ISPC14

1. Update on ISPC
Maggie Gill, ISPC Chair

2. Update since meeting in Lima in
May
1. CRPs – moving from commentaries to
assessments
2. Changes in Council and Secretariat
3. Adapting to new governance
4. Meetings and publications
5. Planning for the future
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3. CRPs
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1. Completion of commentaries on CRPs
published on 16 June
2. Interaction with CGIAR Science Leaders on
16 June
3. Desk drafting of assessments of 31 July CRP
submissions
4. Interactions with FEWG – donor reviews
5. Closed meeting agreeing ratings of CRPs and
FPs – going live at 18.00

4. CRPs
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1. Review of GLDC – will be submitted on 16th
September together with Strategy paper for
SC

5. ISPC role
• 24 FPs have improved their relative ratings between
pre-proposal and assessment stages
• To anticipate possible negative consequences (on
science and delivery of outcomes) of decisions
regarding allocation of W1 and 2 funding
• To help make the case for the interdisciplinary and
transdisciplinary science being undertaken within the
portfolio which largely depends on W1 and 2 funding.
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7. Quote from Guidance Notes for Call
‘A coherent set of interconnected 2017-2022 pre-
proposals to address the selected global challenges
identified in CGIAR’s 2016 – 2030 SRF’
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8. Quote from SRF
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What will be done differently:
Strategically building a more coherent and
integrated portfolio of second generation
CRPs that will collectively deliver System
Level Outcomes by partners.

9. Characterising the portfolio
• GREAT opportunity – inter-disciplinary and
trans-disciplinary at a global level (trans-
disciplinary meaning in this context meaning crossing the
boundaries between research and development)
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10. Changes in Council and Secretariat
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1. Segenet Kelemu leaves us after 2.5 years at
end of September
2. Holger Meinke joined us in May
3. Nighisty Ghezae and Prabhu Pingali join us
this month
4. One more Council member being recruited
5. Tim Kelley leaves the Secretariat and SPIA at
end of September

11. Adapting to new governance
• SMB – ISPC Chair is an active observer
• System Council – ISPC is an active observer
• ISPC still waiting for new Terms of Reference
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12. Meetings and publications
• SPIA workshop
• Study of Development Corridors
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13. Planning for the future
• Quality of science
• Foresight
• Prioritization
• Science of impact
• ISPC Theory of Change
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