Course curriculum

  • 1

    WELCOME TO THE INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SYSTEMS POLICY 101 🎊 😃👏🏾

    • WELCOME TO THE INTRODUCTION TO FOOD SYSTEMS POLICY 101

    • AN OVERVIEW OF AWARD

    • AN OVERVIEW OF THE GRASP FELLOWSHIP

  • 2

    PRE-COURSE WORK:GUIDELINES TO THE POLICY INNOVATION PROJECTS (PIPs)

    • GUIDELINES TO THE POLICY INNOVATION PROJECTS (PIPS)

  • 3

    Week 1b: PROGRAM ORIENTATION - TECH SUPPORT

    • GETTING OUR TECHNOLOGY ORGANIZED 🚀!

    • PREPARE - GETTING STARTED WITH ZOOM

    • PREPARE: VIDEO - AWARD LEARNING COMMUNITY TECHNOLOGY WALKTHROUGH

    • HOW TO WORK WITH JAMBOARDS

    • REVIEW: ASK YOUR QUESTIONS HERE

    • GET HELP

  • 4

    Week 2a - PROGRAM LAUNCH Tuesday July 11 2023

    • LET'S GET STARTED

    • PROGRAM LAUNCH

    • COURSE OVERVIEW

    • READ:HANDOUTS

    • REFLECT & SHARE

    • REVIEW - PARTICIPANTS BIOGRAPHY

    • TRAINERS PROFILES

    • AWARD STAFF

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    Week 2b: INSTITUTIONAL ARCHITECTURE July 13 2023

    • LETS GET STARTED

    • KALEIDOSCOPE CASE STUDIES

    • COMPLETE: COURSE EVALUATION

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    Week 3a : POLICY SYSTEMS CHANGE July 18 2023

    • LETS GET STARTED

    • READ: IFPRI BLOG

    • READ / WATCH

    • OPTIONAL OVERACHIEVER ASSIGNMENTS:

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    Week 3b: AGRI-FOOD SYSTEMS TRANSFORMATION July 20 2023

    • LET'S GET STARTED

    • VIDEO PRESENTATION - AGRICULTURAL TRANSFORMATION

    • READ

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    Week 4a: POLICY INNOVATION PROJECTS July 25 2023

    • LET'S GET STARTED

    • Complete: Final Course Evaluation

  • 9

    POST COURSE WEBINAR

    • CHECK IN

Course facilitators

Dr. Douglas Ouma

Organizational and Institutional Development Specialist, certified Environmental Impact Assessor, MBTI, KirkPatrick Evaluation, Coach and Mentor

Dr. Douglas Ouma is an African Development Professional and Environmentalist, Founder and Team Leader of Retouch Africa Consulting (RAI) that mobilizes professionals in Africa and beyond to identify and nurture talents as well as equip young people with skills, knowledge and success mindsets to transform Africa, deliver prosperity and happiness in a single generation. Dr. Ouma is an organizational and Institutional Strengthening Specialist with more than 20 years’ experience facilitating and training corporate organizations, development organizations, governments, and quasi government institutions in Kenya and Africa. Douglas has designed, implemented, and provided technical assistance for capacity development programs in sub-Saharan Africa. Douglas consults on institutional development, strategy development, policy analysis and design, program management, and capacity improvements for the Africa Union-AUC/AUDA NEPAD, Africa’s Regional Economic Communities, USAID Feed the Future, UKAID, FAO, The World Bank, European Union, East Africa Community (EAC/LVBC), World Wide Fund for Nature, Alliance for Green Revolution in Africa (AGRA), African Women in Agricultural Research and Development (AWARD), Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in East and Central Africa (ASARECA), National and Regional Governments, Civil Society, and the Corporate Sector. Dr. Ouma has been involved in multiple policy projects in Africa, spanning policy analysis, policy design, and policy evaluation, and facilitating high-level policy discourse on the continent. Some of the assignments include UASID/Africa Lead 1&2 (Transformative Leadership Trainings of Champions for Change, State University of New York’s Centre for International Development/USAID/UKAID/AHADI (Strengthening Devolution in Kenya on Public Expenditure Management-Strategic Planning, Policy Development Process, Public Participation, CIDP Development, Service Delivery Systems Development (January 2018-May 2020); Africa Union –AUC/AUDA NEPAD (CAADP Malabo Declaration Biennial Review Trainings and Reviews 1, 2 and 3 BRs (March 2017-April 2021, Facilitation of CAADP Partners Platform Meetings (May 2017- November 2020); Facilitation of the 2nd and 3rd Biennial Post Harvest Congress(September 2019; September 2021); Darwin/USAID/Nature Kenya: Development of Indigenous Community Conservation Areas Management Plan 2019-2029 for Yala Wetland(March-December 2020); Yala Wetland Land Use Plan & Strategic Environmental Assessment (March 2016 -December 2020) Douglas has also designed research programs and program interventions with coaching frameworks, including the Yala Hub Framework for optimizing public participation in development programs. Dr. Ouma has a methodical, customer focused approach to work and a strategic approach, with a strong analytical capacity for issues and a strong drive to see things through to completion.
Mr. Douglas Ouma

