Workshop Report from the CGIAR Consortium CapDev Community of Practice Annual Meeting 2014
The 2014 Annual workshop of the CGIAR Consortium CapDev Community of Practice was held from September 10–12, 2014 at CGIAR Consortium Headquarters, Montpellier, France.The workshop was planned by a CapDev Convening Committee comprised of Iddo Dror (ILRI), Diana Brandes (Livestock & Fish), Per Rudebjer (Bioversity), Simone Staiger (CIAT), Mehmood Hassan (ICRAF), Javier Ekboir (ILAC), Alain Vidal/Luis Solorzano (Consortium Office) and a facilitator Nadia Manning-Thomas. The agenda for the workshop was developed using the results of a survey that was deployed to capture the priorities and ideas of the CapDev community on what the meeting should cover, as well as key discussions by the Convening Committee on key topics to be covered.
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