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ICIMOD Programme Advisory Committee and Board Executive
Committee meetings, June 2009
Mid-year meetings of the Board Executive (BEC) and (IPA) should be institutionalised; d) the trans-Himalayan
Programme Advisory (PAC) Committees were organised transect approach is a powerful concept and its
in Kathmandu from 24-26 June preceded by a workshop feasibility should be examined as a possible centre-wide
on impact pathway analysis. framework; e) ICIMOD should transfer different elements
of the Godavari Demonstration Centre experience to
Impact pathway analysis (IPA) workshop other regional member countries as per the suitability
of each country’s ecosystem; and f) ICIMOD should
The Programme Advisory Committee Chair, Dr.
highlight both problems and solutions in its publications.
Jacqueline Ashby, organised a workshop on impact
In addition, fi ve working groups discussed fi ve regional
pathway analysis (IPA) as an input to the PAC and
programmes and concepts and made useful suggestions
BEC meetings. The objective was to enhance the
for the programmes.
presentation of ICIMOD programmes and to support
internal capacity building. Three projects/programmes
were taken as case studies: rangeland management,
BEC meeting highlights
cinnamomum value chain, and the MAPPA network. The The Board Executive Committee discussed different
results of the workshop were shared in the PAC and BEC aspects of ICIMOD’s upcoming mid-term evaluation.
meetings. It was suggested that impact pathway analysis
should be used as a tool and integrated with ICIMOD’s
internal planning and evaluation work.
PAC meeting highlights
The Programme Advisory Committee discussed
various aspects of ICIMOD’s strategic programmes.
The main suggestions made were a) a note on the
implementation issues faced by regional programmes
should be prepared and shared at the November
Board Meeting; b) the role of social scientists (including
economists) should be enhanced especially in climate
change adaptation work; c) impact pathway analysis
Rangelands and herders in TAR, China
After a comprehensive discussion, it was agreed
that PAC and BEC will provide suggestions to the
coordinator of this task, Dr Daniel Maselli. The
neccessity of keeping the evaluation at the strategic level
should be stressed and the process should be endorsed
by the Board of Governors.
Madhav Karki, mkarki@icimod.org
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