Laila B Lokosang (Ph.D)

Statistician - Information Systems Specialist - Analyst

Dr. Lailà Lokosang is a statistician, information systems analyst and monitoring and evaluation expert with 25 and 10 years of international and national experience, respectively. He currently serves as Senior Technical Advisor (Food Systems) to the African Union (AU) Commissioner for Agriculture, Rural Development, Blue Economy and Sustainable Environment. He previously served for over nine years as Senior CAADP Advisor for Food and Nutrition Security at the AU Commission. Prior to that, he served as Director for Monitoring and Evaluation in the National Bureau of Statistics, South Sudan (2006- 2009). From 1988 to 2006, Laila worked in Sudan and Malawi as Health Information Systems Specialist, Data Analyst and Monitoring and Evaluation Specialist. He is an accomplished consultant in livelihoods, health, food security and nutrition research and data analysis. He has extensively planned, coordinated, facilitated and presented in several international technical workshops and conferences, and has extensive experience in chairing, coordinating and facilitating several multi-stakeholder technical working groups and thematic dialogue sessions. Laila is a holder of a Doctor of Philosophy degree (PhD) in Statistics, a Master of Science in Food Security and Bachelor of Science in Statistics and Demography. He has published at least ten peer reviewed articles and book chapters in food security, nutrition and livelihoods resilience. Contacts: Email: [email protected]; LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lb-lokosang-3806832b; Skype: lailokosang.
Laila B Lokosang

Michael Kenyi

Assistant Professor and Food Security Expert

Michael Roberto Kenyi Legge is a South Sudanese National. He is an Assistant Professor and Food Security Expert, Department of Agricultural Sciences, School of Natural Resources and Environmental Studies at University of Juba Currently is PhD candidate; University of Juba, Institute of Peace, Development &Security Studies, focusing on Food Security & Conflict in South Sudan. He holds a Master of Science in Food Security (Cum laude), University of KwaZulu Natal (UKZN), African Centre for Security, South Africa; Bachelor of Science in Agriculture (Genetics) with Honors’ University of Alexandria, Faculty of Agriculture, Egypt. He worked in humanitarian assistance programme as Agricultural Coordinator in conflict setting. He He also worked with Government of South Sudan, and then Central Equatotria as State Minister of Agriculture on two terms. He served as a Consultant in various capacities including; strengthening the resilience of pastoralist and agro-pastoralist communities in South Sudan’s cross-border areas with Sudan, Ethiopia, Kenya and Uganda, conducted South Sudan nutrition capacity assessment; prepared South Sudan background paper for ending hunger in the Horn of Africa; provided Agriculture Policy Guidance as State Minister of Agriculture and Forestry, Central Equatoria State, South Sudan; coordinated and facilitated policy development, planning and budgeting as Director General for Planning and Programmes, Ministry of Agriculture & Forestry, Government of Southern Sudan (GoSS); coordinated and facilitated agricultural assistance programme as chief coordinator of agriculture, Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation Association(SRRA). He acquired applied skills and knowledge in policy development, analysis, planning and budgeting; ability to work in a team and assist in capacity building; good organizational skills; good communication skills; full grasp of research; training; Overseeing programme management; good conceptual & analytical skills; and decision-making skills. Further, he has been serving as Chairman, Board of Trustees, and Rural Action against Hunger (RAAH) since July 9th, 2005. Contacts: Tel: + 211 925 772 319 / + 211 910 089 524-Email: [email protected]
Michael Kenyi