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SUMMARY:MEL DIALOGUE on evaluating multi-actor collaboration
DESCRIPTION:Wednesday\, June 5th at 14.00-15.30 hrs CEST \nRegistration: here. \nThis MEL Dialogue brings together key perspectives on how to evaluate collaboration between various partners in DeSIRA projects. Almost all DeSIRA projects involve living labs\, platforms\, or partnerships of different stakeholders in the Agriculture Innovation System. Clearly\, collaboration among agri-food system actors plays an important role in fostering innovation. But how do they do this\, and when do we call that a success? \n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\nKoen Vervoort from the European Network on Living Labs\, ENoLL\, will present their Living Lab framework and assessment processes. The ENoLL assessment serves to enable certification of Living Labs\, and can also be used for accountability\, benchmarking\, value capturing\, and maturity assessments. \nErwan Sachet from the DeSIRA project Santes et Territoires will present the project’s experiences with using Development Evaluation during the start-up phase of the living labs in Senegal and Cambodia. \nThe DeSIRA MEL support team will present some other existing approaches and presents a new way of thinking about the functioning of MSP based on behavioral change theory. \nWe hope you and your project partners will join this session and share you experiences with evaluating multi-actor collaboration. You are also welcome to send your insights to use beforehand (use: service@desiralift.org). Attending this session may be of great interest to those who need to report on the DeSIRA results\, tell Stories of Change\, extract lessons learned\, or (re-) design projects. Please note that this session will be in English only. \nWho should attend? \nDeSIRA MEL practitioners\, project managers\, and communication specialists\, including people developing SoC. \nRegistration closes on Monday June3rd. After this\, you will receive a confirmation by email and the information to access the session. \nPlease note that previous MEL recordings and training material be accessed here. \nFor more information\, please contact Marlene Roefs at service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/mel-dialogue-on-evaluating-multi-actor-collaboration/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240226T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20240226T153000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20240215T123853Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20240221T111326Z
UID:5549-1708956000-1708961400@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Online MEL Dialogue on methodologies
DESCRIPTION:Monday\, February 26th at 14hrs CET. \nThe first online MEL Dialogue offers an excellent opportunity to get firsthand knowledge of two practical MEL methods. \nRenowned MEL specialist\, Rick Davies will present ParEvo\, a new method he has developed for planning and review of projects with multiple stakeholders. ParEvo is a method in which multiple people explore alternative futures or histories and produce storylines about what did or could\, happen. Barbara van Mierlo\, professor at Wageningen University and Research\, has developed an excellent all-encompassing methodology for reflection and learning called Reflexive Monitoring in Action (RMA). The key in RMA is to trigger recurrent collective reflection on the results of actions undertaken in the light of systemic barriers as well as opportunities. The presentation will feed a dialogue on the MEL challenges and solutions encountered in DeSIRA. \nAttending this session may be of great interest to those who need to report on the DeSIRA results\, tell Stories of Change\, extract lessons learned\, or (re-)design projects. \nPlease note that this session will be held in English only \nWant to participate? \nRegistration link here. \nRegistration closes on February 23rd. After this\, you will receive a confirmation by email and the information to access the course. \nWho should attend \nDeSIRA MEL practitioners\, project managers\, and communication specialists\, including people developing SoC. \nFor more information please contact Marlene Roefs at service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/online-mel-dialogue-on-methods/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230712T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230712T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230705T141553Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230705T141553Z
UID:3796-1689177600-1689188400@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4SSIS: Special training session:  Generic methods and tools for conducting Action-Research within an AIS perspective
DESCRIPTION:Why choose this special training session? \nHave you ever wondered what actually action research is all about\, or how to conduct quality action research within the context of your DESIRA project? Are you happy with your knowledge and mastery of some of the most basic methods and tools for conducting action research? Would you be interested to exchange with others about how they are doing in this regard? Then this special session should be quite useful for you and your project. \nRegistration link here \nFor more information\, see here \nLearning objectives \nThis special session is part of the C4SSIS course on ‘Conducting Action Research interventions for strengthening national Agricultural Innovation Systems’. \nThe objective of this special session is to provide learning inputs about how to implement an Action Research (A-R) approach and mobilize generic participatory methods and tools to this effect. It can benefit projects with different levels of experience and implementation of A-R approaches: projects which do not have a clear A-R strategy yet\, projects which have experience with A-R and a clear idea of how they want to implement it but have not started implementing it\, projects that have a clear A-R strategy and have already started implementing it. \nSpecific objectives will depend on the projects’ profile\, but will include several among the followings: \n\nProvide an overview of what A-R is about and the diversity of methods and tools that can be mobilized\nEquip participants with basic knowledge about key methods and tools for A-R\nReview proposed methods & tools and reaffirm the ones projects may decide to use /adapt\nAdapt and refine projects’ ongoing methodological approaches using some of the proposed methods and tools\, or adaptations thereof\nFoster reflexivity about the methods and tools projects have been using\nProvide key take-away messages and attention points to be used within projects\n\nOverall\, by the end of the special session\, participating project representatives and resource persons will be well aware of what A-R entails and have strengthened their skills to select and adapt a series of basic methods and tools allowing them to design and implement a quality action-research approach within the framework of their respective DESIRA projects or other similar initiatives. In particular\, participants will have learned: \n\nWhat is action research and how it relates to AIS\nHow to design and implement Action-Research using a series of basic methods and tools\nHow to implement A-R within a project or organizational context that may present challenges for effective A-R\nWhat roles researchers and non-researchers may play in an A-R process.