10th CGIAR System Council Meeting

10 - 11 June 2020. The System Council of the CGIAR held its 10th meeting virtually.

The Agenda and links to documents available can be found below. Additionally, a series of optional workshops took place on Friday 12 June. See further details below.

Wednesday 10 and Thursday 11 June 2020

• Presentation materials: SC10 content and process 
• List of confirmed participants as of 10 June 13:00 (Paris time)
• Document SC10-01-Provisional Agenda – Rev2
• Document SC10-01: Provisional Agenda- Day2-re-ordered version of events

CGIAR’s research response to COVID-19 

Document SC10-02: A coordinated CGIAR research response to COVID-19
Additional resource: SG Policy Brief on COVID Impact on Food Security
Video: Impacts of COVID-19 on Food and Nutrition Security and Responses to the Pandemic
Open letter on Agriculture Food & Nutrition Security
List of Signatories

Ensuring adequate resources to deliver on CGIAR’s mission and transition

• Document SC10-03: A package of financial responses to facilitate flexible funder support, particularly in time of COVID-19 – Rev1 3June2020
• Document SC10-04: Funding mechanism for the One CGIAR transition

Leveraging independent advice

• Document SC10-05: MOPAN – 2019 CGIAR Assessment
• Presentation material: Presenting MOPAN findings
• Link to 2019 CGIAR Assessment
• Presentation on ISDC and Evaluation Function by ISDC Chair
• Background resource : Handout for the ISDC Chair’s intervention- Foresight and Tradeoff Implications for One CGIAR – Rev 2June2020
• Additional Resource: SPIA Chair’s 6-minute video on what we know about impacts of recent CGIAR innovations, the use of impact evidence in stage-gating and decision-making processes in CGIAR. Karen Macours, Chair, Standing Panel on Impact Assessment (SPIA) gives a short video overview that looks at: (1) What we know about impacts of recent CGIAR innovations? (2) What is the value of this type of evidence for a stage gated process? (3) How decision making in CGIAR can use impact evidence from learning studies?

Background resources:
Introduction to SPIASPIA Technical NoteSPIA Blog

Progress towards One CGIAR

• Document SC10-06: One CGIAR progress report

The road to doubling CGIAR research funding by 2030 

• Document: SC10-07: Towards a stronger funding pipeline

Consent Agenda

• Document: SC10-08: Appointment of Chair of CGIAR System Council
• Document: SC10-09: Membership of the Council’s Assurance Oversight Committee

Additional background resources

• Presentation SC ad hoc briefing call on One CGIAR and Covid-19 (30 April 2020)
• Chair’s Summary SC ad hoc briefing on One CGIAR and Covid-19 (30 April 2020)
• CGIAR System Organization 2019 Audited Financial Statements

Friday 12 June 2020: Additional virtual workshop sessions

• See details here (last updated on 10 June 2020 13:00 Paris time)