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4th Science & Partnership Advisory Committee (SPAC) Meeting
4-5 September 2014, ILRI, Nairobi
link back to : SPAC home page
4th SPAC report
Final Minutes: File:SPAC 4 Business Meeting 7Oct14.docx
Participants
Simon Oosting Max Rothschild Andy Peters Rohana Subasinghe Martin Webber Maureen Miruka
SPAC meeting was held in the Ndama Lounge on the ILRI campus, Nairobi, Kenya. SPAC ws updated and reviewed the overall CRP agenda and progress, and gave particular attention within that to evaluate whether an appropriate science agenda and partnership strategy is being implemented that will generate the targeted outcomes with respect to genetics science.
The Minutes of the Business Meeting recorded some action points. The SPAC prepared a report on the meeting including their recommendations. Responses to these are defined in the Management Response Report
Agenda
Date | Agenda | Action | Materials | |
Wednesday 3rd Sept |
Travel to Nairobi | See Logistics Table below | ||
Thursday 4th Sept |
Business meeting with CRP and ILRI management: 8:30am to 12:30am= | |||
^ | 8:30 - 9:00 Opening by Chair, with review of agenda | This agenda | ||
^ | 9:00 - 9:10 Introduction of new member | Stuart | Maureen Miruka - A Profile | |
^ | 9:10 - 9:30 Review and approval of minutes of last business meeting | Stuart | SPAC3 Business Meeting Minutes | |
^ | 9:30 - 9:50 Brief update from CRP director | Tom | Directors Update - Key Documents Directors Reportbr Directors Presentation | |
^ | 9:50 - 10:20 Review of SPAC3 report, management response and status of follow-up | Stuart | Update Report on follow up to SPAC comments | |
^ | Review of Issue Briefs (10:20 - 12:30) | Tom | ||
^ | 1) Review of Consortium Board response to the CRP Governance & Management Review and proposed changes for SPAC ToR, Member Renewals, structuring meetings , and future meeting dates * Reporting to BoT * Evaluation of CRP director * 2-day meetings sufficient? |
Tom | SPAC Governance and Terms of Reference | |
^ | 2) Strategic Partnerships | Stuart | Information Brief - IN10-2 Progress on Strategic Partnerships | |
^ | 3) Review of Program Plans - A framework for examining Strategic Implementation Plans | Stuart | Information Brief - IB10-6 SIP Review | |
^ | 4) 2nd CRP Cycle Proposal; A process | Tom | Information Brief - IB10-4 A process for Developing the 2nd CRP Cycle Proposal | |
^ | Head of the Independent Evaluation Arrangement] * Update on Monitoring, Evaluation and Learning |
Keith Tom |
Update summarybrbrA set of indicators will be proposed to the PPMC and ILRI Board as a performance dashboardbrspan styleline-height: 1.5Information Brief - IB10 - 2 MEL Update/spanbrbrInformation Brief - IB10-11 Performance Monitoring | |
^ | A Review of Science (1:30pm to 5pm) | |||
^ | Agreeing objectives and assignments for Science review - with special focus on genetics (1:30 to 1:45) | Stuart | ||
^ | Orientation to the self-evaluation (1:45 to 2:00) | Stuart | Self Evaluation Questionnaire | |
^ | Overview of four flagships (2:00 to 5:00) Presentations to review a. To what extent is the flagship effective in improving livestock potential? b. To what extent is flagship research generating innovations that respond to demand within our value chains? c. To what extent is flagship research informed by wider value chain issues, specifically those relating to feed, animal health, market demand, gender and equity and small holder production dynamics d. To what extent is flagship research feeding into scaled potential, likely to be taken up by development partners Systems Analysis for Sustainable Interventions - 2:00pm – 2:45pm (45 mins) Animal Health - 2:45pm – 3:30pm (45 mins) Feeds and Forages - 3:30pm – 4:15pm (45 mins) Value Chain Transformation and Scaling - 4:15pm – 5:00pm (45 mins) |
Flagship Presentation An Phil Michael Acho |
Systems Analysis for Sustainable Innovation Animal health Feed & Forages Value Chain Transformation and Scaling A Representative Example of SIPs in a value chain can be found at Tanzania smallholder dairy value chain | |
^ | Dinner hosted at the ILRI Director General's house - From 6:00pm | |||
Friday 5th Sept |
Overview of the Genetics Flagship: 8:30am to 12:30pm (4 hours) a. To what extent is the flagship effective in improving livestock potential? b. To what extent is flagship research generating innovations that respond to demand within our value chains? c. To what extent is flagship research informed by wider value chain issues, specifically those relating to feed, animal health, market demand, gender and equity and small holder production dynamics d. To what extent is flagship research feeding into scaled potential, likely to be taken up by development partners |
John Benzie | Animal Genetics | |
SPAC Meeting to Process Thoughts and Findings: 2:00pm to 4pm | ||||
SPAC Feedback to Management on Findings: 4:00pm to 5:00pm | ||||
SPAC Evaluation of the Meeting: 5:00pm to 5:20pm | Self Evaluation Questionnaire | |||
Saturday 6th Sept |
SPAC Meeting with Doyle Baker, lead evaluation of the CRP Commissioned External Evaluation: 8:00am to 10:am |
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Depart |
Updated Logistic Table
Name | Arrival Flight Date and Time |
Arrival Transfer Confirmed? |
Departure Flight Date and Time |
Departure Transfer Time |
Accommodation | Transfers to ILRI |
Max Rothschild | 3/09/14 20.10 Hrs | Yes | 6/09/14 22.25.Hrs | 18.30 Hrs | ILRI Hostel | Confirmed |
Andy Peters | 2/09/14 18.30 Hrs | Yes | 6/09/14 08.25 Hrs | 05.00 Hrs | ILRI Hostel | Confirmed |
Simon Oosting | 3/09/14 13.40 Hrs | Yes | 6/09/14 17.25 Hrs | 19.00 Hrs | ILRI Hostel | Confirmed |
Rohana Subasinghe | 3/09/14 06.10 Hrs | Yes | 12/09/14 23.05 Hrs | 19.30 Hrs | ILRI Hostel | Confirmed |
Martin Webber | 2/09/14 20.05 Hrs | Yes | 6/09/14 23.50 Hrs | 20.00 Hrs | ILRI Hostel | Confirmed |
Maureen Miruka | 3/09/14 11.45 Hrs | Yes | 6/09/14 18.40 Hrs | 15.00 Hrs | Home | |
John Benzie | 2/09/14 | Yes | 6/09/14 | ILRI Hostel |