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Chapter4 Pathway to Impact:Supporting andEvaluatingEnablingEnvironments forResearch forDevelopment TonyaSchuetz,WiebkeF€orch,PhilipThornton, and IoannisVasileiou Abstract The chapter presents a research for development program’s shift froma LogframeApproach to an outcome and results-basedmanagement orientedMoni- toring, Evaluation andLearning (MEL) system.TheCGIARResearch Programon Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security (CCAFS) is designing an impact pathway-basedMELsystem that combines classic indicators of process in research with innovative indicators of change.Wehavedeveloped amethodology for evalu- atingwithour stakeholders factors thatenableor inhibitprogress towardsbehavioral outcomes in our sites and regions. Our impact pathways represent our best under- standing of howengagement can bridge the gap between research outputs and out- comes indevelopment.Ourstrategies forenablingchange includeastrongemphasis onpartnerships, social learning,gendermainstreaming,capacitybuilding, innovative communication andMELthat focusesonprogress towardsoutcomes. It presents theapproach to theoryofchange, impactpathwaysand results-based managementmonitoring, evaluationand learning system.Our results highlight the importance of engaging users of our research in the development of Impact Pathways and continuously throughout the life of the program. Partnerships with diverse actors such as the private sector and policy makers is key to achieving change, like the attention to factors such as social learning, capacity building, T. Schuetz IndependentConsultant,Munich,Germany e-mail: schuetztonya@gmail.com W.F€orch DeutscheGesellschaft für InternationaleZusammenarbeit (GIZ)GmbH,PrivateBagX12 (Village),Gaborone,Botswana e-mail:W.Foerch@cgiar.org P.Thornton (*) CGIARResearchProgramonClimateChange,Agriculture andFoodSecurity (CCAFS), InternationalLivestockResearch Institute (ILRI),Nairobi,Kenya e-mail: P.THORNTON@cgiar.org I.Vasileiou WorldBank,Washington,DC,USA e-mail: ivasileiou@worldbank.org ©TheAuthor(s) 2017 J.I.Uitto et al. (eds.),EvaluatingClimateChangeAction for Sustainable Development,DOI10.1007/978-3-319-43702-6_4 53