Center Directors Committee: Towards a Framework for Collection Action: Report from the Collective Action Retreat, July 8 - 9, 2004, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

This report is the summary report from the Collective Action retreat held from 8 to 9 July 2004 in Addis Ababa at the campus of the International Livestock Research Institute. Attendees included the Directors General, Board Chairs and senior Center staff. The main objective of the CDC Collective Action Retreat was to clarify how CGIAR centers will enhance cooperation and collective action in the milieu of the new CGIAR. A set of 8 recommendations were drawn up and are available in the executive summary of the report.