Forward+planning

Based on what we’ve seen and heard, can we develop a plan for 2014? It is important to agree on site/village-specific work plans. How can we best support village-specific work plans? **__ Why site-specific plans? __** Because the sites are different, i.e., farmers/farmer groups are at different stages of group formation and as such, support has to be targeted to site-specific issues. Once developed, the site-specific plans will determine the roles and responsibilities of the different organizations implementing the project. **__ Steps in developing a site-specific work plan __** i. Review village reports of activities undertaken thus far: Baseline report, reports of SFFF, TDB, wiki)  ** ii. ** Create a brief/checklist/template for key information on each village **(by March 26) [Edgar, James, Brigitte, Julius]**    iii. Populate the template **(by April 15) [Salim, Fred, Adolf, Edgar, Emmanuel, Agnes]**    iv. Draft plan by site (deskwork)**(end April 30) [Heifer, FD, Salim]**    v. Validate the plan **[Heifer and FM; Salim to provide backstopping support; Heifer and FM to provide names of people in charge of each district]**    ** Need for evaluation criteria   ** An example of a work plan for village X **   vi. Finalize site-specific plans**(by May 21) [Heifer and FM supported by Salim and Edgar]**    vii. Organization-specific plan based on site-specific plans **(by May 31)**    *** Specify activities (for site-specific plans) that could be implemented by the end of 2015. ** Communication ** How can we (partners) improve communication among ourselves? **__ Wiki: __** a website accessible to anyone, but one needs to be a member to upload information. Amos and Brigitte demonstrated how to access the MoreMilkiT wiki. **__ Monthly Skype meeting: __** Partners to update one another, via Skype conferencing, on what is going on. The conveners and list of people in each organization that would attend the meetings are as follows: **__ Key conveners: __** Amos and Edgar **__ ILRI: __** Amos, Salim, Edgar, James, Alessandra, Isabelle, Silvia **__ CIAT: __** Brigitte **__ Heifer __** : Agnes **__ TDB: __** Deogratius, Lusato **__ SNV: __** Maria **__ FaidaMali: __** Nisefori When: Every Thursday of every first week of the month **__ Time __** : at 11:00 am  **__ Duration __** : 1 hour ** To be setup by end of next week
 * Planning for 2014 **
 * Activity ||  When   ||   Village input   ||   By whom?   ||
 * Group registration ||  End of May   || || ||
 * Needs assessment ||   End of June   || || ||