CGIAR Fund

a)      Composition of Fund Council Committees/Working Groups
(i) FCIP Group   - Membership of the following is confirmed: Bram de Jonge (Wageningen University), Paul Figueroa (USAID), Maria Sampaio (Embrapa), ISPC Representative (to be designated by the ISPC Chair)
 

(ii) Governance Committee - Membership of the following is confirmed: Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, Canada, European Commission, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States, and World Bank

(iii) Evaluation and Impact Assessment Committee - Membership of the following is confirmed: APAARI, Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, IFAD, France, Netherlands, United Kingdom, and United States

(Note: Nomination for membership of the representative from APAARI is subject to confirmation by its member organizations. Membership of representatives of France and Netherlands is subject to confirmation by their respective governments)

(iv) Peer Review Team - Philip Chiverton, Frank Rijsberman (CO), Jonathan Wadsworth (FO), Peter Gardiner (ISPC Secretariat) and Rachel Bedouin (IEA). Two membership positions remain open to FC members until filled.

(v) Working Group on Harmonized Reporting - Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation , Canada, European Commission, IFAD, Norway, Switzerland , United States, and World Bank   
    

b)      ISPC Membership
The Fund Council approved the search and nomination committee's recommendation to appoint Dr. Takuji Sasaki as ISPC member for a two-year term.

• Takuji Sasaki

c)      Revised IEA Work Plan and Budget for 2013
The Fund Council approved the revised IEA Work Plan and Budget for 2013.

• IEA Work Plan and Budget for 2013

a)      Approval of FC8 summary

• summary of proceedings of FC8

b)      Approval of allocations to CRPs totaling US$95.0 million from Window 1

• allocation to CRPs from Window 1

c)      Approval of the IITA component of the Consortium's 2012 Transition Financing proposal amounting to $3.8 million.

At FC8, the Rules for Fund Council Composition were approved. Guided by those rules and having confirmed the donor contributions in 2012, the Fund Office shared with the Fund Donors a table showing the composition of the 2013-2015 CGIAR Fund Council.

• composition of the 2013-2015 CGIAR Fund Council

Approval of the Amended and Restated Fund Use Agreement with FAO covering the IEA

• agreement

Approval of the revised CRP1.2 - Humidtropics proposal

• revised proposal (dtd. Aug. 15, 2012)

Approval of the 2012 Work Plan and Budget of the Independent Evaluation Arrangement (IEA)

• work plan and budget

Approval of the Amended and Restated Fund Use Agreement  with FAO

• agreement

Approval of Fund allocation to CRPs from Window 1

• approval of allocation from Window 1

Approval of FC7 summary

• summary of proceedings of FC7

• approval of allocation from Window 1

• notice on objection to virtual approval

• terms of reference dtd Jan. 27, 2012
• search and selection process

Announcement by the FC Chair of the composition of the Search and Selection Committee for the Head of the IEA

• announcement of the composition of the committee

• policy for independent external evaluation

Approval of the Consortium Fund Use Agreement for system costs

• agreement

Endorsement of the ISPC Chair's recommendation for appointment of Douglas Gollin as new SPIA Chair

• Douglas Gollin curriculum vitae

• Fund use agreement

• revised proposal of October 5, 2011

Approval of revised CRP4 (Agriculture for Improved Nutrition and Health)

• revised proposal of October 5, 2011

 Approval of FC6 summary 

• summary of proceedings of FC6

 Approval of revised CRP3.4 (Roots, Tubers and Bananas) proposal

• revised proposal of September 28, 2011

Approval of Allocation to CRPs from Window 1

• approval of allocation from Window 1

Approval of the Updated Funding Stability Request from the Consortium:

a)     up to US$45 million for the Centers' stability financing for the July - December 2011 period to be allocated from Window 1 Funds, and

b)     disbursement of $25 million of the requested amount with the balance to be disbursed after the reconciliation is done and a report by the Consortium on the result of such reconciliation is submitted to the Fund Council.

Approval of Revised CRP3.1 proposal - WHEAT

• Revised proposal dated August, 30, 2011

Objection to Virtual Approval of Revised CRP1.1 proposal – Dryland Systems

• objection to virtual approval of revised CRP

Approval of Allocation of $10 million from Window 1 funds for the GRiSP (CRP3.3)

Approval of the summary of the Fifth Fund Council Meeting (FC5)

• summary of proceedings of FC5

Approval of the summary of the Fourth Fund Council Meeting  (FC4)

• summary of proceedings of FC4

Confirmation of the attached lists of "must haves" for the revised versions of the CRP1.1 and CRP2 proposals.

• "must haves" for both proposals

Approval of the Consortium Board 2011 Budget and Consortium Office 2011 Work Plan and Budget. The approved total budget was $5.6 million of which $0.93 million was for Consortium Board and $4.67 million was for the Consortium Office. The total amount requested from the CGIAR Fund was $5.0 million.

• Consortium Office workplan, budget and annex

Endorsement of the following statement concerning the Consortium's 2011 Funding Stability Proposal:

"The Fund Council strongly supports stable funding in the Centers in 2011. In order to disburse Window 1 funds immediately following approval of the SRF and completion of other required documents, the Fund Council urges all Window 1 donors to make their contributions by April 2011, where possible. Where donors wish to respond immediately to the funding stability request of the Consortium, the Fund Council encourages those donors to use their best efforts to support the Proposal through funding mechanisms that are immediately available to them. These funding mechanisms could include Window 3 in recognition that the Consortium's request is for a transition year, and in order to facilitate a rapid response to the Consortium's formal request. The Fund Council also encourages donors to communicate clearly to the Fund Office and Consortium whether their funding is in support of the request made in the Funding Stability Proposal."

Approval of the revised CCAFS (or CRP7) proposal

• CCAFS proposal

Approval of the summary of the Third Fund Council Meeting  (FC3)

• Summary of proceedings of FC3

Approval of the 2011 Work Plan and Budget of the ISPC. The approved total budget was $3.85 million.

• ISPC work plan and budget, dtd. Sept. 28, 2010 

Approval of the 2011 Work Plan and Budget of the Fund Office. The approved total budget was $3.5 million.

•  Fund Office work plan and budget, dtd. Oct 2010

Approval of the summary of the Second Fund Council Meeting (FC2)

• summary of proceedings of FC2

Approval of the Fund Council Executive Secretary’s Terms-of-Reference

• terms of reference

Approval of the 2011 Fund Trustee budget. The approved total budget was $0.883 million

• CGIAR Trustee proposed budget for CY2011

Approval of Common Assessment Criteria for Mega Programs (CGIAR Research Programs)

• common criteria for MP design and assessment, August 30, 2010

Approval of the CGIAR Consortium budget request for SRF and design of Mega Programs (now called CGIAR Research Programs). The approved total amount was $3.225 million.

• Consortium budget request 2010 

Approval of the summary of the First Fund Council Meeting (FC1)

•  Summary of proceedings of FC1