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Context: What we plan to do over the upcoming ~8 to 10 weeks (late Feb through April 2022) so that we can develop a credible "roadmap" (or at least high level list of objectives / deliverables / activity areas along with resource needs) in line with the annual planning timeline (initial pass late March and finalize in April). 

What is Success?

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Better awareness of DFN and how existing project aligns / supports DFN learning

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Mar 3 note: Extended through mid May to cover the proposed May cross pollination meetings between India/Ethiopia

Key Dates / Milestones:

  • Ashu Sikri (Unlicensed) to send weekly updates highlighting key activities and progress

  • Have assigned owners to a few tasks here but I think we need to diffuse this a bit so its not so single threaded; something to discuss on Tue Feb 22

  • Will have a mix of decision making and ideation meetings and can figure out who attends each type. Ideally we can get these on the calendar with clarity on who needs to attend each type by Feb 24

    • Ideation: Share learnings from internal and FPO workshops and deeper dives on proposed entry points to get feedback and leverage collective learnings / network

    • Decision making: (1) What entry points are we shortlisting and eventually piloting as a DFN entry point (if any that are distinct from existing project work). (2) Review and approve DFN budget

Week

Dates

Key Items (Expected as of March 3 2022)

Key Items (Actual)

1

Feb 21 to 25

  • Workshop held with AP on Feb 24; meeting minutes here

  • Presented workplan and flying formation on Feb 22; received some good input on Feb 25 and will refine during coming week

  • Expert consultation workshops will be use case specific and happen later in March

  • UI Designer recruiting in process (one promising candidate) but behind on other positions. Align this effort with Astha’s work.

  • Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed) captured great feedback from Colin on FPO workshop which we will incorporate.

  • Shreya Agarwal (Unlicensed) connected us with IDEO, will connect to see how they can support

2

Feb 28 to Mar 4

  • FPO workshop agenda 2.0 prepared with AP team

  • Expect to finalize timing for AP workshop by Mar 9

  • Planning call for Odisha still pending

  • Rubesh joining Mar 7 to support UX/UI for DFN

  • Using FY23 annual planning to drive alignment between DFN and existing project work

3

Mar 7 to 11

  • Intersection between FS and DFN (incl clarity on data wallet) Vineet Singh

  • FPO workshops held

  • Internal workshop for Odisha on March 14

  • AP workshop on march 28/29

  • Integrating consent manager with KDE as part of TARA; this is an initial intersection point between FS and KDE/DFN, need to flesh out further

  • User personas and journeys for SHG digitization app here; need to explore buy vs build and timelines

4

Mar 14 to 18

  • FPO workshops held

5

Mar 21 to 25

  • Identify any new entry point pilot projects

  • Formalize co-creation program

  • Proposed DFN Key Performance Indicators for FY23 Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed)

  • Provided rough estimates for DFN India budget; Shreya and Andrew developed budgets for ETH and KEN

  • Socializing and researching funding platform idea

6

Mar 28 to Apr 1

  • Initial draft of DFN budgets for India, Ethiopia and Kenya

  • AP workshop on March 29. Initial notes here

7

Apr 4 to 8

  • Key areas of research for funding platform idea here

  • Build more detailed user personas for “PG officer” - target date = end of April

  • Use May 5/6 meetings in BLR as a chance to align on funding platform roadmap

8

Apr 11 to 15

  • Workshop with data consumers to deep-dive on data requirements (see here for reference)

9

Apr 18 to 22

  • Execute [2] co-creation program MOUs with farmer groups

  • Finalize DFN Key Performance Indicators for FY23

10

Apr 25 to 29

  • FY23 DFN roadmap + budget ready

11

May 2 to 6

  • ETH/India meetings

12

May 9 to 13

  • ETH/India meetings

Deliverables at the end of this process?

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  • Overall lead / Ashu Sikri (Unlicensed) / Define product vision, budget owner, overall coordination

  • Business Development / Kunal Tiwari (Unlicensed) / Coordinate w program teams on farmer group outreach; partner outreach

  • Project Coordination / [-----] Neha Singh / Scheduling, documentation, meeting minutes, etc.

    • Candidate accepted Accepted offer and starting mid March. Previously Grameen Foundation

  • User Research: In the near-term, rely on project teams to drive this

    • Ashu and Kunal to lean in on learning questions, ashok is resident expert

    • Support from Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed) and strategy team to bring in resources who can help with methodology (IDEO, IDRC)

    • Need to a consultant or hire for this role medium-term; behavioral science / anthropology background

  • DFN KPIs: Tetyana Zelenska (Unlicensed)

  • Design / Prototyping: In Lokesh’s absence, need to fill this role. Hire vs. consultant?

  • Tech Architecture incl web3 intersection / Vineet Singh / see “Learning questions”

  • Legal / ???? / see “Learning questions”

  • Medium-term adds (next 6 to 12 months)

    • India Country DFN Product Lead: Product vision. Prior experience w FPOs. Understand needs and convert to requirements which are brought to life by designers and then built by tech.

    • On-ground coordination: How much of this can be taken up by existing state teams? Not much if its a new entry point as they are at full capacity but maybe if it aligns with existing work. Suppose we want to work with 10 FPOs; what do we need? Look at Samunnati cluster structure (1 resource per 10-15 FPOs).

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