
As the thinking on the structure and way of doing business in the CGIAR has evolved over the course of the reform process, so have opinions and mindsets about the proposed changes...

Dear Colleagues, The next Executive Council Meeting (ExCo-17) will soon take place on November 3-4, 2009in Rome. In preparation for the meeting, there’s been a lot of activity across the System to get ready for this important milestone in the change process. ...

On September 10th, 2009, in conjunction with Transition Management Team (TMT) meetings in Washington, D.C., the CGIAR Secretariat staff had the opportunity to engage TMT members in an informal Q&A dialogue on the CGIAR reforms under way. Here, we share some excerpts from the conversation...

Dear Colleagues, Katherine Sierra The Transition Management Team (TMT) recently met in Washington, DC, to continue to move implementation of the CGIAR reforms forward...

Dear Colleagues, The Transition Management Team held a brief teleconference to prepare for its face-to-face meetings later this week in Washington, D.C...

Dear Colleagues, I’d like to update you on some of the developments related to the change in the CGIAR and outcomes from the last few Transition Management Team (TMT) teleconferences. ...

Dear Colleagues, Our recent TMT meetg in Washington was a rare opportunity for an in-person meeting not linked to a major event such as ExCo, allowing us to concentrate fully on reviewing progress, ensuring that coordination across the workstreams and identifying next steps...

Dear Colleagues, As many of you may already know, Robert McNamara, who served as president of the World Bank from 1968 to 1981, died at his home in Washington, D.C., early Monday, July 6, 2009 at the age of 93...

Dear Colleagues, As our Chair Katherine Sierra noted in the last TMT journal update, the Executive Council (ExCo) gave a green light at its June meeting for implementation of the CGIAR Change Initiative to continue...

Dear Colleagues, Last week the Executive Council met at CIAT in Cali, Colombia, to assess progress in implementing the reforms agreed to by the CGIAR Members at the Annual General Meeting in Maputo last December...

By Tom Remington, Principal Agriculture Advisor, Catholic Relief Services Source: CGIAR Embracing Change E-Newsletter, June 2009 Issue In late April, Catholic Relief Services (CRS) organized a half day CGIAR and Civil Society Organization (CSO) dialogue in Washington DC...

By John McDermott, Deputy Director General, International Livestock Research Institute Source: CGIAR Embracing Change E-Newsletter, June 2009 Issue A group of the CGIAR Alliance Deputy Directors General gathered in April to design three mock-ups of what the mega programs of the new CGIAR Consortium...

On behalf of the TMT you have already received Journal Updates from Steve Hall, Jonathan Wadsworth and Katherine Sierra – now it is my turn to fill you in on our latest work. ...

London Donor Workshop Confirms CGIAR Reform Is “On Track” The Transition Management Team (TMT) convened an informal donors’ workshop in London on April 29-30 to provide an update on progress to date and our latest thinking on many of the key elements of the new CGIAR. This...












