project update: dec 2009-june 2010 sally baden, project manager, june 28
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Project update: Dec 2009-June 2010
Sally Baden, Project Manager, June 28
Project Plan
Key milestones: planningDue Milestone Progress/ Next Steps
Feb 10 Project plans completed
Overall plan drafted and management system agreed: March 2010
First draft plan completed/updated: April/ May
Revision of plans and first progress report
Feb 10 Research plans completed
Researchers contracted/ Initial country plans developed and reviewed: Jan 2010..\Women & Ag Research Project\workplans\SWLCA Workplan 2010 Final TZ.xls
Detailed plans for survey
Mar 10 Baseline survey completed
Survey tool developed for national stakeholder dialogues. ..\Women & Ag Research Project\monitoring and evaluation\Survey Ethiopia Natl SD v2 revised2.doc
Used in Mali, Ethiopia
Data analysis, widening baselineMar 10 International
Advisory Group convened
Members identified: Dec-March
Initial invitations: April-May
Meeting planning and organisation: May-June
Follow up on meeting recommendations
Key milestones: researchDue Milestone Progress/ Next steps
Feb 10 Literature review completed
First draft Lit review: March
Revised in response to internal comments: May
Next steps: Revisions in line with IAG/ peer reviewer comments
Apr 10 Sub-sectors selected for research
National SDs agree 3 sub-sectors per region in each country (6 total per country): April
Preliminary analysis of sub-sectors carried out: May/June including initial inventory of CA.
Further sub-sector analysis; finalising CA inventory
June 10 Survey sample, design and instruments approved by IAG
Survey methodology note developed based on literature review, country reports, and initial inventory of CA.
Detailed design of survey sample, questionnaire in each country and planning of survey
Key milestones: communications
Due Milestone Progress/ Next steps
Jan 10 Communications specialist in place
Learning and comms coordinator in post - Feb
Review of comms capacity and needs in country underway: May-June
Feb 10 Overall comms strategy and plans agreed
Workshop / planning sessions with countries: April-May
Draft strategy finalised with country inputs – June
Overall and country plans to be finalised
Mar 10 Project ‘ning’/ website launched
Wiki pages launched for project team – April 10
Regular updating of wiki
To link to wider ‘ning’ under development
Key milestones: communicationsDue Milestone Progress/ Next steps
Mar 10 First news update Communication on project start: Jan 2010
Country and global newsletter(s) finalised: June 010
Dissemination of newsletters – quarterly updates thereafter
Mar 10 Plan for ‘webinars’ completed
Content and timeline under development
April 10 First round of Stakeholder dialogues completed
2 regional and 1 national SD completed and documented per country
Wide dissemination of outputs
Consolidation of reference groups
April 10 Existing tools shared
To be shared via ‘Ning’ which is under development
June 2010
First ‘webinar’ hosted
As above: Under development
Key successes and opportunities
• Pulling together a diverse team and developing common understanding
• Initial communications generate wide interest• Stakeholder dialogues: engage rural women;
provide inputs to engagement in research; identify potential linkages
• Good initial progress on research design• Greater visibility of women smallholder and
collective action issues
Key challenges and risks
• Maintaining commitment and quality across large and geographically spread team
• Keeping focus of research and ensuring quality of process and outputs
• Sustaining stakeholder engagement in research process
• Time required greater than anticipated, e.g: stakeholder dialogues; research supervision
Key lessons and adjustments
• Need for project team meetings • Country communications from outset• Consistency of research approach ->
close supervision• Some need to complement resources