This Final Report of the Rome Workshop on Global Partnership Programmes contains the following
material: The first chapter presents the main conclusions and follow-up actions that were discussed and
agreed to by participating stakeholders. This chapter has been conceived as an executive summary of the
main ideas discussed at the workshop. The next four chapters present the main issues discussed and
conclusions reached in the four main sessions of the workshop: the role of stakeholders in setting and

1. OPENING REMARKS
In his opening remarks, Mr. Mohammad Roozitalab, GFAR Chair, welcomed all participants,
with a special recognition of those attending the meeting for the first time, such as new
Regional Fora (RF) chairs from APAARI (Mr. H.P.M. Gunasena), FARA (Ms. Njabulo
Nduli) and other stakeholder representatives Mr. Ron Bonnett from IFAP and Mr. Robert
Carreau from the European Commission (see the full list participants in Annex 2). He
reminded participants of the decision to convert the NARS sub-Committee to a Program