Annual Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop 2017
The CGIAR Collaborative Platform for Gender Research convened its first Annual Scientific Conference and Capacity Development Workshop on December 5-8 2017 at KIT Royal Tropical Institute in Amsterdam.
Objectives
To engage CGIAR scientists in the development of a cross-CGIAR framework for gender research that reflects the system’s priorities, strengths and gaps.
To promote knowledge-sharing, critical feedback and networking amongst researchers engaged in gender research working towards higher quality outputs.
To collectively reflect on the contribution of CGIAR gender research on aqua/agriculture and natural resource management for the broader field of gender and development.
To build the capacity of CGIAR gender scientists on requested themes.
Program
27 November: preparatory webinar – communicating gender research to a scientific audience.
4 December: Pre-meeting for Gender Research Coordinators and Center Gender Representatives (by invitation)
5 December: Scientific Conference day 1
6 December: Scientific Conference day 2
7 December: Capacity Development Workshop day 1
8 December: Capacity Development Workshop day 2 and Community of Practice (CoP) meetings