Year 1
- Convene and appoint the GAAP2 team, Expert Advisory Committee (EAC), and main capacity building partners
- Issue request for proposals, review proposals, and select projects to include in GAAP2
- Prepare work plans for projects and issue contracts and collaborator agreements
- Pilot pro-WEAI baselines and carry out early qualitative work
- Workshop 1: Inception workshop
Year 2
- Data analysis and validation and computation of pro-WEAI
- Qualitative work to be conducted to validate pro-WEAI
- Start midterm corrections or project innovations for selected partners
- Workshop 2: Share WEAI baseline results and conduct training session on how to use pro-WEAI within projects
Year 3
- Analysis of baseline data
- Portfolio synthesis report
- Continue midterm corrections or project innovations for selected partners
- Learning event for stakeholders and possible users of pro-WEAI
Year 4
- Pro-WEAI Round 2 based on refined questionnaire modules
- Data analysis, validation and computation of pro-WEAI, and calculation of impact estimates
- Qualitative work to be conducted to validate quantitative results
- Start synthesis work on pro-WEAI and impact assessment components
- Final technical workshop to discuss impact assessment results and pro-WEAI baseline and endline comparisons
Year 5
- Launch guidelines for implementing and using pro-WEAI
- Continue synthesis work on pro-WEAI and impact assessment components
- External evaluation
- International workshop on measuring women’s empowerment in agricultural development projects
- Dissemination activities
On-going activities
- Establish and support Project-Level WEAI Resource Center
- Work with capacity building partners and CGIAR partners
- Facilitate community of practice and cross-project learning