5. Enables social networking for new project development1. Lean definition of project which capture scientist, partners, research area, countries of research and project time line. 2. Robust search engines that grant maximum accessibility to key information about research. 3. Wide network of scientists and contributor who can also be conducted through the system. Top 3 reasons why you should visit the map http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org/ Everything you need to know about CGIAR Research projects in just a click of a button! The good news is … And the not so good news is … Institutional barriers and collective participatory approach which leads to gaps and incomplete information By having information in one central repository we are able to carry out research that is complementary and focus on high leverage areas April2010 Regional collective action; eastern and southern Africa Contact: Evelyn Katingi(e.katingi@cgiar.org) http://www.ilri.org/regionalplan/index.php