Another week has gone by, and here we are with my 4th #FridayUpdate. Here comes the stuff:
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Started work on the IBLI Case Study (woot!). Initial set of interviews taking place this week with IBLi members, next week we'll expand to other ILRI staff and external partners. Will have a conf call later today with Andrew Mude and Shreya (consultant working with us on the case) to review and discuss the initial outline.
Had several meetings (mostly virtual) around the CGIAR Development Dialogues (see lat week's update for more info). Quite useful, and we have a revised proposal out now for peer-review. Hope to get a revised version finalized before I go on leave at the end of next week!
Finalized ToR for the FEAST consultancy and working to get a contract process so the work can begin. After weeks of planning - I can't wait to actually get my hands dirty with this gem of a project.
Caught up on CapDev work taking place in Uganda under the CRP Livestock & Fish - big assignment with 8 training modules on different aspects of the pig value chain. The project, with 8 national consultants, an international consultant, and 4-5 ILRI colleagues is suffering from some delays and difficulties in getting an consistent quality of work across all modules. At this point, we (i.e. the CapDev folks) need to wait till the content is produced/reviewed so we can start our instructional design work - seems like we have a ways to go before we can have the desired deliverables from this project. Hope it will end well.
Followed up with minutes and next steps for the revision of ILRI's Fellowship Guidelines. It is proving difficult to coordinate time slots for such a large taskforce (15+ members), as many are traveling or on leave. Hope we can keep momentum and advance quickly.
Participated in a steering committee meeting for the next CGIAR CapDev CoP meeting, which is scheduled for thew week of 8 Sept. Great team, productive call. Some interesting thoughts for drawing in partners and senior CG leaders' into the meeting.
Consolidated and sent some comments for the Global Task Force (GTF) of the TAP (G-20) initiative on capacity development in agricultural innovation systems, which I currently Chair (representing the CGIAR). The TAP holds much potential for collective actions in CapDev - but really there are pesky governance and transparency / process issues that need to be addressed.
This afternoon will have a look at a longlist of candidates for mNutrition Quality Assurance Officer. We had over 200 applications, but apparently very few suitable candidates. If so, this would be disappointing and might hamper our plans to move quickly with the recruitment.
Started work on the IBLI Case Study (woot!). Initial set of interviews taking place this week with IBLi members, next week we'll expand to other ILRI staff and external partners. Will have a conf call later today with Andrew Mude and Shreya (consultant working with us on the case) to review and discuss the initial outline.
Had several meetings (mostly virtual) around the CGIAR Development Dialogues (see lat week's update for more info). Quite useful, and we have a revised proposal out now for peer-review. Hope to get a revised version finalized before I go on leave at the end of next week!
Finalized ToR for the FEAST consultancy and working to get a contract process so the work can begin. After weeks of planning - I can't wait to actually get my hands dirty with this gem of a project.
Caught up on CapDev work taking place in Uganda under the CRP Livestock & Fish - big assignment with 8 training modules on different aspects of the pig value chain. The project, with 8 national consultants, an international consultant, and 4-5 ILRI colleagues is suffering from some delays and difficulties in getting an consistent quality of work across all modules. At this point, we (i.e. the CapDev folks) need to wait till the content is produced/reviewed so we can start our instructional design work - seems like we have a ways to go before we can have the desired deliverables from this project. Hope it will end well.
Followed up with minutes and next steps for the revision of ILRI's Fellowship Guidelines. It is proving difficult to coordinate time slots for such a large taskforce (15+ members), as many are traveling or on leave. Hope we can keep momentum and advance quickly.
Participated in a steering committee meeting for the next CGIAR CapDev CoP meeting, which is scheduled for thew week of 8 Sept. Great team, productive call. Some interesting thoughts for drawing in partners and senior CG leaders' into the meeting.
Consolidated and sent some comments for the Global Task Force (GTF) of the TAP (G-20) initiative on capacity development in agricultural innovation systems, which I currently Chair (representing the CGIAR). The TAP holds much potential for collective actions in CapDev - but really there are pesky governance and transparency / process issues that need to be addressed.
This afternoon will have a look at a longlist of candidates for mNutrition Quality Assurance Officer. We had over 200 applications, but apparently very few suitable candidates. If so, this would be disappointing and might hamper our plans to move quickly with the recruitment.
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