CGIAR Center Directors Committee Minutes, Presiding Chair: E. Hartmans

The Minutes of the Center Directors meeting of November 1981 present discussions with USAID and mechanisms for maintaining and strengthening contacts with centers, including the appointment of USAID liaison officers. Discussions with the CGIAR Chair on the selection process for appointment of the CG Executive Secretary and TAC Chair, and discussions with the CG Chair, TAC Chair and Executive Secretary on funding shortfalls, new undertakings in an adverse financial climate, across the board reductions versus selective reductions, strategic resource allocation, invocation of the stand-by committee, are given extensive coverage. Other topics recorded in the minutes include the policy for appointing the Chair of the Center Directors Committee, negotiations with IIE, employment of husband and wife at centers, and the CGIAR Review Committee Repor