Advancing Impact Assessment of International Agricultural Research Synthesis Report Meeting Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research
SCIENCE COUNCIL
Advancing Impact Assessment of
International Agricultural Research
Synthesis Report Meeting


SCIENCE COUNCIL CGIAR


FOOD AND AGRICULTURE ORGANIZATION OF THE UNITED NATIONS
Rome, 2007


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CONTENTS

Foreword

Program Agenda for the Meeting

Summary of Session Content and Outcomes

   Session 1 - Welcome

   Session 2 – Introduction

   Session 3 – Presentations by Impact Assessment Focal Points
Organization and Management of IA
Conflicting demands on practitioners of impact assessment
Value/necessity of baseline surveys for epIA
Learning about the influence of research in policy circles
CGIAR Impact Website
   Session 4 – Performance Measurement Indicators (PMI) 3a and 3b
Competitive nature of the exercise
Status of ex-ante studies or outcome mapping in PM exercise
Precluding potential for innovation
Specific process issues
   Session 5 – Strategic Guidelines on ex-post Impact Assessment

   Session 6 – Policy Oriented Research Impact Assessment

   Session 7 – Break-out

   Session 8 – Impact Assessment for Accountability vs. Learning

   Session 9 – Reporting Back by Break-out Groups

PM Exercise 3a and 3b Group
Strategic Guidelines Group
Policy-oriented research IA Group
   Session 10 – Non-economic Impacts

   Session 11 – Impact in Sub-Saharan Africa

   Session 12 – Mixed Session
ACIAR-CIE training and capacity-building impact assessment framework
Outcome Mapping
Discussion on future collaboration, scaling up, institutionalization of IA,
data sharing and new panel data
Closing thoughts from Prabhu Pingali
Matters Arising from the Meeting & Summing-Up Session
Closing
ANNEXES

A    List of participants
B    Updating the SPIA strategy
C    Outline of a possible matrix model for linking CGIAR
       program outputs with CGIAR goals
D    Impact pathway model