Pre-inception+meeting

=**MilkIT pre-inception meeting; Nairobi 24-25 Jan 2012**=

Meeting purpose

 * To familiarize the team on what the project is about
 * To flesh out our understanding of what the various activities will entail
 * To think through partner and site selection
 * To align the project with the Irish Aid Dairy project

Participants
Nils Teufel Ben Lukuyu Brigitte Maass Amos Omore Michael Blummel Tom Randolph Isabelle Baltenweck Alan Duncan Kara Brown

Programme
Minutes Day 1 ||  || Minutes Day 2 ||  || should we be represented at their consultation meeting on Apr 2-4 - discussion led by Brigitte. Also teaming up with Irish Aid project || 12:00 - 13:00 ||
 * ||= Tue Jan 24
 * **S. No** || **Activity** || **Time** ||
 * || Arrive || 08:45 ||
 * 1 || Introductions || 09:00 - 09:15 ||
 * 2 || Introducing the MilkIT project - Alan Duncan presentation] || 09:15 - 09:30 ||
 * 3 || Introducing Irish Aid project - Amos Omore presentation] || 09:30 - 09:45 ||
 * 4 || How do these projects fit within CRP3.7? - Tom/Michael || 09:45 - 10:00 ||
 * 5 || Coffee || 10:00 - 10:30 ||
 * 6 || Briefing on scoping missions to India and Tanzania - Brigitte and Nils presentation 1] presentation 2] || 10:30 - 11:00 ||
 * 7 || Where are the synergies between MilkIT and Irish Aid projects and how do achieve them strategically and on the ground? - Amos || 11:00 - 11:30 ||
 * 8 || Innovation platforms - philosophy and practice - Alan presentation] || 11:30 - 12:00 ||
 * 9 || Value chain analysis - experience from EADD and ideas for MilkIT - Ben presentation] || 12:00 - 12:30 ||
 * || Lunch ||  ||
 * 10 || Activity plan for MilkIT - brainstorm on what each activity is about and what might be done in year 1 - led by Alan presentation] and excel sheet [|MilkIT year 1 with deliverables.xlsx] || 13:30 - 15:30 ||
 * 11 || Tea ||  ||
 * 12 || Partner roles and modus operandi - discussion led by Nils || 16:00 - 17:00 ||
 * || Wed Jan 25
 * || Wed Jan 25
 * 13 || Internal communication strategy for MilkIT - yammer, blog || 08:30 - 09:00 ||
 * 13 || Site selection - experiences from EADD - Isabelle presentation] || 09:00 - 09:30 ||
 * 14 || Site selection - MilkIT- brainstorming led by Ben || 09:30- 10:30 ||
 * || Coffee ||  ||
 * 15 || Getting down to brass tacks: developing strategy and timelines for recruitment, partner selection, site selection - discussion led by Alan || 11:00 - 12:00 ||
 * 16 || Planning for inception and consultation meetings (including engagement with EADD -
 * || Lunch ||  ||