•  Report of the First External Review of the Generation Challenge Programme (EPMR)
•  Response from the Programme Steering Committee and the Management Team of the Generation Challenge Programme to the External Review report and PSC Response to the EPMR Review
•  Science Council of the CGIAR Commentary on the 1st External Review of the Generation Challenge Programme
•  CGIAR Secretariat’s Comments on the Governance and Management Aspects of the Report of the First External Review of Generation Challenge Programme (GCP)
•  European Commission Report 2008
• 2008 Annual Research Meeting results

Summary of results and actions: In a marked difference to the 2007 ARM survey, the 2008 version focused entirely on the ARM, with the exception of one open, non-ARM-related question, which addressed the crucial question of future investments, as follows:

One of the purposes of the ARM is to map and/or validate future directions in terms of GCP’s investments in research. From what you gathered at the ARM, please state one clear area that you consider GCP should invest in as a top priority.

Clustering the open-ended responses, we can report that nearly half of the respondents (44%) indicated breeding tools as the top priority for future investments.  View full survey results