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From CP to CRP

From CP to CRP. In 2009, the CCAFS Challenge Program, co-sponsored by the Earth System Science Partnership, was approved CCAFS had been planned for two years by a group of CGIAR-ESSP scientists, with contact points at all CGIAR Centers

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From CP to CRP

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  1. From CP to CRP • In 2009, the CCAFS Challenge Program, co-sponsored by the Earth System Science Partnership, was approved • CCAFS had been planned for two years by a group of CGIAR-ESSP scientists, with contact points at all CGIAR Centers • A Steering Committee approved jointly by the Alliance and ESSP and met first in April 2009 • Bids to host the Secretariat; established at the University of Copenhagen January 2010

  2. From CP to CRP (2) • The Alliance report to UNFCCC (COP15 in Copenhagen, December 2009) based on the CCAFS Structure • CCAFS requested to develop plans for CRP7 • After consultations, CIAT selected as Lead Centre and CRP7 (CCAFS) approved • The CCAFS Steering Committee requested to be in charge in the interim, with 5th and final meeting April 2011 • New structures to be in place by 1 July 2011

  3. New Governance Structure • CIAT is formally responsible in relation to the Consortium and Fund • An Independent Science Panel (ISP), to be established by the CIAT BoT, will be responsible for programmatic directions and priority setting

  4. Govenance and Management Structures

  5. Role of the ISP • Similar function as the Program Committee of the Centre Board • Consider major strategic proposals from the Director • A major role in priority setting, partnership development and strategic allocation of resources • Ensure that ex ante analyses lead to strategic allocation of resources

  6. Role of the ISP (2) • Deliberate on the effectiveness of meeting outcome and impact goals • Provide advice and recommendations for approval by CIAT BoT of workplans and budgets • Independence is necessary to shield CIAT from real or perceived conflicts of interest • The ISP is accountable to the CIAT BoT

  7. ISP Composition The composition is given in the approved plan for CCAFS (CRP7): • A Chair • Six internationally recognized scientists • Three persons drawn from the development and user community • Three observers representing ex officio the CIAT BoT, the Consortium/Centers and ESSP

  8. Steering Committee Proposal • Balanced membership (discipline, gender and diversity in background) • The composition was discussed at the final CCAFS SC meeting and a Nominations Committee was established consisting of the SC Chair, CIAT DG and ESSP Chair • Members normally appointment for 3 years, but with a stagered rotation • Appointments may be renewed once

  9. Proposed ISP 2011-2013 • Current members of the SC until tghe end of 2012, with one possible additional 3-yr period: • Takeshi Horie (crop science, agricultural meteorology, Japan) • Thierry Lebel (hydrometeorology, climatology, France) • Holger Meinke (crop and weed ecology, Australia) • Thomas Rosswall (microbiology, ecology, Sweden) • Mary Scholes (biogeochemistry, South Africa)

  10. Proposed ISP 2011-2013 (2) • Ram Badan Singh (genetics, agriculture, India) to replace P. K. Joshi, who has recently taken up a position with IFPRI • One internationally recognized social scientist to replace Rashid Hassan, who has been apponted member of the CGIAR ISPC

  11. Proposed ISP 2011-2013 (3) • Three representatives from the developoment and user community: • Fatima Denton, Program Leader, Climate Change Adaptation in Africa, IDRC, Senegal • Lindiwe Majele Sibanda, Chief Executive Officer, Food, Agriculture and Natural Resource Policy Analysis Network (FANRPAN), South Africa • One representative to be identified from the private sector

  12. Proposed ISP 2011-2013 • Three members ex officio: • CIAT BoT • Consortium/Centres • RikLeemans, Chair ESSP • The ISP takes over from the previous CCAFS Steering Committee on 1 July 2011 • First meeting in conjunction with CIAT BoT in Cali, November 2011

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