\n\nOverview of content \n(Exact content to be adapted on the go based on actual participants’ interest & experience) \nSession 1 (180 min) \n1. Introduction: understanding A-R in a nutshell \n\nOrigins\, Definitions\, the A-R cycle\, example\, A-R & participatory research: where to position yourselves / your project\, Roles of researchers and non-researchers in action-research\n\n2. Generic participatory methods and tools Part 1 \n\nSemi-structured interviews\, Focus group discussions\, Facilitation\, Organizing a participatory multi-stakeholder event\, Systemic diagnosis of a situation\,\n\nSession 2 (180 min) \n2. Generic participatory methods and tools Part 2 \n\nEngaging with multiple stakeholders\, Multistakeholder arenas\, Designing participatory experimentation\, Identifying & fostering local innovation\, Systematizing experiences\,\n\n3. Making A-R work in your projects\, A-R and AIS\, Identifying and overcoming organizational rules & practices that can constitute obstacles to implementing A-R\, \n4. Synthesis and wrap-up \n5. Special session evaluation
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/c4ssis-special-training-session-generic-methods-and-tools-for-conducting-action-research-within-an-ais-perspective-2/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230710T160000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230710T190000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230705T141509Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230705T141509Z
UID:3791-1689004800-1689015600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4SSIS: Special training session:  Generic methods and tools for conducting Action-Research within an AIS perspective
DESCRIPTION:Why choose this special training session? \nHave you ever wondered what actually action research is all about\, or how to conduct quality action research within the context of your DESIRA project? Are you happy with your knowledge and mastery of some of the most basic methods and tools for conducting action research? Would you be interested to exchange with others about how they are doing in this regard? Then this special session should be quite useful for you and your project. \nRegistration link here \nFor more information\, see here \nLearning objectives \nThis special session is part of the C4SSIS course on ‘Conducting Action Research interventions for strengthening national Agricultural Innovation Systems’. \nThe objective of this special session is to provide learning inputs about how to implement an Action Research (A-R) approach and mobilize generic participatory methods and tools to this effect. It can benefit projects with different levels of experience and implementation of A-R approaches: projects which do not have a clear A-R strategy yet\, projects which have experience with A-R and a clear idea of how they want to implement it but have not started implementing it\, projects that have a clear A-R strategy and have already started implementing it. \nSpecific objectives will depend on the projects’ profile\, but will include several among the followings: \n\nProvide an overview of what A-R is about and the diversity of methods and tools that can be mobilized\nEquip participants with basic knowledge about key methods and tools for A-R\nReview proposed methods & tools and reaffirm the ones projects may decide to use /adapt\nAdapt and refine projects’ ongoing methodological approaches using some of the proposed methods and tools\, or adaptations thereof\nFoster reflexivity about the methods and tools projects have been using\nProvide key take-away messages and attention points to be used within projects\n\nOverall\, by the end of the special session\, participating project representatives and resource persons will be well aware of what A-R entails and have strengthened their skills to select and adapt a series of basic methods and tools allowing them to design and implement a quality action-research approach within the framework of their respective DESIRA projects or other similar initiatives. In particular\, participants will have learned: \n\nWhat is action research and how it relates to AIS\nHow to design and implement Action-Research using a series of basic methods and tools\nHow to implement A-R within a project or organizational context that may present challenges for effective A-R\nWhat roles researchers and non-researchers may play in an A-R process.\n\nOverview of content \n(Exact content to be adapted on the go based on actual participants’ interest & experience) \nSession 1 (180 min) \n1. Introduction: understanding A-R in a nutshell \n\nOrigins\, Definitions\, the A-R cycle\, example\, A-R & participatory research: where to position yourselves / your project\, Roles of researchers and non-researchers in action-research\n\n2. Generic participatory methods and tools Part 1 \n\nSemi-structured interviews\, Focus group discussions\, Facilitation\, Organizing a participatory multi-stakeholder event\, Systemic diagnosis of a situation\,\n\nSession 2 (180 min) \n2. Generic participatory methods and tools Part 2 \n\nEngaging with multiple stakeholders\, Multistakeholder arenas\, Designing participatory experimentation\, Identifying & fostering local innovation\, Systematizing experiences\,\n\n3. Making A-R work in your projects\, A-R and AIS\, Identifying and overcoming organizational rules & practices that can constitute obstacles to implementing A-R\, \n4. Synthesis and wrap-up \n5. Special session evaluation
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/c4ssis-special-training-session-generic-methods-and-tools-for-conducting-action-research-within-an-ais-perspective/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230622T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230622T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230502T165332Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T134256Z
