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In November 2014, I engaged with five Colombian government staff to validate two Outcome Stories prepared by CIAT staff describing governmental changes that CIAT science had influenced. The first Story described how the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development (MADR)1 and the Ministry of Environment and Sustainable Development (MADS) prioritized mitigation actions for the agriculture and livestock sector. CIAT's contribution was its scientific collaboration in 2013 and 2014 with the Colombian government to identify appropriate mitigation measures for the agricultural sector and establish the evidence base for the Colombian Low Emission Development Strategy (LEDS). The second Story described how the Colombian National Planning Department (DNP) developed detailed sector level adaptation plans in part as a result of CIAT researchers' measurement of the economic impacts of climate change in the water, biodiversity and livestock sector. The purpose of the validation was to both verify and enrich the understanding of the influence of CIAT research in decision-making at the policy level.

Discussion opens with a review of nongovernmental organization (NGO) strategic risk management. At issue is how strategic risk management impacts the operations of development NGOs. In this light, the experience of Novib, a Dutch NGO foundation, in managing the risk in the grant-making process is detailed. J. Zendejas

Frontmatter -- Table of Contents -- Introduction -- Section 1. Evaluating Religious and Interreligious Peacebuilding and Dialogue: Challenges, and Implications -- Challenges in Peacebuilding Evaluation -- Vying for Good -- When My Peace Is Not Your Peace -- Exploring Power Dynamics of Religious Leaders -- Section 2. New Models and Tools in Evaluating Religious and Interreligious Peacebuilding -- Transcendence and the Evaluation of Faith-Based Peacebuilding -- Linking Evaluators and Inter-Religious Peacebuilders -- Assessing the Impact of Interfaith Initiatives -- Author Biographies -- Index