“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). 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). ILAC Brief No. 27. Rome, Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative”
