PCS Workshop & Events
Program Cycle Support facilitates the preparation for and implementation of workshops and events at key points during the lifecycle of BHA-funded resilience food security activities.
Inception Workshop
Purpose: To develop a shared understanding between BHA and the RFSA consortia regarding R&I expectations, roles and responsibilities, milestones, and deliverables.
PCS facilitates discussions that assist BHA and implementing partners to:
- Agree on priority refinement year information gaps.
- Refine refinement year research plans.
- Understand stakeholder engagement expectations.
- Explore staff capacity development plans
- Build working relationships
Culmination Workshop
Purpose: To jointly review the implications of refinement year findings on activity design and implementation plans, and agree on the way forward.
PCS facilitates discussions that assist BHA and implementing partners to:
- Review the learnings from key refinement year efforts.
- Reflect on which refinement year efforts had the most impact on refinement decisions.
- Gain agreement on proposed adaptations to activity design and implementation approaches.
- Identify remaining knowledge gaps.
- Develop initial plans for continued learning, knowledge sharing, and activity adaptation beyond the refinement year.
End of Cycle Learning Events
Purpose: To help RFSAs reflect on programmatic learnings and, if extended, determine how to modify activities based on these learnings.