How to submit the Milestones for the yearly Research Program Planning Learn how to finalize the submission of the Milestones in MEL Go to mel.cgiar.org and login to your account Use your email and password to login 2 Click on «Forgot password?» if you need to change your credentials How to submit the Milestones on MEL Before you start Remember that: 1) Only Flagship Leaders may finalize the submission of the Milestones for the Flagship under their responsibility 1 2 3 3 Follow the steps 1 to 3 to access the Milestones revision module: PLANNING CRP MILESTONES MANAGE How to submit the Milestones on MEL Click on «See Milestones» under the Outcome of interest to access the Milestones for that Outcome. 4 This step (4) «See Milestones» will bring you to a new page where you can 4 visualize all Milestones under the selected Outcome. Here you may review and finalize the Milestones for the upcoming year. How to submit the Milestones on MEL Once on the Milestones page, you may finalise the submission of the Milestones for the next year through the «Approve» or «Propose» buttons. Option 2 Option 1 Note: There are different steps to finalise the Milestones on MEL, depending on its status: Option 1: When the Cluster leader or co-leadet has reviewed the original Milestone. In this case the «Propose» button is marked by a red i. 5 Option 2: When there have been no proposed changes to the original Milestone, or a new milestone has been added. The «Approve» button in this case is enabled. How to submit the Milestones on MEL Option 1, first step: Click on «Propose» to review the proposed changes on the 5- a.1 Milestone. A new window will open,showing all the information on the Milestone as proposed by the Cluster Leader. Check all the information on the Milestone and complete one of the actions: You may reject the proposed changes and decide to keep the Milestone at its original version.You may apply further modifications, if necessary. You may further revise the proposed informatio, and save the changes for further discussions with the team- if necessary- before finalizing the Milestone. Clik this button if you agree with the information on the Milestone and are ready to 6 submit it. How to submit the Milestones on MEL Option 1, second step :Click on «Approve» to finalise the Milestone. 5- a.2 A new window will open with specific details on the selected Milestone. Click on A p p r o v e to finalise the submission of the Milestone for the next year’s planning. Once approved, the Milestone’s acronym 7 will change to green, i.e. Submission finalized. How to submit the Milestones on MEL Option 2: Click directly on «Approve» to review and finalise the Milestone. 5-b A new window will open with specific details on the selected Milestone. Check all the information on the Milestone. You may apply changes, if necessary. Approve Then click on to finalise the submission of the Milestone for the next year’s planning. 8 Once approved, the Milestone’s acronym will change to green, i.e. Submission finalized. How to submit the Milestones on MEL For more detailed information on how to use MEL please use the online guide You need support? Chat with us or send us and email Thanks for using MEL How to plan outputs 9