ExCo 2 Meeting Documents

1. Opening Session

• Draft Agenda (April 11, 2002)
• Membership of the CGIAR Executive Council

2. CGIAR Status Report

• Briefings from the CGIAR Director to ExCo
• Updated Analysis of Future Harvest Center Demographics CGIAR Gender & Diversity Program
• 2001 CGIAR Financial Results
  
• 2001 Financial Report Presentation (Edward Sayegh)

3. Program Matters

3.a Challenge Programs

• ExCo Decisions on Challenge Programs
• Assessment of Challenge Programme Pre-Proposals: The Pilot Process
• Assessment of Challenge Programme Concept Notes : The Regular Process

3.b Systemwide Programs/Initiatives

• Core Funding for Systemwide and Ecoregional Programs

3.c International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources

• International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture
• Report of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee
• Workshop on the International Treaty for Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture

3.d. World Summit on Sustainable Development

• Workplan of CGIAR System Taskforce for the World Summit on Sustainable Development and the World Food Summit; 5 years later

3.e. 2003 Planning
· 2003 Planning Guidelines
· Outline of 2003 CGIAR Financing Plan

3.f. Recent Developments at ICARDA

4. Governance Matters

4.a ExCo Composition

• Strengthening the Participation of Farmers' Organisations and of NGOs in Global Agricultural Research for Development (ARD)
  
• Current Composition of ExCo
  
• Comments from ExCo Members on Representation of Regional Development Banks in ExCo and on Chairmanship of ExCo/FC

4.b Establishing SC

• Terms of reference for the ExCo Working Group on the Establishment of a CGIAR Science Council

4.c. Organizing System Office

• Summary of workshop discussions and agreed action plan

4.d. Future Harvest Brand Name for the CGIAR System

4.e. CGIAR Nominees on Center Boards

• CGIAR Nominees on Center Boards - Need for Reform

4.f. ExCo DecisionMaking

5. Evaluation

5.a. Progress Report on Review of GRPC

• Terms of Reference for the ExCo Review of GRPC

5.b. CIP EPMR

• CIP EPMR Report
• CIP EPMR Appendices
• CIP Board and Management Response to the EPMR Report

5.c. Progress Report on EPMRs

5.d. Evaluation of the CGIAR Secretariat

6. Economic Performance and the Short-Term Prospects of CIP

• Letter from Hubert Zandstra to Ian Johnson

7. Planning ExCo Business

• CGIAR Reform Program Timetable
• Program Committee of the CGIAR Executive Council: terms of reference
• Finance Committee of the CGIAR Executive Council: terms of reference

8. Future Meetings