Survey

22RISE Networks

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Partners

Research teams

 

Dates of zoom meetings, field visits, & PMP Reports

 

Research management_ ISP Research Teams

Test_E parameters

Collected TestE parameters in meetings with PMPs and TPs
when developing and adjusting the survey manual and when performing the surveys.

Context

Sida supported _ All teams

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC_Southern and Eastern Africa Network for Analytical Chemists (See 22RISE)
    • I have really fought hard for SEANAC. Against the wind, as the former team leader seems to have left a bit of chaos behind. But the initiative is good, and it is a valuable network if it is effective. Besides, we always have to follow up on what we have invested in, otherwise the investment is lost. Inonge CHIBUA and Dikabo MOGOPODI are the two people who ran the RM program. Dikabo as Chair Person and Inonge as Deputy. David TAKUWA, Veronica xxx and Phatsimo MOKOGWEETSI have also contributed valuable work but some others have rather complicated the situation. There are probably tensions around the legacy of the former team leader.
    • We have formulated the best possible “Road-Map” that is possible under the current circumstances. If we choose to go ahead with SEANAC, there is a clear strategy.

Ambitions

Sida supported _ All teams – team leader

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC Inonge
    • Scientific capacity strengthening for Analytical Chemists in Southern and Eastern Africa.
    • Ensure a sustainable SEANAC network
      • Sustainable economy
        • Matching ISP funds with funds from other institutions
      • Efficient operations
        • Keep website updated
        • Measure progress or no progress.
      • A strong management team 
    • Support teaching and research
      • Assist students with reagents
      • Assist students with equipment.
      • Assist students to attend conferences, other than SEANAC conferences
      • Arrange MSc and PhD exchange to visit more skilled laboratories.
      • Arrange with quality teaching
    • Support members to publish
      • Benefit from Author Aid resources and training
    • Empower women
    • Organise conferences for SEANAC countries.
    • Strengthen chemistry departments with equipment.
      • Implement a service, maintenance and operational plan for scientific equipment.
    • Support the community

Per Team member

  • ANEC
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC

Assessment of PMP intrinsic motivation

 

Assessment of TP intrinsic motivation

ISP_Official

  • Publish
  • Present at conferences
  • Network
  • Visit laboratories elsewhere
  • Implement findings
  • No MSc exams
  • No PhD exams
  • Ensure other funding
  • Establish sustainable procedures for the above

ISP_ CE REACH

  • Monthly meetings with research team,
    when AuthorAid and Research4Life resources are benefited from
  • AuthorAid resources are presented
  • AuthorAid trainings are benefited from
  • Research4Life resources are presented

ISP_ CE FAST

XXX

ISP_Cecilia

  • Permanent access to quality internet
  • Permanent access to quality computers
  • Monthly meetings with ISP
  • Well defined ROPE road-map with increased scoring of progress markers with time until sustainable impact is achieved.

ISP_ CE 22RISE

XXX

Outcome challenges

All teams

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC
    2021, 2022
    • The management of the network has been less well organised since the previous team-leader left including the:
      • Constitution
      • Financial management and accounting.
        • Difficulties with managing the audit, the 2017 auditing report is still pending in 2022.
        • Access to funds
      • Assigning management and operations teams.
      • Website not updated.
    • Management strategy.
      • Time is not invested by a management and operations team members.
      • Lack of motivation.
      • Assigning team members who will be active
    • To provide the support identified in the Ambition.
    • Measuring impact.

Activities

All teams

Monthly coaching meetings with Cecilia during 2020, 2021 and 2022.

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC
    • Revisit the constitution to adjust it to a management strategy that will ensure that the ambitions are met
    • Ensure active team members
      • Identify a reward system
      • If someone is not active they will be replaced
    • Conclude the auditing
    • Benefit from Author Aid resources
    • Identify and measure progress markers

Milestones

All teams

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC

Input

All teams

  • Monthly coaching meetings with Cecilia during 2021 and 2022.

Per Team

 
  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC
    • ISP grant.
    • Monthly Research management meetings with ISP (Cecilia) during 2021 and 2022
    • ISP (Peter and Solomon) visits Dec 2022.
    • Website (who is paying for the hosting?)
  • NAPRECA Robert Byamukama
    • 1022: I will be attending the Summer School together with Assistant Executive Secretary Dr. Jane Namukobe. We have partnered with COMSTECH in organising this summer school and several delegates will participate in facilitating some sessions of the Summer School. We shall also sign an MoU between NAPRECA and COMSTECH (The Ministerial Standing Committee on Scientific and Technological Cooperation of the OIC (Organization of Islamic Cooperation) during this Summer School.n This is therefore to request

      • 1. Request for the two air tickets. The details are given here (attached)and suggest that Hossein purchases the two air tickets. I am therefore sending the copy of the passport details of two staff members, airport of departure, departure and return dates, so that air tickets can be purchased from there by Mr. Hossein. 2. Request for the accommodation and this be sent to NAPRECA Kenya to pay them to the hotel.

