Strategic Performance Areas for ILRI Success

The critical success factors: five performance areas in which ILRI must excel to achieve its strategic objectives focusing and monitoring progress for every area of the institute

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Influence practice, policy and choices From program and CRP outcomes and theories of change in priority locations Update of ILRI outputs / practices at scale Global livestock agenda National and regional policies and budgets Global development agenda Targets from program and CRP outcomes Identify the global development initiatives where livestock should feature Articulate criteria for prioritisation ILRI to be part of key global livestock initiatives: Articulate criteria; list the initiatives; articulate role(s) Identify key ILRI (and CRP) countries Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock (and Global Livestock Alliance) Livestock Research Group of the Global Research Alliance Global Alliance for Climate Smart Agriculture ..etc Targets from program and CRP outcomes articulated in regional plans For each initiative identify what will be seen (eg being consulted, on a panel, providing evidence, etc) Requests to contribute to national/region al planning Livestock in the investment plans

Get the science right Completion and implementation of science strategy Charts to track each program Rolling 3-year plans for each program /region /CRP Identification of the key metrics to be charted Set benchmarks for each program so that the chart turns red/amber/ green at appropriate level which will vary for different programs

ILRI program metrics hypothetical Target outputs G 100% achieved A 75% achieved R 50% or less achieved Staffing G targets and ratios for skills; levels and regions articulated and met A all articulated 75% met R unclear targets and ratios OR less than 50% staffed Publications G 2 or more publications per FTE A 1 to 2 publications per FTE R less than 1 publication per FTE Resource mobilization G 75% or more of resources sourced A 50 75% resources sourced R less than 50% resources sourced; unclear targets

ILRI program metrics bottom up Principal scientist Senior scientist Scientist Post doc PhD Project PI/coordinator Funds raised Other Research activities Institute activities IACUC/IREC/IBS Other Research outputs ISI paper Other Outcomes: influence High Level Policy engagement Other Grad students at ILRI Trainings led Trainings lectures given Outcomes: capacity dev Number of outputs Time funded CRP (%) Time funded by project 1. Running research: resource mobilisation; leading research (principal investigator or project co-ordinator) 2. Institutional development: participation in ILRI committees, develop of research ideas and proposals, contribution to fundraising to programs etc. 3. Research outputs quantity and relevance of published peer-reviewed research, research outputs and contributions to joint research outputs. First & last author Other= book chapter; non-ISI journal; reports & other papers; databases; video/audio/image; software 4. Influence: interaction (level and meaningful) with policy makers; major meetings; networks; websites; conference & workshop presenation Other= workshop/meeting; maintain web/blog/network; organise major event/meeting 5. Capacity development: Mentoring of research staff, supervision of staff, students and training

Get the science right

Grow the capacity Capacity of ILRI and partners to take research outputs to scale Capacity of ILRI and partners to plan and undertake strategic livestock research Development of capacity to take specified projects to required scale Implementation of specified projects to required scale # Of VC actors/ Farmers/ beneficiaries reached Individual: # Trainees (ILRI & external, short and long term incl Fellowships) # of ILRI staff with appropriate partnering capacity (R4D interface) Organizational: # NRS staff trained # Training manuals/ Tools/ created # Collaborations (training or other) with NARI s Identification of appropriate partnership modalities (Business case) # Of successful partnerships gone to scale (define how many e.g 100K)

Fit for purpose Development of ILRI to maximise efficiency and effectiveness Financial performance against budget Development and implementation of work force plan Monitor existing KPIs and adjust as needed Identification of the top 3 things that if addressed would make the biggest difference Work force plan with appropriate targets and ratios articulated in terms of skills; levels; regions for ILRI and per program Overall and by program performance against budget

Secure sustainable and appropriate funding From program and CRP targets concept note/proposal pipeline resources raised concept notes / proposals submitted: # and value, current year + 2yrs, average size ($) & length (yrs), # new donors concept notes / proposals approved: # and value, current year + 2yrs, average size ($) & length (yrs), # new donors signed contracts : # and value, current year + 2yrs (e.g. 2015- 2017), average size ($) and length (yrs), # new donors signed contracts in previous 12 months: # and value, average size ($) & length (yrs), # new donors Targets to be proposed per - Program - Country - CRP