5th CGIAR System Council Meeting

The 5th meeting of the CGIAR System Council took place on 9 and 10 November 2017 in Cali, Colombia alongside key events marking the 50th anniversary of CIAT. This page provides information in four parts:

• Part A: Overview of events during the week
• Part B: Resources for SC5 Day 1
• Part C: Resources for SC5 Day 2
• Part D: Recent CGIAR reports

09:00-09:15
Agenda Item 1: Opening of 5th System Council Meeting

• SC5 Agenda as Adopted: 9 November 2017

09:15-10:00
Agenda Item 2: Visioning for CGIAR

• No papers are available for this session

10:00-10:30
Agenda item 3: Moving forward with drylands research

• SC5-03A: Recommendation on GLDC
• SC5-03BR1: GLDC CRP Proposal
• SC5-03BR2: GLDC Assessments
• SC5-03BR3: GLDC Response

11:00-12:00
Agenda item 4: Adopting a strategic business cycle approach

• SC5-04: CGIAR Business Cycle

12:00-12:30
Agenda Item 5: CGIAR System-Level Results Reporting

• SC5-05: Results Reporting

13:30-15:00
Agenda Item 6: Agreeing a funding allocation strategy

• SC5-06: Allocation Strategy

15:00-16:30
Agenda Item 7: Taking forward concrete funding modality options from SC4

• SC5-07: Financing Modalities
• SC5-07A: SDG2 Funder Initiative

08:30-09:30
Breakfast Conversation

Where is the World on Anti-Microbial Resistance and how does this relate to CGIAR’s future work?

Chaired by: Juergen Voegele, Chair, CGIAR System Council
Objective: Other Center and System Council members contributing to an informal round-table conversation

10:00-12:00
Agenda Item 8: Meeting the System’s need for advisory services

• SC5-08: SIMEC Think Piece: Advisory Bodies

13:00-15:00
Agenda Item 9: 2018 Budgeting

• SC5-09A: Revision 1; 2018 Budgeting
• SC5-09B: 2018 Funding System Costs
• SC5-09B Annex 1: Sub-group 1 budgets
• SC5-09BR1: Flagship Project Assessments
• SC5-09BR2: Flagship Project Responses

15:30-16:15
Agenda Item 10: Agreeing a system-level risk management framework and how it will be overseen

It is recommended to download and read the materials in the following order:

Introductory Materials

• SC5-10: Cover Paper-Risk Management Framework
• Intro Slides: Risk Management and Internal Audit Function

Materials for Council Approval

• SC5-10: Annexes A1 to A3 for SC Approval

Materials for Council Inputs

• SC5-10: Annex B1 DRAFT- Risk Management Guidelines for Input
• SC5-10: Annex B2 DRAFT-TOR IAF for Input

16:15-17:00
Agenda Item 11: Other Business

• Update on consultations in the WANA region by Member for WANA.