FIRST Draft report of Results - 2012 CGIAR Stakeholders Perceptions Survey

[Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium)]

Dear Committee Members,

 

I´m very pleased to send you the first Draft report of Results of the 2012 CGIAR Stakeholders Perceptions Survey GLOBESCAN has just delivered.

 

GLOBESCAN has open this draft report to comments from the Survey Committee before releasing the final version of the report. We are planning to give them feedback in one week if it is possible.  

 

Using Committee´s feedback Globescan will make the presentation of the final report by the end of March, hopefully.

 

Personally, I believe this report represents an important asset for the CGIAR Consortium which adds to the comprehensive and detailed database of stakeholders that we have developed and already shared with CRPs. I´m also confident about potential uses of the results of this survey to feed other processes inside the CGIAR.

 

It´s a long Power Point presentation but mostly due to the detailed presentation of results for each CRP (slides 60 to 139). Starting in slide 28 you will find an interesting section (“Partnerships Drivers Analysis”) which ends with the “Strategic Matrix” for the CGIAR as a whole in slide 46. Apart from the interesting and usable results you will find throughout the whole document I believe this is a good demonstration of the type of analysis we could further develop using the Survey database. Furthermore, I´m sure we can enrich GLOBESCAN findings using Committee´s deep understanding and experience within the CGIAR Consortium.

 

I propose you to have a conference call with GLOBESCAN in the week of  18-22 March to analyze this draft report, and discuss the possible uses of its results and the communication strategy with our stakeholders, among other issues that could arise. We will shortly send you a Doodle invitation to coordinate this teleconference.

 

Please let me know if you have any comments or doubts regarding this version (“Draft report of results”) before Friday next week.

 

I look forward to receiving your feedback soon.   

 

Best regards,

 

Daniela

 

 

[Vermeulen, Sonja (CIAT-CCAFS)]

Dear Daniela

I find the reporting format clear.  The one small issue is that for the individual CRP slides, viewers may understand the green colour as "above the average for all CRPs" whereas it actually seems to mean "higher than respondents' rating of the CGIAR as a whole".  Perhaps there is a small tweak that could clarify that.

Best wishes

Sonja

Please let me know if you have any comments or doubts regarding this version (“Draft report of results”)before Friday next week.

[Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium)]

Dear colleagues,

 

Thanks for the feedback received so far regarding the Survey´s Report of Results released by Globescan. We are taking note of them.

 

As part of the final activities of this Committee, we would like to have a one hour meeting with Globescan in order to discuss this Report next Thursday, 21^st of March at 15:00 hours Montpellier time. According to your base office this is the table of local times for the meeting:

 

Participants	Location	Local time
Graham	Lima	09:00
Teunis	Washington	10:00
Sonja	Copenhagen	15:00
Mark	Rome	15:00
Ken	Ibadan	15:00
Eric and Michelle	Toronto	10:00
Daniela	Montpellier	15:00
Martin	Montevideo	11:00

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

We know the report is long so I believe the presentation by Globescan will be very helpful to gain a deeper understanding of the most important outcomes of the Survey.    

Please confirm us if you can participate.

 

Thank you very much. We look forward to receiving your confirmation.

 

Kind regards,

 

Daniela

[Van Rheenen, Teunis (IFPRI)]

Dear Daniela,

 

Thanks for your email. The suggested time works for me.

 

Kind greetings, Teunis.

[Thiele, Graham (CRP-RTB)]

Dear Daniela

 

Doesn’t work for me. I am in workshop in Cali all week.

 

Best regards

 

Graham

[Vermeulen, Sonja (CIAT-CCAFS)]

Dear Daniela

I will be in Davis, California at the Global Conference on Climate Smart Agriculture – I may be able to make it as it will be early (7am), before conference sessions, but I am one of the small team drafting the conference statement and we'll be working against the clock.  So please put me down as a "maybe".

Best wishes

Sonja

From: <Thiele>, "Graham (CRP-RTB)" <G.TH...@CGIAR.ORG>
Date: Thursday, 14 March 2013 17:32
To: "Van Rheenen, Teunis (IFPRI)" <T.VANR...@CGIAR.ORG>, "Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium)" <a.al...@cgiar.org>, Sonja Vermeulen <s.ver...@cgiar.org>, "partnersh...@cgxchange.org" <partnersh...@cgxchange.org>
Cc: "Sahrawat, Deepa (IFPRI)" <D.SAH...@cgiar.org>
Subject: RE: One hour meeting March 21- 3pm MPL time

Dear Daniela

 

Doesn’t work for me. I am in workshop in Cali all week.

