Integrated Systems Research Conference

ISPC Secretariat observations

Opportunities to improve quality, value-added, and impact

Impressive amount of work: - Many partners

- Wide range of activities

- Varying quality

http://ispc.cgiar.org/ ISPC 11, Bogor

Essentials

Big Opportunities

• Programmatic and conceptual coherence • Facilitate CoPs of AR4D excellence • Links to ‘frontier science’ / ‘commodity’ CRPs • Foresight – dialogue, capacity and partnership

needs • Regional (global) dialogues / agenda setting • Trade-offs, synergies, and parallel R&D efforts

http://ispc.cgiar.org/ ISPC 11, Bogor

Essentials

• “Capacity to innovate” • Attention to the wider institutional change

agenda • Common narrative – elevator pitch

http://ispc.cgiar.org/ ISPC 11, Bogor