UID:3721-1687442400-1687449600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Improving the impact of your DeSIRA project: Structuring your monitoring\, evaluation and learning
DESCRIPTION:Online course of 5 modules \n\nEnglish session: May 25th\, June 1st\, 8th\, 15th and 22nd from 14:00 to 16:00 (CEST)\nFrench session: TBC\n\nWould you like to improve the usefulness of your monitoring and evaluation? Do you like to go beyond accountability and use the monitoring data collected for learning with the project partners and other stakeholders? Are you looking for ways to create buy-in for M&E from partners and stakeholders? How to combine and balance different information needs and evaluation purposes? Are you struggling with allocating the limited resources to do effective monitoring\, evaluation\, and learning (MEL) to ensure the impact of your project? How to decide what and when needs to be assessed or measured?  And how to translate the information needs into MEL approaches and methods that can be realistically put in practice during the timeframe and with the resources of your DeSIRA project?  This course intends to support you by practicing with a structure to do the MEL of your project incorporating the learning part to it and providing you with tips\, tools and methods to address the challenges faced by many DeSIRA projects. \nRegistration link here  \nOnce registration is closed you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis course will be facilitated by Marlene Roefs\, MEL advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Marlene has broad experience in designing and implementing MEL systems for agri-food strategies and interventions in East Asia and West and East Africa. \nFor the detailed course announcement\, please see here \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-improving-the-impact-of-your-desira-project-structuring-your-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning/
CATEGORIES:C4MEL,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230615T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230615T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230502T165946Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T134129Z
UID:3732-1686837600-1686844800@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Improving the impact of your DeSIRA project: Structuring your monitoring\, evaluation and learning
DESCRIPTION:Online course of 5 modules \n\nEnglish session: May 25th\, June 1st\, 8th\, 15th and 22nd from 14:00 to 16:00 (CEST)\nFrench session: TBC\n\nWould you like to improve the usefulness of your monitoring and evaluation? Do you like to go beyond accountability and use the monitoring data collected for learning with the project partners and other stakeholders? Are you looking for ways to create buy-in for M&E from partners and stakeholders? How to combine and balance different information needs and evaluation purposes? Are you struggling with allocating the limited resources to do effective monitoring\, evaluation\, and learning (MEL) to ensure the impact of your project? How to decide what and when needs to be assessed or measured?  And how to translate the information needs into MEL approaches and methods that can be realistically put in practice during the timeframe and with the resources of your DeSIRA project?  This course intends to support you by practicing with a structure to do the MEL of your project incorporating the learning part to it and providing you with tips\, tools and methods to address the challenges faced by many DeSIRA projects. \nRegistration link here  \nOnce registration is closed you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis course will be facilitated by Marlene Roefs\, MEL advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Marlene has broad experience in designing and implementing MEL systems for agri-food strategies and interventions in East Asia and West and East Africa. \nFor the detailed course announcement\, please see here \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-improving-the-impact-of-your-desira-project-structuring-your-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-5/
CATEGORIES:C4MEL,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230608T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230608T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230502T165859Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T134021Z
UID:3729-1686232800-1686240000@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Improving the impact of your DeSIRA project: Structuring your monitoring\, evaluation and learning
DESCRIPTION:Online course of 5 modules \n\nEnglish session: May 25th\, June 1st\, 8th\, 15th and 22nd from 14:00 to 16:00 (CEST)\nFrench session: TBC\n\nWould you like to improve the usefulness of your monitoring and evaluation? Do you like to go beyond accountability and use the monitoring data collected for learning with the project partners and other stakeholders? Are you looking for ways to create buy-in for M&E from partners and stakeholders? How to combine and balance different information needs and evaluation purposes? Are you struggling with allocating the limited resources to do effective monitoring\, evaluation\, and learning (MEL) to ensure the impact of your project? How to decide what and when needs to be assessed or measured?  And how to translate the information needs into MEL approaches and methods that can be realistically put in practice during the timeframe and with the resources of your DeSIRA project?  This course intends to support you by practicing with a structure to do the MEL of your project incorporating the learning part to it and providing you with tips\, tools and methods to address the challenges faced by many DeSIRA projects. \nRegistration link here  \nOnce registration is closed you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis course will be facilitated by Marlene Roefs\, MEL advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Marlene has broad experience in designing and implementing MEL systems for agri-food strategies and interventions in East Asia and West and East Africa. \nFor the detailed course announcement\, please see here \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-improving-the-impact-of-your-desira-project-structuring-your-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-4/
CATEGORIES:C4MEL,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230607T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230607T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T134340Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105426Z
UID:3519-1686132000-1686137400@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 9
