 rapidly review how IFS works in the present.  present our thoughts on how we are planning to operate in future.

 What IFS does?  Why it does it?  Where the focus is?  Looking at the Future ?  How should we go forwards?

Individual competitive research grants Capacity enhancement support What IFS does? Why ? Where the focus is? Looking at the Future? How could we go forwards? IFS present

Support relevant, high quality research - locally Knowledge for development Individual competitive research grants Capacity enhancement support Critical mass of science leaders Focus: Young scientists LIC/LMICs ‘Brain drain’ Innovations Entrepreneurs Global debate What IFS does? Why ? Where the focus is? Looking at the Future? How could we go forwards? Expand opportunity for women scientists IFS present

Sustainable water use Sustainable biological resources use Knowledge for development Social context: of peoples livelihoods and poverty alleviation options What IFS does? Why ? Where the focus is? Looking at the Future? How could we go forwards? E.g. Managers need efficient and flexible ways to allocate water among competing quantity and quality demands for human use (such as energy, agriculture, fisheries, and urban consumption) and for healthy ecosystems (such as forests, wetlands, and oceans). E.g. World needs to double food supply over next 40 years, lifting billion people out of poverty and hunger, in ways that are environmentally sustainable. This requires accelerated research, enhanced extension services, and improved market infrastructure to meet food needs IFS present

What IFS does? Why ? Where the focus is? Looking at the Future? How could we go forwards? IFS present Useful to pose the following questions. What world are we preparing reasearchers for? What must we teach? Whom are we teaching? Who is teaching? Useful to pose the following questions. What world are we preparing reasearchers for? What must we teach? Whom are we teaching? Who is teaching?

What IFS does? Why ? Where the focus is? What is on the horizon? How could we go forwards? IFS present IFS future

IFS future IFS has a strong reputation and an impressive track record, good engagement with many scientific advisers and affiliated organisations. Exciting opportunity to re-envision the structure and direction:  Renew core commitments ‘to support the best men and women scientists early in their careers and to maintain a focus on sustainable management of biological and water resources’.  Use Results-Based Management approaches and broad participation to envision, design, implement and monitor future efforts.  Design an effective and efficient IFS structure fit for purpose within today’s research and development architecture.  Build our capacity for impact and secure long-term funding.

- Piloting support for interdisciplinary The IFS foci on biological and water resources issues have huge relevance to development. By addressing, with more clarity of purpose, the development relevance of IFS research, can the organisation improve client satisfaction, development impact and more effectively leverage complementary development assistance The IFS foci on biological and water resources issues have huge relevance to development. By addressing, with more clarity of purpose, the development relevance of IFS research, can the organisation improve client satisfaction, development impact and more effectively leverage complementary development assistance Programme 1: Disciplinary research Programme 2: Interdisciplinary grant to 3-5 IFS grantees Programme 3: Interdisciplinary grant to leverage additional funding The primary role of IFS should be to help young scientists get established by supporting them to produce excellent science. An excellent way to build networks amongst young scientists and to build capacity for interdisciplinary working is a programme to incentivise consortia of grantees to tackle small interdisciplinary projects with a development context. Successful grantees of Programmes 1 and 2 become eligible for seed funding in support of larger grant applications from other sources such as EU, GEF climate change funds with IFS grantee partners or others. The programme for 1 st time applicants addresses the eight disciplines currently offered by IFS The programme for non - 1 st time applicants addresses important development assistance themes defined (and realigned every 2 years) at the regional level, taking account of national PRSPs, changing climate scenarios, regional agendas (e.g. Africa NEPAD, ASERECA) to define issues of regional research and development significance The programme for non - 1 st time applicants aims to be a link to larger development assistance, providing grant and capacity enhancing support for grantees to leverage longer term financial support by research or development agencies IFS future: Programmes

- Increased emphasis on tackling interdisciplinary development agendas How could this contribute to IFS broadening its funding base and develop links with large-scale development assistance or more long term financial commitments by development agencies? Could IFS interdisciplinary project build essential capacity to tackle collaboratively, broader development agendas which are more attractive to development donors? How could this contribute to IFS broadening its funding base and develop links with large-scale development assistance or more long term financial commitments by development agencies? Could IFS interdisciplinary project build essential capacity to tackle collaboratively, broader development agendas which are more attractive to development donors? Programme 2: Interdisciplinary grant to 3-5 IFS grantees Programme 3: Interdisciplinary grant to leverage additional funding Programme 1: Disciplinary research Leverage support from international banks/donors International Bank/donor projects tackling climate change, biodiversity loss, integrated water use, supporting sustainable livelihoods, and growing urbanisation Research and development partners in search of quality DC science Provide seed funding and CES Increase success rate of grantees winning funds Calls for applications for research, development, environment funding (including WB Development Market Place, EU, GEF, Climate change adaptation and mitigation initiatives) IFS future: Programmes

Envisioning Process Results-Based Management Administration Programmes Finance Develop as distributed organisation Revitalise secretariat HRM Admin costs 3 tiered approachRationalise SACs Resource Mobilisation Strategy Leverage Partnerships/in kind resources/cost sharing Pitch Research Management role/donors contract out Sell Capacity building role to donors/ government/NGOs/projects Join consortia to bid for frameworks Support alumni to access further funds IFS future: Five results areas for the near term

Help us to design the Future of IFS Strategic Plan in the Side meeting this evening in the next room Thanks for your attention