Update on ISNAR Transition


Key elements of the ISNAR mandate continue in the form of the new ISNAR Program, although all program work within ISNAR as a CGIAR Center will have ceased on March 31, 2004. Critical project work of ISNAR is
continuing under IFPRI's new ISNAR program. An advisory committee has been established to guide the new program. The establishment of the new ISNAR Program will begin operation accompanied by extensive consultations with partners representing national programs, academia, civil society and the donor community. The international search for the Director of the Program is in progress.

IFPRI has commenced discussions with the Government of Ethiopia and ILRI regarding the organizational arrangements for the ISNAR Program in Addis Ababa, and discussions with IICA in Costa Rica have also been initiated, to continue the cooperation with the related ISNAR Program there.