"Partnering for Impact: IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for Improved Food and Nutrition Security" presentation by Karen Brooks, Director, CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions and Markets, on 25 November 2013 in Brussels, Belgium.

1. Partnerships for
policy research impact
Karen Brooks,
PIM Director
Partnering for Impact
IFPRI-European Research Collaboration for
Improved Food and Nutrition Security
November 25, 2013 - Brussels

3. Four types of partners
Research
Implementation
Outreach
Funding

4. Core principles
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Foster cross-Center research
Collaborate with advanced research institutes
Systematically look for synergies with other CRPs
Use decision tree for deliberate selection of
partners
• Identify champions early
• Partner with local organizations and build their
capacity
• Track partnerships and the relevance of PIM’s work
to partners as part of PIM M&E system

5. The PIM decision tree
• Why is the topic important? What is the demand
for output?
• What action might result?
• Is the action politically feasible?
• Who will undertake the action?
• What information do they need, and when?

6. Learning Network
Measuring Distortions
• Several separate initiatives to measure weaknesses and
distortions in a country’s incentive environment relative
to other countries
• Collaborative effort between PIM, OECD, FAO, IADB, and
WB to form a learning network
• Improving country coverage for non-OECD countries and
closing data gaps
• Facilitating sharing of methodologies and providing peer
review of results
Towards improved and harmonized methodologies
to measure distortions in incentive environment

7. Alignment with Regional Priorities
Mapping Investments in Africa
• Planning and implementation of investments requires
geo-spatial mapping of existing initiatives
• Mapping ongoing activities under CRPs, SRO
programs, and national investment plans in Africa (Horn
of Africa, then ECOWAS and CORAF countries)
• Contribution to development of New Alliance for Food
Security and Nutrition’s Technology Platform for Africa
• In support of Comprehensive African Agricultural
Development Programme
Geospatial tools to promote technology uptake
and alignment of investments in Africa

8. Active Engagement with Policymakers
Program for Biosafety Systems
• Demand driven policy research to support decisionmaking (e.g., support to Uganda Biosafety Bill Process)
• Broad-based coalition to effect policy change
(government/biosafety authorities, private
sector, academia, NGOs, foundations, bi- and multilateral donors, end-users)
• Long-standing engagement with local partners
(e.g., Uganda National Council of Science and
Technology)
• Capacity building – Ownership in the policy process
Recognized record of contributions to development
of workable regulatory systems in 10 countries

9. Capacity Building
Developing Sex-Disaggregated Data
• Developing guidelines for collecting and analyzing data
for gender analysis in agriculture
• Working with statistical agencies (FAO, WB, national
agencies) to include sex disaggregation into survey
instruments in order to develop new gender data
• UN Women and UN Statistics are using PIM Strategic
Gender Research on data in pilot project on collecting
sex-disaggregated asset data
• Building capacity of other CRPs
Contribution towards closing
the gender knowledge gap

10. Looking ahead
• Reach out to major institutional partners with
complementary programs
• Strengthen partnerships with universities in developing
tools
• Enhance alignment of PIM research with programs of
SROs
• Enhance capacity through using web-based training
materials
• Strengthen complementarity between analytical
strength of PIM and implementation experience of
governments and development partners to design
innovative programs