Last year, we provided an update on CGIAR developments on open access and open data. This week, ILRI’s Board approved two policies that grew out of this process: ILRI policy on open access ILRI policy on research data management and sharing ILRI staff also participated in a CGIAR consortium workshop in Addis Ababa to develop … Continue reading
Author Archives: Peter Ballantyne (ILRI)
Engineering / Ethiopia / ILRI / ILRIComms / Official
New directional and building signage on the Addis Ababa campus
People on the Addis Ababa campus will soon see a set of new signs erected across the campus. These will be erected outside the main gate, at road junctions, and on buildings. This is part of an effort to improve and make much more consistent the current mix of signs on the campus. The signs … Continue reading
ILRI@40 Addis Ababa event kicks off today
Today and tomorrow (6–7 November 2014), ILRI is hosting a two-day high-profile conference in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where ILRI has a principal campus and, with a wealth of partners in Ethiopia and around the world, has carried out livestock research for development for the last four decades. Internet permitting, we will livestream the plenary sessions … Continue reading
How to get email alerts on ILRI news and outputs
We are now three weeks into the change in sending emails to all staff. We have been getting various feedback and comments and suggestions. One is about ways to keep getting announcements and the like in our email boxes … All the websites and tools that ILRI uses have an option that allows us to … Continue reading
Agriculture / Ethiopia / Kenya / Official
LiveQUOTES – Livestock R US posters on ILRI campuses
ILRI’s official tagline is ‘better lives through livestock’. We previously talked about ‘livestock, pathways out of poverty’. We call our in-house newsletter ‘Livestock Matter(s)’. We often search for snappy and insightful ways to express and share what we do. To mark 40 years research at ILRI, this week you will see a series of posters … Continue reading
Directorate / Ethiopia / ILRI / Kenya / Official
ILRI@40 update 2 on upcoming events and participation
This is the second ILR@40 update with information on what’s happening – plans, progress and how you can contribute (see update 1). The main activity is a conference in two parts. The first part is in Nairobi on 1 October. It comprises a high-profile scientific conference with participation from the Kenyan Cabinet Secretary for … Continue reading
Upgrading public signage on the Nairobi and Addis Campuses
In late June, the Director General asked that public signage on both campuses be upgraded. Accordingly, a task force was constituted to take the project forward. Members from Addis and Nairobi are drawn from engineering, design, and administration/operations. Other individuals will be co-opted as needed. On 3 July, the group met and agreed an overall … Continue reading
ILRI@40 activities – update, plans, your participation
In 2014, to mark 40 years of international research, the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) is facilitating a series of events that highlight the ways in which livestock research advances the global development agenda, specifically for sustainable food and nutritional security, economic well-being and healthy lives. These events bring together global, regional and local actors … Continue reading
Open access – latest developments and some implications for ILRI
Last year, the CGIAR Consortium Board approved an open access and data management policy (see http://www.cgiar.org/resources/open). It obliges centers and CRPs to make all information products Open Access, subject to legal rights and legitimate interests of stakeholders and third parties. Beyond any obligation it is also part of an ‘open and accessible‘ commitment ILRI has … Continue reading
ILRI science plan – round 1 survey feedback and next steps
In November, ILRI Director General Jimmy Smith called on staff to give feedback on the draft science plan developed in October and discussed by the Board. Round 1 of the survey asked for some general feedback. On 2 December, IMC reviewed a synthesis and compilation of responses contributed by 35 individuals – other feedback was … Continue reading
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