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Melkam Addis Amet! Happy Ethiopian new year!
Message from Jimmy Smith: It is traditional to mark the arrival of a new year on 1 January. This year, I am pleased to recognize ILRI’s strong connections with Ethiopia and to wish you all Melkam Addis Amet! 11 September (Meskerem 1 in the Ethiopian calendar) marks the start of the new year 2006 in … Continue reading
Watch recording of today’s risk management workshop
If you missed today’s presentation by Peter Getugi and Shirley Tarawali, follow the link below to see the recording: https://ilri-icraf.webex.com/ilri-icraf/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=21704927&rKey=7E59B8FE4A58B4B1 Continue reading
Five Internal Audit myths
The month of May is the International Internal Audit Awareness Month. And what an opportune time it is for all of us at ILRI to reflect on internal auditing activities and possibly dispel at least 5 classic myths about Internal Auditing. While the CG system in general and ILRI in a particular has over the … Continue reading
ILRI South Asia update from Purvi – April 2013
In the first of a regular series of regional updates, Purvi reports on activities in ILRI South Asia. The purpose of this report is to highlight some key institutional developments in the region. A large number of activities carried out at different projects and locations (Hyderabad, Assam, Almora, ELKS sites, CSISA sites, ImGoats sites, Pakistan … Continue reading
Engagement process to develop the ILRI strategy – feedback requested
In our April 3 discussions on ILRI’s strategy, we promised to engage you with various surveys as we move the strategy development process forward at ILRI. We would appreciate your contributions and feedback by answering a short survey through the link below. It will only take 10 – 15 minutes of your time. https://www.surveymonkey.com/s/W2CXQ55 Kindly … Continue reading
Latest strategy document and today’s Town Hall meeting
At today’s town hall meeting, Jimmy mentioned that the latest ‘with tweaks’ version of our strategy was sent t the Board today for a final review. You can download this version at: http://ilristrategy.wikispaces.com/ Please note that this is NOT the final version for public circulation. It is possible that the Board will propose further small … Continue reading
Iain’s update on ILRI Ethiopia – November 2012
The beginning of November saw me back in India for the first time since I left and moved to Addis. I was in Delhi for the first meeting of the ILRI Board of Trustees to be held outside Nairobi or Addis. The meeting included a visit to the National Dairy Research Institute (NDRI), one of … Continue reading
Iain’s update on ILRI Ethiopia – October 2012
The Africa RISING project in the Ethiopian Highlands, funded under USAID’s Feed the Future initiative for global food security enters its second year this month. The project team is currently finalising site selection and the design of research components. These will deliver a fully integrated, multi-disciplinary programme aimed at the sustainable intensification of cereal-based crop … Continue reading
Strategy final draft for comment
Today, we sent a ‘final’ draft of the ILRI strategy (2013-2o22) to the ILRI Board of Trustees. We are also making this version available to ILRI staff, partners and other stakeholders. The document sets out ILRI’s proposed: Purpose Roles Strategic issues ILRI needs to address Three strategic objectives Five critical success factors to achieving this … Continue reading
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