 

Best regards

 

Graham

 

From: Van Rheenen, Teunis (IFPRI) [mailto:T.VANR...@CGIAR.ORG]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 11:37 AM
To: Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium); Vermeulen, Sonja (CIAT-CCAFS); partnersh...@cgxchange.org
Cc: Sahrawat, Deepa (IFPRI)
Subject: RE: One hour meeting March 21- 3pm MPL time

 

Dear Daniela,

 

Thanks for your email. The suggested time works for me.

 

Kind greetings, Teunis.

 

From: Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium) [mailto:a.al...@cgiar.org]
Sent: Thursday, March 14, 2013 9:43 AM
To: Vermeulen, Sonja (CIAT-CCAFS); partnersh...@cgxchange.org
Subject: One hour meeting March 21- 3pm MPL time

 

Dear colleagues,

 

Thanks for the feedback received so far regarding the Survey´s Report of Results released by Globescan. We are taking note of them.

 

As part of the final activities of this Committee, we would like to have a one hour meeting with Globescan in order to discuss this Report next Thursday, 21^st of Marchat 15:00 hours Montpellier time. According to your base office this is the table of local times for the meeting:

[Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium)]

Many thanks Sonja, Graham and Teunis for answering. I propose to those who cannot participate, send the comments in written format to the committee. From our side, we will take notes of the conference call, which will be shared with all members of the committee as well.

 

Do you agree with this proposal?

 

Thanks and best,

[Dashiell, Kenton (IITA)]

Dear Daniela,

 

I agree with you proposal.  I will not be able to participate in the meeting on March 21.

 

Best regards, Ken

Kenton Dashiell

Deputy Director General  |  Partnerships and Capacity Development

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, www.iita.org)

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[Thiele, Graham (CRP-RTB)]

Dear Daniela

 

Agree also.

 

Graham

[Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium)]

Dear Ken,

 

Thank you for your email and  for sharing the comments provided by the CRP Director of Humidtropics. Much appreciated. We take note and I am sharing them with the rest of Committee’s members. All feedback received so far  will be discussed in our upcoming conference call planned for  next Thursday.

 

Best regards,

 

 

Daniela Alfaro

Policy Advisor

Consortium of International Agricultural Research Centers

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From: Dashiell, Kenton (IITA)

Sent: 17 March 2013 21:20
To: Alfaro, Daniela (CGIAR Consortium)

Cc: Atta-Krah, Kwesi (IITA)
Subject: RE: FIRST Draft report of Results - 2012 CGIAR Stakeholders Perceptions Survey

 

Dear Daniela,

 

I have not reviewed the entire Draft report but the sections that I read look fine.  I asked Kwesi Atta-Krah to also review it and here is his reaction:

 

I have run through the overall objective of the survey and the specific score card results on Humidtropics. I note the extremely low response rate. This however can be linked to the timing of the survey, with respect to start-up of Humidtropics; we have barely began. Such a survey would best be conducted at least after one year of operation, not at the start of the program. Having said that, I believe a large part of the perceptions were based on experiences during the 2 years of reform and project development, as indicators of things to come.

 

The results are however useful in pointing to areas that the CRP needs to strengthen into the future. For instance, it was said that the CRP’s weakest points were with respect to collaboration and transparency. These two are stated hallmarks of the character of Humidtropics, and therefore point to the fact that a lot more needs to be done in these areas.

 

It is good to note though that the “overall perception of partnerships with Humidtropics is very favourable, with 83% of respondents satisfied, and none saying they are unsatisfied”. Given that the program indeed is still just getting started from the starting block, I will not read too much into this, but would see it as a source of encouragement for us to take partnerships even more seriously and ensure that the level of transparency and collaboration are indeed high and positive for both partners and the CGIAR.

 

In summary I would say that the draft report is acceptable, useful and reinforces the need to make partnership building a top priority.   

 

I will not be able to participate in the conference call.

 

Best regards, Ken

Kenton Dashiell

Deputy Director General  |  Partnerships and Capacity Development

International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA, www.iita.org)

Headquarters and West Africa Hub

PMB 5320, Oyo Road, Ibadan 200001, Oyo State, Nigeria

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