OBJECTIVES OF THE CONSULTATION. 1) To review the present status of the Information & Communication Management (ICM) and
ICT situation in each WANA sub-region (Maghreb, Mashreq, Nile Valley & Red Sea,
Arabian Peninsula, West Asia), identifying: i) information requirements; ii) information
facilities or services which already exist; iii) existing projects or proposals aimed at
strengthening information systems and/or services. 2)
To identify constraints which could prevent the implementation of an effective, efficient

The Global Forum on Agricultural Research (GFAR) and the German Foundation for International
Development (DSE), with the assistance of the Program Facilitation Unit of the Consultative Group
on International Agricultural Research (PFU/CGIAR), organized on 20 ¿ 21 January 2000, in
Tashkent, Uzbekistan, a consultation between the GFAR and the Central Asia and Caucasus (CAC)
countries.
The specific objectives of this consultation were for the CAC countries to:
(a) better understand GFAR and its program of work;