The ImpresS ex post method: a co construction process with our partners

The ImpresS ex post method was developed within a strategic project at CIRAD, called "Innovation-Impact", which aimed at constructing an impact assessment framework that would be adapted to the partnership modus operandi of CIRAD, and to develop a "culture of impact” in the institution.

This method was built from different sources:

  • Impact evaluation literature;
  • Transdisciplinary collaboration with international organizations: notably experts (CGIAR, WUR, FIBL-IMPRESA) with a particular fruitful partnership with Asirpa project Team (INRAE-ASIRPA);
  • CIRAD's own work carried out since 2011 by impact assessment working groups;
  • Two methodological workshops organized by CIRAD in October 2014 where CIRAD researchers and their partners from developing countries tested the methodology, and in February 2015 when the results were analyzed and discussed, also with partners from other research institutions ;
  • Lessons learned and feedback from researchers and their partners from the 13 case studies on which the method was applied between 2015 and 2016.

New cases studies have been launched in 2020, and 2 case studies every two year are planned from 2023 onwards.

A guide for the application of the method was published in 2017 in French, in 2018 in English and in Spanish. Several journal articles were also published about the method and its results. See the resources sections of the website for more information.