This blog book tells the story of CCAFS research theme ‘Linking Knowledge with Action’; its approach and lessons learned throughout the years, especially 2014, while illustrating its many achievements through blogs and photos.
Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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Jost, Christine
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Vervoort, Joost M.
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Ferdous, N.
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Schubert, Cecilia
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[Moving from Knowledge to Action: Blogging research and outcome highlights]
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Moving from Knowledge to Action: Blogging research and outcome highlights
Key messages
The development and research sectors have begun monitoring communication and engagement efforts over the last decade, with the result that there are now a number of tools available.
It is rare that blueprints of tools can be applied across a variety of communication and engagemen...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Meadu, Vanessa
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Atakos, Vivian
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Schubert, Cecilia
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Urrea Benitez, José Luis
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Mungai, Catherine
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[Selected outcome-focused monitoring tools for communication and engagement]
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Selected outcome-focused monitoring tools for communication and engagement
Lessons learned from Flagship 4's Results-Based Management trial, based of an extensive survey to the trial project managers, coordinators and partners.
Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Schubert, Cecilia
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Cramer, Laura
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[Lessons and Insights from CCAFS Results-Based Management Trial]
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Lessons and Insights from CCAFS Results-Based Management Trial
This Info Note explores major barriers for effective climate change policy implementation in Ghana, Mali and Senegal with a particular focus on agriculture and food systems. It aims to provide insights to researchers, policy makers and development practitioners working on climate change issues an...
Totin, Edmond
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Sibiry Traoré, Pierre C.
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Zougmoré, Robert B.
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Homann-Kee Tui, Sabine
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Tabo, Ramadjita
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Schubert, Cecilia
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[Barriers to effective climate change policy development and implementation in West Africa]
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Barriers to effective climate change policy development and implementation in West Africa
Key messages
Initial steps towards outcome-focused monitoring, evaluation & learning (MEL) on communication and engagement can be small, but they must be systematic.
To achieve broad participation, MEL needs to be lean and do-able.
Well-designed MEL adds value by feeding information and les...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Meadu, Vanessa
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Atakos, Vivian
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White, Julianna M.
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Schubert, Cecilia
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Urrea Benitez, José Luis
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Ampaire, Edidah L.
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Radeny, Maren A.O.
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Mungai, Catherine
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Cramer, Laura
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[Measuring how communication and engagement efforts help deliver outcomes]
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Measuring how communication and engagement efforts help deliver outcomes
The CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is using theory of change (TOC) planning to specify research outputs, the partnerships needed to produce the outputs, and a plausible hypothesis on how these outputs will contribute to CCAFS and CGIAR development ...
Álvarez, S.
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Jost, Christine
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Schuetz, Tonya
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Förch, Wiebke
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Schubert, Cecilia
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Kristjanson, Patricia M.
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[Lessons in Theory of Change from the Introductory Training on Theories of Change, Impact Pathways and Monitoring & Evaluation]
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Lessons in Theory of Change from the Introductory Training on Theories of Change, Impact Pathways and Monitoring & Evaluation
Along with several other CGIAR research programs, the CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) has in 2014 been piloting a new way of doing business revolving around the use of results-based management (RBM). Six trial projects were selected via a competitiv...
Schuetz, Tonya
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Schubert, Cecilia
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Förch, Wiebke
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Thornton, Philip K.
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Cramer, Laura
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[Lessons and Insights from the CCAFS Results-Based Management Trial. Summary from the CCAFS Flagship 4 RBM trial projects survey]
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Lessons and Insights from the CCAFS Results-Based Management Trial. Summary from the CCAFS Flagship 4 RBM trial projects survey