In ICW-99 the CGIAR initiated an exercise aimed at developing a new vision and strategic view of the CGIAR, with the time horizon of 2010. This process is being carried out under the leadership of TAC. At the request of TAC, the NARS Secretariat is playing a role in facilitating the participation of NARS in this process, both through the participation in the electronic forum that recently finished, as well as through involvement in the process that will take place from here to ICW-2000.
This report basically summarizes the main ideas that have been provided as inputs sent in by NARS leaders, or ideas coming out of consultations held with them through e-mail interaction. In certain cases, these topics were discussed in the meetings of the Regional/Sub-regional Fora.