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be 1.5 hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-module-9/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230601T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230601T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230502T165818Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T133922Z
UID:3727-1685628000-1685635200@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Improving the impact of your DeSIRA project: Structuring your monitoring\, evaluation and learning
DESCRIPTION:Online course of 5 modules \n\nEnglish session: May 25th\, June 1st\, 8th\, 15th and 22nd 14:00 to 16:00 (CEST)\nFrench session: TBC\n\nWould you like to improve the usefulness of your monitoring and evaluation? Do you like to go beyond accountability and use the monitoring data collected for learning with the project partners and other stakeholders? Are you looking for ways to create buy-in for M&E from partners and stakeholders? How to combine and balance different information needs and evaluation purposes? Are you struggling with allocating the limited resources to do effective monitoring\, evaluation\, and learning (MEL) to ensure the impact of your project? How to decide what and when needs to be assessed or measured?  And how to translate the information needs into MEL approaches and methods that can be realistically put in practice during the timeframe and with the resources of your DeSIRA project?  This course intends to support you by practicing with a structure to do the MEL of your project incorporating the learning part to it and providing you with tips\, tools and methods to address the challenges faced by many DeSIRA projects. \nRegistration link here  \nOnce registration is closed you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis course will be facilitated by Marlene Roefs\, MEL advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Marlene has broad experience in designing and implementing MEL systems for agri-food strategies and interventions in East Asia and West and East Africa. \nFor the detailed course announcement\, please see here \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-improving-the-impact-of-your-desira-project-structuring-your-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-3/
CATEGORIES:C4MEL,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230531T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230531T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T134307Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105444Z
UID:3517-1685527200-1685532600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 8
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be 1.5 hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-module-8/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230525T140000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230525T160000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230502T165642Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230509T133827Z
UID:3725-1685023200-1685030400@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Improving the impact of your DeSIRA project: Structuring your monitoring\, evaluation and learning
DESCRIPTION:Online course of 5 modules \n\nEnglish session: May 25th\, June 1st\, 8th\, 15th and 22nd 14:00 to 16:00 (CEST)\nFrench session: TBC\n\nWould you like to improve the usefulness of your monitoring and evaluation? Do you like to go beyond accountability and use the monitoring data collected for learning with the project partners and other stakeholders? Are you looking for ways to create buy-in for M&E from partners and stakeholders? How to combine and balance different information needs and evaluation purposes? Are you struggling with allocating the limited resources to do effective monitoring\, evaluation\, and learning (MEL) to ensure the impact of your project? How to decide what and when needs to be assessed or measured?  And how to translate the information needs into MEL approaches and methods that can be realistically put in practice during the timeframe and with the resources of your DeSIRA project?  This course intends to support you by practicing with a structure to do the MEL of your project incorporating the learning part to it and providing you with tips\, tools and methods to address the challenges faced by many DeSIRA projects. \nRegistration link here  \nOnce registration is closed you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis course will be facilitated by Marlene Roefs\, MEL advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Marlene has broad experience in designing and implementing MEL systems for agri-food strategies and interventions in East Asia and West and East Africa. \nFor the detailed course announcement\, please see here \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-improving-the-impact-of-your-desira-project-structuring-your-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-2/
CATEGORIES:C4MEL,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230524T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230524T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T134212Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105508Z
UID:3515-1684922400-1684927800@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 7
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be 1.5 hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-module-7/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230523T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230523T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230421T082654Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T082654Z
UID:3691-1684836000-1684843200@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Special Training Session: Effective Engagement of Policy Makers
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 9 May\, Tuesday 16 May and Tuesday 23 May 10:00 to 12:00 am (CEST) \nPart of the course: Conducting Action-Research Interventions for Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems \nDoes your DeSIRA project aim to reach institutional stakeholders and policymakers to improve its policy environment? Do you worry that your project impacts lose efficiency beyond the project duration? Do you need insights into existing approaches and tools to make institutional and policy engagement effective? This special training session is for you! Over three sessions we will explore\, and practice a range of tools to help you design an effective advocacy strategy\, which considers the political context\, how to effectively link to policymakers to achieve your goals and how to monitor and learn from your policy engagement. \nRegistration link here. Once registration is closed\, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis session will be run by Kat Pittore\, Nutrition advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Kat has worked in advocacy with parliamentarians in the UK and Tanzania and has supported civil society and research organisations to design\, monitor and evaluate their advocacy work \nThis training session is a pre-requisite to a session to be organized later this year ‘Using contribution analysis and process tracing to evaluate the impact of your policy engagement ’. Check out the other sessions coming soon: https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/training-and-coaching/ \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org \nFor detailed session information\, please see here
