East Africa Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
June 11-13, 2012
The TOPS team along with food security and nutrition grantees, donors, and researchers met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia to participate in the FSN Network East Africa Regional Knowledge Sharing Meeting. The meeting featured presenters from Tango International, Tufts University, and the Gates Foundation, as well as from implementing agencies from across the region to discuss technical, management, and policy issues relevant to food security and nutrition implementation in the region.
Agrilinks has also posted a variety of videos taken at the event.
The FSN Network meeting was preceded by a week of capacity strengthening workshops by TOPS technical specialists in agriculture, gender, nutrition and food technology, monitoring and evaluation, and social and behavioral change. For more information and materials from this meeting please click here.
Plenaries
- Enhancing Resilience to Food Security Shocks: Resilience 101
- Pastoralism at the Crossroads: Exploring the Opportunities in Vulnerable Livelihood Systems
- From Humanitarian Assistance to Feed the Future: Long-Term Resilience Building through Strengthened Linkages
Concurrent Sessions
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Exit Strategies: A Review of Promising Practices in Title II Implementation
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The Gender “Lens”: Examples of Introspective Steps to Improving Gender Programming for Organizations
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Triggering Hope in an Environment of Dependency, Disincentives and Despair
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Improving Program Outcomes: Workshop on Uses of Title II Reporting Requirements
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Using Care Groups to Build Resilience in Food Security and Community Health Programs
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Management of Complex Programs: Working Effectively in a Consortium Environment
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PVO Accountability and Fraud Prevention in Food Aid Commodity Management
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Addressing Food Security in a Conflict Context: Lessons and Tools from the Field
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Early Warning Systems and Indicators: What’s Working, Key Challenges and How to Make Them Better
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Using New Food Aid Products for Prevention to Enhance Resiliency