Raj. Paroda, Chairman of the NARS Steering Committee, welcomed the participants to the
meeting. A list of attendance is attached as Annex 1. In his opening remarks, Raj. Paroda
mentioned the fact that, after the approval of the revised GFAR Charter the day before, the
NARS Steering Committee is becoming the NARS Sub-Committee of the GFAR Steering
Committee. However, he stressed that the regional and sub-regional fora remain the
cornerstones of GFAR.
According to the Chairman, NARS have continued to strengthen over the last six months
and the donors have confirmed and increased their support to regional/sub-regional
collaborative research.
The agenda of the meeting was approved without any changes and the minutes of the 8th
NARS Steering Committee of October 2000 endorsed.