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/special-training-session-effective-engagement-of-policy-makers-3/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230517T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230517T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T134138Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105533Z
UID:3513-1684317600-1684323000@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 6
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be 1.5 hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-module-6/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230516T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230516T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230421T082617Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T082617Z
UID:3689-1684231200-1684238400@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Special Training Session: Effective Engagement of Policy Makers
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 9 May\, Tuesday 16 May and Tuesday 23 May 10:00 to 12:00 am (CEST) \nPart of the course: Conducting Action-Research Interventions for Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems \nDoes your DeSIRA project aim to reach institutional stakeholders and policymakers to improve its policy environment? Do you worry that your project impacts lose efficiency beyond the project duration? Do you need insights into existing approaches and tools to make institutional and policy engagement effective? This special training session is for you! Over three sessions we will explore\, and practice a range of tools to help you design an effective advocacy strategy\, which considers the political context\, how to effectively link to policymakers to achieve your goals and how to monitor and learn from your policy engagement. \nRegistration link here. Once registration is closed\, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis session will be run by Kat Pittore\, Nutrition advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Kat has worked in advocacy with parliamentarians in the UK and Tanzania and has supported civil society and research organisations to design\, monitor and evaluate their advocacy work \nThis training session is a pre-requisite to a session to be organized later this year ‘Using contribution analysis and process tracing to evaluate the impact of your policy engagement ’. Check out the other sessions coming soon: https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/training-and-coaching/ \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org \nFor detailed session information\, please see here
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/special-training-session-effective-engagement-of-policy-makers-2/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230510T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230510T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T134043Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105552Z
UID:3510-1683712800-1683718200@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 5
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be 1.5 hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-module-5/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230509T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230509T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230421T082535Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230421T082535Z
UID:3684-1683626400-1683633600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Special Training Session: Effective Engagement of Policy Makers
DESCRIPTION:Tuesday 9 May\, Tuesday 16 May and Tuesday 23 May 10:00 to 12:00 am (CEST) \nPart of the course: Conducting Action-Research Interventions for Strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems \nDoes your DeSIRA project aim to reach institutional stakeholders and policymakers to improve its policy environment? Do you worry that your project impacts lose efficiency beyond the project duration? Do you need insights into existing approaches and tools to make institutional and policy engagement effective? This special training session is for you! Over three sessions we will explore\, and practice a range of tools to help you design an effective advocacy strategy\, which considers the political context\, how to effectively link to policymakers to achieve your goals and how to monitor and learn from your policy engagement. \nRegistration link here. Once registration is closed\, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \nThis session will be run by Kat Pittore\, Nutrition advisor at Wageningen Centre for Development Innovation. Kat has worked in advocacy with parliamentarians in the UK and Tanzania and has supported civil society and research organisations to design\, monitor and evaluate their advocacy work \nThis training session is a pre-requisite to a session to be organized later this year ‘Using contribution analysis and process tracing to evaluate the impact of your policy engagement ’. Check out the other sessions coming soon: https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/training-and-coaching/ \nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org \nFor detailed session information\, please see here
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/special-training-session-effective-engagement-of-policy-makers/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230503T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230503T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T134006Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105613Z
UID:3508-1683108000-1683113400@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 4
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be two hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-module-4/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230426T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230426T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T133838Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105632Z
