“The ILAC Initiative of the CGIAR has been working in partnership with the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) on a study that mapped RTB research network.
The study aimed to design and test a monitoring system to characterize research networks through which research programs activities are conducted. This information is an important tool for the adaptive management of the CGIAR Research Programs and a complement to the CGIAR management system. With few adaptations, the monitoring system can be useful for a wide range of organizations, including donors, development agencies and NGOs.
The next activity of the RTB – ILAC partnership will be the development of procedures to monitor how the research networks change over time
ILAC has produced a full report of the study, and also a Brief, with more condensed information.
· Full report: Ekboir, J., Canto, G.B. and Sette, C. (2013) Monitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) [2]. Series on Monitoring Research Networks No. 01. Rome, Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative
· Brief: Ekboir, J., Canto, G.B. and Sette, C. (2013) Monitoring the composition and evolution of the research networks of the CGIAR Research Program on Roots, Tubers and Bananas (RTB) [3]. ILAC Brief No. 27. Rome, Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative”