CCSL Project CCSL Evidence Gathering

From ccsl ilriwikis

Social learning and transformative change: building the evidence together

Potential partners are being invited to take part in a co-constructed research programme to build evidence for the role that social learning methodologies play in transformative change. This is particularly important for complex, or wicked problems such as climate change adaptation.

We believe that this is a really exciting opportunity to join a dynamic and growing community of researchers and communicators who are actively learning together. It will provide a chance to share ideas, raise the profile of your research and the partners you work with and to connect with those who will be interested in promoting the work that you do.

The Climate Change and Social Learning initiative (CCSL) has two years of engagement under its belt and a number of publications and dialogues that have contributed to a wealth of information and thinking on social learning ( 1). We want to turn this knowledge into more robust evidence so that institutions who are delivering on ambitious development targets will feel able to use and fund social learning methodologies with confidence. We are engaging with potential partners to join us to help monitor, track and document where social learning works best.

This is not a funding call. The CCSL initiative does not have any funding to support projects who wish to be engaged - what partners can expect from CCSL is the support and interest of a growing community of practice, the expertise and contacts to gather the evidence we collect and produce papers, frameworks, tools and other documentation that can help share the experience, an annual workshop to discuss findings and an engagement with donors to raise the profile of social learning. CCSL will also be communicating regularly on what we learn and profiling projects and partners on through our various online and print publications.

What we need from potential partners is:

  • the ability to commit time and resources for attending the annual workshop and the necessary pre-preparation
  • that they are happy to co-construct the indicators and M&E framework for gathering the evidence and impact of our collective social learning activities
  • that they would be happy to join in and engage with discussions in our community of practive

Additional Information

Background resources used for the CCSL M&E Workshop on Evidence Gathering in June (see 'What next?' below)

What next? There will be a CCSL M&E Workshop on Evidence Gathering on 16-17 June 2014 – to which potential partners below are being invited. If you would like to partner with CCSL please contact the CCSL Case Study Research Programme lead:

  • Ben Garside: ben.garside@iied.org
Potential Case Study Project Project Contact CCSL Contact Attending Workshop (name) conf'd to CCSL sent invite conf'd to invite = paying? Links
Reading Uni - attended the first workshop on social learning - involved in relevant projects Request from Peter Dorward for Roger to attend Roger Stern yes yes
CBAI Not sure how heard? Teresa checking on detail ? Julia Dennis - Comms manager not yet
KCL Wiebke Foerch Wiebke Foerch Emma Visman yes yes yes self paying
CARIAA (Programme Level) Blane Harvey IDRC (bharvey@idrc.ca ) Blane Harvey Blane attending 16th only yes yes yes [[1]]
CARIAA (Project Level - TBD) Blane Harvey IDRC (bharvey@idrc.ca ) Blane Harvey 1-3 people, need funding for 2 (IDRC - Blane to confirm) [[2]]
ASSAR [mw.mjcole@mweb.co.za] Blane Harvey Mary Cole confirmed yes yes yes self-paying(IDRC)
ASSAR [dian.spear@uct.ac.za] Blane Harvey Dian Spear confirmed yes yes yes self-paying
Hi-Aware/ICIMOD Blane Harvey Blane Harvey tbc not yet self-paying
ASSAR (START) [sschweizer@start.org] Blane Harvey Sarah Schweizer confirmed yes yes yes self-paying
ASSAR (Oxfam) [MRokitzki@oxfam.org.uk] Blane Harvey Martin Rokitzki yes no self-paying
ASSAR (Oxfam) [HJeans1@oxfam.org.uk] Blane Harvey Helen Jeans yes no self-paying
ASSAR (IIHS) Sumetee Pahwa Gajjar to confirm [spgajjar@iihs.ac.in] Blane Harvey no self-paying
Prolinnova - Farmers Innovation Fair Model [waters-bayer@web.de] Patti Kristjanson Ann Waters-Bayer yes yes yes self-paying (Patti) [[3]]
Shamba Shape-Up [david@mediae.org] Patti Kristjanson David Campbell yes yes yes self-paying - in London
Shamba Shape-Up [kate@mediae.org] Patti Kristjanson Kate Lloyd Morgan yes yes yes self-paying - in London
Supporting Farmer Decision Making Through Weather/Climate Data [p.t.dorward@reading.ac.uk] Wiebke Foerch Peter Dorward - Reading University yes yes yes self-paying - from Reading
Research and Institutional Transformation for Climate Change Adaptation (ILRI) Lance Robinson ILRI (l.robinson@cgiar.org ) Wiebke Foerch Cannot come, needs to be convinced of committing since work still onfolding and CCSL not obvious
CCAFS FP4 – Results Based Management Trial Programmatic Level Philip Thornton (p.thornton@cgiar.org ) Philip Thornton Tonya Schuetz yes yes yes self-paying (Philip) http:ccafs.cgiar.org/publications/lessons-learned-flagship-4-results-based-management-trial#.Uzx0z_ldWKU]
IITA Learning Alliance – CCAFS Flagship 4 Results Based Management Trial Project Edidah Ampaire (e.ampaire@cgiar.org) Wiebke Foerch No self-paying Not able to come NOT ATTENDING
IITA Learning Alliance – CCAFS Flagship 4 Results Based Management Trial Project [P.Pali@cgiar.org] Wiebke Foerch Pamela Pali yes yes yes self-paying
IITA Learning Alliance – CCAFS Flagship 4 Results Based Management Trial Project [rnabatanzi@gmail.com] Wiebke Foerch Rebecca Nabatanzi yes yes yes self-paying Research assistant, helping with M&E
CIAT Social Learning Under FP4 [p.laderach@cgiar.org] Wiebke Foerch Peter Laederach yes yes yes self-paying
Makerere Linking Watershed Assessment With Social Learning Moses Tenywa (tenywamakooma@yahoo.com) Wiebke Foerch Gerd Foerch yes yes self-paying
Makerere Linking Watershed Assessment With Social Learning [azizinga@gmail.com] Wiebke Foerch Alex Zizinga yes yes yes IIED
Africa Rising Ewen Le Borgne ILRI (E.LeBorgne@cgiar.org ) Ewen Le Borgne unlikely - Ewen to confirm [[4]]
Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) Krystyna Swiderska IIED (krystyna.swiderska@iied.org ) Liz Carlile Krystyna Swiderska is attending, yes yes yes self-paying - in London [[5]]
Smallholder Innovation for Resilience (SIFOR) (songyc.ccap@igsnrr.ac.cn) Liz Carlile Yiching Song (Krysyna Chinese colleague) yes yes yes IIED
Adaptation Learning Plan for Africa (ALP) Fiona Percy CARE (fiona@careclimatechange.org ) Liz Carlile [[6]]
Adaptation Learning Plan for Africa (ALP) [Pettengell@careinternational.org] Wiebke Foerch Catherine Pettengell (CARE UK) yes yes self-paying - in London (tbc) Adaptation and resilience advisor in CAREUK
NO LONGER ATTENDING
Adaptation Learning Plan for Africa (ALP) [Bartimeus@careinternational.org] Wiebke Foerch Ama Bartimeus (CARE UK) yes yes yes self-paying - in London Co-facilitator for the ESA event. Attending part of the workshop.
NO LONGER ATTENDING
Bolsa Floresta Virgilio Viana FAS (Virgilio.Viana2@fas-amazonas.org ) Ben Garside Leandro Pinheiro (FAS) [leandro.pinheiro@fas-amazonas.org] yes yes yes IIED [[7]]
South-South Learning Osana Bonilla (o.bonilla@cgiar.org); Wiebke Foerch Osana TBC yes yes self paying
South-South Learning Howland, Fanny ([f.c.howland@cgiar.org]) Wiebke Foerch Fanny confirmed yes yes yes self paying
CCAFS Regional Socio-Economic Scenarios Joost Vervoort joost.vervoort@eci.ox.ac.uk Wiebke Foerch Joost confirmed (self-paying) yes yes yes self-paying
CSIRO /AusAID project - FSI James Butler Philip Thornton James unable to attend, but Philip to mention again in June no no

