Peter Doherty, Australian Nobel Laureate, at the adoption of the FAO Declaration on Global Freedom from Rinderpest (photo credit: ©FAO/Alessandra Benedetti). Earlier this year, Peter Doherty, Nobel Prize Laureate for Physiology or Medicine–1996 agreed to become a patron of ILRI. He recently recorded six short video interviews about different dimensions of ILRI’s research: International livestock … Continue reading
Please find below basic information on the IPM in Nairobi next week. Please follow this link to the latest draft agenda (PDF version) All participants who registered should plan to attend all IPM meeting sessions that take place in the IPM tent located on the football pitch opposite the hostels. The IPM starts at 1330 … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues, I am pleased to learn that over 150 ILRI staff have signed up for IPM so far and encourage those of you who have not to do so very soon. This will be the first IPM for three years, and for many of you, the first time you get to meet your colleagues … Continue reading
Dear Colleagues Greetings. As indicated earlier in a message by Iain Wright, ILRI will hold its Institutional Planning Meeting (IPM) in Nairobi from 4 – 7 October 2016. The IPM presents a great opportunity for all “ILRI” to know what “ILRI” is doing around the globe. In 2016, the IPM will focus on ILRI’s science … Continue reading
As many of you are aware we have been working with Accenture Development Partnerships for the past year developing the Program Management Framework (PMF). The Framework has now been designed and rolled out at a series of training workshops which many of you attended. The contract with Accenture Development Partnerships has concluded and Jenny Brately … Continue reading
The Program Management Framework Project was initiated to address challenges and increase efficiency and effectiveness in project delivery through the implementation of consistent management processes at ILRI. We partnered with Accenture Development Partnerships (ADP) in order to design a Framework for program and project management and to have some initial support with the implementation of … Continue reading
As a follow up to my message of last week Friday 1st July 2016, with reference to the CGIAR Transition process update. Please find additional information concerning changes in the CGIAR System at this web site link: http://www.cgiar.org/about-us/our-governance/ I will include this topic in the Town Hall assembly of which the date will be communicated … Continue reading
You will recall my briefings to you at our Town Hall meetings on the Transition process that was on-going over the past year to create a ‘new’ CGIAR System Organization. I am pleased to let you know that as of 1st July 2016, the new CGIAR was put in place. To accomplish this, among other … Continue reading
May saw us launch two major initiatives in ILRI- the Program Management Framework and the Institutional Research Ethics Committee. The Program Management Framework sets out the processes, activities and tasks that need to be carried out for efficient and effective project management. The need for such guidance has been recognized throughout the CGIAR. During a … Continue reading
Colleagues, Three years ago we changed the titles of scientific positions and put in place a promotion mechanism for the scientific cadre of ILRI. Beyond the post-doctoral category, the three scientific titles were changed from Scientific 1, Scientist 2 and Scientist 3 to Scientist, Senior Scientist and Principal Scientist respectively. Each category has very clear … Continue reading
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