"The 2010 RUFORUM Biennial Conference was the second in the series. The main objective of the Biennial conferences is to provide a platform for agricultural research for development stakeholders in Africa and beyond to actively exchange findings and experiences, while at the same time learning lessons towards improving performance of the agricultural sector and ultimately people’s livelihoods. The biennial conference is RUFORUM’s most comprehensive meeting for the diversity of stakeholers in agriculture. It is especially dedicated to graduate students and their supervisors, grantees in RUFORUM member universities and alumni. It is a platform for peer review, quality control, mentorship, networking and shared learning. This record contains an extended abstract accepted under the theme socio-economics".
Building your partnering muscles: Seven core competencies
Abstract:
Partnership brings together complementary skills and institutional
synergy in addressing the complex challenges in agricultural
research for development. Therefore, no institution can afford
to ignore it and at the same time expect to deliver impact. Seven
core competencies for the success of partnerships have been
identified: leadership, ability to negotiate, conflict management
skills, effective communication, effective facilitation in
identification of core issues, effective inter-personal relations
and organizational ability. Seeking out training, coaches and
mentors who can help inculcate the principles of these seven
competencies can help program and project managers chart a
course for learning to consistently make partnering work for
them and their teams. This practice of ‘’building partnering
muscles’’ should be adopted to improve delivery of impacts in
agricultural research and development.
Le partenariat réunit ensemble des compétences
complémentaires et une synergie institutionnelle pour relever
les défis complexes en matière de recherche agricole pour le
développement. Par conséquent, aucune institution ne peut se
permettre de l’ignorer et réaliser l’impact. Sept compétences
de base pour le succès des partenariats ont été identifiées: le
leadership, la capacité à négocier, les compétences de gestion
des conflits, la communication efficace, une animation efficace
dans l’identification des questions de base, de bonnes relations
interpersonnelles et la capacité organisationnelle. Chercher une
formation, des formateurs et des mentors qui peuvent aider à
inculquer les principes de ces sept compétences peut aider les
gestionnaires de programme de projet à tracer la voie pour
apprendre à faire constamment des partenariats de travail pour
eux et leurs équipes. Cette pratique de la « formation du
partenariat musclé » devrait être adoptée pour améliorer la prestation des impacts dans la recherche agricole et le
développement.
Language:
English
Date of publication:
2010
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Region Focus:
East Africa
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RUFORUM Conferences and Workshops
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Open Access
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Printed resource
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Extent:
1521-1525
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