Online course on innovation and scaling now available in French and Spanish

The course is free, takes approximately three hours, and provides a certificate to those who successfully complete it.

By hosting the course on the online learning platform thinkific, it is accessible to audiences internal and external to CGIAR.

Content in the course is provided through short reading materials, video snippets and quizzes. The course covers six Modules that answer questions such as:

• What do we mean with innovation?
• How do innovations scale as part of packages?
• How do we ensure (gender-)responsible scaling?
• How do we measure the Scaling Readiness of innovations?
• How to develop evidence-based scaling strategies with partners?
• Why investing in innovation portfolio management?

As part of CGIAR’s commitment to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, innovation and scaling concepts are centrally positioned in the CGIAR 2030 Research and Innovation Strategy, and in the new CGIAR Initiative portfolio. To support Initiative teams and partners to develop a common understanding of innovation and scaling in the context of agricultural research for development, an online course was developed.

“We noticed interest in, and a need for innovation and scaling capacity strengthening across the organization, which basically kicked off the development of the course”, says Marc Schut, Senior Innovation and Scaling Advisor and Scientist working with CGIAR and Wageningen University. “We then conducted a needs assessment among CGIAR scientist, innovation and scaling experts and managers, which informed the key content and format of the online course”, he adds.