SC 10 meeting, October 2014
The 10th CARD Steering Committee Meeting was held in Bangkok, Thailand on 26th October 2014. Co-chaired by World Bank and JIRCAS and the meeting was attended by the representatives from SC member organizations, namely, AfricaRice, AGRA, FAO, FARA, IFAD, IRRI, JICA, JIRCAS, and World Bank. while the African Development Bank (AfDB) and the New Partnership for Africa’s Development (NEPAD) were absent with their apologies.
The objectives of the meeting;
- 1.To update the progress of CARD activities since the last SC meeting
- To discuss and agree on the way forward for future CARD activities
Minutes of meeting (PDF)
Program
| Time | Event | Presenter |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening Remark | Co-chair |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Approval of Minutes of SC 9 | |
| 09:30 – 10:40 | Update of CARD Activities
NRDS implementation (Fund Matching Activities /stocktaking of CARD Project) |
CARD Secretariat |
| Others (ARC/IRC, CARD-CAADP Integration) | ||
| 10:40 – 10:55 | < Coffee break> | |
| 10:55 – 12:15 | Update on South-South Cooperation
Sharing the output of IFAD Small Grant for Stocktaking of the best practices on rice value chain for scaling-up South-South Cooperation Platform Remote Learning Program with WAAPP Q&A |
CARD Secretariat
Africa Rice/IFAD CARD/JICA/WB |
| 12:15 – 13:15 | < Lunch break> | |
| 13:15 – 13:55 |
Pilot Initiative on Improved Rice Seed Sector • Brief explanation and progress of the activities in 10 targeted countries Q&A, discussion |
CARD Secretariat |
| 13:55 – 15:20 | Way forward for CARD activities
• GM6 (venue, timing and possible agendas) • Strengthening country level coordination among SC members • Scaling up of CARD Seed Pilot Initiative • Follow-up of the CARD Mechanization Pilot • Q&A and Discussions |
CARD Secretariat |
| 15:20 – 15:35 | < Coffee break> | |
| 15:35 – 16:20 | Way forward for CARD activities (Continued)
• Toward 2018 (how to evaluate and wrap up, what to be achieved by CARD and what not to be achieved by CARD, process and schedule, how to bring up at GM6 and 7) • Brainstorming |
CARD Secretariat |
| 16:20 – 17:00 | SC members Update on CARD Related Activities
(Tour de Table) |
SC Members |
| 17:00 – 17:20 | AOB
• Partnership among SC members |
JICA |
| 17:20 – 17:30 | Closing Remark | Co Chair |
