CONSULTATIVE GROUP ON INTERNATIONAL AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH
TECHNICAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE
tac secretariat
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
December 1998
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SDR/TAC/:IAR/98/15
REPORT OF THE SECOND EXTERNAL PROGRAMME AND MANAGEMENT REVIEW OF THE INTERNATIONAL CENTRE RESEARCH IN AGROFORESTRY (ICRAF)
Panel:
Jochen Heuveldop (Chair)
Peter J. Dart
Hans Gregersen
H.P.M. Gunasena
Joseph Mukiibi
Joan JoshiPammi Sachdeva (CGIAR Secretariat)
Amir Kassam (TAC Secretariat)
TAC SECRETARIAT
FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
July 1998
TAC Commentary on the External Review of ICRAF
ICRAF's response to the Report of the Second External Programme and Management Review
Transmittal letter from Panel Chairman to TAC Chairman and CGIAR Executive Secretary
1.1 The Need for International Research in Agroforestry
1.2 Evolution and Current Status
1.3 Responses to the Last EPMR and Centre-Commissioned External Reviews
CHAPTER 2 - THE CONTEXT: ICRAF's MISSION AND GOALS
2.1 ICRAF's Mission and Goals
2.2 Meeting the Goals: Needs and Constraints
2.3 Overcoming Constraints to Meeting Agroforestry Needs: ICRAF's Contributions
2.4 ICRAF's Achievements and Impacts2.4.1 ICRAF's Accomplishments
2.4.2 ICRAF's impacts
2.4.3 Panel Assessment of Achievements and Impacts2.5 ICRAF's Current Programmes: Summary and Assessment
2.6 Linking ICRAF's Programme Activities to its Goals: The Panel's Overall Assessment
3.1 ICRAF's Priority-Setting and Planning in an International Research Context
3.2 Regionalization of ICRAF's Programmes3.2.1 ICRAF Strategy for the Regions
3.2.2 Region and Headquarters Interactions and Coordination
3.2.3 ICRAF's Regional Role in the CGIAR Systemwide Programmes
CHAPTER 4 - THE RESEARCH-DEVELOPMENT CONTINUUM: ICRAF LINKAGES AND CAPACITY STRENGTHENING
4.1 The Panel's View of ICRAF's Research to Development Continuum
4.1.1 The International Public Goods Nature of ICRAF Research
4.1.2 Dissemination of Research Results and Research on Dissemination
4.1.3 Marketing and Post-harvest Technology in the Research to Development Continuum: The role of ICRAF4.2 External Linkages and Relations
4.2.1 Links with Other CGIAR Centres
4.2.1.1 Involvement in Systemwide Programmes
4.2.1.2 ICRAF Relations with CIFOR and Other IARCs4.2.2 Links with NARS Partners and other Collaborators
4.2.3 Linkages: Panel Summary Assessment and Recommendations
CHAPTER 5 - GOVERNANCE AND MANAGEMENT
5.1 Board of Trustees
5.2 Leadership and Organizational Culture
5.3 Managing the Matrix
5.4 Financial Status of the Centre
5.5 Resource Mobilization
5.6 Financial Management5.6.1 The Accounting Function
5.6.2 The Treasury Function
5.6.3 The Programme of Work and Budget
5.6.4 Auditing5.7 Human Resources Management
5.8 Information Technology
5.9 Operations
5.10 Internal Audit
CHAPTER 6 - ICRAF INTO THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY: A Focus on Integrated Natural Resources Management
Appendix I - Composition of the Panel and Biographical Information
Appendix II - Terms of Reference for External Programme and Management Reviews of CGIAR Centres
Appendix III - ICRAF's Responses to the Recommendations of the Last EPMR
Appendix IV - ICRAF's Regional and Global Programmes and Support Units
Appendix V - Itinerary of the EPMR Panel