PAEPARD Partner Inception Workshop in Nairobi

Participants at the Nairobi partner inception workshop

6th -10th of June 2011, Nairobi, Kenya. The support that PAEPARD offers to new partnerships whose application to the PAEPARD calls is successful consists of sponsored participation of key partners in Partnership Inception (PI )workshops and subsidised participation of some of the key partners together with administrative staff of their organisations in write-shops.

Through these activities, and depending on the response to the two additional callsplanned, PAEPARD expects to support the formation of about 30 new partnerships in year 2 for the slow and fast tracks together.

The PI-workshop of Nairobi gave the partners of new partnerships an opportunity to meet face-to-face (often for the first time). The participation consortia (partnerships) who participated in PI of Nairobi were the partners of Ghana - Improving food security and income for smallholder farmers through improved post harvest technology;Uganda -Enhancing capacity and developing networks between North-South Universities in Research Methods training at PhD level.

These two partnerships

• developed a shared and in-depth understanding of each other’s perspective of and interest in the common theme, 
• clarified what each of them expects from the others and from the partnership as a whole (in terms of, e.g., contributions in kind and cash, types of benefits and their distribution between partners),
• agreed on the broad development actions needed to address the theme, on the roles and responsibilities of each partner and on the principles to be respected by the different partners to ensure continued focus on the demands of non-research stakeholders and balance in governance. 

ThePI-workshop also helped participating partnerships to agree on the research questions to be addressed, the concrete results expected from the research and the consultation process between research and non-research partners needed to ensure that results meet the latter’s expectations, e.g., in terms of accessibility and applicability.

Facilitators/PAEPARD coordination/EAFF host
1. Dr. Nampala Paul, Makerere University, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Uganda
2. Richard Hawkins, ICRA
3. Dr. Adewale Adekunle, Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA/Ghana)
4. Goretti Kamau, EAFF
  


Uganda -Enhancing capacity and developing networks between North-South Universities in Research Methods training at PhD level
1. Mr. Madira Davidson, ED, Community Development & Conservation Agency (CODECA)
2. Samson Gwali, NARO SECTION-National Forestry Resources Research Institute(NAFORRI), Uganda
3. Susan Balaba Tumwebaze, Makerere University, College of Agricultural & Environmental Sciences, Uganda
4. Dr. Abel K. Kaaya, Sokoine University of Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Morogoro, Tanzania
5.Thomson Chilanga, Bvumbwe Agricultural Research Station, Limbe, Malawi

  




Ghana - Improving food security and income for smallholder farmers through improved post harvest technology
1. Juliette Lampoh-Agroh Concern Universal, Accra, Ghana
2. Kwame Afreh-Nuamah, University of Ghana-Legon, Institute of Agricultural Research, Accra
3. Kwaw Adams, ABOFAP, Techiman, Ghana
4. Victoria Adongo, Peasant Farmers Association of Ghana, Accra
5. Dr. Jeremiah Kang'ombe, University of Malawi, Bunda College, Faculty of Environmental Sciences, Department of Aquaculture and Fisheries Science