Update on capacity strengthening
Purvi Mehta-Bhatt (ILRI)
CGIAR Research Program on Livestock and Fish
Planning Meeting
ILRI Nairobi
27 September 2011

Defining Capacity Development (CD) in
the context of CRP 3.7
Strengthening individual and institutional
capacities, throughout the value chain, to
generate, disseminate and adopt research
outputs and convert them into
developmental outcomes.
Dissemination Impact
Impact
Assessment

Key Principles
 CD activities to imbed in different project activities &
not as a ‘stand alone’ platform
 To focus on both, individual and institutional CD
efforts
 To be structured around an “output to impact”
framework, specifically designed for each component
 Leveraging on existing capacities and partnership
networks within and outside CGIAR
 Focus on key questions such as Whose capacities to
develop, capacities to do what and who will build
these capacities.

Key Steps in Implementing CD
Looking at work plans of the
components/subcomponents through a CD ‘lens’
to integrate following questions-
 What are the specific CD needs in the component
 What CD activities should be carried out to bridge
these.
 Who will build this capacity
 Key tools/approaches to be used
 Impact assessment

Capacity Strengthening
Proposed Priority Outcomes & Outputs
2012 2013
1. Subcomponent specific CD needs 1. Testing of training packages
Outcomes identified 2. Regional partnership network
2. CD activities/work plan imbedded setup
3. Some CD activities especially targeted 3. A pool of trainers who can
towards researchers (e.g. RM, project conduct trainings/CD activities
implementation, M&E ) 4. Monitoring & learning
4. Some learning material developed
1. Tools for CD (face to face trainings, 1. Training material/modules
distance learning programs) 2. Inventory of regional/national
Outputs
2. Assessment of existing capacities and partners active in extension,
gaps. trainings, who can help in CD
3. Matrix of different CD needs and 3. Training of trainers
activities corresponding to it.
4. Development of specific training
programs/packages
Key stakeholders Researchers (within and outside Researchers, boundary
(towards whom the CD CGIAR) partners (e.g. extension
activities will be networks, NARs)

Key Questions..
 How to build some common CD activities across
different components? e.g. training of
trainers, RM, stakeholder relationship, setting up of
distance learning program etc.
 Leveraging upon partnership networks in different
regions -same set of partners implementing
research outputs from different components as a
‘package’
 Linkages with other CRPs?
 Impact assessment (how to quantify impact of CD
interventions)