Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

ILAC’s overarching objective is to support the CGIAR Consortium and centers, the Fund Council and other stakeholders in guiding the change process more effectively by:

1. helping to develop i) new types of partnerships and new models of science; ii) monitoring systems to track these partnerships; and iii) new incentives that can be offered to researchers to increase the effectiveness of their participation in innovation networks
2. implementing an ideation process that will allow the Consortium, directors-general (DGs), researchers and other stakeholders to think collectively about the niches the CGIAR should occupy, the types of partnerships it should engage in and the type of science it should conduct
3. drawing lessons from past experiences of organizational change and learning in the CGIAR, private firms and non-profit organizations, and participating in change processes in the Consortium and its centers (e.g., assessing methodologies to foster organizational change and facilitate access to specialized information on organizational change)

With these objectives in mind, ILAC will focus on:

• • implementing action-research projects to explore interventions that have a proven impact on the system’s performance
• • supporting the Consortium’s leadership-building effort by actively engaging stakeholders in the development of a new and compelling destination for the change process
• • promoting the exchange of valuable experiences and lessons, among centers and stakeholders, that will underpin the CGIAR change process

Photo Credit: Farmer's meeting in Congo by Jos Verhoogen (Flicker, Creative Commons)