The CGIAR's Long-Term Governance and Financing Structure

Report of a panel chaired by Klaus Winkel, appointed by CGIAR Chairman Ismail Serageldin in July 1994 to study governance and financing in the CGIAR. The report presents recommendations, including alternative options in some cases, on research agenda setting, governance, the operating system, and funding. It has an annex on the pros and cons of establishing the CGIAR as an international organization. Among the recommendations were the establishment of a Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and regional forums, expansion of developing country participation in the CGIAR, the establishment of a CGIAR Steering Committee, continuous and systematic efforts for impact assessment, increased public awareness and fund raising activities, and addition of UNEP to the CGIAR cosponsors.This report and discussion of it at ICW94 formed the basis for a paper on CGIAR governance presented at the Lucerne ministerial level meeting in February 1995.Agenda document at CGIAR International Centers Week, October 1994.