Rules of Procedure of the General Assembly of Centers

Abstract

1. Article 5.3 of the Charter of the CGIAR System Organization (July 2016)1 provides the role of Centers under the General Assembly of Centers, namely: ‘The General Assembly of Centers shall be a forum for Centers to discuss issues related to the CGIAR System and the CGIAR System Organization. The Centers shall meet as often as necessary, but at least once in each calendar year as a General Assembly of Centers.’ 2. The Charter sets forth in article 5.6 certain functions, and in article 5.7 that: ‘The General Assembly shall have rules of procedure that provide for the location and arrangements to conduct meetings and elaborate, to the extent necessary, on the provisions hereunder. These rules of procedure shall be made publicly available for transparency purposes’. 3. The Rules of Procedure set out at Appendix 1 were adopted by CGIAR’s Centers at the 2nd Meeting of the General Assembly of Centers (Decision reference: GA/M2/DP2).