At the Board meeting held, 7-10 March, the
following achievements of the Director General Dr Papa Abdoulaye Seck and the
staff of the Africa Rice Center were applauded:
- Significant
increase in contribution from member States
- Increase
in the number of member States from 17 in 2006 to 22 in 2008
- Doubling
of the Center’s budget compared to 2007
- Clear
and coherent research agenda
- Progress
in implementing External Program and Management Review (EPMR)
recommendations
- The
Director General’s participation at the UN Meeting on Millennium
Development Goals in September 2008
It noted the Center’s active participation in
the CGIAR change management process, while emphasizing its unique model as a
pan-African intergovernmental institution.
It welcomed Dr Henri Carsalade as new Board
member and sent a congratulatory letter to Dr Kanayo F. Nwanze, former Director
General of the Africa Rice Center on his appointment as the President of the
International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD).
