Summary Record of the First Meeting of the CGIAR Task Force (TF1) on Programmatic Alignment

The CGIAR Task Force on Programmatic Alignment (TF1) held its first meeting on May 27 at GTZ, Eschborn, Germany. Participants were Per Pinstrup-Andersen Co-Chair), Paco Sereme (Co-Chair), Akin Adesina, Ruth Haug, Romano Kiome, Hamid Narjisse, Onesmo ole-MoiYoi, Ola Smith, and Manuel Lantin (Resource Person). Jim Godfrey (Chair of CBC Task Force on SSA) and Dennis Garrity (Chair of CDC Task Force on SSA) participated as observers. The first meeting essentially sought to have further clarity on the objectives of TF1 and to develop a detailed workplan