EIARD meeting to discuss status of reform with the CGIAR Executive Management Team (first half hour only) and agree on final elements of statement for the 14th CGIAR System Council Meeting

Elwyn Grainger-Jones and Claudia Sadoff of the CGIAR Executive Management Team joined the meeting for the first half hour to update EIARD members on various operational and management developments around the One CGIAR reform process. Thereafter, EIARD members discussed and agreed on the final elements of the formal EIARD statement. The statement addresses progress made on the development of the research portfolio, ISDC’s review of the Companion Document to the 2022-2024 Research Prospectus and 19 Initiative proposals, CGIAR’s comparative advantage in an innovation trajectory as outlined in the Innovation Brief, and the content of the draft 2022 Financial Plan.