Global Workshop on Impact Assessment and Monitoring and Evaluation of Farmer Field School Programmes

17/09/2018-20/09/2018 Bangkok, Thailand

FAO and the Thai Education Foundation are organizing a workshop on Impact Assessment and M&E of FFS programmes from September 17-20 in the Sukosol hotel in Bangkok. FFS practitioners with experience on impact assessment will gather in Bangkok, sharing experiences and ideas on M&E. Participants, all with substantial FFS implementation experience, are from different regions: Asia, Africa, Latin America and the Near East, representing different institutions, including government agencies, FAO, NGOs and Research organizations. The meeting will review the ongoing global synthesis of FFS impacts which is being carried out by Wageningen University under a Letter of Agreement with FAO. Participants will review the framework for Monitoring and Evaluation of FFS programmes, which can be applied to diverse contexts. They will discuss and identify appropriate tools and methods to assess different types of impacts of FFS activities.

Draft programme

September 17	Field visit Prathumtani: Visit an FFS by Non Formal Education (NFE); Visit Banana farmers and Japanese exporter; visit the school program of Thai Education Ayyuthaya: Visit Young Smart Farmers; Visit Ancient city Return to Bangkok
September 18	Sharing experiences on FFS programmes, main impacts in different parts of the world Feedback on Field visit on day 1 Monitoring and Evaluation of FFS programmes: defining main areas of impacts, main tools used to measure impacts. Group work
September 19	Elaboration of different areas of impact and tools used – defining M&E toolbox, analysis of different tools being used Discussion – what should each FFS programme put in place for efficient M&E? what information and tools are essential? Synthesis of discussions on M&E Action points on how to strengthen M&E frameworks in different programmes
September 20	Review of the global synthesis study on FFS Presentation of the study by Henk van den Berg General feedback Group work to provide detailed feedback on different sections Plenary, next steps to finalize global synthesis Open discussion, exchange Wrap up of the workshop