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External Review 2007

From April – June 2007, CPWF underwent an external review, commissioned by the Science Council of the CGIAR. The review was conducted by Professor Asit K. Biswas, Third World Centre for Water Management, Mexico (Chair), Dr. Markus Palenburg, Global Public Policy Institute, Germany (Governance and Management), and Professor Jeff Bennett, Australian National University, Australia (Environment).

Through personal interactions with CPWF participants, field visits, and an online survey, the panel focused its review on wide-ranging aspects of the operation and management of CPWF, including its:

• past and current activities;
• future plans;
• potential outputs and impacts of the projects and how these can be evaluated;
• governance structure and its appropriateness;
• opportunities and constraints of the Program;
• scientific content of the Program, and implementation of the project results to achieve its goals; and
• synthesis and dissemination of its results.

The recommendations of the external review were endorsed by the CGIAR Science Council and Executive Committee at its Annual General Meeting in Beijing, China, December 2007 and lead, in part, to the approval of a second phase for CPWF.

External Review of the Challenge Program on Water and Food (PDF 673 Kb)

Science Council of the CGIAR Commentary on the First External Review of the Challenge Program on Water and Food (CPWF) (PDF 122 Kb)

Response of the CPWF to the Panel Report (PDF 193 Kb)

CPWF Stakeholder Survey Report (PDF 150kb )