PP from EIARD meeting in Helsinki 26-28.10.2015.

1. CGIAR System Council
Subtitle

2. CGIAR System
Council
(Governance)
CGIAR
System Office
(Programmatic
Oversight)
Chair:
Weltbank
ISPC
IEA
World Bank
(Financial Intermediary Fund)Center‘s
Committee
Center Center Center Center Center
Executive
Director
Chair: ED
Composition:
15 Donors (incl. bilateral, W1, 2, 3),
2 Centers (DGs/Boards),
5 Dev. Countries,
7 Active Observers (FAO, IFAD, WB,
ISPC, IEA, Treuhänder)
Decision Finding:
Consensus or Vote (2/3 majority by
members and by contributions
(„double weighted majority“)
CRPEvaluation
Advice
Advice
ReportingNomination
Laura Tuck
Dialogue
Representation
Commissioning/ Monitoring
CRPs (PAs)
Trustee
Montpellier
New CGIAR Governance

3. Contributor seats
 Up to 15 contributor seats
 Eligibility for a contributor seat:
>US$ 10 Mio. weighed contribution:
W1 -> 3x nominal amount
W2 -> 2x nominal amount
W3 -> nominal amount
Bilateral -> nominal amount
Eligible contributors will meet to agree on seat
distribution
Formation of constituencies if required
Smaller contributors can align with constituencies
Calculation of contributions are calculated based on
the last 3 year's average

4. Calculation contributor seats
Weighed average 2012 – 2014 in US$ Mio
Contributor US$ Mio Contributor US$ Mio
United Kingdom 218 Mexico 30
US 183 EC 29
World Bank 150 Belgium 20
Netherlands 101 Germany 19
Sweden 96 Denmark 17
BMGF 95 Japan 16
Australia 76 Ireland 14
Canada 68 India 13
Norway 64 Finland 13
Switzerland 49 AfDB 12

5. Contributor seats
 One representative from the Centers' DGs
 One representative from the Center Boards
"…either as active observers due to the legal barriers of some
contributors that prevent them from serving on a board with
recipients of the funding to be approved by the board, or as full
members, recognizing that the Council will need to adopt robust
conflict of interest rules."

6. Contributor seats
 One representative from the Centers' DGs
 One representative from the Center Boards
"The Fund Council requests Fund Council members with such barriers to
confirm with their capitals that the barriers cannot be overcome,
recognizing that the two representatives are not participating as actual
recipients but would be expected to participate as representatives of all
centers. The Fund Council recalls the experience of other partnerships
where countries receiving funds through the partnership do serve on
the board of the partnership alongside contributing partners. Should it
be confirmed that such barriers can be managed through the conflict of
interest rules, the Fund Council agrees that the two center
representatives would be full members of the CGIAR System Council."

7. 5 seats with voting rights
 contributors from dev.countries, or
 countries hosting CGIAR centers, or
 countries with significant NARS
 meet to agree on seats
 formation of constituencies
 balance of regions

8. Active observer seats
 FAO
 IFAD
 World Bank
 the Trustee
 ISPC
 IEA
 GFAR
No voting rights

9. Decisions by the System Council
 normally taken by consensus
 if not possible, then double weighted
majority
 a [2/3][3/4] majority of the total number of
members
 a [2/3][3/4] majority of the total weighted
contributions to the system