Dear colleagues, Is anyone travelling to Addis this week? I need to send few documents. Thank you. Nadhem Nadhem Mtimet | Senior Agricultural Economist International Livestock Research Institute |ilri.org Box 30709 -00100, Nairobi, Kenya Mobile: +254 775 649 694| Tel: +254 20 422 3482 | Skype: indonadhem Email: n.mtimet Continue reading
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Introducing Leah Symekher
Leah has over 10 years’ experience in instruction, training & development and research. A Kenyan, Leah started her career as a research assistant at the Constitution of Kenya Review Commission supporting the Commission’s task forces on various research activities in constitution and constitutional themes. She was further engaged in public policy research in education while … Continue reading
Nairobi Infocentre re-organization
Colleagues Some of you will/may notice some ongoing changes in the Nairobi infocentre space. We are re-organizing the space to provide better quiet areas and study space as well as working space for the CKM people located there. Most of this should be completed later this week. There are no engineering works at this time; … Continue reading
The BecA-ILRI Hub pays tribute to the late professor James Ochanda
Professor James Ochanda, a former coordinator (2004 – 2005) of the Biosciences eastern and central Africa-International Livestock Research Institute (BecA-ILRI) Hub, director of the Centre for Biotechnology and Bioinformatics (CEBIB) and strong proponent for the advancement of bioscience research in Africa has died. Until his passing on 27 May 2016, Ochanda was a professor at … Continue reading
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The view from Iain’s office – May 2016
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
Promotions in 2015 of staff in the scientific cadre
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
ILRI Uganda closed (3rd and 9th June)
Please be informed that ILRI Uganda office will remain closed tomorrow Friday 3rd June 2016 in commemoration of the Uganda Martyrs Day. We shall also be closed on Thursday 9th June 2016 for Heroes’ Day. Brian Kawuma | Communication Specialist Continue reading
Launch of Institutional Research Ethics Committee (IREC) – 31 May
Colleagues, I am delighted to inform you of the launch of ILRI’s Institutional Research Ethics Committee (IREC) and the process for ethical review and approval of research. As most of you know, the Committee has been operating at ILRI since 2013, although until now it has not officially been part of research compliance, while IREC … Continue reading
Reminder on ILRI communications, templates, etc.
This message aims to remind staff where powerpoint and letterhead and document templates – and some other useful communication resources – can be found: We use ILRI announcements as the primary mechanism to broadcast (and remember) updates to all staff. This was decided late in 2014 as a way to reduce the number of messages … Continue reading
BecA-ILRI Hub 2015 Annual Report
In this issue you will read about: Research at the BecA-ILRI Hub that brings together national agricultural research systems, advanced research institutions, regional agencies and nongovernmental organizations from across the globe; Research findings that are influencing policy for the management of economically significant crop and livestock diseases and development of livestock improvement programs, and advancing … Continue reading
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