1. Getting Learning to Innovate
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Topic Working Group going
Boru Douthwaite
Innovation and Impact Director,
Challenge Program on Water and Food
Basin Leader Meeting
Vientiane, Laos, 19th January 2011

2. Where we got to yesterday
Where we got to yesterday
“Good enough” agreement on what conceptually we
Good enough agreement on what conceptually we
are to start
A hybrid between Community of Practice and Learning
Alliance
A platform that supports the ‘practice’ of doing research
for development
for development
The benefits
Support the C&C projects and BLs in particular
Support the C&C projects and BLs in particular
Build CPWF competency in doing research for
development
Learn what works and what does not

3. What we might do?
What we might do?
Pull together and synthesize lessons in what works
Pull together and synthesize lessons in what works
and what does not in harnessing research to
innovation processes
Identify critical capacity development needs and
oversee an initiative to meet them
Arrange exchange visits amongst BLs and C&C
projects
Write a position paper
PLAN ACT REFLECT

4. Identified some of the things that
need working on yesterday
need working on yesterday

5. War chest
War chest
Budget
Worst case $100k; conservative $320k in 2011
What was in
Gender mainstreaming
Ensuring quality of research and process (money for
external review)
Training in policy influence
Support innovation research
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Gap analysis, support innovation research champions
Building facilitation skills for BLs, key staff in BDCs
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Support to emerging opportunity