Report of the First Centre-Commissioned Review of the Systemwide Livestock Programme (SLP) together with the Response of ILRI and Partners to the Review Report, the TAC Commentary on the Review, and the transmittal letter from the Chair of TAC to the Chairman of the CGIAR

Abstract

This is a unique review because, while the Review was commissioned and managed by the Board of ILRI, TAC collaborated closely with ILRI in developing the terms of reference and in the selection of the Panel Chair and Members. This was possible because of TAC's own plan to undertake an external review of this Systemwide Programme. The review report was presented to the Board and Management of ILRI who, in association with other participating centres, prepared a written response. The Report of the Panel is accompanied by two attachments. The first contains the TAC commentary, which summarizes TAC's views on the Panel Report and on the Response of ILRI and the SLP participating centres. The second attachment is the Response of ILRI and the SLP participating centres to the Panel Report. The Committee believes that this Review model offers a promising alternative for more efficiently managing and effectively evaluating systemwide programmes and perhaps even other cross-centre activities.