2.a. Report from the Director

• Presentation: Report from the Director: CGIAR Status Report

3.a Medium-Term Plans and 2008 Financing Plan

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Summary and Overview: CGIAR Center and Challenge Program MTPs 2008-2010: SC Commentary and Center & CP Responses
• Draft Investment Proposals and Financing of the 2008 CGIAR Research Agenda: Summary
• Presentation: Financing the 2008 CGIAR Research Agenda

3.b Report from SC

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Science Council of the CGIAR Report to ExCo 13
• Science Council Workplan 2008-2009
• Revisiting SC Business: A Note

4.a. Challenge Program External Reviews (CPER)

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• HarvestPlus CPER Overview Documents (CPER Report Summary and Recommendations, HarvestPlus Response, SC and CGIAR Secretariat Commentaries)
• CPWF CPER Overview Documents (CPER Report Summary and Recommendations, CPWF Response, SC and CGIAR Secretariat Commentaries) (revised)

Full Reports

HarvestPlus:

• Full HarvestPlus CPER Report
• Annexes

CPWF:

• Full CPWF CPER Report
• Annexes

4.b. Challenge Programs: Lessons Learned

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Lessons Learnt from Selection and Implementation of the CGIAR Challenge Programs: List of Lessons Learnt

4.c. CP (Cycle 2) Selection of Pre-proposals

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Science Council Assessment of Challenge Program Pre-Proposals: The Regular Process, 2 nd Cycle
• Challenge Programs Cycle 2: Call for Pre-proposals
• Process and Guidelines for Developing and Implementing Challenge Programs
• Process for Approval of Challenge Programs (as approved by the CGIAR)

• System Priorities for CGIAR Research: 2005-2015
• Strategy for the Implementation of the CGIAR System Priorities for Research: Update and Suggestions for a Consolidated Process
• Science Council guidance to preparation of Challenge Program Concept Notes, Pre-proposals and Full-Proposals

5.a. CIP EPMR

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• CIP EPMR Overview Documents (EPMR Report Summary and Recommendations, CIP Response, SC and CGIAR Secretariat Commentaries) (revised)

Full Reports

• Full CIP EPMR Report
• Annexes

5.b. IITA EPMR

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• IITA EPMR Overview Documents (EPMR Report Summary and Recommendations, IITA Response, SC and CGIAR Secretariat Commentaries) (revised)

Full Reports

• Full IITA EPMR Report
• Annexes

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Report from the Alliance of the CGIAR Centres
• Alliance Board Update on Implementation of Key Stripe Review Recommendations

Full Reports

• Stripe Review Follow-up Questionnaire

7.a. Final Report from ExCo ad hoc Committee on Funding System Priorities

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Final Report of ExCo Ad Hoc Committee on Funding System Priorities: Executive Summary Ad hoc committee report
• Presentation: Final Report: ExCo Ad Hoc Committee on Funding System Priorities
• Implementation and Coordinated Funding of CGIAR Priorities and Strategies: 2005-2015: ExCo ad hoc committee Terms of Reference

Full Reports

• Full report Final Report of ExCo Ad Hoc Committee on Funding System Priorities

7.b. Scoping Team Proposal

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• CGIAR Facilitated Change Management Process Proposal for ExCo
• Presentation: CGIAR Facilitated Change Management Process
• Alignment in the CGIAR: Facilitated Change Management: Terms of Reference for the Scoping Team
• Governance, corporate services and programmatic alignment in Eastern and Southern Africa
• Report to ExCo 13: Progress Reports on Alignments (IITA/WARDA)

8.a. WARDA EPMR  

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• WARDA EPMR Overview Documents (EPMR Report Summary and Recommendations, WARDA Response, SC and CGIAR Secretariat Commentaries)

Full Reports

• Full WARDA EPMR Report
• Annexes

8.b. CIAT EPMR  

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• CIAT EPMR Overview Documents (EPMR Report Summary and Recommendations, CIAT Response, SC and CGIAR Secretariat Commentaries) (revised)

Full Reports

• Full CIAT EPMR Report
• Annexes

8.c. EPMR Meta-analysis

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Meta-Evaluation of EPMRs: Executive Summary
• SC Commentary on the Meta-Evaluation of EPMRs
• Options to Streamline CGIAR Handling of Center EPMRs: CGIAR Secretariat Commentary

Full Reports

• Full Report of Meta-Evaluation EPMRs

8.d. Follow-up to EPMRs

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• Summary table: 2007 Summary Report of Progress on Implementation of EPMR Recommendations

Full Reports

• 2007 Summary Report of Progress on Implementation of EPMR Recommendations

8.e. Follow-up to ICRAF EPMR

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• WorldAgroforestry Board Chair Progress Report to ExCo
• AGM06 Decision on ICRAF EPMR

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• An Invitation for Inputs from the CGIAR Concerning Financial Returns from Recipients of Centres’ PGRFA Under Development (revised)
• Support for the GRPC: Work Plan for 2007-2009

Full Reports

• Full report: Searching for a Line in the Sand: Issues to Consider Concerning Financial Returns from Recipients of Centres’ PGRFA Under Development

Summary Documents
(Documents in Meeting Folder)

• ExCo Business Agenda Timetable
• Rotation of ExCo Members post-AGM07