Abstract
Aligned to the CGIAR 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy, CGIAR has been expanding its global network of partners and changing the way it works with them to drive the transformation of food, land, and water systems. Guided by the 2022 CGIAR Engagement Framework for Partnerships and Advocacy, the portfolios of CGIAR’s Science Groups-Resilient Agrifood Systems (RAFS), Genetic Innovation (GI), and Systems Transformation (ST)-aimed to implement a more structured approach to partnerships, focusing on co-developing research, enhancing capacity sharing for development, and strengthening collaboration with the private sector.
This brief highlights key evaluative insights and lessons on partnerships from the GI, RAFS and ST Science Group (SG) evaluations. Conducted by the IAES, in alignment with the evaluation Terms of Reference (ToR), the three SG evaluations were carried out under the 2022‒24 Multi-Year Evaluation Workplan (2021; re-confirmed 2024). From the three SG evaluations and their Synthesis-including the online survey and several case studies- recommendations on partnerships from the 2021 Synthesis of Learning from a Decade of CGIAR Research Programs were considered. Formal recommendations and learnings, aim to strengthen CGIAR’s institutional learning, accountability, and effective and efficient implementation of the 2024 Partnership Framework (update from 2022) under the CGIAR 2025-30 Portfolio.
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Citation
IAES (CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service). (2024). CGIAR Science Group Evaluations: Brief on Partnerships. Rome: IAES Evaluation Function. iaes.cgiar.org
