1. http://www.dilbert.com/

2. Impact pathways – a more complete picture ….. Logic models Network models

3. How change happens “Improvements in poverty alleviation, food security and the state of natural resources result from dynamic, interactive, non-linear, and generally uncertain processes of innovation.” EIARD, 2003

4. How change happens Orlikowski and Hofman, 1997

5. What is a network? A network is a collection of people and / or things that are connected to each other by some kind of relationship. Many kinds of entities can be part of a network: people, projects, organisations, documents, events, cities, countries, etc. And there are many kinds of relationships that can link such entities, involving transmission or exchange of information, money, goods, affection, influence, infection, etc.

7. Airline network

8. Road Network

9. Simpson Family Network

10. Advantages of network models Actor-oriented descriptions: observable, understandable, verifiable Captures real-life complexity: We are subject to multiple influences We influence many others And influence works both ways Multi-disciplinary experience with analysis of networks Sociology, political science, psychology, biology, physics, information technologies…

11. A network diagram (organisations linked by a project) Influence pathway: actor + relationship + actor + relationship…

12. A network matrix (existence and type of link, and summary rows and columns)

13. A plotted network diagram

14. Today’s tasks….. 1.Identify relevant actors & relationships 2.Develop network diagrams for Your project now Residual network 2 years after project has finished 3.Identify key extension and political support linkages 4.Discuss implications

15. 1. Identify actors & relationships important for your project now Actor types identified in other workshops: International NGO; national NGO; local NGO Community-based organization (CBO); Farmers’ group; University; National agricultural research organization (NARO); National agricultural extension organization; Advanced Research Institute (ARI); Network organization; Other Govnt. Agency CG Centre Private Sector Religious organizations Local Govnt. Organizations Media CPWF (theme leader, basin coordinator, managing centre) Federations and associations Unregistered advocacy groups Donor

16. Identify the actors (Org’s and groups) that your project works with Avoid overlapping categories Split them Actors should have relatively specific geographic location “Farmer groups in pilot sites in Isabela Province”, rather than “farmer groups in Northern Luzon”

17. Relationship Types 1. Administration/ Coor 2. Provision of funding 3. Provision of information 4. Provision of pilot sites 5. Provision of seed 6. Provision of inputs (specify) 6. Research (generally bi-directional) 7. Training / capacity building 8. Outreach of project outputs (scaling out) 9. Provision of / Lobbying for political support (scaling up)

18. 2. Develop network diagram Actors: Use shape, size & colour and labels to describe who is involved Relationships Use thickness & colour to describe kinds Use arrows to describe direction Don’t use distance/length

19. Also construct a network matrix (relationship is of row to column actor)

20. Map from the matrix

21. And ….. List of actors AcronymFull nameLocationOrg. typePartner type IRRIInt. Rice Research Institute Los Baños, Philippines CG CentreImple- mentor MOFAMinistry of Fisheries and Agric. Accra, Ghana Govnt. Org.Boundary partner FGsFarmers Groups Northern Ghana Farmer OrgUltimate beneficiary