Report of the Executive Council's Working Group on the Establishment of a CGIAR Science Council

This paper was prepared for the Executive Council by the Working Goup on the Establishment of a CGIAR Science Council. It is a detailed proposal on how the CGIAR Technical Advisory Committee could be transformed into a Science Council. The report calls for the creation of a small independent Science Council that would enjoy a wider mandate in scope than TAC's current mandate. The report contains eleven recommendations.This document was discussed at the business meeting during AGM02