Stakeholder reactions: Simone Staiger-Rivas

Simone is Leader of the Institutional Knowledge Sharing project at CIAT. She is also a member of Working Group 2 (partnerships). We asked her how the CG can engage a wider group of stakeholders in the change management process:
I think we need to take a networking type of approach, where the CST and Working Groups [...]

Stakeholder reactions: Mark Holderness

Mark Holderness is Executive Secretary of GFAR and a member of Working Group 2 (partnerships). He feels that global and regional fora have an important role to play in stakeholder consultation surrounding the Change Initiative:
The CGIAR is a key constituent of GFAR since the Forum provides an open, inclusive mechanism for the CG Centers to [...]

Stakeholder reactions: Margret Thalwitz

Margret Thalwitz, Director of Global Programs and Partnerships at the World Bank, gives some views on the change initiative:

I am impressed by the consultative and quite inclusive process and by the dedication of the Working Groups. There are some very good elements here for managing the process effectively. Events have followed a logical progression, from [...]

Stakeholder reactions: Miriam Kinyua

Miriam Kinyua is Associate Professor of Biotechnology at Moi University in Kenya. What are her thoughts about the Change Initiative from a NARS perspective?

Before my appointment at Moi university, I worked at the Kenya Agricultural Research Institute (KARI) as a Center Director (in the station dedicated to wheat research). There, I was involved directly with [...]