Maggie Gill Update on ISPC

Update on ISPCMaggie Gill, ISPC Chair

Update since meeting in Lima in May

1. CRPs – moving from commentaries to assessments

2. Changes in Council and Secretariat3. Adapting to new governance4. Meetings and publications 5. Planning for the future

http://ispc.cgiar.org/

CRPshttp://ispc.cgiar.org/

1. Completion of commentaries on CRPs published on 16 June

2. Interaction with CGIAR Science Leaders on 16 June

3. Desk drafting of assessments of 31 July CRP submissions

4. Interactions with FEWG – donor reviews5. Closed meeting agreeing ratings of CRPs and

FPs – going live at 18.00

CRPshttp://ispc.cgiar.org/

1. Review of GLDC – will be submitted on 16th

September together with Strategy paper for SC

ISPC role• 24 FPs have improved their relative ratings between

pre-proposal and assessment stages

• To anticipate possible negative consequences (on science and delivery of outcomes) of decisions regarding allocation of W1 and 2 funding

• To help make the case for the interdisciplinary and transdisciplinary science being undertaken within the portfolio which largely depends on W1 and 2 funding.


Quote from Guidance Notes for Call

‘A coherent set of interconnected 2017-2022 pre-proposals to address the selected global challenges identified in CGIAR’s 2016 – 2030 SRF’


Quote from SRFhttp://ispc.cgiar.org/

What will be done differently:

Strategically building a more coherent and integrated portfolio of second generation CRPs that will collectively deliver System Level Outcomes by partners.

Characterising the portfolio

• GREAT opportunity – inter-disciplinary and trans-disciplinary at a global level (trans-disciplinary meaning in this context meaning crossing the boundaries between research and development)


Changes in Council and Secretariathttp://ispc.cgiar.org/

1. Segenet Kelemu leaves us after 2.5 years at end of September

2. Holger Meinke joined us in May3. Nighisty Ghezae and Prabhu Pingali join us

this month4. One more Council member being recruited5. Tim Kelley leaves the Secretariat and SPIA at

end of September

Adapting to new governance

• SMB – ISPC Chair is an active observer

• System Council – ISPC is an active observer

• ISPC still waiting for new Terms of Reference


Meetings and publications

• SPIA workshop

• Study of Development Corridors


Planning for the future• Quality of science• Foresight• Prioritization• Science of impact

• ISPC Theory of Change
