2. Foro Regional de las Américas para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario

3. From Priority-Setting to Project Implementation By Compton L. Paul

4. n Methodology n R&D priorities for CARICOM n R&D programme formulation for CARDI n Project implementation n Lessons learnt

5. Evaluation Criteria (Scoring Method) l Economic importance0.4 l Social importance0.3 l Institutional importance0.2 l Environmental importance0.1

6. Establish Working Group Compile Baseline Information Send to clients and stakeholders, IICA, ISNAR Conduct priority-setting exercise Regional Workshop of CARDI staff and key stakeholders (IICA and ISNAR Consultants assist) SMC finalizes options PREFERRED OPTION Dispatched to BOD 50 th BOD Recommendations to BOG Implementation (2001-2006) Priority Setting Exercise

7. Steps in Research Programme Formulation Steps in Research Programme Formulation

8. Leewards St Kitts/Nevis, Montserrat, Antigua Water use Agronomy (fruits,vegetables) Entomology Approved Strategic Option for CARDI 2001-2006 (R&D Focus) Belize Seeds (Hot Pepper, Cereals, Grain legume) uSeeds Jamaica IPM Land & Water Use Goats Barbados Improved Plant Germplasm Blackbelly Sheep T/C material Trinidad & Tobago Sheep Organic Farming uBiometrics uMarketing uAgribusiness Headquarters (Trinidad) Executive Management PROCICARIBE R&D Directorate Corporate Services (HR, Fin.) Info & Comm Resource Mobilisation Biometrics Marketing/Quality Assurance Agric Economics Windwards St Lucia, Dominica, Grenada, St Vincent/Grenadines Agronomy (fruits, roots, vegetables) Pathology PHT Dry Ecozone uSeeds Wet, hilly Ecozone uSeeds

9. Relationship between Operational, Medium-Term and Strategic Plans at CARDI

10. Expected Impact

11. l Partnerships l Strategic Alliances l Information systems l Technical Assistance l Institutional Capacity Development l Farmer Participatory Research l Resource Mobilization l Research Coordination l Commercial and Subsistence Farmers, Other Clients /Stakeholders

12. Lessons Learnt l Cross-section of stakeholders l Preparation of stakeholders l Databases l Dubious previous priority-setting methodologies l Commodity bias l Constraints analyses lacking l Political bias l Countries jockey for political clout Continued

13. Lessons Learnt (Ctd) l Large number of countries complexity of process l Donor preferences l Commodity vs constraints

14. Foro Regional de las Américas para la Investigación y el Desarrollo Tecnológico Agropecuario