CGIAR Central Asia and the Caucasus

12th Steering Committee Meeting

The SCM was opened by H.E. Bakur Kvezereli, the Minister of Agriculture of Georgia and H.E. Nodar Surguladze, Deputy Minister of Higher Education of Georgia, and it was attended by the heads of the National Agricultural Research Systems of Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan, by the Directors General and representatives of the CGIAR and the other International Centers, and by representatives of donor agencies. Also, many scientists from the several research institutions working in the region participated. There was a particularly active participation of about 20 research institutions from Georgia, who also presented posters on their work. This year’s meeting was highly valuable for the effective coordination of the CGIAR CAC program activities in the region. Many important research questions were brought up on which the CGIAR CAC will follow up together with its national partners, through activities, courses, trainings and capacity building, but also fund-raising for new projects to be implemented in the region.