W3/Bilateral Project Mapping

Overview

The 2025–30 Portfolio explicitly aims to: “encompass all of CGIAR’s work, across all Centers and all sources of funding”. The GST oversees “cross-partnership efforts to progressively bring Centers’ W3 and bilaterally funded work into closer alignment with Program/ Accelerator high-level outputs and theories of change”. This needs to “Avoid disincentives… not reduce W1/2 allocations because of mapping bilateral projects… and avoid complex reporting requirements”. 

Looking back, 80% of Centers’ W3 and bilaterally funded work (by value) was mapped to P/As in 2025 and:

• Informed Center Delegate assignments

• Informed Critical Capability allocations

• Contributed results that are being integrated into 2025 Technical Report products. 

• Looking forward, updated w3/bilateral mapping is required by end Q2 2026 to inform key decisions, processes and products.

Who is involved

The Alignment Working Group formed in 2024 delivered the 2025 w3/bilateral mapping. This group will now be reconstituted:

• Center DDG-Rs/their nominees

  • 1 representative per Center + alternate 

• Optional - P/A Directors/their nominees

  • 1 representative per P/A + alternate

The Office of the Chief Scientist Portfolio Performance and Results Team (PPT) coordinates the Alignment Working Group.

Objective

By end June 2026, deliver updated mapping of w3/bilateral projects to Programs and Accelerators, covering 90% of Center portfolios by $ value.