Outputs
1. That the new Business Plan should consist of three separate but linked documents: a
strategic plan document to provide the overall vision, goals and implementing strategies
that will continue to make GFAR a relevant initiative over the long term of 6 years or
more; a flexible 3 year rolling Business Plan that could be updated as the needs arise;
and a GFAR secretariat annual work plan.
2. A prioritized list of the main pillars or elements of the 3-year rolling Business Plan. [...]
The objective of this Newsletter is to disseminate information on GFAR activities, on events and
meetings being organized by the various stakeholders, and on important inter-stakeholder initiatives that are being organized or facilitated in the context of the Global Forum.
In reviewing our stewardship during the year 2003, [...],we were able to group our accomplishments under the following four categories of activities:
Facilitating the systems governance operations
Engaging and interacting with stakeholders
Facilitating Research Partnerships, and
Providing a medium of communication and knowledge sharing for GFAR stakeholders and their
collaborators
The purpose of this report is to highlight the concrete actions and activities that were
agreed upon in Beijing [for the] Programme of Work, and to briefly
summarize the steps that are being taken to operationalize these actions. Special emphasis is
placed in identifying the main steps that are expected from the Regional/Sub-regional Fora
(RF/SRFs), the timetable that has been approved for each activity, and the support the NARS
Secretariat is providing in this process.
Selected priority activities are described below within each of the four pillars. Cross-cutting
issues - which are active and sustained involvement of CSOs and the private sector - have
been embedded within appropriate pillars in order to be faithful to their cross-cutting nature.
1. Support to Regional Fora to promote inclusiveness and foster inter-regional
collaboration (IRC)
2. Collaborative Research Partnerships (CRP)
3. Advocacy, Public Awareness and Strategic Thinking
4. Management Information Systems (MIS)
The year 1999 is really the first year in which the Global Forum on Agricultural
Research (GFAR) is initiating its activities. 1998 was mainly a year of organization,
during which extensive consultations were held with the various stakeholders that
participate in the process of establishment of the GFAR. During this time two important
reference documents were prepared, that provided a first general framework for the
activities of the Global Forum. These two documents are: the GFAR Plan of Action 1998-
The role of the Secretariat is [...] mainly one of facilitation, except perhaps in two areas where it is expected to play a lead role and take responsibility for implementation. These are firstly the development of EGFAR in order to facilitate communication amongst the geographically widespread stakeholders.
El tema de la conferencia fué el fortalecimiento de
la coparticipación en la investigación agrícola para el desarrollo, en el contexto de
la globalización. El objetivo general de la conferencia fué fortalecer la
coparticipación, por parte de los actores de la investigación agrícola para el
desarrollo. Tres objetivos específicos fueron asignados a la conferencia: (a) la
formulación y adopción de una ¿visión global compartida y el desarrollo de un
programa estratégico global; (b) la identificación de asociaciones para la
La conférence avait pour objectif général de renforcer les partenariats
de recherche entre les acteurs de la recherche agricole pour le développement (RAD). Elle
poursuivait trois objectifs spécifiques: a) formulation et ratification d'une vision mondiale partagée et
élaboration d'un programme stratégique mondial; b) identification de nouveaux partenariats de
recherche novateurs dans quatre domaines prioritaires (gestion des ressources génétiques et