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CGIAR, through IAES, engages with IRRI, Asian Mega-Deltas Initiative and Asia-Pacific stakeholders to promote and strengthen evaluation practices and culture in the region
Monday, 2024/04/01 | 08:38:36
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CGIAR March 28 2024
CGIAR through the Independent Advisory and Evaluation Services emphasizes the crucial role of evaluation platforms in promoting knowledge sharing and facilitating information diffusion for inclusive learning and evaluations in the agricultural sector
Discussions with IRRI explored how evaluative evidence can further strengthen adaptive management and mechanisms for decision-making concerning institute operations, the AMD Initiative, and the International Rice Genebank
Participation in the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association conference highlighted the importance of national evaluation policies and systems as guiding frameworks and functional systems to enhance the use of evaluations in decision-making processes
Strengthening the evaluation practice and culture at OneCG: Continuing collaboration between the Evaluation Function at IAES, the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas, and IRRI
On December 5-7th, 2023, Svetlana Negroustoueva, evaluation function lead at the CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Services (IAES), visited Manila with the dual purpose of engaging with the Monitoring, Evaluation, Learning, and Impact Assessment (MELIA) Team of the International Rice Research Institute (IRRI) and attending the 4th evaluation conference of the Asia Pacific Evaluation Association (APEA). The engagement visits are primarily aimed at reinforcing evaluation practices and culture fostering critical collaborations with key CGIAR centers, initiatives, and stakeholders in the region.
Engagement with the International Rice Research Institute’s (IRRI) leadership, MELIA Team, and project implementers
IRRI’s MELIA Team and the ongoing evaluability assessment colleagues of the CGIAR Initiative on Asian Mega-Deltas (AMD) organized Ms. Negroustoueva’s visit. IRRI’s MELIA Team has been leading the monitoring and evaluation functions and facilitating the adaptive management of the AMD Initiative. Adaptive management has become increasingly relevant in response to rapidly changing project implementation contexts such as the recent COVID-19 pandemic.
Together with the MELIA Team, Svetlana paid a courtesy visit to the IRRI’s Chief of Staff, Alvin James Poncin, and IRRI’s Interim Director General, Ajay Kohli. The discussions centered on the evaluations at the CGIAR, the specific work of the evaluation function IAES, IRRI’s current MELIA setup and plans for expanding its function within the institution, and the M&E and evaluative learning role in improving organizational effectiveness and operational efficiency. The discussion also highlighted and reinforced possible areas of collaboration between the IAES and IRRI to further strengthen adaptive management and mechanisms to enhance the use of evaluative evidence for decision-making.
The MELIA Team under IRRI’s Transformative Policies and Investments (TPI) Unit also engaged with Svetlana about its continuing efforts to advance the M&E practice at department, institute, and Initiative levels. Guided by the Impact-Oriented Monitoring and Evaluation Framework (IOMEL) along with OneCG M&E and evaluation policy and guidelines (2022), the team highlighted IOMEL’s critical role and integration with various bilateral projects, platforms, and particularly with the AMD Initiative to generate science-based evidence to facilitate learning towards adaptive management and accountability.
The meeting also provided an opportunity to discuss the ongoing evaluability assessment (EA) of the AMD Initiative (TORs). The CGIAR Initiative is one of four Regional Integrated Initiatives (RII) being assessed for its evaluability by the evaluation function of CGIAR. The purpose of the above-mentioned EA, as well as the associated processes and preparations needed, were shared with the entire TPI unit.
Lastly, Svetlana presented the results and lessons drawn from the almost completed “Evaluation of the CGIAR Genebank Platform” (published in 2024) to IRRI’s Genebank team. The pre-final evaluation recommendations were further validated during the discussion by the IRRI’s genebank as key stakeholders in the evaluation. To appreciate more how genebanks work, she visited the facilities of the International Rice Genebank together with the MELIA Team and key genebank scientists and staff. The processes in managing the genebank, its purpose and role in maintaining genetic diversity in rice and facilitating improved productivity globally, and other operational details were shared among the visitors.
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