UID:3503-1682503200-1682508600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 3
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be two hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-3/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230420T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230420T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230227T104539Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T120541Z
UID:3321-1682002800-1682010000@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4SSIS: Course Module 4: Acting at the level of policies\, institutions and regulatory frameworks
DESCRIPTION:This module will discuss approaches and methods to make action-research work for the design and development of innovation policies and instruments: researchers’ skills and postures\, AIS assessment\, policy influence\, evidence-based decision-making\, policy dialogues\, etc. \nThis module will start on April 20th\, 2023\, in two slots from 10:00-12:00 a.m. CEST and 3:00-5:00 p.m. CEST \nRegistration link for all modules here \nPlease mark your calendar for the other modules as well:  \n\nModule 5: Conclusive reflexive workshop: refinement of DeSIRA projects’ contributions to AIS strengthening– consolidation of projects’ experience\, capacities and learning per geographic DeSIRA clusters. This module will start in September 2023.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-module-4-acting-at-the-level-of-policies-institutions-and-regulatory-frameworks/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230420T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230420T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230227T104619Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T122620Z
UID:3324-1681984800-1681992000@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4SSIS: Course Module 4: Acting at the level of policies\, institutions and regulatory frameworks
DESCRIPTION:This module will discuss approaches and methods to make action-research work for the design and development of innovation policies and instruments: researchers’ skills and postures\, AIS assessment\, policy influence\, evidence-based decision-making\, policy dialogues\, etc. \nThis module will start on April 20th\, 2023\, in two slots from 10:00-12:00 a.m. CEST and 3:00-5:00 p.m. CEST \nRegistration link for all modules here \nPlease mark your calendar for the other modules as well:  \n\nModule 5: Conclusive reflexive workshop: refinement of DeSIRA projects’ contributions to AIS strengthening– consolidation of projects’ experience\, capacities and learning per geographic DeSIRA clusters. This module will start in September 2023.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-module-4-acting-at-the-level-of-policies-institutions-and-regulatory-frameworks-2/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230419T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230419T113000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230323T133744Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T105701Z
UID:3501-1681898400-1681903800@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 2
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be two hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel-2/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230414T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230414T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230402T081448Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T081448Z
UID:3616-1681484400-1681491600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Special Training Session Embedding DeSIRA projects into national innovation ecosystem: mapping of innovation support services (French session)
DESCRIPTION:Part of the course: Conducting Action-Research interventions for strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems \nModule 2: Acting at the innovation support level \nSome DeSIRA projects may struggle to find an operational way to better figure out the existing offer of organisations that provide innovation support services to farmers or to rural entrepreneurs. The objective of this special session is to provide learning inputs about innovation support services (ISS)\, and guidance about how to map ISS diversity in order to inform the Action-Research strategy of DeSIRA projects. Insights will be useful for researchers or project managers for having a visual overview of the offer of ISS\, for identifying potential organizations to work with or for adapting the project strategy accordingly. \nThis module is replicated two times on April 14th\, 2023: \n\n10.00-12.00 a.m. CEST: English-speaking session\n3.00-5.00 p.m. CEST: French-speaking session (Spanish-speaking session can be organised on demand)\n\nRegistration link here. Registration closes on the 11th of April \nOnce registration is closed\, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \n\nExpert: This special session will be given by the senior experts in AIS and Action-Research.\nTarget audience: We invite the project coordinators\, managers and M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend together.\nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org\nFor detailed course information\, please see here
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/special-training-session-embedding-desira-projects-into-national-innovation-ecosystem-mapping-of-innovation-support-services-french-session/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230414T100000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230414T120000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230402T081345Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230402T081515Z
UID:3612-1681466400-1681473600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Special Training Session Embedding DeSIRA projects into national innovation ecosystem: mapping of innovation support services (English session)