Output

All teams

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC
    • 20 ISP Research management meetings
      • 10 persons have attended > 10% of the meetings 
      • 2 persons have attended > 80% (Inonge and Dikabo).
    • Dikabo MOGOPODI  agreed to take the assignment as Chair Person and Inonge CHIBUA och Inonge as Vice Chair Person.
    • Intense discussions with persons in charge in order  to conclude the auditing.

Financial plan

All teams

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC
    • Fundraise for equipment

Sustainable economy plan

Outcome

All teams

Per Team

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC

Progress markers

All teams – Expected

Per Team – Scoring

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC
    • Number of achievements (listed below) per year, country, member, that acknowledges the support from SEANAC.
      • Publications
      • Conference presentations
      • Innovations
      • Implementations
      • Policy briefs.
    • Number of grant applications submitted by SEANAC per year.

ISP_Official

  • Publish
  • Present at conferences
  • Network
  • Visit laboratories elsewhere
  • Implement findings
  • No MSc exams
  • No PhD exams
  • Ensure other funding
  • Establish sustainable procedures for the above

ISP_Cecilia

  • Permanent access to quality internet
  • Permanent access to quality computers
  • Monthly meetings with ISP
  • Well defined ROPE road-map with increased scoring of progress markers with time until sustainable impact is achieved.
  • No of publications where ISP is acknowledged.
  • No of grant applications where ISP is mentioned as co-funder.

ISP_ CE REACH

  • Monthly meetings with research team,
    when AuthorAid and Research4Life resources are benefited from
  • AuthorAid resources are presented
  • AuthorAid trainings are benefited from
  • Research4Life resources are presented
  1. Two submitted manuscripts (new or revised) per team member and year.
  2. Two submitted grant applications per team member and year.
  3. One conference abstract per team member and year.
  4. MSc and PhD students graduate on time.
  5. Targeted pieces of equipment are functioning.

ISP_ CE FAST

XXX

ISP_ CE 22RISE_Network SEANAC

  • Publish
    • Submit three manuscript per chapter and year, where SEANAC must be acknowledge and ISP when relevant.
  • Support the community.
    • Activities done to reach the community, three or four per chapter and year.
  • Organise conferences for SEANAC countries.
    • One conference per two year with 50-300 participants and 10 oral presentations per day plus posters, for 2 – 3,5 days.
    • Pre-conference day with training.
    • Next conference 2023, if we release the funds.
  • Assist students to attend conferences, other than SEANAC conferences.
  • Empower analytical chemistry
    • Assist students with reagents
    • Assist students with equipment
    • Strengthen chemistry department with equipment
  • Arrange MSc and PhD exchange to visit more skilled laboratories
  • Teach
  • Empowering women
  • Unify curriculum within SEANAC chapter
  • Visibility
    • SEANAC webpage, who is paying if not ISP?
    • ISP website
  • Smooth auditing
  • Management staff attendance
    • Generate funds that enable reimbursement for active staff, and also visibility rewards.

Sustainable Impact

All teams – Expected

Per Team – Scoring

  • ANEC IsTa
  • NABSA
  • SEANAC

Respondents

The respondents are identified and presented with: names, title, telephone numbers, level of education, home location, and family status. Also GDPR consent is collected if the respondent’s agree.

Set-up

Set-up

  1. Individual interviews, specific and open-ended, with
    • The PMP.
    • Management team members.
    • Each loan-taker present.
    • Family members present.
  2. Focal group interviews, with
    • Management team and PMP together.
    • All loan-takers of the village, who are present,  together.
  3. Collect testimonies, from a number of persons randomly chosen.
  4. Take photos.
  5. Record videos.
  6. Record interviews.

  7. Take notes in a dedicated notebook about everything that happens.

Micro data Survey questions

Social impact

 

Sustainable social impact refers to reaching the social good ambitions in a sustainable manner.

Measure twice a year since the start of the programme.

