1. Capacity Strengthening and Knowledge Management:Achievements in 2010 and Plans for 2011 Elcio Guimarães Simone Staiger-Rivas Katherine Tehelen Sophie Alvarez Eleonora Izquierdo Wilson Celemín http://ciatcapacity.cgiar.org February 2011

3. Knowledge Fair

4. Intellectual Property

5. CRSFacilitation Course

6. Repositioning PRGA in Times of Change

7. Design and Facilitation of Regional Consultancies MP3 (RTB) and MP5 (Water)

8. TropicalFruits

10. PRGA Final Workshop Analysis

12. Achievements 2010 Regional Training Initiative ‒ Process Regional training needs identified in LAC; demand and offer in key issues analyzed: seeds, intellectual property, and participatory research Dialogs with possible partners initiated (e.g., CATIE, PREVAL, CRS, and IICA) Events developed and planned in virtual and physical formats Socialization across the website

13. Plans 2011 Facilitate and cultivate knowledge exchange through a Regional Training Initiative for Latin America and the Caribbean Support the agreement with Colombia through interventions in training and knowledge management Develop research on knowledge management and promote organizational change Strengthen CIAT’s training activities

14. Plans 2011 Regional Training Initiative LAC Theme 1: Seeds (see:Strategy for Seed Systems) Organize a workshop with partners: 23 and 24 March 2011 at CIAT Test the concept Jointly write the concept note

16. Open Access (virtual course), medium term

20. Launch event and/or participatiory planning workshop on:

21. Concreting the baseline by identifying actors and activities for the region

22. Pathway of impact

23. Training needs

25. Coordination with universities and other partners involved in training

28. Analysis of users and objectives (results: changes in knowledge and skills, expected application of knowledge)

29. Surveys based on objectives and achievements

30. Monitoring of calls and visits

32. Strengthening the CRS in knowledge management

33. CIRAD’s postharvest proposal

35. Modules at 1 day or half a day each, in combinations according to demand:

36. Collaborative tools, e.g., Google documents, Google sites, and SurveyMonkey

37. Facilitation of meetings

38. Design of meetings

39. S&E of KM

40. Communications, social media (tools and methods: Twitter, blogs, wikis, webpages, Yammer)

41. Open Access

42. Analysis of social networks, mapping, and facilitation

43. OLMs and PIPA – project planning

45. Promote the “flagship publication”

47. Training courses

49. Valid international insurance

50. Obligatory visa

51. Norms on indemnification values Management of agreements with universities and partner training institutions Improve database management Study impact (see Plans 2011: 3. Research …) Promote and support training events

52. Our Team Simone Staiger-Rivas, Leader Paola Andrea Victoria, Knowledge Management Katherine Tehelen, Knowledge Management and administration (leaving first semester 2011) Sophie Alvarez, Consultant Monitoring & Evaluation Eleonore Izquierdo, Capacity Strengthening Willson Celemín, Capacity Strengthening and administration http://ciatcapacity.cgiar.org