M&E Specialists

Confirmed Georgina Cundill ([georgina.cundill@gmail.com]) 16th+17th Claire Hutchings (ASSAR/Oxfam) - head of M+E group ([CHutchings@oxfam.org.uk]) - 16th only Barbara van Mierlo - recommended by Marc Schut [[8]] 16th + 17th Richard Taylor (in place of Monica Coll Besa, SEI) ([richard.taylor@sei-international.org]) - 17th only

tbc Sophie Alvarez - Liz emailed 1.5, Wiebke chased 14.5 - waiting for response. Chased again 27/5 ([s.alvarez@cgiar.com]) Sukaina Bharwani (SEI) - invited, waiting for response. Chased 27/5 ([sukaina.bharwani@sei-international.org])


Invited, unable to attend Rumina Rodela - liaising with Marissa on papers ([romina.rodela@wur.nl]) Valerie Brown - liaising with Marissa on papers ([valeriebrown@ozemail.com.au]) Simon Heck - ([S.Heck@cgiar.org]) Jon Ensor ([jon.ensor@york.ac.uk]) Rick Davies ([rick@mande.co.uk]) Isobel Vogel ([info@isabelvogel.co.uk]) Boru Douthwaite ([b.douthwaite@cgiar.com]) Ben Ramalingam ([b.ramalingam@odi.org.uk]) Petra Tschakert ([petra@psu.edu])

CCSL participants attending:

Liz Carlile Teresa Corcoran Natalie Brighty Ben Garside Wiebke Foerch Philip Thornton Cecilia Schubert Pete Cranston Ewen Le Borgne Marissa Van Epp Christine Jost Carl Jackson (tbc)

  • Peter Ballantyne not able to attend




#Social learning approaches (1) Social learning approaches help facilitate knowledge sharing, joint learning and co-creation experiences between particular stakeholders around a shared purpose taking learning and behaviour change beyond the individual to networks and systems. Through a facilitated iterative process of working together, in interactive dialogue, exchange, learning, action and reflection and on-going partnership new shared ways of knowing emerge that lead to changes in practice.




























































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