by Simone Staiger | May 11, 2015
CIAT’s knowledge management team organized the workshop “Basics of participatory workshop facilitation” at CIAT HQ with the aim of strengthening the capacity of researchers to use participatory tools and methodologies that improve the design of workshops and meetings....
by Simone Staiger | Feb 27, 2015
How do you explain your research work, share your opinion and give recommendations to an important audience so that you can make a difference and get others, including policymakers, to take up your research? These were some of the ‘research uptake’ issues addressed at...
by Simone Staiger | Jan 20, 2015
Originally published: January 20, 2015. What is each of us doing as a gender researcher? What is our research focus? What are the highlights so far? Day 1 of the annual meeting of the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network focused on understanding each other’s...
by Simone Staiger | Jan 16, 2015
Formed in 2012, the CGIAR Gender and Agriculture Research Network is composed of researchers engaged with social science research on gender in agriculture and natural resource management across the fifteen global CGIAR Research Programs (CRPs). In recent months, the...
by Simone Staiger | Jan 7, 2015
Nancy, when I contacted you at the beginning of 2014, I was looking for support, through regular conversations (monthly one hour Skype calls), to discuss, and evaluate the implementation of CIAT’s internal communications strategy. What a treat! Wow, that you will a)...
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