1. CGIAR AGM05 Stakeholder Meeting Developments in the CGIAR since AGM04

2. Good News: Agriculture is Back on the Development Agenda! “…The Secretary General’s report pointed out that a special focus would be required on (in alphabetical order): agricultural research, biodiversity, climate change, desertification, equitable trading systems, increasing food output and income, natural resource management, rural development…” “In Larger Freedom” UN Secretary General Special Report (March 2005)

3. ODA & Agriculture ¹ Source: Official development assistance to agriculture, DFID 2004

4. Major Developments Science Council Priorities and Strategies Exercise Task Forces on Programmatic and Structural/Organizational Alignment – SSA Pilot Year of CGIAR Performance Measurement System Approval of CGIAR Charter Expanding CGIAR Membership Reforming AGM

5. CGIAR Allocations by Region

6. An Evolving and Growing CGIAR

7. CGIAR Investments and Challenge Programs

8. Challenge Programs HarvestPlus - Breeding Crops for Better Nutrition Water and Food - The water productivity challenge: growing more food with less water Generation - Cultivating Plant Diversity for the Resource Poor Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) - Building sustainable livelihoods through integrated agricultural research for development (first year of operation)

9. Presence in 9 International Events: Australia, China, Finland, France, Ghana, Japan, Nigeria, Sweden, Switzerland, Uganda, UN-New York, USA 17 Key Publications: 2004 Annual Report and Financials Regional Series Booklets: France, Sweden, UK Issues Brochures: Achieving the MDGs, Impacts Brochure Good News on CGIAR Brochure Corporate Brochure – complete in 7 languages Scientists of the CGIAR BBC World Earth Report Segments New Web site Design - Launched Jan. 2005 Major Outreach Communication Activities

10. AGM05 and Related Events Highlights Regional Media Workshop - (in Arabic) Youth Forum Science Forum Centers and Partners Exhibit Science Poster Exhibit Video Streaming

11. An Ever-evolving CGIAR Strengthening HR Leadership and management development Board Orientation Compensation Study Programmatic and Structural Alignment/SSA Simplifying Business Centers Collective Action (all, subset) Improving Governance Stripe Review of Corporate Governance of CGIAR Centers Revised and Robust M & E System CGIAR Nominees to Center Boards Process Strengthening and Expanding Partnerships CSOs Private Sector Private Sector-led Dialogue Scientific Know-How Exchange Program (SKEP)