Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

ILAC Methodological Briefs contain approaches, methods or tools including real-life examples and is published periodically.

New releases:

Issue 23 - Working in virtual environments: Three practical collaborative web tools by Simone Staiger-Rivas, Peter Shelton, Petr Kosina and Nancy White

Issue 22 - Utilization-focused evaluation for agricultural innovation by Michael Quinn Patton and Douglas Horton

Issue 21 - The Participatory Market Chain Approach: Stimulating pro-poor market-chain innovation by Thomas Bernet, André Devaux, Graham Thiele, Gastón López, Claudio Velasco, Kurt Manrique and Miguel Ordinola

Issue 20 - Building an evaluative culture for effective evaluation and results management by John Mayne

Issue 19 - Participatory decision-making: The core of multi-stakeholder collaboration by Sam Kaner, Jamie Watts and Emile Frison
 

Issue 18 - Institutionalizing impact assessment at CIMMYT by Roberto La Rovere, John Dixon and Jonathan Hellin

Issue 17 -  Participatory Impact Pathways Analysis: A practical method for project planning and evaluation by Boru Douthwaite, Sophie Alvarez, Graham Thiele, and Ronald Mackay

Issue 16 - Contribution Analysis by John Mayne

Issue 15 - Evaluación horizontal: Estimulando el aprendizaje social entre “pares” by Graham Thiele, André Devaux, Claudio Velasco y Kurt Manrique (A Spanish translation of ILAC Brief 13 'Horizontal evaluation: Stimulating social learning among peers')

• Issue 14 - Engaging scientists through institutional histories, C. Shambu Prasad, Andrew Hall and Laxmi Thummuru
• Issue 13 - Horizontal evaluation: Stimulating social learning among peers, Graham Thiele, André Devaux, Claudio Velasco and Kurt Manrique
• Issue 12 - Linking diversity to organizational effectiveness: Lessons from a culture study at CIAT, Fabiola Amariles, Gustavo Peralta and Nancy Johnson
• Issue 11 - Human resources management, knowledge sharing and organizational learning, Krista Kamborian Baldini
• Issue 10 - Making the most of major meetings: An entry point for knowledge sharing, Simone Staiger, Nathan Russell and Allison Hewlitt
• Issue 9 - The Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program: Generating institutional learning and change through research and process experimentation, Anne Starks Acosta, Monty Jones and Ralph von Kaufmann
• Issue 8 - Building multi-stakeholder innovation systems through learning alliances, Mark Lundy, Maria Veronica Gottret and Jacqueline Ashby
• Issue 7 - Outcome mapping: A method for tracking changes in behavior as outcome in development programs, Terry Smutylo
• Issue 6 - Appreciative inquiry: An approach for learning and change based on our own best practices, Anne Starks Acosta and Boru Douthwaite
• Issue 5 - Writing up innovation histories: A useful learning tool, Boru Douthwaite and Jacqueline Ashby
• Issue 4 - Collaborative agreements: A ‘how to’ guide, Victoria Henson-Apollonio
• Issue 3 - Learning-oriented evaluation: A tool for promoting institutional learning and programme improvement, Jamie Watts
• Issue 2 - Innovation systems: Implications for agricultural policy and practice,Andy Hall, Lynn Mytelka and Banji Oyeyinka
• Issue 1 - The Institutional Learning and Change Initiative: An Introduction

If you would like to receive printed copies of the Briefs or are having difficulties downloading the PDF files, please send us an email ilac@cgiar.org