1. Skills Building Workshop on Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) Atelier de renforcement des capacités en Analyse de l’Impact sur la Pauvreté et la Situation Sociale (AIPS) Nairobi 6 to 8 December 2006 6 au 8 Décembre 2006

2. Workshop objectives Raise awareness and interest for PSIA type of analysis Develop participants’ capacities to identify the appropriate methods and tools to conduct PSIAs Create a forum to share relevant experiences and lessons learned from existing PSIAs Establish a community of practice to contribute to the development of PSIAs

3. Day 1 The approach and the selection of reform areas for analysis Introduction of the workshop – opening remark Introducing the PSIA approach Group Work 1: research focus The 10 key elements of the PSIA approach Group Work 2: transmission channels

4. Day 2 Nuts and Bolts of conducting social and poverty impact analysis Presentation of tools for Social Analysis in PSIA Presentation of the tools to conduct Economic Analysis in PSIA Brown bag lunch: presentation of the case study on Serbia Mining Sector reform Group work 3 : methodology Country experience: Kenya (UNON)

5. Day 3 Policy Dialog: how to bridge the gap between research and policy advice Introduction on policy cycle and stakeholder participation Country experience: Benin Group work: designing a PSIA proposal Final consideration and evaluation