international water management institute africa uptake strategy
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IWMI Africa Uptake Strategy
12th March 2014
Thor Windham-Wright
Research Uptake and Communications Coordinator - Africa
IWMI Africa Uptake Strategy
Definition
Why? How?
Key elements
Implementation
Tools
Definition of research uptake
“The effective utilization of research-based evidence by decision makers to improve
development practice and policy, and donor investments, leading to positive development
outcomes.”
‘Uptake’ is what a decision-maker or other key stakeholder is doing when they modify their attitude, develop knowledge or skills through the research process and based on the outputs of research.
Putting people first..
Why an uptake strategy?
To:
have a clear, targeted impact
demonstration the value, relevance and practical
utility of our research and its outputs
achieve greater success in research-for-development
Foster an uptake culture within IWMI
Strive to strengthen our knowledge of research
user’s needs
Strategically engage and collaborate
Balance uptake for ongoing/new projects vs
completed projects
Package, communicate and disseminate research
outputs
Monitor and evaluate
CGIAR System Level Outcomes and Intermediate Development Outcomes
Four strategic CGIAR System Level Outcomes (SLOs):
Reduced rural poverty
Improved food security
Improved nutrition and health
Sustainably managed natural resources
CGIAR System Level Outcomes and Intermediate Development Outcomes
“Intermediate development outcomes (IDOs) - represent changes that occur in the medium term that are intended to affect positively the welfare of the targeted population or environment, and which result, in part, from research”*
* Independent Science and Partnership Council (ISPC)
CGIAR System Level Outcomes and Intermediate Development Outcomes
Theories of Change
Outputs - outcomes - impact
Impact Pathways
target
Target Audiences
Key question:
Who are the most influential people whose actions are most likely to bring about the change we seek in the most effective away, impacting the greatest number of potential beneficiaries?
Implementation of this Strategy
Continually raising awareness within IWMI
Project level
Specific uptake
projects (IMAWESA)
National, Regional and pan-
African level
Implementation of this Strategy Project level
Implementation of this Strategy national, regional and pan-African
Two interrelated paths:
Development of Key Issue knowledge products
Targeted stakeholder engagement
Policy focused Research based
New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) /
Comprehensive Africa Agricultural Development
Programme (CAADP)
Forum for Agricultural Research in Africa (FARA)
African Ministers Council on Water (AMCOW) Association for Strengthening Agricultural Research in
Eastern and Central Africa (ASARECA)
East African Community (EAC) Centre for Agricultural Research and Development for
Southern Africa (CCARDESA)
Economic Community of West African States
(ECOWAS)
West & Central African Council for Agricultural
Research and Development (CORAF/WECARD)
Southern African Development Community (SADC) –
Food, Agriculture and Natural Resources Directorate
(FANR)
Governments of Ghana, Ethiopia and South Africa
Irrigation Revitalization
Tools for planning and fostering uptake
Limitations of Research Uptake
Impacting
end users /
beneficiaries
Engaging
research
users
Research
Activity
Thank you
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