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ExCo14 Documents


1. Opening Session
Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Timed Draft Agenda Membership of the CGIAR Executive Council (April 2008)
2. CGIAR Status Report
2.a. Report from the Director Report from Director Presentation World Food Situation Presentation
2.b. Performance Measurement System: Preliminary 2007 Results Performance Measurement in the CGIAR SC Suggestions to Strengthen the CGIAR Performance Measurement System Optimizing the Utility of the Performance Measurement System: A Note on the Value of the Outputs Indicator (CGIAR Secretariat)
2.c. Financial Matters Draft Executive Summary of the 2007 CGIAR Financial Results 2007 CGIAR Financial Report Presentation Draft Terms of Reference for ExCo Ad hoc Committee on Finance ExCo Comments on Draft TOR for ExCo Ad hoc Committee on Finance CIAT Meeting Comments on Terms of Reference and Composition of the ExCo Ad Hoc Committee on Finance
3. Challenge Programs
3.a Challenge Program External Reviews (CPER) Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Challenge Program on Water and Food Documents (CPWF Plan for Phase 2: An Update for the CGIAR Executive Council, SC Commentary on the CPWF Plan for Phase 2, CGIAR Secretariat Comments on Governance and Management Aspects of CPWF Phase 2 Plan) Generation CPER Overview Documents (CPER Report Summary and Recommendations, Generation Response, SC and CGIAR Secretariat Commentaries) AGM07 Conclusion and Decision on Options to Streamline the EPMR Process	Full Reports/Background Documents (on web only) CPWF CPWF Research Agenda and Implementation Plan for Phase 2: An Update for the Science Council, 12 March 2008 Generation Full Generation CP Report Annexes
4. Independent Review of the CGIAR System
Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Interim Progress Report: Independent Review of the CGIAR System Independent Review of the CGIAR System Presentation	Full Reports/Background Documents (on web only) Interim Progress Report: Appendix 2 Interim Progress Report: Presentation to the World Bank’s Agriculture and Rural Sector Board
5. CGIAR Change Management Process
Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Change Management Presentation Visioning the Future of the CGIAR Progress Update: Working Groups 2-4 AGM07 Decision on CGIAR Change Management Process	Full Reports/Background Documents (on web only) Visioning the Future of the CGIAR: full report CGIAR Change Management Process Kick-off Retreat Summary CGIAR Change Management Visioning Retreat Summary WG 2 Documents: Experiencing partnership: experiences, lessons and suggestions from the CGIAR Challenge Program for Water and Food: A report to Working Group 2 CGIAR Change Management.WG2. Issues Paper: Our thinking prior to Ottawa The Regional Dimension of Partnerships in the CGIAR: Challenges and Opportunities in Sub-Saharan Africa WG 3 Documents: Evolution of the CGIAR’s Governance and Structure—A Personal Reflection CGIAR’s Governance and Organizational Structure— Lessons from History
6. Science Council and Program Matters
Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Science Council of the CGIAR: Report to the ExCo 14
7. Challenge Programs (cont'd)
7.a. Challenge Programs: Governance Guidelines/Principles Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Cross-Cutting Observations Based on the Review of Three CGIAR Challenge Programs Cross Cutting Lessons Learned in Challenge Program Governance
7.b. CP (Cycle 2) Selection of Full Proposals Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) ExCo 13 Conclusion and Decision on CP (Cycle 2) Selection of Pre-Proposals SC Commentary on the CP Proposal Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security SC Commentary on the CP Proposal An Oasis Challenge Program to Combat Dryland Degradation across the Developing World Process and Guidelines for Developing and Implementing Challenge Programs Process for Approval of Challenge Programs (as approved by the CGIAR)	Full Reports/Background Documents (on web only) A Proposal for a CGIAR Challenge Program on Climate Change, Agriculture, and Food Security Proposal for an Oasis Challenge Program to Combat Dryland Degradation across the Developing World through the CGIAR Challenge Program Mechanism
8. Evaluation
8.a. Follow-up to CIAT EPMR Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) CGIAR Special Meeting on CIAT: Summary CIAT in Transition: A request for support for planning CIAT’s future while preserving and strengthening its programmes: Executive Summary Summary of AGM07 Discussion and Decisions on CIAT EPMR Summary of ExCo 13 Discussion and Recommendations to the CGIAR on CIAT EPMR CIAT's Institutional Crisis—Lessons Learned	Full Reports/Background Documents (on web only) CIAT in Transition: A request for support for planning CIAT’s future while preserving and strengthening its programmes
8.b. Follow-up to ICRAF EPMR Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Report to Exco 14, 2008 on WorldAgroforestry Centre From Board Chair, Lynn Haight
8.c. SWEPs Meta-Review Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) The Role of Systemwide Initiatives in Implementing CGIAR’s Research Agenda Alliance ’s Response to “The Role of Systemwide Initiatives in Implementing CGIAR’s Research Agenda”	Full Reports/Background Documents (on web only) Meta-Review of CGIAR Systemwide and Ecoregional Programs
9. Genetic Resources Policy Committee
Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) Draft Policy of the Alliance of CGIAR Centres on Intellectual Assets Towards a Policy of the Alliance of CGIAR Centers on Intellectual Assets
10. Report from the Alliance of CGIAR Centers
Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) ExCo 14— Ottawa, Canada: Report from the Alliance of the CGIAR Centres
11. Planning ExCo Business
Summary Documents (Documents in Meeting Folder) ExCo Business Agenda Timetable
12. Other Business