Second CopSyS Workshop
Montpellier – 29 June 2026
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Program
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SESSION 1 - Continue the development and animation of CopSyS
Collaborative pad for session 1
Moderator: Katrien Descheemaeker
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
- Analysis of CopSyS membership and community representation ( Maela Roudaut, 15min + 5min discussion)
- Clarification of methodological framework, resource needs ( Jacques Wery, 15min + 15min discussion)
- Working groups update, reactivation and development ( Jacques Wery, 10min + 5min discussion)
- Webinar review and future strategy ( Schambach Owolabi, 15min + 5min discussion)
- Needs assessment on systems approaches: perspectives from academics and students ((based on the survey conducted by Maela Roudaut and Schambach Owolabi, 15 min + 5 min discussion)
- Institutional Experiences in Systems Science Education (Dilys MacCarthy from University of Ghana, Ismail Moumouni from University of Parakou, Schambach Owolabi 10 min)
Break 20min
SESSION 2 - Partnership and funding of CopSyS with the CGIAR
Collaborative pad for session 2
Moderator : Bruno Gerard
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
- Discussion on CapSha collaboration and funding opportunities for the continuity of CopSyS hosting and moderation ( Charles Kleinermann, 10min + 10min discussion)
- Collaboration and opportunities of funding with the sustainable Farming program of CGIAR ( Oscar Ortiz, 10min + 10min discussion)
- Identification of co-development opportunities for a doctoral training project in Africa based on the outcome of the workshop in Nairobi ( Jacques Wery, Frank Rasche, Charles Kleinermann and Marc Corbeels, 10min + 10min discussion)
SESSION 3 - Benchmarking review of projects with potential for systems approaches applications
Collaborative pad for session 3
Moderator: Santiago Lopez-Ridaura
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
- Presentation of the mapping methods and results ( Maela Roudaut, 10min + 5min discussion)
- Identification of potential countries of interest / Partners / Projects of interest for collaboration with CopSyS( Roundtable all participants, 20min )
- Priorization of case studies for CopSyS involvement on the ground (based on the CopSyS-CapSha Concept Note and previous items outcome) ( 35 min. Discussion and action plan)
Lunch 1h20min
SESSION 4 - Strenghtening Interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity in and with systems science
Collaborative pad for session 4
Moderator : Oscar Ortiz
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
Note takers: To be defined
Activities:
- Introduction: Interdisciplinarity, transdisciplinarity and transformative science for agrifood systems: what do we mean, what do we need and where are we in CopSyS ? ( Jacques Wery, 5min )
- How Systems Science applied to Food, Land, Water and Agriculture can be a vehicle for interdisciplinarity and transdisciplinarity ( Katrien Descheemaeker, 15min + 15min discussion)
- The Transdisciplinarity Pentagon and indicators for self- assessment. Preliminary results from the Mainstreaming Transdisciplinarity project ( Michael Hauser and Bernard Triomphe, 10min + 10min discussion)
- Where are we in IFSA? ( Davido Rizzo (tbc), 10min + 5min Q/A)
- Discussion: challenges and opportunities for CopSyS and partners; the way forward ( 30 min Discussion )