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Theory of Change Workshop
Venue: ILRI Nairobi Campus, Ndama Lounge 15-16 January 2013
Report of the workshop
This workshop aims to:
- Review and refine the Livestock and Fish program’s impact evaluation plan and strategy and framework
- Increase our understanding of the program’s design as well as its outcome pathways, over time
- Get clarity on program M&E-related activities (evaluation, impact assessment, learning, logic frameworks, impact pathways, program monitoring, outcome monitoring, etc).
We aim to produce the following outputs:
- Reviewed, refined and agreed Livestock and Fish program Theory of Change narrative and a plan to finalize this
- Reviewed and improved program impact evaluation plan and strategy
- Worked through examples of impact pathways and indicators of change that can be adapted across the country value chains
- List of candidate studies and potential indicators to use to monitor program outcome (short-term and intermediate)
- Inputs to the M&E and impact assessment work plan
Resources (to consult or read)
DRAFT Evaluation strategy and framework for the CRP3.7 Livestock and Fish - Nancy Johnson, Michael Kidoido and Jane Poole
Strategic overview of CGIAR Research programs Part I. Theories of Change and Impact Pathways - ISPC
Strategic overview of CGIAR Research programs: Part II. Value chains and Seed systems - ISPC
Workshop Photos
Agenda
TUESDAY 15 January
0845 Introductions, aims, expectations, objectives
0930 Program outcomes, design, evaluation and impact pathways
TOM PRESENTATION: Program design and impact pathways - why are we doing this?
NANCY PRESENTATION: Current 'Evaluation strategy and framework' of the program
10:30 break
1100 Getting to consensus on Program outcomes, design, evaluation and impact pathways
FRAMING PRESENTATION
- STUART - IDEAS ON OUTCOME MAPPING / THEORIES OF CHANGE
GROUP WORK:
- Work on a program level theory of change narrative
1300 lunch
1400 Getting to consensus on Value Chain impact pathways and their indicators of change
FRAMING PRESENTATIONS
- ACHO and EPI – DRAFT VC ASSESSMENT FRAMEWORK
- EGYPT - Malcolm
- TANZANIA - Amos and Isabelle
- What issues are we trying to address (and to whom are they important to)? - What are we trying to do about it? Pathways - Why do we think this would work? Assumptions - How will we know if it has worked? Indicators of change
1530 break
1600 Getting to consensus on Value Chain impact pathways and their indicators of change
GROUP WORK ON VC IMPACT PATHWAYS - WORKING THROUGH EXAMPLES
- 1 based on Tanzania Output PHOTO - 2 based on Egypt Output PHOTO - 3 reviewing the program level 'outputs' Output PHOTO
WEDNESDAY 16 January
0830 Getting to consensus on Value Chain impact pathways and their indicators of change
GROUP WORK ON VC IMPACT PATHWAYS - WORKING THROUGH EXAMPLES
1100
Mapping outputs and interventions to outcomes
MICHAEL PRESENTATION - How do current and planned outputs contribute to achieving desired outcomes? The mapping of component outputs into program outputs presented below is the revised version by Kate File:Component Output Mapping Validation.docx
1215 lunch
1400
Operationalizing outcomes
Program, Component and VC levels: “What evidence will we use to show that this outcome has been achieved?”
GROUPWORK on Evidence needed - 1 based on Tanzania - 2 based on Egypt - 3 reviewing the program level 'outputs'
NANCY PRESENTATION - the evidence base we need
1530
Next Steps [Compiled by Nancy]
| What | Who | When | Follow up |
| Revise program IP | Michael and Nancy | Next few days | Send to workshop participants |
| VC level IPs with 2-3 page narrative | VC? | 2 weeks from generic | Send to workshop participants |
| Finalize IP and ToC for program | Tom and Michael | ISPC schedule | Will involve interaction across CRP |
| VC level IP/ToC revision | Stuart and Michael | Q1/2 | |
| Finalize program and component output mapping | Tom and Michael | ||
| IPG impact pathway | Michael, tom, stuart, jane | ||
| Evidence generation | Component ;leaders and \M&E FP Please send studies to michael | 2 weeks | |
| CRP-commissioned schedule | Component leaders to Tom | Q1 to be reviewed by SPAC | |
| Research quality indicators | research; communication and uptake ++ tom, program coordinator | ||
| Indicators followup | Michael plus VC WG | ||
| M&E ‘task force’ | Michael | ||
| M&E ‘unit’ | Tom, PPMC |
List of participants
| Name | Institution | Name | Institution |
| 1. Amos Omore | ILRI | 12. Jens Peter Tang Dalsgaard | WorldFish |
| 2. Nancy Johnson | ILRI | 13. Kathleen Colverson | ILRI |
| 3. Tom Randolph | ILRI | 14. Stuart Worsley | ILRI |
| 4. Kate Longley | WorldFish | 15. Iheanacho Okike | ILRI |
| 5. An Notenbaert | ILRI | 16. Peter Ballantyne | ILRI |
| 6. Michael Kidoido | ILRI | 17. Birthe Paul | CIAT |
| 7. Malcolm Dickson | WorldFish | 18. Yigezu Yigezu | ICARDA |
| 8. Jane Poole | ILRI | 19. James Rao | ILRI |
| 9. Iddo Dror | ILRI | 20. Hikuepi Katjiuongua | ILRI |
| 10. Isabelle Baltenweck | ILRI | 21. Phil Toye | ILRI |
| 11. Okeyo Mwai | ILRI |
