Final plenary session

In the afternoon we had 1,5 hour to come up with a final statement of our working group 3. Our facilitator Eelke came forward with 6 main themes. We filled one flip chart for each of the six main themes. There was no time to go deeply into issues, but we sat in our U-shape of tables and someone said something, which gave someone else a good idea, who said something else. Popping up like pop corn style we contributed to Eelke’s writing on the charts. When the pace slowed we took a few minutes to look at what we had and see if we liked it and if we had to add to it.

In the plenary the Working Groups reported to each other. Bill Rivera’s Working Group 1 shared a written summary. Artur Cristovão actually managed to present a powerpoint presentation, and our flipcharts had been photographed and presented.

It was remarkable how many of the themes came back in all three groups.

The role of the extensionist evolving from trainer, advisor, mentor to knowledge broker, network facilitator…
The expansion from agriculture to rural development..
The impact that new tools have and the digital divide they explicitate. The need to find allies, to include and influence policy makers and to network.

The need for good M&E methods, and possibly adding more narrative/qualitative ones to the range.

Here you will find the results of each Working Group.
Work Group 1 – Content Isuues doc
Work Group 2 – Content Issues
Working Group 3

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