Dear All, ILRI Ethiopia stores unit will closed to carry out the 2016 mid-Year Stock-take exercise 22–24 June, 2016. You are therefore, kindly requested to submit your Warehouse Order requests through the OCS before June 22, 2016. Normal operations will resume on Monday, 27 June 2016. Apologies for short notice and any inconveniences this may … Continue reading
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ILRI Kenya stores unit closure for 2016 mid-year for stock-take exercise
ILRI Kenya Stores Unit will carry out the 2016 mid-year stock-take exercise from 29–30 June, 2016. During this period, only emergency requests will be attended to. You are therefore kindly requested to submit your Warehouse Order requests through the OCS by mid-day, Friday 24th June 2016. Normal operations will resume on Friday, 1st July 2016. Apologies … Continue reading
2016 Addis Great Run—Notice to CGIAR staff
The first 60 CGIAR staff members who would like to take part in the 2016 Ethiopian great run will be sponsored by ILRI. CGIAR Staff who would like to take part should sign-up at the Zebu club before Tuesday June 22nd, 2016 at the latest. Others who did not get a chance to be in … Continue reading
Insurance for vehicles in Ethiopia
Vehicle insurance coverage for ILRI and hosted institute official vehicles will be expired on July 31, 2016. The insurance proclamation states that all insurance coverage to be provided against advance settlement of the required premium. To do so, we are under process to renew and update our current list of vehicles at ILRI and Hosted … Continue reading
Aerobics classes at Zebu Club
We are delighted to invite all members to participate in the different aerobics classes (step, insanity and circuit) free of charge until July 31, 2016 with the exception of the Yoga and Zumba classes. We would like to extend THREE free pass YOGA class tickets for the first 10 members who will register at the … Continue reading
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
Tell us what you think of ILRI Ethiopia Administrative Services
Take a few minutes to fill out this survey: The ILRI Ethiopia Administration units have been engaged in series of activities to improve the effectiveness and efficiency of all admin units (People &Organization Development (P&OD), Finance, Supply Chain Unit, Housing, Catering & Conferencing, ICT, Engineering & Facilities, Liaison & Protocol, and Security). We would appreciate … Continue reading
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