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Information on the Development of the CGIAR Fund

This webpage has been created to share information about the CGIAR Fund development activities. Key updates, documents and reports, when available, will be posted on this page.

A new, separate CGIAR Fund website is being created and will be live in January 2010.

Development of the CGIAR Fund

Development of the CGIAR Fund has been underway since approval of reforms at AGM08.  The Framework Document for the CGIAR Fund describes the main features of the new CGIAR Fund and the roles, responsibilities, relationships and accountabilities of its components.  The document has gone through several iterations (see below) and benefited from views of donors expressed at the London Donor Workshop, outcome of discussion at ExCo 16 , advice provided by the Advisory Group for the Fund, and two e-consultations.

The document will be discussed at ExCo 17 November 3 and 4, 2009 and at the 2009 Business Meeting on December 7, 2009. 

Fund Advisory Group

An Advisory Group for the Fund has been established and is composed of:

B.Y. Abubakarr (Nigeria)
Robert Bertram (USA)
Philip Chiverton (Sweden)
Catherine Coleman (Canada)
Rodney Cooke (IFAD)
Marc Debois (EC)
Emile Frison (Bioversity International)
MacNeil Gordon (CIAT)
Simon Hearn (Australia)
Emma Leonard (Ireland)
Rudy Rabbinge (Science Council)
Christian Rey (World Bank)
Paolo Sarfatti (Italy)
Wijnand van Ijssel (Netherlands)
Juergen Voegele (World Bank)

Progression of Fund Framework Document

Key Fund Related Events
April 29-30, 2009 London Donor Workshop
Sept 8-9, 2009

Skype E-Consultation on Key Issues on the Fund Framework Document v4
Participation: AGF Members, TMT Members

Oct 20-22, 2009

Google Group E-Consultation on CGIAR Reform
Participation: CGIAR Members, Science Council, Center Board Chairs and Center DGs

Nov 2, 2009 Alliance and Donor Consultation, Rome, Italy
Nov 3-4, 2009 17th Session of the Executive Council (ExCo-17), Rome, Italy
Dec 7-8, 2009 CGIAR Business Meeting, Washington, DC (attendance by invitation only)
Feb 22-23, 2010 Inaugural CGIAR Fund Council Meeting, Brussels, Belgium
March 28-31, 2010 Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD), Montpellier, France
April 1, 2010 Funders’ Forum, Montpellier, France
   

Additional events related to CGIAR Change Management activities appear on the Google Calendar.

Estimated Timeline for CGIAR Reform 2009-2010

 

Helpful Resources

For enquiries about the contents of this page, please contact the CGIAR Secretariat at cgiar@cgiar.org