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Evaluability Assessments are an Essential New Tool for CGIAR Managers
By conducting an evaluability assessment (EA), evaluations can become the management, accountability and learning tools they were intended to be.
Written by
Keith Child
Independent Consultant - Monitoring and Evaluation
Rick Davies
Independent Evaluation Consultant
CGIAR’s IAES Expression of Interest: Consultant Roster – Evaluation or Program Analyst
The evaluation or program analyst supports the evaluation or ISDC workstreams within the IAES.
The ISDC Science Forum Returns
This year brings back the ISDC’s Science Forum through two events in October and November focused on important aspects of inclusive and institutional
Announcing a new name for the CGIAR Advisory Services Shared Secretariat
The CAS Secretariat has been renamed to CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (IAES) to better reflect the purpose of the office.
CGIAR Grievance Mechanism
CGIAR recognizes that operating according to the highest ethical standards is a prerequisite to being able to deliver on our vision.
Effectively Using the Concept of Comparative Advantage Within CGIAR
The ISDC has developed a concept note that provides some reflections on Comparative Advantage as it applies to CGIAR.
Written by
Chris Barrett
Former ISDC Member
Pierre Boulanger
Former Advisor, ISDC Secretariat
A Decade Later: Evaluative Evidence on How CGIAR Partnerships Improve Livelihoods and Environments Around the Globe
A new PIM evaluation sheds light on one of the secrets behind its success: effective partnerships.
Written by
Frank Place
Former Director of the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM)
Deborah Templeton
Independent Researcher, Australia
Wanted: One New Member for ISDC
CGIAR is seeking to fill one ISDC member vacancy to join seven other current serving members.
'Alone we can do so little; together we can do so much'
This guest blog explains how network analysis can complement other methods and metrics used to monitor and assess the Quality of Science.
Written by
Valentina De Col
Agricultural Information System Officer at the International Center for Agricultural Research in Dry Areas (ICARDA)
Karen A. Garrett
Preeminent Professor at the University of Florida’s Plant Pathology Department, Food Systems Institute, and Emerging Pathogens Institute
Graham Thiele
Consultant for International Potato Centre (CIP)
Vietnam’s Dramatic Agricultural Transformation: Discussion on CGIAR’s role
On 6th June 2022, SPIA led a consultation meeting on data collection on CGIAR-related innovations in Hanoi, co-hosted by the Vietnam’s Institute of
