First joint SAFIC workshop

The SAFIC project team has held the first joint workshop in Kenya/Nairobi from 21st - 23rd February 2012. 

 

Below is the full program listed (notes/slides will be uploaded)

 

Program 

Monday 20th Feb: Arrival of SAFIC teams

 

Tuesday 21st Feb:

 

9.00-09.30:       Welcome, by Dorothy McCormick (Country Coordinator, Kenyan team) and Soeren Jeppesen (Project Coordinator, CBS)

 

09.30-09.45:     Presentation of UoN/IDS team, Dorothy McCormick and team members

 

09.45-10.00:     Presentation of UDSM-BS team, Lettice N. Rutashobya (Country Coordinator, Tanzanian team) and team members

 

10.00-10.15:     Presentation of UNZA/DoG team, Godfrey Hampwaye (Country Coordinator, Zambian team) and team members

 

10.15-10.30:     Presentation of DK (CBS+RUC) team, Soeren Jeppesen and CBS team members and Peter Kragelund, RUC/IGS ()

 

10.30-11.00:     Break – Coffee, tea and snacks

 

11.00-12.00:     Project aims, objectives and outputs, by Soeren & Comments to aims, objectives and output, by all SAFIC team members ()

 

12.00-12.45:     Presentation of Kenyan country study - RQs, sectors, distribution of tasks, Dorothy + Kenyan country team; Paul Kamau, Jackson K Maalu, Radha Upadhyaya and Wamalwa H Nyukuri – minus Lotte Thomsen who is not participating. ( )

 

12.45-13.45:     Lunch

 

13.45-14.30:     Presentation of Tanzania country study - RQs, sectors and distributions of tasks. Lettice + Tanzanian team; Marcellina Mvula Chijorga, Goodluck Charles, Japhet Gabriel Mbura, David Rwehikiza, including Michael W. Hansen and Thilde Langevang and new CBS PhD Eileen Dyer. (Presentations: )

 

14.30-15.00:     Break – Coffee, tea and refreshments

 

15.00-15.45:     Presentation of Zambian country study - RQs, sectors and distributions of tasks. Godfrey + Zambian team; PhDs, Peter and Soeren. ( )

 

15.45-17.00:     Reflections on cross-cutting issues (e.g. methodology, theoretical framework, timing), all members, moderated by Soeren

 

Wednesday 22nd Feb:

 

9.00-09.30:       Presentation of CBS-PhD project, by Eileen Dyer & Comments by Zambian team (led by Godfrey) and by other SAFIC team members ( )

 

09.30-10.00:     Presentation of UNZA-PhD project I, by Mrs. Rudo Mumba & Comments by Tanzanian team (led by Lettice) and by other SAFIC team members ()

 

10.00-10.30:     Presentation of UNZA-PhD project II, by Mr. Mutale Mwango & Comments by Kenyan team (led by Dorothy) and by other SAFIC team members ()

 

10.30-11.00:     Break, coffee, tea and snacks

 

11.00-11.30:     Presentation of UDSM-BS PhD project I, by Japhet Gabriel Mbura & Comments by Zambian team (led by Godfrey) and by other SAFIC team members ( )

 

11.30-12.00:     Presentation of UDSM-BS PhD project II, by David Rwehikiza & Comments by Kenyan team (led by Dorothy) and by other SAFIC team members ( )

 

12.00-12.30:     Presentation of UoN/IDS PhD project, by Wamalwa Nyukuri & Comments by Tanzanian team (led by Lettice) and by other SAFIC team members ()

 

12.30-13.30:     A) Supervision, timing and other cross-cutting issues (travel to Denmark and course work) for PhD projects and B) guidelines for Master thesis projects as part of the SAFIC project, by Soeren and Lettice, Dorothy and Godfrey

 

13.30-14.30:     Lunch

 

14.30-                 Sightseeing in and around Nairobi (either into town or to the Karen Blixen House and more – we split into two groups depending on choices)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Picture from the Karen Blixen Museum visit)

 

 

Thursday 23rd Feb:

09.00-10.00:     Theoretical/analytical framework (part I): Empirical knowledge and gaps on (Successful African Firms), by Michael W. Hansen (presentation of draft paper, and comments/discussion from Paul and Godfrey and by other SAFIC team members). ()

 

10.00-11.00:     Theoretical/analytical framework (Part II) – fine tuning of outline in project application (), by Peter & Comments/Discussion by Goodluck and by other SAFIC team members

 

11.00-11.30:     Break, coffee, tea and snacks

 

11.30-12.30:     Methodology and timing of data collection (with emphasis on phases 1 and 2), by Godfrey, Dorothy & Lettice. Comments/discussion by SAFIC team members ()

 

12.30-13.30:     Lunch

 

13.30-14.30:     Individual country team meetings, timing of 1st year’s work in three groups – Kenya, Tanzania and Zambia. ()

 

14.30-15.00:     Presentations of plans, by representative from each country team (10 minutes each), including coffee and tea

 

15.00-16.00:     Plans for coming period/year and expected outputs (including publishing (working papers/conference papers etc. and the country background reports); potential participation in the PNEG conference and timing of joint workshops), by Soeren. (see presentation under the methodology activity above)

16.00-17.00:     The budget, transfers, accounting principles, reporting procedures, web site (see SAFIC web) etc, by Soeren

 

Thursday evening/Friday (24th ) morning: Departure by SAFIC team members