CGIAR Central Asia and the Caucasus

Central Asia and the Caucasus Regional Face-to-face Consultations

CACAARI is expanding its membership to include new stakeholder groups in agricultural research for development (ARD) in Central Asia and the Caucasus including the non-governmental sector, vibrant and active in the region. To mobilize and coordinate civil society’s participation in ARD, CACAARI would like to organize a Consortium of NGO Organizations in Central Asia and the Caucasus (CNGO-CAC) which could be a member of the Association. The first meeting of the Consortium is scheduled for October 15, 2009 in Business Center “Poytakht” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan.

CACAARI is organizing Face-to-Face Regional Consultations on October 16-17, 2009 in Business Center “Poytakht” in Tashkent, Uzbekistan. The Face-to-face Consultation in Tashkent is a meeting of strategic thinkers representing different groups of stakeholders in agricultural research for development in the CAC region. The participants are to discuss the findings of the Regional Review (http://www.cacaari.org/filesarchive/reports/KeyIssues_CAC-II_Final_26Aug.pdf) and of Regional e-consultations and finalize the strategic key issues important for agricultural research for development in the region. The conclusions of the meeting will feed into a global synthesis, to be taken forward to the Montpellier Global Conference on Agricultural Research for Development (GCARD) in March 2010 and translated into action.