ExCo4 Documents

Summary of Proceedings of the Meeting (dtd. 6/6/03)

• Timed Draft Agenda (May 12, 2003)
• Membership of the CGIAR Executive Council (April 2003)
  

2. CGIAR Status Report

• Organization of a new CGIAR Genetic Resoures Policy Committee      (GRPC)
• 2002 CGIAR Financial Results
• 2002 Financial Report Presentation (Presentation by Edward Sayegh)
• Review of CGIAR Partnership Committees: Secretariat Recommendations for Panel and Advisory Group

3. Governance Matters

3.a. Establishing the Science Council

• Letter from Mohamed Hassan

3.b. Appointing CGIAR-Nominees on Center Boards

• CGIAR-Nominees on Center Boards : the Need for Reform

3.c. iSC/SC and Secretariat Financing

• Financing arrangements for the Science Council (draft awaiting final clearance by Co-Sponsors)

4. Evaluation

4.a. ISNAR EPMR Follow-Up

• Restructuring ISNAR: Report of the CGIAR Team

4.b. External Reviews

• CGIAR External Reviews - briefing note
• Progress Report on EPMRs and SWPs

4.c. World Bank OED Meta-Evaluation

• The World Bank and Global Public Policies and Programs: An OED Evaluation

5. Program Matters

5.a. Pilot CPs- Progress Reports

• CGIAR Challenge Program on Water and Food : Progress Report #1
• Update on Biofortification Challenge Program Activities, May 2003

5.b. Pilot CPs - Proposal on Genetic Diversity

• ExCo Member Comments on the Challenge Program Full Proposal on "Unlocking Genetic Diversity in Crops for the Resource Poor"
• Comments on ExCo Feedback on teh Challenge Program "Unlocking Genetic Diversity of Crops for the Resource-Poor" by the Proponents (IRRI, IPGRI, CIMMYT)

5.c. Challenge Programs - Regular Process

• Summary of ExCo Discussions on CP Pre-Proposals "semi-endorsed" by iSC
• Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program Proposal: Executive Summary

5.d. Challenge Programs - Strategic Framework

• Email (April 15, 2003) from iSC Chair to CGIAR Chair on update on CG Priorities and Strategies Exercise
• Additional information available at : http://www.rimisp.org/isc/
• Formulation for a CGIAR Priorities and Strategies Process and Participation
• Financial Criteria for Challenge Programs : A proposal of the Center Directors Committee

5.e. Study on S&T Strategies for Africa by InterAcademy Council Panel

• IAC Study on S&T Strategies for Improving Agricultural      Productivity and Food Security in Africa Brochure
• Progress Report: IAC Study on Science and Tchnology Strategies for Improving Agricultural Productivity and Food Security in Africa

6. Update on WARDA

• Charting a Bold Course for the Future: WARDA Forges Ahead
• Managing the Ivorian Crisis: a Summary Report

7. Planning ExCo Business

• ExCo Membership Rotation Table
• ExCo Timetable 8. Other Business
• Joint Statement of the Committee of Board Chairs and Center Directors' Committee