PICOTEAM is a network-organisation with nodes in Africa, Latin America and Europe
that supports efforts to bring about change and innovations for sustainable development.
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2. Institutional arrangements for integrated research / innovation systems
With the ‘confusion’ of the agricultural research systems in their transformation from
‘producing knowledge’ in the 1960’s to now ‘impact on alleviation of poverty’ not only
approaches to research are changing. Increasingly there is a need to re-look the entire
context of the institutional arrangements and innovation systems and their integration
from local to internationally based research. A range of processes at different levels
aiming at a better integration and alignment of agendas and action of national, regional
and international agricultural research are presently under way.PICOTEAM members have been involved in processes negotiating and conceptualising alternative
institutional arrangements at all levels, supporting through: • Studies on new institutional arrangements
• Facilitating conceptual and integration workshops to design new arrangements
• Reviews of partnership arrangements between different actors
• Implementation of action research projects on operationalising alternative arrangements
‘producing knowledge’ in the 1960’s to now ‘impact on alleviation of poverty’ not only
approaches to research are changing. Increasingly there is a need to re-look the entire
context of the institutional arrangements and innovation systems and their integration
from local to internationally based research. A range of processes at different levels
aiming at a better integration and alignment of agendas and action of national, regional
and international agricultural research are presently under way.PICOTEAM members have been involved in processes negotiating and conceptualising alternative
institutional arrangements at all levels, supporting through: • Studies on new institutional arrangements
• Facilitating conceptual and integration workshops to design new arrangements
• Reviews of partnership arrangements between different actors
• Implementation of action research projects on operationalising alternative arrangements