Yet another Annual Program Review, but a goood One!

by Simone Staiger | Oct 13, 2017

Making the annual gathering work for my CIAT colleagues has been one of my motivations for many years. The collaboration with Maya Rajasekharan, CIAT’s Head of research management on what we call the APR (Annual Program Review) has been mostly fruitful. This year...

CIAT guest editor of the KM4Dev journal on ‘Open research, open data, and your development organization’

by Simone Staiger | Jul 25, 2017

CIAT with lead guest editor Megan Zandstra coordinated the Volume 13, Issue 2 of the KM4Dev Journal on ‘Open research, open data, and your development organization: best practices in information and data management for development’. Guest Editors were...

Gender Connections: A role for communications, knowledge sharing, and data and information management, a brief

by Simone Staiger | May 8, 2017

By: Simone Staiger Rivas For two years, CIAT supported the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network with communications, knowledge sharing and information management. The CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network was created in 2012 to ensure that the...

BiblioCIAT, an alternative to foster reading and dialogue

by Simone Staiger | Sep 22, 2016

Recently we launched at CIAT HQ a Free Little Library which we called “Biblio-CIAT”. We hope to stimulate conversation and engage readers of all nationalities. You can find Biblio-CIAT at the coffee shop. How it works: We asked CIAT HQ staff to donate favorite books,...

CIAT and partners to guest edit KM4Dev journal: Best practices in information & data management for development organizations

by Simone Staiger | Aug 23, 2016

Call for Papers for the KM4Dev Journal: Open research, open data, and your development organization: Best practices in information and data management for development The Knowledge Management for Development Journal (KM4D Journal) is a peer-reviewed community-based...