Participating the evaluation workshop, there are experts of Sydney University, Queensland University, Vietnam National University of Agriculture and representatives of 11 Malica members, including VAAS, CASRAD, FAVRI, IPSARD, RUDEC, CIRAD, IRD, Alliance Bioversity International - CIAT, ILRI, NOUL and NAFRI. The event honor to have presences of Assoc. Prof. Dao The Anh – Deputy Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS), and Chairman of the MALICA Platform; Mr. Sylvain Perret – Head of Research Department "Environments & Societies" of CIRAD, Mr. Saykham Vorachit - Deputy Director of Planning Department of Laos National Agriculture and Forestry Research Institute (NAFRI).

 Assoc. Prof. Dao The Anh – Deputy Director of the Vietnam Academy of Agricultural Sciences (VAAS) presented at the “MALICA’s 5-year Evaluation 2017-2022”

Opening the evaluation workshop, Dao The Anh gave an overview of MALICA, and analyzed the Strengths – Weaknesses – Opportunities – Threats (SWOT) of the platform to Evaluation Committee and MALICA partners. From 2017 to presence, MALICA has maintained its activities in 4 key areas, including Governance & Partnership, Science & Research, Training & Capacity building, Policy dialogue. Most activities happen within the framework of funded projects, that involve some or all MALICA partner institutions. In between 2020 and 2021, activities of the platform were badly affected by the Covid pandemic.

Mr. Michael Bruckert, Facilitator of MALICA and Researcher of CIRAD presented the Self-evaluation report

On behalf of all MALICA members, Mr. Michael Bruckert, Facilitator of MALICA and Researcher of CIRAD presented the Self-evaluation report, and answered questions from the Evaluation Committee and participants.

The evaluation workshop is the first step of the evaluation process, to be followed by a series of private discussions between Evaluation Committee and each MALICA partner. Evaluation report is expected to be done at the beginning of 2023.