The CGIAR Consortium Shared Services team has negotiated with Elsevier a trial access for eight of Elsevier’s subject collections, complemented by capacity building and training services for the period between 5 May 2014 and 31 July 2014. This trial aims to demonstrate the effectiveness and optimization of democratized access to scientific and agricultural content for … Continue reading
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Friday morning coffee – Nairobi, 16 May 2014
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcements and updates. Listen In! Continue reading
Friday morning coffee – Nairobi, 9 May 2014
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcements and updates. Listen In! Continue reading
Friday morning coffee – Nairobi, 2 May 2014
ILRI Nairobi’s Friday Morning Coffee (FMC) announcements and updates. Listen In! Continue reading
ILRI IRS staff appointments: March-April 2014
Endalkachew Wolde-Meskel joined ILRI as Country Coordinator for N2Africa Project, Ethiopia on 1 March 2014. Endalkachew has worked for over two decades in research and academia. He has been a visiting scientist and researcher at various universities in Europe and N. America and supervised more than 46 MSc and PhD students. He previously worked at … Continue reading
ILRI NRS Nairobi staff appointments: March-April 2014
Jason Rogena joined ILRI on 1 March 2014 as a Systems Developer in the Animal Biosciences Program. He holds a degree in Computer Science from the University of Nairobi. He has two years’ experience, mainly from working in a research project at Nokia Research Centre. Ruth Nyaga joined ILRI on 1 March 2014 as Human … Continue reading
ILRI NRS Addis and hosted institutes appointments: March- April 2014
Solomon Gizaw has been appointed as Livestock Expert in Livestock and Irrigation Value-Chains for Ethiopian Smallholders (LIVES) Project effective 1 March 2014. Solomon holds PhD in Animal Breeding and Genetics from Wageningen University, the Netherlands, MSc in Animal Genetics and Breeding from National Dairy Research Institute, Deemed University, Karnal, India and BSc in Agriculture (Animal Science) … Continue reading
ILRI town hall – Updates on ILRI structure, change management and compensation
On 24 April, Jimmy Smith held a town hall for all staff. It covered Restructuring, repositioning and consolidating ILRI; Managing change; and adjustments to compensation in 2014. It also touched on financial performance, staffing levels and distribution, diversity, the reclassification exercise, critical success factors and ILR@40. View the presentation Watch/listen to the audio recording Read … Continue reading
Improving ILRI’s positioning and profile – survey feedback
In February, Jimmy asked staff to complete a survey with ideas and insights on ways to improve ILRI’s visibility and profile in different parts of the world. Surveys were sent to ILRI staff as well as external people and partners. The aim was to better understand how staff and partners perceive ILRI. Responses were received … Continue reading
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Iain’s update on Ethiopia – March 2014
On 8 March our Sports Day which coincided with International Women’s Day. There was an excellent turnout and thanks to all who made this event possible, including CIMMYT who sponsored this year’s event. The following day a number of our female staff participated in the Addis Women’s 5km run. Well done to everyone who took … Continue reading
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