ispc15

1. Enhancing the interface between research
and development partners
Item 6

2. Global context of research
• SDGs – need integrated
evidence and approach
• Need for systems solutions and
collective action
• Increased global interest in
impact of publicly funded
research - not just for R4D
• Increased interest in multi-
stakeholder partnerships (MSPs)
/consortia linked research
• CGIAR has linked its SLOs to the
achievement of the SDGs
• Implicitly signaled need to
embed its work within the wider
architecture of partnerships,
platforms, and networks
required to tackle global scale
challenges

3. What the ISPC is contributing: Some examples
• Stock-take on what we know
about linkages between
innovation and impact in agri-
food systems
• Opportunity to explore ways
to use this understanding to
strengthen CGIAR practice
and policy

4. • Agri-food systems innovation and
partnership case studies (with FAO)
• Meta-narrative on agri-food system
innovation
• Impact of research funding modalities on
agri-food system innovation
• Connecting SDGs to the national level to
inform ‘fit-for-purpose’ innovation
• Establishment of a ‘community of interest’
with associated events
• Ag4SDGs initiative (FAO; IFAD; WB;
CGIAR/ISPC)
ISPC: Examples of new and ongoing activities

5. Objective of Item 6
• Update the meeting on new
partnership efforts and visions
• Discuss new modes of
partnership to contribute to
delivering development
outcomes at country level
• Explore opportunities for
leveraging such activities
towards new collaboration
and funding options