Seventeenth Meeting of the Executive Council, November 3-4, 2009, Rome, Italy

The Seventeenth meeting of the CGIAR Executive Council meeting was held at International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) headquarters. The purpose of the meeting was to 1) confirm Alliance, Donor, and Stakeholder support for reform progress, 2) develop solutions on key issues in the CGIAR Document on Reform (dated October 26, 2009) that have been identified; and 3) agree on a path forward between ExCo 17 and the CGIAR Business Meeting in December 2009. The meeting confirmed strong alignment and support of the reform, and for moving forward with the transition. The 19 key issues identified by the Transition Management Team (TMT) are spelled out in this report as are the outcomes of dicussion by ExCo.