Everyone on campus was shocked at the sudden passing of Philippe Lemperiere, IWMI on 4 February. Philippe established the IWMI office in Addis Ababa, with a French funded project in 2003 and worked here until 2007. He rejoined IWMI in February 2013 as Irrigation Specialist. Many people attended the memorial event for Philippe on 7 … Continue reading
Early in January we celebrated Ethiopian Christmas and had the Addis Party on 9 January. I am sorry was not able to welcome you all personally to the party but as many of you know, Regina, my girlfriend took ill early that morning and we had to go to hospital. She is now fully recovered. … Continue reading
I am writing this in the North East Scotland, where I have been spending Christmas. Not a traditional White Christmas, but a rather wet one. However in Scotland we escaped the worst of the rain which led to flooding in some parts of England, with many trains and flights disrupted. The storm was actually the … Continue reading
October and November have been busy months. When I reviewed my diary in preparation for writing this blog I saw that I had packed a lot into a short time. So read on to see what I have been up to ……. I spent a fascinating three days in Lincoln, Nebraska, USA on 21-23 October … Continue reading
On 10 April 2013, the ILRI Board chair and committee chairs shared updates with ILRI Staff. Below are the WebEx streaming and download links. Streaming recording link: https://ilri-icraf.webex.com/ilri-icraf/ldr.php?AT=pb&SP=MC&rID=20832007&rKey=A27829EEFDFE942D Download recording link: https://ilri-icraf.webex.com/ilri-icraf/lsr.php?AT=dw&SP=MC&rID=20832007&rKey=5BC727D48AA68C3E More town hall reports Continue reading
Wednesday’s town hall meeting focused on 2 issues: the results of the recent ‘engagement survey’ of staff (presented by Medeleine Dunford)and the ILRI strategy, 2013-2022 (presented by Shirley Tarawali). Watch Shirley’s presentation on Slideshare / More documents on the strategy Below are the WebEx streaming and download links. The links are split into two parts … Continue reading
In July and August 2012, the strategy task force produced an updated strategy outline for ILRI. This drew on previous consultations with staff, outside partners and other stakeholders. We held three internal discussions (July 25; August 17; and August 21) with 87 people from across ILRI to share and test our thinking on a number … Continue reading
As mentioned in the recent process update, the strategy development Task Force has developed a ‘storyline’ to set out the overall concept that underpins our new strategy. This is very much work in progress, it is very draft, and it needs further tightening up. We need your feedback on this document [download here or read … Continue reading
In February and March many of you gave feedback and suggestions – and answers – to a series of questions we asked to help the Strategy Development Taskforce do it work. What happened? What’s happening next? What’s already happened? Read the outline of a new strategy 2013-2022 discussed by the Board at the end of … Continue reading
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