Investment Plan 2004
In 2004, the ICT-KM Program kicked off with three thrusts that supported 14 inter-related projects that were designed to improve connectivity in the CGIAR and enable staff located in even the remotest of regions to access a wide range of online tools and services. The goal was to give staff the necessary know-how that would equip them to collaborate and share information in a way that would be beneficial to all participants.All but four of these project had achieved completion by the end of 2006.
THRUST 1: ICT for Tomorrow’s Science
This Thrust was divided into two sections: improving the communication infrastructure within the CGIAR, and facilitating scientific innovation within specific communities of practice.
Infrastructure
Global Advanced Research Networks
Enterprise Security and Business Continuity
Videoconferencing for Enhanced Collaboration
Scientific Innovation
CSI: Thinking Spatially, Acting Globally for a Sustainable Future
Utilization of Intelligent Information Systems for Plant Protection
THRUST 2: Content for Development (C4D)
This thrust addressed the need to improve the management of and accessibility to the information resources that are produced or needed by the CGIAR to carry out its mission, as well as meeting the necessity for improved access to tools to support collaborative work. Ffour activities focused on system and process and two on the development and organization of training content in addition to nurturing the development of training-related communities of practice.
System and Process Activities
Four activities worked in an integrated fashion to create a new “website” (the CGIAR Virtual Resources Center [VRC] – later branded as CGXchange ) to provide a common home for accessing information resources, tools and work spaces relevant to the entire CGIAR community and its partners. The aim was for the site to function as a corporate intranet and extranet.
Virtual Resources Center Infrastructure
Scientific Data Standards and Exchange: Capacity Development
Training Content Activities
Virtual Academy for the Semi-Arid Tropics (VASAT)
THRUST 3: A CGIAR without Boundaries
Significant gains are usually brought about as the result of a change in organizational culture and individual behavior. People, and the tacit knowledge they have, are central. By understanding and applying knowledge management (KM) principles, the CGIAR can shift its organizational culture towards one that emphasizes ongoing learning and the collaborative sharing of knowledge. In short, we can create a CGIAR without artificial boundaries. At this stage in the Program, the focus was on Knowledge Management and Sharing (KM/S) given the critical role people and communication play in successful organizations.
Knowledge Management and Sharing
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