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Charting the CGIAR's Future Reshaping the CGIAR's Organization CGIAR 2000 International Centers Week ICW2000 Washington, DC, October 23-27 Summary of Proceedings and Decisions Charting the CGIAR's Future Reshaping the CGIAR's Organization A Issued by the CGIAR Secretariat The World Bank 1818 H Street, NW, Washington, DC 20433 • USA Telephone: 1-202-473-8951 • Fax: 1-202-473-8110 E-mail: [email protected] or [email protected] www.cgiar.org December 2000 CONTENTS I. Overview .................................................................................................................. 1 II. Major Decisions........................................................................................................ 2 III. Summary of Proceedings Chairman's Opening Address .................................................................................................................4 Chairman's Announcements................................................................................................................. 12 Charting the Future of the CGIAR.................................................................................................... 15 Frontier Science, Global Public Goods, and the CGIAR: An Issues Seminar....................... 22 Centers' Forum on Frontier Science................................................................................................... 25 CGIAR Business Matters ...................................................................................................................... 40 Recommendations of CGIAR Committees ............................................................................... 40 2000 Funding Update....................................................................................................................... 40 Long-Term Financing Strategy...................................................................................................... 40 2001 Financing Plan.......................................................................................................................... 40 2002 Financial Planning Framework............................................................................................ 41 Setting the 2002 Research Agenda................................................................................................ 41 External Program and Management Review of CIAT............................................................ 42 CGIAR Plant Breeding Review..................................................................................................... 43 Land Use and Climate Change............................................................................................................ 43 Integrated Natural Resources Management..................................................................................... 45 Impact of HIV/AIDS on Agriculture ............................................................................................... 46 CGIAR Africa Strategy.......................................................................................................................... 47 International Undertaking on Plant Genetic Resources................................................................ 48 Other Business Briefing by the World Bank Operations Evaluation Department ....................................... 48 Honors and Awards.......................................................................................................................... 49 Special Honors ................................................................................................................................... 50 Farewell to Roberto Lenton and Alexander von der Osten .................................................. 50 Tribute to Ismail Serageldin (Box)................................................................................................ 51 Future CGIAR Meetings....................................................................................................................... 52 Chairman's Closing Remarks................................................................................................................ 52 IV. Annexes ICW2000 Agenda.................................................................................................................................... 58 List of Documents................................................................................................................................... 59 List of Participants................................................................................................................................... 61 Reports from CGIAR Cosponsors and Committees f Highlights of Cosponsors Meeting ............................................................................................. 85 f Report of the Twentieth Meeting of the Oversight Committee......................................... 86 f Report of the Eighteenth Meeting of the Finance Committee........................................... 91 f TAC Chair's Report........................................................................................................................ 95 - iii - f Report of the Eleventh Session of the Genetic Resources Policy Committee............... 97 f Report of the NGO Committee Meeting ...............................................................................109 f Report of the Thirteenth Meeting of the Private Sector Committee ..............................115 f Report of the Science Partnership Committee......................................................................119 f Report of the Center Directors Committee ...........................................................................121 f Report of a Meeting of the CGIAR Consultative Council ...............................................125 CDC Statement on the Guiding Principles on Intellectual Property Rights ........................127 CDC Statement on the Scope of the Multilateral System ..........................................................128 CDC Statement on the Need to Resolve Outstanding Issues Concerning IPR...................129 Reports of Working Groups..............................................................................................................131 Acronyms and Abbreviations...................................................................................inside back cover - iv - OVERVIEW OVERVIEW The key issues on the table at ICW2000 were the organizational and structural changes required to fulfil the new CGIAR vision as well as to ensure the effectiveness of all components of the CGIAR System. CGIAR Chairman Ian Johnson set the tone for the meeting with an opening statement about the daunting developmental challenges in the battle against hunger and poverty. The global environment, climate change, ecological and natural resource management, natural disasters, public health and nutritional concerns have all added new dimensions of complexity to the CGIAR's original focus on agricultural research for development. There is strong sentiment for change in the CGIAR. Current realities require the CGIAR to gear up for change, and such change must be reflected in both form and function. Chairman Johnson noted that the Centers are the central force of the CGIAR and should be at the forefront of the organization. Center Directors were represented at the table with Members as an expression of the collective endeavor that is the CGIAR. To help frame the discussions at ICW2000, the Chairman outlined the major challenges facing CGIAR shareholders and stakeholders: · Maintaining science and research at the Centers at the highest levels; · Transforming the CGIAR into a "new age" institution characterized by lightness, agility, responsiveness, and cost-efficiency; · Strengthening the CGIAR's position as a producer of global public goods; · Redefining a framework for partnerships; · Keeping CGIAR funding stable and secure; and · Devising the most effective means of linking CGIAR research with national development programs. The Chairman strongly emphasized that change will build on the System's demonstrated strengths and should be based on a holistic approach because all organizational components are inter-connected and cannot be considered in isolation. ICW2000 closed with a clear understanding of the terms of change, underlying principles at work, agreement on next steps, and adoption of a process to culminate at MTM2001, where final decisions on form and function can be taken. A Change Design and Management Team, under the guidance of the Steering Group announced at ICW2000, will generate concrete proposals for improving the CGIAR's governance, organization and structure. The Group spelled out the substance of the team's work at ICW2000 and the team is expected to come up with the following deliverables by MTM2001: · A restructuring action plan for the entire System with a clear rationale for program integration and/or consolidation of Centers (including analysis of options); · A governance plan that streamlines CGIAR decision-making and clarifies the roles of all components (including Cosponsors, the Consultative Council, and other committees) and brings net efficiency gains; · A business plan for: Ø increasing efficiency in the provision of common services, Ø coordinating Systemwide programmatic activities, and Ø reducing overheads in order to transfer more resources to research. The Group agreed that opportunities for stabilizing long-term financing should be explored on a parallel track, with details available for ICW2001. ICW2000 - 1 -
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