Dear colleagues,
Please find below the draft agenda for the IGAD Capacity Development Discussion Group Meeting. Looking forward to productive meetings. 
Best wishes,
Suchith
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IGAD Capacity Development Discussion Group Meeting agenda
20th March 2018
Venue : Leibniz-Gemeinschaft in Chausseestraße 111, 10115 Berlin 
Museum für Naturkunde Berlin, Invalidenstraße 43, 10115 Berlin (Germany) 
The aim of IGAD Capacity Development Working Group (WG) is to develop synergies between existing education and training activities and agricultural science needs . A particular focus will be on sharing knowledge about training initiatives and technologies, reducing digital divides so that researchers and practitioners in developing countries can also benefit. It will also empower the existing collaboration with GODAN and GODAN Action.  GODAN Action is a project to enable the effective use of open data in tackling the food security and nutrition challenges by building the capacity of potential stakeholders to both understand the potential of open data for agriculture and nutrition and to engage with it practically. Details at https://www.rd-alliance.org/groups/capacity-development-agriculture-data-wg
 
Discussion Agenda
09:00 – 09:30. -Introducing the 2nd Pre-Meeting Day
09:30 – 10:30 – Introducing IGAD Capacity Development WG session

Introductions – All
IGAD Capacity Development WG Overview
Presenting updates on case statement of IGAD Capacity development WG 
Q&A 

 
10:30-11:00 – Coffee Break
11:00 -13:00 – Discussion group on Capacity Development – Session 1

GODAN Action overview 
Overview of GODAN Action Curriculum 
Open  Discussions and Inputs from participants on GODAN Action Curriculum 

 
13:00- 14:00 – Lunch
14:00-15:30 – Discussion group on Capacity Development – Session 2

Preparing summary of Discussions and Inputs from participants on GODAN Action Curriculum and actions to be taken forward 

15:30 – 16:00 –  Coffee Break
16:00- 17:00 – Presenting summary of discussions and action plans