Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

ILAC's achievements from 2005 to 2009:

• A creation of a Learning Laboratory in which professionals from seven collaborative research programmes come together to share knowledge (more information at http://www.cgiar-ilac.org/content/learning-laboratory)

• Sponsorship of 7 training workshops on "Group Facilitation Skills for Participatory Decision-Making"; 140 professionals from CGIAR and partner organizations trained (more information at http://www.cgiar-ilac.org/content/facilitation-training-workshop)

• Web based resource center visited by over 9,000 people from developing countries in the last 12 months (more information at http://www.cgiar-ilac.org/)

• 22 Methodological Briefs contain approaches, methods or tools including real-life examples published since 2005 (more information at http://www.cgiar-ilac.org/content/ilac-brief)

• 9 Working Papers containing significant advances in collaborative research produced (more information at http://www.cgiar-ilac.org/content/working-papers)

• Recently approved funds for a project on Impact Evaluation Approaches for Agricultural Research for Development (more information at http://www.cgiar-ilac.org/content/impact-evaluation-project)

• Technical assistance to CGIAR researchers, managers and partners in the form of visits, coaching, mentoring, reviews and teaching.