FW: survey link
Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium)
Dear Committee,
Here is the link to the web design of the Survey from Globescan as it is now (see email below). Globescan is scheduling the translations in order to send out the survey on time.
Best regards,
Daniela
From: Eric Whan [mailto:eric...@globescan.com]
Sent: 11 December 2012 16:15
To: Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium); Michele Cunningham
Cc: Olivera, Martin (CGIAR Consortium); Lorena Lara
Subject: RE: survey link
Hi Daniela,
In addition to our field team, I have run through the English programming and agree that it is ready for you to send the link to the committee. Here is the URL link you can forward to them:
http://survey.confirmit.com/wix/p2360995221.aspx?test=1
Thanks and best,
Eric
Holderness, Mark (OEKD)
Dear Daniela
Thanks for this.. I have now gone through the survey draft.
I realize you have been working hard to formulate this and good credit to you, but I remain concerned by the points I have raised before that still seem outstanding:
The comments I raised on stakeholder categories and geographies have not been amended?
There is still nothing on the expression of partnership here – the structure is still based around what a CGIAR-centred frame brings to the partners, rather than what the partners feel they bring to the CGIAR, which should also surely be recognized and valued as part of the perception of partnership?
I still feel the questions are confounded in statistical terms by the nature of the partnership which is not explored – if I were dependent on a programme for funding my work as the main perceived benefit of the partnership would I bite the hand that feeds?
The framing of questions on performance to date gives no view of the change in recent years that we hope we have seen through the reform? The Challenge Programmes were one path to do so but are not highlighted here?
There is nothing apparent in this table on how responsive the CGIAR has been to the priorities (as distinct from the needs) of partners and clients?
Why are the Global or Regional Fora, nor indeed the GCARD not included in bodies determining reputations when all regional fora involve active participation of the CGIAR centres, directly linking them with other stakeholders?
Asking the ‘3 most influential’ in a survey directly about the largest agricultural research for development organizations seems rather self-congratulatory... what answer is seriously expected there?
I tried to run the CRP questions for the dryland CRP but really struggled with a programme that has not really started yet. As before can we please reframe that table to deal with expectations form the programme development rather than delivered change?
I realize that time is not on our side for the schedule that you wish to work to, but I feel obliged to reiterate my concerns that a little improvement could go a long way here in producing more substantive and usable outcomes from the survey. Please be assured also that all the above are not setting out to be critical, but intended constructively to make the survey more valuable to the reform and the work of the CGIAR.
Best regards,
Mark
Mark Holderness
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