Institutional Learning and Change Initiative

URL:

http://www.picoteam.org/publications/pdf/Planning%20in%20Muddy%20Waters_3-2003.pdf; http://www.icarda.org/Publications/PlanninginMuddyWaters.htm

Keywords:

CGIAR; ILAC Newsletter; Planning

Abstract:

This synthesis report provides the outcomes of a workshop on Strategic Planning and Priority Setting in the CGIAR. The workshop for research managers and planners was held over three days under the auspices of the Center Deputy Directors Committee of the CGIAR at WorldFish Center in Penang, Malaysia in May 2002. Participants representing eleven CGIAR centers took part in the Workshop, and fourteen centers provided background information on priority setting processes through the provision of completed questionnaires and related publications. The workshop considered the changing research and development environments in which the CGIAR Centers operate and identified the major objectives for undertaking research priority setting and strategic planning processes. Strategic planning was defined to include “visioning” and planning for regional and natural resource/commodity research and higher-level programs, whereas the Center Medium Term Plans (and annual operational plans) were considered aspects of operational planning.