CAS-IP 2010 Mid-term Review and Future Scenarios

 

The mission of the Central Advisory Service for Intellectual Property (CAS-IP) is to assist the Alliance Centres of the Consultative Group on International Agricultural Research (www.cgiar.org), their partners and the CGIAR System as a whole in a comprehensive approach to the management of Centre intellectual assets as public goods. Established in 2001, the CAS-IP provides transactional support, capacity building and facilitation of the sharing of experiences across the Centres.

This survey is a part of the Mid-Term Review (MTR) of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs (DGIS) funded project at the CAS-IP, being internally commissioned and managed to inform management of the project within CAS-IP and DGIS.

While focused strongly on activities between 2007-09, this review is taking place at a time of great change in the CGIAR and the international agricultural research-for-development community in general. Consequently, DGIS has requested that the MTR should focus on a monitoring and evaluation (M&E) exercise to the extent required to inform the development of a robust set of recommendations regarding IP systems management in the CGIAR, including likely future scenarios and a proposed bridging strategy (2010-12) during the period when the CGIAR reform process is being finalized.

The survey requires approximately 15-20 minutes of your time.Your participation in this process is most appreciated.

CONFIDENTIALITY: Individual responses will be held in confidence and used only for the purpose of this review. No direct attribution will be made in the review report, and no comments will be forwarded to anyone outside the review team. Names and contacts are optional and will be used for follow up contact, if required, with the respondent or upon the request of the respondent.

Please note that if this e-survey has been sent to you directly, a reviewer may also contact you to request an indepth interview. Further information on the Mid-Term Review, a list of reviewers names and contacts as well as regular updates on the review process: http://casipblog.wordpress.com/about-cas-ip/