"Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security" presentation by Karen Brooks, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, on 25 November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.
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Partnership for Impact Event_Brussels-Brooks
1. Partnerships for
policy research impact
Karen Brooks,
PIM Director
Partnering for Impact
IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for
Improved Food and Nutrition Security
November 25, 2013 - Brussels
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3. Four types of partners
Research
Implementation
Outreach
Funding
4. Core principles
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Foster cross-Center research
Collaborate with advanced research institutes
Systematically look for synergies with other CRPs
Use decision tree for deliberate selection of
partners
• Identify champions early
• Partner with local organizations and build their
capacity
• Track partnerships and the relevance of PIM’s work
to partners as part of PIM M&E system
5. The PIM decision tree
• Why is the topic important? What is the demand
for output?
• What action might result?
• Is the action politically feasible?
• Who will undertake the action?
• What information do they need, and when?
6. Learning Network
Measuring Distortions
• Several separate initiatives to measure weaknesses and
distortions in a country’s incentive environment relative
to other countries
• Collaborative effort between PIM, OECD, FAO, IADB, and
WB to form a learning network
• Improving country coverage for non-OECD countries and
closing data gaps
• Facilitating sharing of methodologies and providing peer
review of results
Towards improved and harmonized methodologies
to measure distortions in incentive environment
7. Alignment with Regional Priorities
Mapping Investments in Africa
• Planning and implementation of investments requires
geo-spatial mapping of existing initiatives
• Mapping ongoing activities under CRPs, SRO
programs, and national investment plans in Africa (Horn
of Africa, then ECOWAS and CORAF countries)
• Contribution to development of New Alliance for Food
Security and Nutrition’s Technology Platform for Africa
• In support of Comprehensive African Agricultural
Development Programme
Geospatial tools to promote technology uptake
and alignment of investments in Africa
8. Active Engagement with Policymakers
Program for Biosafety Systems
• Demand driven policy research to support decisionmaking (e.g., support to Uganda Biosafety Bill Process)
• Broad-based coalition to effect policy change
(government/biosafety authorities, private
sector, academia, NGOs, foundations, bi- and multilateral donors, end-users)
• Long-standing engagement with local partners
(e.g., Uganda National Council of Science and
Technology)
• Capacity building – Ownership in the policy process
Recognized record of contributions to development
of workable regulatory systems in 10 countries
9. Capacity Building
Developing Sex-Disaggregated Data
• Developing guidelines for collecting and analyzing data
for gender analysis in agriculture
• Working with statistical agencies (FAO, WB, national
agencies) to include sex disaggregation into survey
instruments in order to develop new gender data
• UN Women and UN Statistics are using PIM Strategic
Gender Research on data in pilot project on collecting
sex-disaggregated asset data
• Building capacity of other CRPs
Contribution towards closing
the gender knowledge gap
10. Looking ahead
• Reach out to major institutional partners with
complementary programs
• Strengthen partnerships with universities in developing
tools
• Enhance alignment of PIM research with programs of
SROs
• Enhance capacity through using web-based training
materials
• Strengthen complementarity between analytical
strength of PIM and implementation experience of
governments and development partners to design
innovative programs