AGM06 Update

AGM06 will commence at the Washington Hilton Hotel and move, for the Business Meeting, to the World Bank's premises.

Preparations for AGM06 are going well, and the evolving agenda will provide the setting for a meeting that will be rich in substance, and innovative in form. One such innovation will be the multi-faceted interaction between civil society organizations (CSOs) and the CGIAR. It will be preceded some weeks before AGM by a virtual conversation that will enable CSO representatives and their CGIAR partners to exchange ideas and share experiences. At AGM itself, five awards will be presented for outstanding partnerships involving civil society and the Centers, at an Innovation Marketplace and Exhibition. This will be followed by the CSO-CGIAR Forum, at which the goals and details of enhanced collaboration will be examined. Finally, there will be a Call for Proposals -- new initiatives that will strengthen collaboration between CSOs and the Centers. Our expectation is that the interactive events at AGM will lead to a number of new activities that are practical and results-oriented.