Designing and Managing Change in the CGIAR: Report to the Mid-Term Meeting 2001

Report of the CGIAR Change Design and Management Team (CDMT) presented at the 2001 Mid Term Meeting in Durban, South Africa. Report recommendations prescribed: Adoption of a programmatic approach to research finance and management, beginning with the establishment of between two and four Global Challenge Programs to promote collaboration between Centers and to expand partnerships with and develop the capacities of national and regional partners, including GFAR;Transformation of the Technical Advisory Committee (TAC) into a Science Council, responsible for ensuring the quality and relevance of CGIAR science and providing Systemwide advice on science policy, but with TAC's current responsibilities for management-related functions devolving to a new Executive Council;Creation of an Executive Council to subsume the current functions of the Finance and Oversight committees in addition to the management-related functions of TAC;Transformation of the CGIAR Secretariat into a System Office with a communications function integrating the existing Secretariat Communications team and Future HarvestCombination of the annual Mid Term Meetings and International Centers Weeks into a single Annual General MeetingA comprehensive fund raising and outreach effort to identify potential investors and expand the financial participation of developing countries

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Main Authors: CGIAR Change Design and Management Team, Catley-Carlson, Margaret
Format: Internal Document biblioteca
Language:English
Published: 2001-04-01
Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10947/466
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