Collective action in CGIAR capacity development
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Collective Action in CGIAR Capacity Development
A Project Implemented by the Capacity Development Unit of the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI)International Conference on Innovations in Extension and Advisory Services, Nairobi, 15-18 November 2011
Purvi Mehta -Bhatt, Julius Nyangaga and Jan Beniest
Introduction ILRI with other CGIAR Centers, partners in eastern and southern Africa and the Regional Plan for Collective Action in Eastern and Southern Africa conducted a study on collective action in capacity development. Forum discussed past, present and future collaboration within the CGIAR, strengths, weaknesses, opportunities, limitations. The outcome aimed to contribute to the on-going CGIAR reform and implementation of Consortium Regional Projects (CRPs).
The project activity involved ILRI, 11 other CGIAR Centers, international, regional and national institutions with interest in capacity development in agricultural research for development
1. Desk Study 2. E-Consultation with CG Centers 3. Stakeholder meetings in Kenya and
Mozambique
Successful inter-Centre collaboration occurs when:
Process is driven by partner demands
Process is integrated in research and linked to an overall results framework
Process provides a clear and quantifiable benefit for participating Centers
There is sustained funding for longer term efforts
Efforts are demonstrated and documented to enable championing at high levels of the CGIAR
Factors inhibiting inter-Centre collaboration
Personalities Inter-personal relationships and conflicts Involving too many centers when not necessary Inadequate commitment/championing
Use of emerging innovative trends
Methodology
Outcomes, Findings
From Desk Study and e-Consultations
From Stakeholder Meetings and Consultations
Limitations to collaborating with CGIAR Centers in capacity development
Accessibility
Links to network of excellence and donor community
Great contribution to individual trainings: fellowships, attachments and thesis research
Demand exceeds what Centers can provide
Centers focus on own agenda and not on interest and needs of partners and rural communities Expensive to work with
Joint research and capacity development projects that address learning needs and inequalities among partners
Long term perspectives that allow development of critical mass of national partners
Advantages of collaborating with CGIAR Centers in capacity development
Suggestions
Linking capacity development to innovation systems and value chain functioning
Participatory learning
Strengthening learning institutions
Mobilizing resources for partners
Using advances in ICT/KM and e-learning
Forming regional alliances on thematic subjects
On the CGIAR Research Programs:
Learning alliances and strategies:
Centers prefer to work with stronger national partners at expense of weaker ones who need capacity development even more
Confusion and questions how CRPs will deal with Capacity Development at individual and collaborative levels
Limited strategy on inter-Centre collaborative plans
Centers critical of proposed ‘dedicated network’ approach and in favor of more formal mechanism for a specialized unit as think tank for CGIAR on capacity development and related collaboration