As a key aspect of the CGIAR reform, the CGIAR’s multi-donor trust fund was formed to pool and harmonize donor funding to support research priorities. By focusing on impact and results, the Fund aims to attract larger contributions from more diverse sources and improve the quality of funding by making it more predictable and secure, ensuring research continuity, ever greater efficiency, and better returns to investments, creating a virtuous cycle.

This session will: 1)Take stock of North – South and South – South collaboration in agricultural research for development based on recent dialogues and conferences on the topic 2) Identify the main constraints that have limited both North-South and South – South collaboration in agricultural research for development, and 3) propose collective actions for South-South Collaborations through regional fora and organizations and groupings such as G20, BRICS, IBSA as well as the roles of regional development and the World Bank.

In spite of the latent important mutual benefits flowing from their stronger coordination and alignment, CAADP and the CGIAR have remained largely disconnected. In order to overcome this shortcoming three principal actors in CAADP and the CGIAR, namely: (i) the relevant CAADP institutions (Africa union commission, NEPAD agency, FARA and sub-regional research organisations (ASARECA, CORAF/WECARD and CCARDESA)); (ii) the CGIAR consortium, and (iii) funders that support both CAADP institutions and the CGIAR; launched the CAADP-CGIAR alignment initiative.