Peter Core is Director of the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research. He has seen the CGIAR come a long way during the past four months with the reform framework.
I’ve been really pleased at this meeting to see the development and the detail of the pillars of the new CGIAR. Yesterday, we had an excellent presentation on options for the Consortium and the Consortium Board – a process strongly supported by the Boston Consulting Group, with real and different options being put to the Alliance in May, leading up to the Executive Committee meeting in June. At this meeting, we have also seen a lot of good work on the Donor Council and Funders’ Summit and, again, I’m confident we can develop pillars with broad support.
There is still a lot of work to do on the results framework and the Mega Programs but I believe Joaquim von Braun’s leadership on these will lead to progress.
In summary, I’m optimistic. The work has progressed rapidly. With the commitment of the Transition Management Team, we should be ready to launch the new CGIAR in 2010, recognising that we are in a process of continuous change and evolution, but one that is built on much stronger foundations than in the past.
Filed under: CGIAR Change Management, CGIAR Donor Workshop in London Apr09, Stakeholder Reactions on CGIAR Change Management
