ifpri egypt strategy support program workshop goal, objectives, and procedures
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Workshop Goal, Objectives,
and Procedures
Egypt Strategy Support Program
Research Priority Setting WorkshopMARCH 2, 2016 | CAIRO, EGYPT
Workshop Goal & Objectives
Goal: To identify strategic research areas and topics of the Egypt SSP for the period 2016-2020
Objectives:
a) To learn about Egypt’s main development challenges and opportunities
b) To understand which organizations and research institutions engage in which areas and are concerned with which issues
c) To identify existing knowledge gaps and IFPRI’s potential contributions
… within four broad themes.
The findings from this workshop will be summarized in a report and published.
Research Priorities
Four broad research themes:
1. Economic transformation and rural development
2. Institutions and social inclusion
3. Food supply and natural resources
4. Public health and nutrition
… defined based on Egypt’s Sustainable Development Strategy (Egypt 2030 Vision) and Five-Year Economic Development Strategy (2014/15 – 2018/19) and consistent with IFPRI’s Strategy 2013 – 2018.
Vision, Mission, Aims
IFPRI vision: A world free of hunger and malnutrition
IFPRI mission: To provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition
Aims of Egypt SSP: To generate policy-relevant evidence and to contribute to building national capacity to raise incomes of the rural poor and to improve food and nutrition security in Egypt
IFPRI Strategic Framework
Ensuring
sustainable
food
production
Promoting
healthy food
systems
Improving
markets and
trade
Transforming
agriculture
Building
resilience
Strengthening
institutions and
governance
Gender
Vision
A world free of hunger and malnutrition
Mission: To provide research-based policy solutions that sustainably reduce poverty and end hunger and malnutrition
IFPRI. 2013. IFPRI Strategy 2013-2018: Food Policy Research in a Time of Unprecedented Challenges. IFPRI, Washington, DC.
Agenda – Morning: Themes 1 & 2
9:30 – 10:15 Rapid-fire presentations (5 min each)
Theme 1: Xiaobo Zhang, Abla Abdel Latif
Theme 2: Jose Luis Figueroa, Nivine El-Kabag
Q&A for clarification
10:15 – 11:30 Parallel breakout group discussions
Theme 1: Paul Dorosh, David Spielman, Xiaobo Zhang
Theme 2: Nick Minot, Jef Leroy, Jose Luis Figueroa
11:30 – 11:45 Coffee break
11:45 – 13:00 Report-back and plenary discussion
Report-back by facilitators of breakout group discussions
Moderated discussion
13:00 – 13:45 Lunch break
Agenda – Afternoon: Themes 3 & 4
13:45 – 14:30 Rapid-fire presentations (5 min each)
Theme 3: David Spielman, Tarek Tawfik
Theme 4: Jef Leroy, Maha El-Rabat
Q&A for clarification only
14:30 – 15:45 Parallel breakout group discussions
Theme 3: Nick Minot, Paul Dorosh, David Spielman
Theme 4: Jose Luis Figueroa, Xiaobo Zhang, Jef Leroy
15:45 – 16:00 Coffee break
16:00 – 17:15 Report-back and plenary discussion
Report-back by facilitators of breakout group discussions
Moderated discussion
17:15 – 17:30 Closing remarks (Clemens Breisinger)
Procedures: Overview
• Morning and afternoon sessions are structured identically:
1) To spark the discussions, rapid-fire presentations by IFPRI researchers—providing the global perspective and presenting examples of relevant research—and national experts—providing the Egyptian perspective
2) Breakout group discussions on topics of one theme
3) Plenary discussion, especially on cross-theme issues
• Each participant will join one breakout group discussion in the morning and one breakout group in the afternoon.
• Name badges show the groups.
