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CGIAR Fund Donors
With the creation of the new CGIAR business model in 2010, Members became Fund donors, who participate in the biennial Funders Forum. Between forums, the Fund Council — which comprises eight representatives of donor countries, eight representatives of developing countries and regional organizations, and six representatives of multilateral and global organizations and foundations — meets face to face at least twice a year to make decisions on behalf of all Fund donors, who may participate in meetings as observers.
The first meeting of the Fund Council on February 22-23, 2010 was held in Brussels, Belgium. The membership of the Fund Council is as follows, as of November 9, 2011:
| Chair |
Rachel Kyte |
| Executive Secretary |
Jonathan Wadsworth |
| Donor countries: |
| Europe |
European Commission (Philippe Thevenoux)
Switzerland (Carmen Thoennissen)
Sweden (Philip Chiverton)
United Kingdom (Alan Tollervey) |
| North America |
Canada (Iain MacGillivray)
USA (Robert Bertram) |
| Asia |
Japan (Kenichiro Tanaka) |
| Pacific |
Australia (Nick Austin) |
Developing countries and regional organizations |
| Sub-Saharan Africa |
Kenya (Romano Kiome)
Nigeria (B.Y. Abubakar) |
| Asia |
China (Anping Ye)
India (S. Ayyappan) |
| Pacific |
Papua New Guinea (Raghunath Ghodake) |
| Central and West Asia and North Africa |
Egypt (Adel El-Beltagy) *until January 1, 2012 |
| Latin America and the Caribbean |
Brazil (Luciano Nass) |
| Regional Fora |
Association of Agricultural Research Institutions in the Near East and North Africa (AARINENA) (Ahmed Nasser Al- Bakri) |
| Multilateral and global organizations and foundations |
| World Bank |
Juergen Voegele |
| International Fund for Agricultural Development |
Rodney Cooke |
| Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations |
Xianguin Yao |
| Foundations |
| Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation |
Prabhu Pingali |
| International Development Research Centre |
Jean Lebel |
| Global Forum on Agricultural Research |
Monty Jones |
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