Knowledge Sharing in search of a home in CGIAR

by Simone Staiger | Sep 11, 2015

Last week I attended a workshop in Rome on “Communications for research and development impact: delivering the CGIAR Results framework”, hosted by the Consortium Office. The objective was to develop suggestions for ensuring that communications and knowledge sharing...

Open access and open data: Three insights from the regional CGIAR implementation workshop

by Simone Staiger | Aug 28, 2015

From August 18th  to 21st, CIAT hosted the regional Open Access / Open Data workshop for CGIAR centers and CRPs, with colleagues from CIP, IRRI, IFPRI and CIMMYT. Two other regional workshops have been held already in Asia and Africa. It was a perfect opportunity to...

Data Management Community of Practice Workshop

by Simone Staiger | Jul 13, 2015

CIAT’s data and information management team strives towards becoming the knowledge hub for scientists. The group also aims for CIAT staff to embrace an open science culture and becoming 100% compliant with Open Access goals without compromising quality of work. In...

Agricultural research for development products: Increasing the applicability of our research

by Simone Staiger | Jun 4, 2015

For a couple of years now, CIAT’s communications and knowledge management group has been working on the objective to make more out of CIAT’s research results, with the aim to involve broader audiences and increase the applicability of our research. Three types of...

Group facilitation: Experiences and lessons from international agricultural research organizations

by Simone Staiger | May 14, 2015

The latest issue of the Knowledge Management for Development Journal (May 2015) is dedicated to: “Facilitation for development. Concepts, practices and approaches to share, learn and improve outcomes for societal development, based in the experience of knowledge...