The CGIAR Global Director of Business Operations and Finance, Marion Barriskell, and Senior Director of Facilities Management, Security, and Administration, Gail Amare, visited the Ibadan headquarters of IITA–CGIAR recently to explore some of the Institute’s best practices for adoption by other CGIAR centers. This is part of CGIAR’s efforts to improve its centers’ efficiency to create a highly effective streamlining of work processes.
The visit also focused on increasing resources to enhance collaboration among the CGIAR centers and the different strategies various units use to accelerate technologies.
IITA Deputy Director General Corporate Services Hilde Koper introduced the team to the activities of the Institute, including the newest hub—Sahel hub.