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Monday August 20: Orientation
Morning: Opening session and overviews Chair: Alexandre Ickowicz; Rapporteur: Marc Neyra
0830-0900	- Welcoming remarks by CIRAD and IRD Hosts	Etienne Hainzelin, Georges De Noni
0900-0910	- Opening comments by CGIAR convening centers	William Dar, Richard Thomas
0910-0920	Opening comments by co-proponent European DesertNet (EDN)	Mariam Akhtar-Schuster
0920-0930	Opening comments by co-proponent Sahara and Sahel Observatory (OSS)	Sokona Youba
0930-1000	- Opening comments by donors	Estelle Godart
1000-1030	Break; group photo
1030-1100	Brief Oasis overview, purpose of the Workshop, and Agenda review	Mark Winslow
1100-1125	Oasis science overview	Richard Thomas
1125-1150	Oasis partnership overview	Saidou Koala
1150-1215	Oasis resource mobilization overview	Barry Shapiro
1230-1330	Lunch
Afternoon: Regional desertification issues/priorities, and working group organization Chair: KPR Vittal Rapporteur: Rodomiro Ortiz
(10 minute presentations by one rep per region plus 5 min discussion, ending with 1 hour crosscutting discussion)
1330-1345	East Asia (China)	Xu Jianchu
1345-1400	South Asia	Y.S. Ramakrishna
	Central Asia and Caucasus	Christopher Martius
1400-1415	West Asia/North Africa	Ismail A. Hussein
1415-1430	East Africa	Eldad Tukahirwa
1430-1445	Southern Africa	Claus Hager
1445-1500	West/Central Africa	Mahamadou Gandah
1500-1515	Latin America and the Caribbean	Juan Carlos Alurralde
1515-1535	Break
1535-1630	Cross cutting discussion of regional issues/priorities	Oliver Oliveros
1630-1730	KStream brief overviews (10 min. each incl. discussion)	KStream leaders
1730-1800	Formation of KStream Interest Groups (KIGs)	Mark Winslow
1800-1830	Discussion of KIG tasks for the coming days; outputs and timeline; roles and responsibilities	Mark Winslow
Evening	Cocktail get-together	Hosted by Oasis donors

Tuesday August 21: Main Elements of the Pre-Proposal
Morning: Plenary discussions of main elements Chair: Luca Montanarella Rapporteur: TBA
0830-0900	What does the CGIAR expect to see in the pre-proposal?	John Pender
0900-1000	Science elements - discussion	Richard Thomas
1000-1020	Break
1020-1110	Partnership elements - discussion	Danièle Clavel
1110-1140	Overlaps with climate change and high value crops	TBA
1140-1200	Resource mobilization elements - discussion	Ola Smith
1200-1230	Impact pathway approach to structuring the pre-proposal	Joanna Kane-Potaka
1230-1330	Lunch
Afternoon: Breakout into KIGs to formulate KStream sections
1330-1530	Breakout into KIGs to brainstorm/review their sections of the pre-proposal	KStream leaders with rapporteurs
1530-1550	BREAK and checkup on progress
1550-1730	KIGs continue
1730-1830	KIGs present outlines/guidelines to plenary including brief discussion (10 min total each)	KStream leaders with rapporteurs
Evening	Group Dinner	Hosted by CIRAD/IRD and Oasis donors
Wednesday August 22: Synthesis
Morning: Synthesis and integration in plenary Chair: Youba Sokona Rapporteur: Frances Turkelboom
0830-0930	Cross-cutting science issues and guidelines	Gérard Begni
0930-1030	Cross-cutting partnership issues and guidelines	Nuhu Hatibu
1030-1050	Break
1050-1150	Cross-cutting resource mobilization issues and guidelines	Ola Smith
1150-1230	Implementing Oasis through projects: discussion	Joanna Kane-Potaka
1230-1330	Lunch
Afternoon: Project development, and main workshop wrap-up Chair: Mariam Akhtar-Schuster Rapporteur: TBA
1330-1530	Breakout into groups according to KIGs to identify and outline project ideas & teams
1530-1550	Break
1550-1700	Project presentations to plenary, and discussions (10 min. per KIG + 20 min. synthesis discussion)	KIG leaders/rapporteurs
1700-1800	Overall workshop summary, review, discussion and recommendations/plans for next steps	Mark Winslow
1800-1830	Votes of thanks, and closing of main workshop session	Gerard Matheron

 

 

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