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=NBDC Science and Reflection Workshop= =4-6 May 2011= =ILRI Campus, Addis Ababa=

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=Overall Objectives=


 * Assessing science progress of the NBDC program and projects
 * Reviewing and strengthening project complementarities and progress
 * Reach consensus on core concepts and approaches

=Themes= The event was organized in 5 thematic blocks (conversations).
 * each theme addresses all three objectives
 * each theme conversation is self-organizing (with a leader); engaging and participatory, no long presentations
 * each theme draws on and integrates cross-project experiences
 * each theme has a leader
 * process, presentations and discussions can be 'messy' - this is a working discussion with as open and critical discussions among participants. We are not 'presenting' to outsiders.
 * we address 'science' and 'reflection' in each theme
 * all participants will, somewhere in the program, 'present' something or have some other role
 * each theme conversation should appoint a 'rapporteur' to capture main discussion points (on the NBDC wiki). We will complement this with other 'social' reporting/communication.

=Agenda=

Opening - presentation by Tilahun

Theme 1: Rainwater management strategies (including landscape approach, assessment, scenarios, similarities. Focus on the conceptual framework. Lead: Debbie. Outline and Session notes

Hard seat 1: Bharat Sharma on integrated watershed management innovations and their relevance of the NBDC

Theme 2: Processes (Including people, platforms, innovation systems, networking, learning, policies, institutions. Lead: Alan. Outline and Session notes

Theme 3: Livelihoods Impacts. Lead: Katherine. Outline and Session notes

Hard seat 2: Larry Harrington on science in the CPWF - and the CPWF in the new CGIAR

Theme 4: Water Productivity Impacts (including hydrological modeling). Lead: Charlotte. Outline and Session notes

Theme 5: Environment and Ecosystem Impacts (including resilience). Lead: Mulugeta. Outline and Session notes

On Friday morning, we will end with a cross-theme reflection session. Lead: Tilahun. Outline and Session notes

Hard seat 3: Boru Douthwaite on the 3rd International Forum on Water and Food

Ideas in the storage jar

Process and outputs documentation page

The final agenda

Participants
See the list of people attending

Post-meeting Activities
N4 Modeling workshop

N2 baseline survey analysis workshop