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Programme

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Workshop  
Day 1  
08.30 - 09.00 Registration
09.00 - 09.15 Welcome Address
09.15 - 10.00

Opening, Introduction and Outline (powerpoint 200kb);
Self Introductions by Participants
10.00 - 11.00 Case study from Ghana - The LRC and research-based community development (powerpoint 125kb)
11.00 - 11.30 Tea/Coffee
11.30 - 12.30

Introduction to role of research-based evidence and CSOs in policy processes (powerpoint 119kb)
Group Work: Examples of how CSOs have influenced policy processes in West Africa - sharing success stories and failures.
12.30 - 13.00 Feedback and Discussion of the Group work
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
14.00 -14.30 Introduction to the RAPID Context, Evidence and Links Framework (powerpoint 954kb)
14.30 - 15.00 Discussion
15.00 - 15.30 Tools for Policy influence (powerpoint 1.2mb)
15.30 - 16.00 Coffee/Tea
16.00 - 17.00 Group work: Using one of the cases this morning: discuss i) the relative importance of the factors in the context, evidence and links for that case and ii) whether it was useful.
17.00 -17.45 CEL Framework examples: 1) The Kenya Animal Health Story; 2) the PRSP Story (powerpoint 238kb)
18.00 Workshop Dinner
   
Day 2  
09.30 - 11.00 Review of the Context, Evidence, Links Framework - Plenary session to identify the key factors influencing approaches to poverty reduction in GPRS II (powerpoint 151kb)
11.00 -11.30 Tea/Coffee
11.30 - 12.30 User Survey: Information and Communication Needs (powerpoint 98kb)
12.30 - 13.00 What next in the Partnership Programme in West Africa? and Close (powerpoint 1.3mb)
13.00 - 14.00 Lunch
   
   
Seminar  

14.00 - 14.05

 Introduction to the Seminar by John Young, ODI Civil Society Partnerships Programme
14.05 - 14.45 The role of research-based evidence and CSOs in policy processes and an introduction to ODI's Civil Society Organisation Partnership Programme by John Young (powerpoint presentation 1.6mb)
14.45 - 15.30 Evidence in the 'Forest for the People Campaign' - Al Hasan, Forest Watch Ghana (powerpoint presentation 567kb).
15.30 - 16.00 Tea/Coffee
16.00 - 17.00 Discussion: CSOs and Policy Processes in Ghana

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Updated: 11 April, 2006