SC 12 meeting, August 2016
The 12th CARD Steering Committee Meeting was held in Nairobi, Kenya on 29th August 2016. Co-chaired by AfricaRice (the outgoing Chairman) and FAO (the incoming Chairman), the meeting was attended by the representatives from all SC member organizations, namely, AfDB, AfricaRice, AGRA, FAO, FARA, IFAD, IRRI, JICA, JIRCAS, NEPAD and World Bank.
The objectives of the meeting;
- To update the progress of CARD activities since the last SC meeting
- To review the result of CARD Mid-Term Review
- To discuss and agree on the plan for CARD Final Evaluation
- To discuss CARD after 2018
Minutes of the meeting (PDF)
Program
| Time | Event | Presenter |
| 08:45 – 09:00 | Registration | |
| 09:00 – 09:10 | Opening Remark | Co-chair (AfricaRice) |
| 09:10 – 09:30 | Approval of Minutes of SC 11 | Co-chairs |
| 09:30 – 10:00 | Update of CARD Progress
NRDS implementation (Fund Matching Activities /stocktaking of CARD Project), Sub-sector Support (seed, mechanization) and others Q&A |
CARD Secretariat |
| 10:00– 10:45 | CARD Mid-Term Review
Summary of findings and discussion |
Consultant/ IFAD/ CARD Secretariat |
| 11:00 – 12:20 | CARD Final Evaluation
Plan for the Final Evaluation (evaluation framework, indicators, financing, evaluators and timeframe)
Discussion |
CARD Secretariat |
| 13:10 – 14:30 | Way forward for CARD
Way forward toward and after 2018 Discussion (management, SC membership, secretariat, target countries, target crops, activities, etc.) |
CARD Secretariat |
| 14:45 – 15:45 | Way forward for CARD (Continued)
Discussion (Continued) and wrap-up
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Co-Chairs |
| 15:45 – 16:25 | SC members Update on CARD Related Activities | SC Members |
| 16:25 – 16:50 | AOB (Co-Chairing, future meeting) | |
| 16:50 – 17:00 | Closing Remark | Co-chair (FAO) |