• Breakout group discussions: Carousel approach
• Time keeping (Yifei, Daniel): Cards and bell
Breakout Groups – Morning
Pert(Planting)
Shemu(Inundation)
Akhet(Harvest)
Theme 1:
Economic transformation and rural development
Theme 2:
Institutions and social inclusion
Ahmed Soliman Abla Abdel Latif Adel Beshai Agharid Amin Habiba Hassan-
Wassef
Fatima Hachem
Isin Telligolu Ali Raafat Aladdin Hamwieh Ahmed Gamal Maha El-Rabat Gihan Fouad
Mohamed Abol
Wafa
Aya Zoheir Dyaa Abdou Fatma El Zanaty Nivine El-Kabbag Mona Said
Naglaa Ahmed Magued Osman Hala Barakat Hanan Girgis Racha Ramadan Nadia Zakhary
Omar Abdin Mohamed Abdel
Wahab
Hussein Mansour Heba Handoussa Riham Abou Ismail Rania Roushdy
Omar ElBadawy Mohamed Aw-
Dahir
Omneia Helmy Nahla Zeitoun Sherine El
Shawarby
Sahar El-Tawila
Tarek Selim Tarek Tawfik
Breakout Groups – Afternoon
Pert(Planting)
Shemu(Inundation)
Akhet(Harvest)
Theme 3:Food supply and natural resources
Theme 4:
Public health and nutrition
Abla Abdel Latif Adel Beshai Aya Zoheir Ahmed Gamal Agharid Amin Ahmed Soliman
Hala Barakat Aladdin Hamwieh Isin Tellioglu Fatma El Zanaty Habiba Hassan-
Wassef
Fatima Hachem
Hussein Mansour Dyaa Abdou Mohamed Abdel
Wahab
Gihan Fouad Hanan Girgis Heba Handoussa
Omar ElBadawy Mohamed Abol
Wafa
Mohamed Aw-
Dahir
Nahla Zeitoun Maha El-Rabat Magued Osman
Racha Ramadan Naglaa Ahmed Omneia Helmy Nadia Zakhary Sherine El
Shawarby
Nivine El-Kabbag
Tarek Selim Omar Abdin Ali Raafat Riham Abou
Ismail
Rania Roushdy
Tarek Tawfik
Name Badges
NameAffiliation
Role in Workshop
Theme 1 or 2 Theme 3 or 4
Discussion group Discussion group
AfternoonMorning
Breakout Group Discussion: Carousel Approach
• Within one theme session, groups will rotate between three tables and discuss another subject on every table.
• All subjects can be discussed independently of each other but build upon one another.
• One group will follow up on the discussion of the previous group and complements it ( carousel). Facilitators will summarize the discussion points of the previous group(s).
• All discussions will be guided by three questions that are identical for all themes.
Breakout Group Discussion: Nile III
Theme 1: Economic transformation and rural development
20 min
Table A (Paul & Perrihan): “Development challenges & opportunities”
20 min
20 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Table B (David & Laila): “Relevant organizations & areas of work”
Table C (Xiaobo & Hagar): “Knowledge gaps & research demands”
Intro & recap: 5 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Breakout Group Discussion: Nile II
Theme 2: Institutions and social inclusion
20 min
Table A (Nick & Hoda): “Development challenges & opportunities”
20 min
20 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Table B (Jef & Fatma): “Relevant organizations & areas of work”
Table C (Jose Luis & JF): “Knowledge gaps & research demands”
Intro & recap: 5 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Breakout Group Discussion: Nile III
Theme 3: Food supply and natural resources
20 min
Table A (Nick & Hagar): “Development challenges & opportunities”
20 min
20 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Table B (Paul & Perrihan): “Relevant organizations & areas of work”
Table C (David & Laila): “Knowledge gaps & research demands”
Intro & recap: 5 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Breakout Group Discussion: Nile II
Theme 4: Public health and nutrition
20 min
Table A (Jose Luis & JF): “Development challenges & opportunities”
20 min
20 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Table B (Xiaobo & Hoda): “Relevant organizations & areas of work”
Table C (Jef & Fatma): “Knowledge gaps & research demands”
Intro & recap: 5 min
Intro & recap: 5 min
Breakout Group Discussion: Questions
Table A: “Development challenges and opportunities”
1. What are Egypt’s main development challenges within [this theme] in (a) the short term and (b) the long term?
2. Rank the short-term and the long-term development challenges according to their relative importance and reason your rankings.
3. What are Egypt’s main development opportunities and possible solutions to address Egypt’s development challenges?
Breakout Group Discussion: Questions
Table B: “Relevant organizations and areas of work”
1. What are the main (a) governmental and (b) non-governmentalorganizations and (c) research institutions working in areas of [this theme] in Egypt?
2. Which of these organizations/institutions are most important as potential collaboration partners for IFPRI, considering IFPRI’s mission and the aims of the Egypt SSP? Reason your recommendations.
3. Who are the focal points in these organizations/institutions (contact details), and what is their area(s) of expertise/interest?
Breakout Group Discussion: Questions
Table C: “Knowledge gaps and research demands”
1. What are (a) the main knowledge gaps within [this theme] in Egypt and (b) the specific research questions within the top-three knowledge gaps?
2. Rank the knowledge gaps and research questions according to their relative importance and reason your rankings.
3. Which data are needed to address these research questions, and from where are they available?
Plenary Discussion: Guiding Questions
Cross-theme and other issues:
1. What are Egypt’s main development challenges in (a) the short term and (b) the long term, which are at the intersection of [this theme] and [that theme]?
2. What are (a) the main knowledge gaps at the intersection of [this theme] and [that theme] in Egypt and (b) the specific research questions within the top-three knowledge gaps?
3. Which other issues—not belonging to one of the four themes—should be considered as research priorities for the Egypt SSP?
Outcome: Research Priority MatrixTheme 1 Theme 2 Across Other Theme 3 Theme 4 Across Other
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