presentation of CCAFS
... A bit on why this interest in social learning and some work done in this area in the past few months + hopes and visions to get where in the future?
Q&A to ensure we understand CCAFS
(45') Stock-taking presentation (1): Where are we coming from in the CGIAR? [presentation + Q&A]
CGIAR reform
Theme 4
What is the potential of social learning to deliver on CGIAR theme 4?
Afternoon 3
(30') Marketplace of existing "social learning" initiatives: IPs, PV etc.
Open time/space
Afternoon 4
(45') Social differentiation in the CGIAR [presentation + Q&A]
(45') Updating the list of CGIAR social learning initiatives + tagging them with 'interesting' and 'challenging' [display all initiatives on the wall, add new colour cards for missing initiatives + add post-its for 'interesting/challenging' comments]
Day 2 - CCAFS approach to social learning - opportunities and constraints
Morning 5
(15') Impact assessment presentation by Liz
(30') Marketplace (continued)
(45') Mapping out key patterns of social learning [developing social learning rich pictures stressing commonalities, opportunities and challenges and possibly interesting areas or areas without enough documentation]
Morning 6
(30') Presenting the rich pictures and teasing out the key characteristics of social learning [task a group to build a consolidated social learning rich picture out of this]
(30') Brief presentation (Wiebke) about CCAFS priorities in social learning [short focused recap from CCAFS presentations of day before]
(30') The May workshop (Alison, Peter, Phil): social learning for CCAFS - priorities and questions?
Afternoon 7
(45') Stock-taking presentation (2): [presentation and Q&A]
Promising approaches for CCAFS
Lessons learnt in the past to inform the future
Ten propositions for CCAFS
(45') Plenary commentary on the propositions
Afternoon 8
(45') Fitting these ideas into the CCAFS strategy, merging them, identifying gaps
(30') Introducing the Sandbox [presentation + Q&A]
(15') Close
Day 3 - Learning socially about social learning
Morning 9
(60') Plenary discussion:
How to bring together CCAFS and other CGIAR social learning initiatives? How to catalyze and connect the currently-scattered community and pockets of innovation?
How to identify current or past ‘champions of social learning’ within CCAFS and, to some extent, the CGIAR, eventually to help establish synergies within CCAFS and explore cross-CRP synergies on ‘climate change and social learning’
CCAFS-ILRI Workshop 'Stocktaking Social Learning and Climate Change in the CGIAR'
Table of Contents
InfoCentre break out room, ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa
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Agenda for organizers
Day 1 - Social learning in the CGIAR
Morning 1- (5') Welcome by Wiebke and Philip
- (40') Introduction of participants:
- Place yourselves on the 4-quadrant social learning map (x = from research to development; y = from focusing on specific groups to multiple groups) and ask questions.
- Introduce someone that you know and say what you think they can contribute about social learning (or otherwise).
- (15') Objectives and agenda + check any particular idea (expectations) to cover in the workshop
- (30') Ice-breaking discussion: what is social learning / what is its value? (table buzz for 15 min and feedback in plenary for 15'.
Morning 2- (45') CCAFS in the social learning arena...
- Presentation of CCAFS
- ... A bit on why this interest in social learning and some work done in this area in the past few months + hopes and visions to get where in the future?
- Q&A to ensure we understand CCAFS
- (45') Stock-taking presentation (1): Where are we coming from in the CGIAR? [presentation + Q&A]
- CGIAR reform
- Theme 4
- What is the potential of social learning to deliver on CGIAR theme 4?
Afternoon 3Afternoon 4
Day 2 - CCAFS approach to social learning - opportunities and constraints
Morning 5- (15') Impact assessment presentation by Liz
- (30') Marketplace (continued)
- (45') Mapping out key patterns of social learning [developing social learning rich pictures stressing commonalities, opportunities and challenges and possibly interesting areas or areas without enough documentation]
Morning 6- (30') Presenting the rich pictures and teasing out the key characteristics of social learning [task a group to build a consolidated social learning rich picture out of this]
- (30') Brief presentation (Wiebke) about CCAFS priorities in social learning [short focused recap from CCAFS presentations of day before]
- (30') The May workshop (Alison, Peter, Phil): social learning for CCAFS - priorities and questions?
Afternoon 7- (45') Stock-taking presentation (2): [presentation and Q&A]
- Promising approaches for CCAFS
- Lessons learnt in the past to inform the future
- Ten propositions for CCAFS
- (45') Plenary commentary on the propositions
Afternoon 8Day 3 - Learning socially about social learning
Morning 9- (60') Plenary discussion:
- How to bring together CCAFS and other CGIAR social learning initiatives? How to catalyze and connect the currently-scattered community and pockets of innovation?
- How to identify current or past ‘champions of social learning’ within CCAFS and, to some extent, the CGIAR, eventually to help establish synergies within CCAFS and explore cross-CRP synergies on ‘climate change and social learning’
- (30') Close
Morning 10