DESCRIPTION:Part of the course: Conducting Action-Research interventions for strengthening Agricultural Innovation Systems \nModule 2: Acting at the innovation support level \nSome DeSIRA projects may struggle to find an operational way to better figure out the existing offer of organisations that provide innovation support services to farmers or to rural entrepreneurs. The objective of this special session is to provide learning inputs about innovation support services (ISS)\, and guidance about how to map ISS diversity in order to inform the Action-Research strategy of DeSIRA projects. Insights will be useful for researchers or project managers for having a visual overview of the offer of ISS\, for identifying potential organizations to work with or for adapting the project strategy accordingly. \nThis module is replicated two times on April 14th\, 2023: \n\n10.00-12.00 a.m. CEST: English-speaking session\n3.00-5.00 p.m. CEST: French-speaking session (Spanish-speaking session can be organised on demand)\n\nRegistration link here. Registration closes on the 11th of April \nOnce registration is closed\, you will receive a confirmation by email and information to access the course. \n\nExpert: This special session will be given by the senior experts in AIS and Action-Research.\nTarget audience: We invite the project coordinators\, managers and M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend together.\nContact for more information: service@desiralift.org\nFor detailed course information\, please see here
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/special-training-session-embedding-desira-projects-into-national-innovation-ecosystem-mapping-of-innovation-support-services/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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UID:3498-1681293600-1681299000@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:Course: Participatory Video (PV) for Monitoring\, Evaluation and Learning (MEL). Module 1
DESCRIPTION:WHEN: This training will take place each Wednesday from April 12th until June 7th\, from 10-11.30 am CEST \nWHY: Much too often\, others – usually the project delivery staff – are reporting on the project results on behalf of participants. Furthermore\, these stories tend to be recorded in written format\, meaning that in contexts of low literacy\, the stories are being recorded in a medium that is inaccessible to the actually involved population. Using Participatory Video\, selected stories are recorded on video by participants themselves\, making the information accessible and useable. \nUsing PV can help participants tell their stories and communicate their perspectives in an accessible\, compelling and versatile format through a participatory process. We will use PV in combination with (an adapted version of) the Most Significant Change technique in order to gain valuable insights on Monitoring and Evaluation. \nThis course will run over 9 sessions. Each session will be two hours\, in which we will give a theoretical overview\, we will explain practical PV exercises that are fun and participatory for you to repeat in your own projects\, will have brief brainstorming sessions and there will be a short homework session. \nThroughout these 9 modules\, we will dive into the ´why´ participatory video and how this is different from other participatory methods and/or documentary filmmaking. We will touch upon the ethics and challenges of facilitating a PV process and how to deal with difficult situations. After this\, we will focus on the crossroads of PV and M&E and go through the different steps and exercises. We will end with how to conduct a participatory paper edit and how to disseminate the final video. \nWHO: This training course will be given by Manon Koningstein\, an independent consultant on audiovisual communications with multiple years of experience in conducting PV courses and training with CGIAR as well as with InsightShare. \nWHOM: We invite the Communication focal points as well as M&E officers of the interested DeSIRA projects to attend.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-participatory-video-pv-for-monitoring-evaluation-and-learning-mel/
CATEGORIES:Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events,Other
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230406T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230406T170000
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CREATED:20230123T154855Z
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UID:3127-1680787800-1680800400@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4OI: Module 2 – ‘Aplique la mentalidad\, los enfoques y las herramientas de cocreación a su propio proyecto DeSIRA' (Taller)
DESCRIPTION:Español abajo: \nDoes your DeSIRA project aim at developing innovative solutions for local communities and societal impacts? Do you want to use multi-actor approaches and develop a mindset of ‘co-creation’ in your project team? Do you want to better plan the resources you need for co-creating innovations with your partners? \nThis course is for you! \nThrough interactions with experts on innovation design and through participatory workshops tailored to the DeSIRA projects\, this course will help you to test\, apply and refine a set of methods for co-creating innovation through participatory approaches. \nModule 2 – ‘Applying co-creation mindset\, approaches and tools to your own DeSIRA project’ \nLive online training sessions\, are scheduled as follows: \n\nSpanish and Portuguese-speaking workshop on the 5th and 6th of April 2023 ⇒ Register here\n\nCheck out more details about the scheduled workshops here. \n  \nESPAÑOL \n¿Su proyecto DeSIRA tiene como objetivo desarrollar soluciones innovadoras para las comunidades locales y los impactos sociales? ¿Desea utilizar enfoques de múltiples actores y desarrollar una mentalidad de “co-creación” en su equipo de proyecto? ¿Quiere planificar mejor los recursos que necesita para cocrear innovaciones con sus socios? \nEste taller es para ti! \nEn este talle participativo adaptads a los proyectos DeSIRA y facilitado por expertos en diseño de innovación\, este curso lo ayudará a probar\, aplicar y refinar un conjunto de métodos para co-crear innovación a través de enfoques participativos. \nLas sesiones están programadas en zoom de la siguiente manera: \n\n5 y 6 de April\, 2023\, de 1:30 p.m – 5:00 p.m. CET ⇒ Regístrese aquí\n\nEl taller va a ser en español\, pero las sesiones en grupo serán facilitadas por dos expertos que hablan español y portugués.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/module-2-aplique-la-mentalidad-los-enfoques-y-las-herramientas-de-cocreacion-a-su-propio-proyecto-desira-taller/
CATEGORIES:C4OI,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230406T110000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230406T130000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230220T081958Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T065627Z
UID:3197-1680778800-1680786000@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4MEL: Concevoir la Communication pour l’Utilisation et l’Adoption des Résultats de Suivi-Évaluation et de l’Innovation
