The mission of the Institutional Learning and Change (ILAC) Initiative is to strengthen the capacity of collaborative programmes to promote pro-poor agricultural innovation and to ensure that research and development activities are managed more effectively to contribute to poverty reduction. The specific focus of ILAC is on those collaborative arrangements that target and actively engage poor farmers and other poor people. The ILAC team is based in Rome, Italy.
ILAC Factsheet
ILAC is hosted by Bioversity International (formerly known as the International Plant Genetic Resources Institute) which is one of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (CGIAR) Centers.
The ILAC Initiative pursues the following objectives:
- Identify, support and draw lessons from collaborative pro-poor agricultural innovation programmes
- Develop the capacity of collaborative programmes for pro-poor agricultural innovation
- Foster visionary leadership and make organizations more supportive of pro-poor agricultural innovation
- Facilitate knowledge sharing within the emerging community of rural innovation professionals
Approaches for improving evaluation and impact assessment, focusing on institutional learning and change, have been outlined in a series of ILAC Briefs that are available in print publications and on the ILAC Webpage.
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