Getting knowledge management and communication into CGIAR programs

Posted on 16 Dec 2013 by Ewen Le Borgne • Leave a comment

In many CGIAR programs and activities, communication and knowledge management are invited too little and too late. This means that the results of their science may fall into oblivion. Much can be achieved by bringing communication and knowledge management right into the heart of CGIAR programs – to support engagement with partners, research uptake and … Continue reading →

Crop-livestock / East Africa / Event / HUMIDTROPICS / ILRIComms / Intensification / Southern Africa / West Africa

Communication and facilitation at the heart of Africa RISING meetings

Posted on 8 Nov 2012 by Ewen Le Borgne • Leave a comment

From September to late October 2012, the Africa RISING program held a series of review and planning workshops. These followed a series of other inception, design and project workshops held since January 2012. The Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) team of ILRI contributed to this series of workshops: through design, organization, facilitation, social reporting … Continue reading →

Event / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information / West Africa / WLE

Communication the focus of Volta Basin workshop – when the Nile visits the Volta, knowledge flows like water

Posted on 20 Apr 2012 by Ewen Le Borgne • Leave a comment

Effectively communicating research for development is a crucial challenge for everyone in the CGIAR. Sometimes, having an external view about one’s own issues frees up some ideas and can help turn challenges into opportunities. It was in this spirit that the Knowledge Management and Information Services team at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) supported … Continue reading →

Africa / CCAFS / Climate change / East Africa / Ethiopia / ILRIComms / Knowledge and Information / West Africa

ILRI KMIS facilitates and documents climate-smart crop breeding workshop for CCAFS

Posted on 21 Dec 2011 by Ewen Le Borgne • Leave a comment

On 6, 7 and 8 December, staff of Knowledge Management and Information Services (KMIS) at the International Livestock Research Institute (ILRI) provided facilitation and reporting support to a Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) workshop titled ‘Developing climate-smart crops for 2030 world’. It took place on the ILRI Ethiopia campus in Addis Ababa. The … Continue reading →