DESCRIPTION:Ce cours sera donné en français et se compose de quatre modules dont les sessions en ligne se dérouleront les 17\, 23\, 30 mars et 6 avril 2023  9h-11h (GMT) \nLien d’inscription ici \nCe cours est une adaptation du contenu développé par Roger Reuver\, consultant senior en Design de la Communication et responsable de RCO.design. Il sera dispensé par Fabris Compaoré\, consultant et formateur en suivi\, évaluation et apprentissage.  \nCe cours vous aidera à: \n\nAffiner une stratégie de communication efficace pour votre projet DeSIRA.\nCollecter des informations visuelles de manière structurée.\nIdentifier des produits de communication efficaces centrés sur l’utilisateur.\n\nPublic visé: Il est fortement conseillé que les projets DeSIRA intéressés fassent participer ensemble leurs Chargés de communication et de suivi-évaluation. \nPour plus d’informations\, contactez: service@desiralift.org
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/concevoir-la-communication-pour-lutilisation-et-ladoption-des-resultats-de-suivi-evaluation-et-de-linnovation-4/
CATEGORIES:C4MEL,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230405T133000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230405T170000
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CREATED:20230123T154920Z
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UID:3129-1680701400-1680714000@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4OI: Module 2 – ‘Aplique la mentalidad\, los enfoques y las herramientas de cocreación a su propio proyecto DeSIRA' (Taller)
DESCRIPTION:Español abajo: \nDoes your DeSIRA project aim at developing innovative solutions for local communities and societal impacts? Do you want to use multi-actor approaches and develop a mindset of ‘co-creation’ in your project team? Do you want to better plan the resources you need for co-creating innovations with your partners? \nThis course is for you! \nThrough interactions with experts on innovation design and through participatory workshops tailored to the DeSIRA projects\, this course will help you to test\, apply and refine a set of methods for co-creating innovation through participatory approaches. \nModule 2 – ‘Applying co-creation mindset\, approaches and tools to your own DeSIRA project’ \nLive online training sessions\, are scheduled as follows: \n\nSpanish and Portuguese-speaking workshop on the 5th and 6th of April 2023 ⇒ Register here\n\nCheck out more details about the scheduled workshops here. \n  \nESPAÑOL \n¿Su proyecto DeSIRA tiene como objetivo desarrollar soluciones innovadoras para las comunidades locales y los impactos sociales? ¿Desea utilizar enfoques de múltiples actores y desarrollar una mentalidad de “co-creación” en su equipo de proyecto? ¿Quiere planificar mejor los recursos que necesita para cocrear innovaciones con sus socios? \nEste taller es para ti! \nEn este talle participativo adaptads a los proyectos DeSIRA y facilitado por expertos en diseño de innovación\, este curso lo ayudará a probar\, aplicar y refinar un conjunto de métodos para co-crear innovación a través de enfoques participativos. \nLas sesiones están programadas en zoom de la siguiente manera: \n\n5 y 6 de April\, 2023\, de 1:30 p.m – 5:00 p.m. CET ⇒ Regístrese aquí\n\nEl taller va a ser en español\, pero las sesiones en grupo serán facilitadas por dos expertos que hablan español y portugués.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/module-2-aplique-la-mentalidad-los-enfoques-y-las-herramientas-de-cocreacion-a-su-propio-proyecto-desira-taller-2/
CATEGORIES:C4OI,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230404T150000
DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230404T170000
DTSTAMP:20260502T175510
CREATED:20230227T104248Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20230327T122524Z
UID:3318-1680620400-1680627600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4SSIS: Course Module 3:  Acting at the level of innovation support services
DESCRIPTION:This module will discuss approaches and methods to do action-research work for the design and development of innovation support services (ISS): researchers’ skills and postures\, ISS mapping\, network facilitation\, service providers platforms\, capacity assessment\, organizational coaching\, etc. \nThis module will start on March 23d\, 2023\, in two slots from 10:00-12:00 a.m. CEST and 3:00-5:00 p.m. CEST \nRegistration link for all modules here \nPlease mark your calendar for the other modules as well:  \n\nModule 4: Acting at the level of policies\, institutions and regulatory frameworks – Approaches and methods to make action-research work for the design and development of innovation policies and instruments: researchers’ skills and postures\, AIS assessment\, policy influence\, evidence-based decision-making\, policy dialogues\, etc. This module will start on March 28\, 2023\, in two slots from 10:00-12:00 a.m. CET and 3:00-5:00 p.m.  CET\nModule 5: Conclusive reflexive workshop: refinement of DeSIRA projects’ contributions to AIS strengthening– consolidation of projects’ experience\, capacities and learning per geographic DeSIRA clusters. This module will start in September 2023.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/course-module-3-acting-at-the-level-of-innovation-support-services-2/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/Rome:20230404T120000
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UID:3567-1680602400-1680609600@www.desiraliftcommunity.org
SUMMARY:C4SSIS: Course Module 3:  Acting at the level of innovation support services
DESCRIPTION:This module will discuss approaches and methods to do action-research work for the design and development of innovation support services (ISS): researchers’ skills and postures\, ISS mapping\, network facilitation\, service providers platforms\, capacity assessment\, organizational coaching\, etc. \nThis module will start on March 23d\, 2023\, in two slots from 10:00-12:00 a.m. CEST and 3:00-5:00 p.m. CEST \nRegistration link for all modules here \nPlease mark your calendar for the other modules as well:  \n\nModule 4: Acting at the level of policies\, institutions and regulatory frameworks – Approaches and methods to make action-research work for the design and development of innovation policies and instruments: researchers’ skills and postures\, AIS assessment\, policy influence\, evidence-based decision-making\, policy dialogues\, etc. This module will start on March 28\, 2023\, in two slots from 10:00-12:00 a.m. CET and 3:00-5:00 p.m.  CET\nModule 5: Conclusive reflexive workshop: refinement of DeSIRA projects’ contributions to AIS strengthening– consolidation of projects’ experience\, capacities and learning per geographic DeSIRA clusters. This module will start in September 2023.
URL:https://www.desiraliftcommunity.org/event/c4ssis-course-module-3-acting-at-the-level-of-innovation-support-services/
CATEGORIES:C4SSIS,Calendar upcoming Training and coaching events
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