Download - ISPC Task Force Draft Report - Maggie Gill
ISPC Task Force
Report (draft)
ISPC 12; 15 September 2015
Methodology
• 9 members representing 3 major research funders + representatives of Centers, Center Boards, IEA, CO and CB plus ISPC Chair and Exec Director
• 3 virtual meetings
• Review of documents on good practice within other funding organizations and of work done by ISPC to date
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Task to consider how to
strengthen ISPC’s role in
• Providing strategic guidance to FC/SC
• Foresight analyses
• Assessing and reporting of research results
• Prioritization
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Principles endorsed
• Independence from decision-making – not independence from the System
• Need to simplify current complexity of the System as a whole
• Broadening of interpretation of ISPC’s role in partnership
• ISPC should not be involved in monitoring but should be expected to follow up on action taken to respond to issues
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Vision
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ISPC should provide intellectual leadership in giving scientific direction to the CGIAR at the System level in terms of : scientific foresight and prioritization, assessment and delivery of science quality, strategic approaches to partnerships and the development of a rigorous impact culture across the System
Recommendation F&P
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Foresight and prioritization
• ISPC to conduct scientific foresight exercises to inform the development of a prioritization framework
• Timing of major foresight work would relate to revision of the SRF but smaller studies would continue on an annual basis
• ISPC should also lead the development of a System-wide \Foresight and Prioritization network
Recommendation Science Quality • Expand remit to ensure science quality is consistent
across the System
• Requires closer engagement with IEA and SO but also with science committees of Boards and Independent Science Committees of CRPs to bring all relevant knowledge on the issues together
• ISPC, IEA and SO to develop a framework for closer working between these entities which will be reviewed by the external evaluations of ISPC, IEA and SO scheduled to start in 2016
• Continue reviews of cross-disciplinary working
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Recommendation Partnerships
• ISPC should expand its role on partnerships to develop a strategic vision along the whole of the AR4D continuum
• Requires close engagement with GFAR and the SO as well as Centers and CRPs e.g. convening a network on partnerships for impact
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Impact assessment
• ISPC to continue pressing for rigorous assessment of impact CRP and System level, supported by adequate funding
• ISPC should explore the possibility of collaboration with other bodies (e.g. the EC) on assessing the impacts of agricultural research
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Recommendation general
• ISPC should ask for a regular opportunity at FC/SC meetings to raise strategic science and partnership issues for discussion
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Resources required
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Current
resource
–staff
Current
resource
-
activities
Additional
staff resource
Additional
activities
resource
Proposed
new total
staff
Proposed
new total
activities
Foresight and
Prioritization 172 90 400 300 341 390
Science Quality and
relevance 370 80 100 600 180
Partnerships 139 170 83 150 252 320
Impact Assessment 484 505 Continuation
of SIAC
Continuation
of SIAC
484 505
Communication 29 82 50 82 50
Chair and 6 Council
members 415 80 0 495
Exec Director +
Admin support 546 50 596
Operating costs 245 50 295
Grand total 3245 1345 4590
Next steps
• Draft has gone to FC for initial feedback by 28
September
• Draft with TF members if they wish to share with their broader constituencies
• Redrafting to be completed by 13 October
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