Introduction to CGIAR Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR)

Scaling of innovations is a key requirement for addressing societal challenges in sectors such as health, agriculture, and the environment. Research for development (R4D) programs, projects and other interventions struggle to make particular innovations go to scale.

The Introduction to CGIAR Innovation Packages and Scaling Readiness (IPSR) offers IRRI participants a comprehensive understanding of how to design, implement, and monitor scaling strategies for agricultural innovations within research for development contexts. This course leverages the principles and tools of Scaling Readiness, a framework developed by CGIAR and led by Wageningen University and IITA, to support decision-making on the scaling of innovations.

The Scaling Readiness is an essential knowledge and tools to effectively scale agricultural innovations within the framework of One CGIAR’s new stage-gating and performance management system. Scaling Readiness plays a crucial role in this cross-CGIAR initiative, driving significant changes across the organization by ensuring that all CGIAR Initiatives adopt and integrate its principles. Participants will learn to assess the readiness of innovations, identify bottlenecks, and develop strategies to overcome these challenges, thereby increasing the likelihood of achieving development outcomes at scale.

Participants will learn how Scaling Readiness has been successfully embedded in the project and performance management systems of CGIAR Research Initiative, and how its application can contribute to the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals through more effective innovation scaling strategies. Through its standardized data collection and analysis approach, Scaling Readiness can be used to monitor a portfolio of innovation and scaling investments. It also supports prioritization, and decisions on the advancement of innovations to achieve societal outcomes at scale in the most resource-efficient way.