Report of the Task Force on Impact Assessment

Report to MTM95 of a Task Force on Impact Assessment established by the Public Awareness and Resource Mobilization Committee (PARC). This document presents the conclusions of the Task Force to the CGIAR. It draws on the outcome of a workshop organized by the Task Force and held immediately prior to MTM95. Documentation on the workshop is contained in other records.The Task Force endorsed a systemwide impact assessment group to formulate and carry out an ongoing process of impact assessment and performance evaluation for public awareness purposes. Preliminary consideration was given to means of assuring the proposed group's credibility, objectivity, and independence, as well as defining its functions, governance, and relations to the CGIAR as a whole. Agenda document, CGIAR Mid Term Meeting, May 1995.