Assessment Of Human Resource Capacity Building Interventions By Selected International Organizations - (achievements Challenges And Prospects) The Case Of Ethiopian Institute Of Agricultural Research

The objective of the study is to assess human resource capacity building initiatives andrnengagement of selected international research organizations, and investigate achievements andrnchallenges as well as provide with recommendations that help Ethiopian Institute ofrnAgricultural Research to realize its missions through competitive and fully capacitated humanrnresource. This study reviewed the composition of employees, with sample size of 124, with regard tornage, service year in EIAR, educational and position profile in the institute; and their familiarity inrnhuman resource capacity building training practice – need assessment, training deliver methods,rnmonitoring and evaluation of training and capacity building interventions. The study also reviewedrnand analyses the involvement of selected CG center organizations in area of human resourcerncapacity development programs for EIAR employees. The study analyzed the data collected throughrnsemi-structured survey questions, key informant interviewees from EIAR and experts from selectedrnpartner CG research centers based in Ethiopia such as ILRI, IFPRI and CIMMYT.rnThe study reveals that, mainly in the organization, there is an absence of systematic employeerntraining needs assessment and weak participation of relevant stakeholders in the training planningrnand need assessment stages. On top of that, the partner organizations face challenges while theyrnseek to engage in capacity building training for EIAR employees. The finding of the study has beenrndrawn from the analysis on the existence of big gap in terms of maintaining the collaborationrnbetween the EIAR and the partner organizations. Besides the culture of evaluation training andrndevelopment is found weak which indeed needed to be customized and implemented to keep thernlearning process from identified improvement areas. Finally the researcher recommends thernimplementation of systematic capacity building training and development process withrncomprehensive guideline that aligned with holistic approach and sound engagement of partnerrninternational organizations for impactful training and capacity development intervention at allrnlevel in Ethiopian Institute of Agricultural Research

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