The document discusses the International Livestock Research Institute's (ILRI) Research Management System (RMS). The RMS is an online system that manages ILRI's project, human resources, budget, grant, and work plan information. It aims to harmonize and streamline ILRI's management processes. Some key benefits of the RMS include providing real-time access to information, facilitating planning and implementation, and allowing for decentralization across projects. The RMS serves as a temporary solution until the full One Corporate System is implemented across the CGIAR Consortium.

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Developing capacity Influencing decisions
ILRI’s research management system (RMS)
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3 strategic lessons on:
1. High management quality and standards
2. Increased empowerment
3. Better coordination across units e.g
research, HR, grants
1. Reliability of information
2. Facilitated re-usability of
information
3. Speeded up decision making
Wanjala N. Fridah, Poole Jane, Quiros Carlos , Agnes Odanga
Delivering science
Introduction:
The RMS is an online system for managing ILRI’s information at Project,
CRP, HR, Budgets and grants and work plan levels.
Current state:
 Information across the CGIAR Consortium is decentralized
 9 CG centers and the Consortium office came together and OCS (One
Corporate System) was initiated.
OCS is designed to develop a common, automated, and Integrated
operational support system for functions across the CGIAR Consortium
Research Management System (RMS) was designed to ensure a smooth
transition to OCS.
1. Online access to real-time information
2. Enhanced project planning and
implementation
3. Facilitate decentralization across projects
Partners
 Project Management Officers
 Project investigators
 CRP leaders
 Human resources
 Contracts and Grants office
Goals
The RMS acts as a ‘temp’ solution to the OCS. The RMS aims at:
 Harmonizing processes, data and information across programs
in ILRI
 Simplifying information sharing, comparability, aggregation and
consolidation
 Improving and streamlining program and administrative
management processes
Focus
 Collection of data at HR , Finance, Projects , Work plans and CRP
levels
 Generating reports from this data.
 Creating linkages between projects, CRP’s, staff and finances for
better coordination of activities across ILRI programs.
RMS quality reporting capabilities
Results
The RMS web interface (Projects )