CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: J. Mellor

The Minutes of the Center Directors’ Meeting of May1987 summarize the center directors approach to the CD meeting with co-sponsors and the results of that meeting. Issues discussed ranged from initiating a process of holding periodic meetings with co-sponsors to discuss strategic issues such as the direction and the vision of the CG, its non-political and non-governmental nature, alternative sources of funding, conflict of interest guidelines with respect to TAC appointments and emphasis on appointing members with the highest scientific credentials. At this meeting Center Directors indicate their preference that the CG Chair be a vice president of the World Bank. The minutes reflect center directors concerns about the potential for conflict between system-wide demands and the capacity of centers to pursue their independent mandates, growth of the system without growth in funding and a decision to establish an Executive Committee of CDs to represent them on specific occasions,