Social Good _ Direct Impact

Respondent: PMP

  • Compilation of the products that we offer:
    1. Business loans;
      Number of loans, size of loans, total capital. 
    2. Other
  • Compilation of the services that we offer:
    1. Weekly visits to collect refunds, coach and address challenges.
      1. type of coaching
      2. type of challenges
    2. Other
  • Number of Target partner business owners: xxx
  • PMP business generate profit.
    • Size of profit: xxx

Respondent: Target Partners

  • Compilation of the products that our Target Partners offer to their customers: xxx
    • Number of customer per product: xxx
  • Compilation of the services that our Target Partners offer to their customers: xxx
    • Number of customers per service: xxx
  • Target partner business owners generate profit.
    • Size of profit per TP: xxx

Respondent: Customers (customer survey)

  • Are customers content with products?

  • Are customers content with services?

Social Good _ Indirect Impact

Respondent: Target Partners & families.

  • Children well-being
    Children of the women who manages HR&S small-scale businesses.
    • Number of meals per day increased.
      From one to two or three.
      • Number of children: xxx
    • Education
      Tuition fee paid and school attendance made possible.
      • Number of children: xxx
  • Women well-being
    • The status of the women in the families has improved as the contribute with income.

Respondent: Customers (customer survey)

xxx

Institutional capacity

Respondent: PMP

Accounting

  • Bookkeeping of international standards; compiling all receipts and invoices, perform bank reconciliation.
  • Annual auditing.
  • Respond to management reports from the auditor.

 

  • Who is in charge of the bookkeeping?
  • Who is doing the auditing?
  • What do the management reports look like?
  • Can we please see the books?

Project management

  • Are the number of Target Partners included, as expected? xxx.
  • Does the target partners deliver as expected? xxx.
  • Do you have regular meetings with the management team, if so, how often? xxx.
    • Do you take notes which are  included in the annual report?xxx.

Transparency & Efficiency

  • Communication between PMP and HR&S.
    • Maybe monthly reflections from PMP on WhatsApp. xxx.
  • Information from target partners on their satisfaction, needs, expectations. xxx.
    • To be written down and shared.
  • Share notes from the local management meetings. xxx.

Annual report

Due 15 February.

Target partner services

Ensure continuous feed-back from Target Partners. Information about their satisfaction, needs, expectations, xxx. Specially ask about their views on the ethics of the programme.

TP training, coaching & team building

  1. Training sessions: xxx
  2. Coaching sessions: xxx
  3.  

Financial sustainability

Sustainable economy is when income, without donations, sustainably exceeds costs.

  1. When can a sustainable economy be expected ?
  2. What is the size of the required capital?
  3. Compile sources and levels of income?
  4. Compile sources and levels of expenses?

Sustainable business mind-set

  • ?

Does the income exceed the expenses?

  •  

Survey team & visit

PMP comment: Wednesdays, market day, are the only days suitable for meeting women and following up with them.

Who

  1. The survey team consist of: Renaud, Elisabeth, Milohum, Yawo. 
  2. The team leader is: Renaud
  3. Date of the next visit: The visits are made on Wednesdays, the market day. xxx

When

  1. Dates of coming visits:

Where

  1. Location of the visits:

How

  1. Visit arrangements: Offer snacks to focus group discussions.
  2. Travel arrangements:
  3. Travel costs:
  4. The sources for covering travel costs are:

Survey Team Preparations

Ensure the team has access to the tools required:

  • Written copy of the survey manual.
  • Camera; photos and videos.
  • Recorder.
  • Notebooks and pens.
  • Transportation means.
  • Food and water.

Divide areas of responsibility between team-members. Ensure that  each team member is clear about and comfortable with their own assignment as well as the team assignment.

The team assignments

  1. Making individual interviews.
    • Specific questions.
    • Open ended questions.
  2. Collect data from focal group discussions.
  3. Collect testimonies.
  4. Taking photos.
  5. Record videos.
  6. Record interviews.

  7. Taking notes in a dedicated notebook about everything that happens.

Preparing for the analysis of the data

  • Control
    The control is the base-line data, macro-data and the conditions in specific villages that are selected to join the programme, prior to mentioning about the programme.
  • Randomization
    Randomization among respondents is created by not announcing the survey date, and asking everyone who are present that day.
  • Statistical assessment method
    • Quantitative: ANOVA. Thus we need as much data as possible.
    • Qualitative: Simple compilation of statements.
  • Contribution tracing. Identifying other actors in the village, what do they contribute with, how many are involved and how do they benefit. Consider to collaborate with other actors.
  • Ethics. Normal ethics plus asking the respondents about their views on ethics.

Compilation of Outcome data

Outcome

Progress marker scoring

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Compilation of names of respondents and GDPR consent: xxx