An inception workshop for the Gender, Agriculture & Assets Project Phase 2 (GAAP2) titled Developing Project-Level Indicators to Measure Women’s Empowerment was held in January 2016. In this presentation, Agnes Quisumbing co-PI of GAAP2 talks about the timeline of the project, logistics and the next steps for the GAAP2 team and the project representatives. Nancy Johnson, also co-PI, then presents the GAAP2 Theory of Change and discusses how the impact of GAAP2 will be tracked.

1. Timeline and next steps
Agnes Quisumbing and Nancy Johnson, IFPRI
Presentation at the GAAP2 Inception Workshop, ICRAF, Nairobi
Day 3 - January 29, 2016

2. Summary: where we are
 Thanks to all for great input yesterday
 We have synthesized this into the following:
 Revised version of A-WEAI questionnaire to incorporate suggestions;
not project-specific
 Four add-ons (coming soon): modules on individual empowerment;
intrahousehold dynamics; mobility; empowerment for nutrition will
be developed based on existing modules used in other studies (and
validated instruments in other surveys, e.g. DHS)
 3 add-ons are potentially core, 1(nutrition) would be optional
 GAAP2 team assigned to develop these
 For now, information from the “access to information” group will be
folded into revised A-WEAI
 We will share this (the proto pro-WEAI!) with you for comments
 revised A-WEAI in a month—pronto proto-pro-WEAI
 Add-ons in two months

3. Next steps
 Projects that fielded some form of WEAI in their baselines: compare
what’s in the proto-pro-WEAI and what they have, highlight the
differences
 Projects planning baseline data collection:
 Field proto-pro-WEAI (quant)
 Qualitative work (incorporate validation linked to modules; we will
work with you on this, to be adapted based on context
 Validation of proto-pro-WEAI: with OPHI
 Using data from project baselines
 Subsequent rounds of data collection in all projects will include refined
pro-WEAI
 Develop data sharing and authorship protocols
 For index validation and for cross-project synthesis work

4. Logistics
 Project specific workplan => contracting. We will use your initial
submission and what we’ve learned here to draft contracts, but
please interact with us as we go along
 Projects: please interact with us on how GAAP2 team can support
you; researchers/evaluators in teams please let us know what types
of analysis you’d like to do jointly
 Field work in preparation for validation
 Plan for midterm workshop early 2017 (baseline quant data, qual
available)

5. Timeline – Year 1
Q3
2015
Q4
2015
Q1
2016
Q2
2016
1 Convene and appoint PMC
2 Convene EAC donors, main capacity building partners
3 Convene stakeholders to consult on redesign of WEAI to
monitor and assess asset and empowerment impacts of
projects
4 Establish and support project WEAI resource center
5 Issue requests for expressions of interest based on
Activity 3
6 Proposals reviewed and participating projects selected
7 Workshop 1: Inception workshop
8 Workplans for each of the participating projects on
impact assessment plans and pro-WEAI pilots submitted
and approved
9 Contracts and collaborator agreements issued
10 Piloting of pro-WEAI baselines; early qualitative work

6. Timeline – Year 2
Q3
2016
Q4
2016
Q1
2017
Q2
2017
11 Data analysis, validation, computation of pro-
WEAI
12 Qualitative work to validate quant results
13 Workshop 2: WEAI baseline results and training
session on how to use pro-WEAI within projects
14 Analysis of baseline data (diagnostics, correlates
of empowerment, implications for project)
15 Portfolio synthesis report
16 Learning event 1 (to include stakeholders invited
at inception workshop and possible users of pro-
WEAI)
17 Midterm correction or project innovations (for
partners implementing corrections based on
diagnostics)

7. Timeline – Year 3
Q3
2017
Q4
2017
Q1
2018
Q2
2018
14 Analysis of baseline data (diagnostics, correlates
of empowerment, implications for project)
15 Portfolio synthesis report
16 Learning event 1 (to include stakeholders invited
at inception workshop and possible users of pro-
WEAI)
17 Midterm correction or project innovations (for
partners implementing corrections based on
diagnostics)

8. Timeline – Year 4
Q3
2018
Q4
2018
Q1
2019
Q2
2019
17 Midterm correction or project innovations
(for partners implementing corrections
based on diagnostics)
18 Project WEAI Round 2 (based on refined
questionnaire modules)
19 Data analysis, validation, computation of
pro-WEAI, computation of impact
estimates
20 Qualitative work to validate quant results
21 Final technical workshop to discuss impact
assessment results and pro-WEAI baseline
and endline comparisons
22 Synthesis work on pro-WEAI component
23 Synthesis work on impact assessment
component
24 Guidelines for implementing and using
project WEAI launched
25 External evaluation
26 International workshop on measuring
women’s empowerment in ag development

9. Timeline – Year 5
Q3
2019
Q4
2019
Q1
2020
Q2
2020
22 Synthesis work on pro-WEAI component
23 Synthesis work on impact assessment
component
24 Guidelines for implementing and using project
WEAI launched
25 External evaluation
26 International workshop on measuring women’s
empowerment in ag development projects
27 Other dissemination activities
Ongoing activities throughout GAAP2:
1. Establish and support Project WEAI Resource Center
2. Work with capacity building partners and CGIAR partners
3. Facilitation of community of practice and cross-project learning

11. Tracking impact of GAAP2
 In the long run, we will track impact of GAAP2 through use of pro-WEAI and
use of project modalities and strategies that have been shown to empower
women.
 In the short run, we will track immediate changes that results from GAAP2
such as
 Changes to project strategies that you make as a result of participation in GAAP2
 Incorporation of methods and tools in M&E or evaluation of other projects,
including new projects in your organization
 Incorporation of projects modalities or strategies for empowering women that
you learned about through GAAP2 into new projects
 Sharing what you learn with colleagues inside and outside your organization
 We will ask about these things in annual reports