The NGO Committee of the CGIAR

The presentation was designed to raise key issues around NGO participation in decision-making
processes for ARD. The presentation points out key milestones and challenges of NGO involvement.
The overall purpose is to provide information upon which NGO participants in GFAR 2003 can base
their decisions on the direction and extent of engagement with GFAR.
Furthermore, while in Manila (CGIAR AGM October 2002), NGO were offered the vice chair
position in GFAR but declined pending a ¿constituency awareness ¿ and consultations. NGOs

Challenges Facing Civil Society to Engage with Policy Forums in Agricultural Research for Development

My purpose today is to identify a number of challenges that Civil Society faces we think about
crafting a future vision for promoting a civil society engagement in policy forums in Agricultural
Research for Development. I want to look at challenges in four specific areas:
¿ How can civil society work better with research and extension services at the local level?
¿ How can civil society engage with agricultural research policy forums?
¿ How can civil society get better organized?
¿ How can civil society communicate with each other?

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