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April 2010

Making Browsing of Research Information a Leisure Activity CGMAP ONGOING RESEARCH IN AFRICA.

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April 2010

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  1. Making Browsing of Research Information a Leisure Activity CGMAP ONGOING RESEARCH IN AFRICA • CGMAP Ongoing Research Projects in Africa gives you access to hundreds of projects carried out by CGIAR Centers in the world. The latest development of the map, have been built with views from an evaluation survey we carried out last year (October 2009) making it uniquely user driven. • The map; • Gives accurate project details on who is doing what and where • Has more specific & targeted search • Providesdetailed project information • Links to external related project • Enables social networking for new project development 1. Lean definition of project which capture scientist, partners, research area, countries of research and project time line. 2. Robust search engines that grant maximum accessibility to key information about research. 3. Wide network of scientists and contributor who can also be conducted through the system. Top 3 reasons why you should visit the map http://ongoing-research.cgiar.org/ Everything you need to know about CGIAR Research projects in just a click of a button! The good news is … And the not so good news is … Institutional barriers and collective participatory approach which leads to gaps and incomplete information By having information in one central repository we are able to carry out research that is complementary and focus on high leverage areas April2010 Regional collective action; eastern and southern Africa Contact: Evelyn Katingi(e.katingi@cgiar.org) http://www.ilri.org/regionalplan/index.php

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