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MINUTES OF CPWF MONTHLY MEETING

**Date **: April 4, 2011 **Venue **: Info Center **Time **: 14:00pm-17:00pm **Participants **: all available N2-5 project members in and out of Addis, Communication supporters (from KMIS) **Agenda: ** 1. Following on Action Point Tracker 2. Nile Project updates 3. Follow up discussion on scales and strategies 4. Finalizing refelective naming of NBDC projects (moving out of the Ns) 5. Preparing the May Science and Reflection Workshop

The meeting started with the welcome greeting Tilahun gave. The chair person of the day was Charlotte Macalister. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">1. Following on Action Point Tracker ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Kees reported on the draft concept note he prepared on innovation platform establishment between N2 & 5 at different levels; the Wereda, National level. Alan is said to work further on the N2 side with ODI while Kees will keep going ahead for the N5. More action will be taken based on the feedback from the workshop on the 8th of April. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">2. Nile Project Updates ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Nile 2 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Nile 3 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Nile 4 <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Nile 5 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">3. Follow up discussion on scales and strategies ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">A. **What is RWM Strategy**: it is essential to define the RWM Strategy with each project and bring it into a concrete and coherent statement. The strategy could be different with each project. However the final common result should be measurable and valid across all Niles of NBDC. Towards this end Debbie has prepared a 3-pager and posted it on the wiki. Members are expected to comment on it. Using the feedback Tilahun and Debbie will work on it more to produce the common result which should be ready for the May workshop after which all individual projects will have same reference. <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">On the same issue, the concept of "strategy" is said to be a bit loud. Therefore it is suggested to use another term like uptake.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Baseline survey is started. The survey team at the Diga and Fogera sites is trained.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Data will be found on livelihood intervention
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Lessons have been found on how to organize logistics in building partnership for the future
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Agreement issue for Jeldu site will soon be finalized with Ambo University
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Workshop on strategies is intended to be on May 9-11. The draft is now being amended.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Josephine of ODI will be coming to the Science workshop and stay for the strategy one as well. The consultant assigned on the establishment of Learning Practice Appliances will help in facilitating Wereda level platform. This could be tied to the work of Kees of N5.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">A page is initiated on the wiki site for partners engagement where each project will write a paragraph detailing its list of partners, extent of involvement and the like
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Catherine Pfeiffer went to the field in collaboration with other Nile members
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">The group held its partner meeting which was described as successful
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">The suitability map is now produced and will be ready for the May workshop
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">It is planned to engage Msc student to work on market access issue
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Agreement is reached to expand the land cover map with the individual Nile projects and ICRAF
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Niles 3 & 4 together will assign about USD 20,000 for the task. However additional 20,000 will be required to complete the job which is hoped to be collected from N2, innovations fund and also CPWF given the result would bring broader insight to the general project
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Agenda for the Modeling workshop intended after the May Science workshop will be made within this week
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Review of RMS is being carried with Kindie on the Economic part and Solomon on the Hydrology part
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Nile 1 report is to be published, 500 copies
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Special session on RWM was held at the Ambo Conference on NRM. About 9-10 papers were presented by the IWMI team
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">A proposal is developed for USD 200,000 to UNEP to work on a parallel learning site to that of NBDC but in dry lands
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">A special issue is to be produced on Ethiopian Journal of Scientists on Soil Fertility, Conservation, Rain Water Management and also the N1 report
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">An international forum will be held in South Africa Nov 14-18, Limpopo Basin with Nadia and Peter suggested as facilitators. Each project shall sponsor about 4-5 people on its own cost.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">A partners meeting is scheduled for April 08 where about 60 participants will be participating.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Inventory map of actors will soon be edited and posted on the wiki

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">B. **Reality Check:** it was noted that it is essential to identify gaps before the May Science workshop. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nile 2 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: is looking below the Wereda level and create integration. Hydrological, social and institutional factors will be considered with the landscape. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nile 3 **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">: agrees on the idea and gives emphasis on interaction & feedback amongst the projects **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;">Nile 4: **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px;"> Identifying strategies and working on modeling which involves ICRAF as well. Inputs on Livestock will be given by Amare while Teklu will work on crop productivity. Kindie will look into the Economic model for which he is planning to use Optimization. Field data is still needed as there is difference in the farming system in the different basins and also as the data on livestock and land cover is outdated. In general note is made that it will be hard to expect accurate model at a basin level. N4 in general will be looking up while N2 looks downward. However emphasis is given for N4, to maintain the diversity & microspecifity of the landscape as going very high up will make the whole scale flat.

<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px; line-height: normal;">4. **Finalizing reflective naming of NBDC projects** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Nile 5: Coordination and Change (CaC) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Nile 4: Assessing Change & Determining Consequence (ACDC) <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">Niles 2 &3 will come up with their own respective name at another time. **<span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 19px;">5. Preparing the May Science and Reflection Workshop ** <span style="font-family: 'Times New Roman','serif'; font-size: 16px; line-height: normal;">The objective of the workshop is said to be to look into the science progress made so far. Discussion was made on the general format of the agenda in a way that can bring more reflection and integration. It was also noted that a separate project meeting day should be assigned at the end.