The report of the Independent External Evaluation (IEE) of FAO was considered by the FAO Conference in November 2007, together with the Management Response “In Principle”. The Conference welcomed the report of the Independent External Evaluation of FAO (IEE) and passed a resolution on IEE Follow-up. This included the establishment of a time-bound Committee of the Conference, open to all FAO Members, and tasked with preparing proposals for an immediate plan of action to be considered by a Special Session of the Conference in the latter part of 2008.

Members of Bureau and Working Groups (16 May 2008)

Officers and Secretariat of the CoC-IEE

Chair: Professor Noori Naeni
Vice Chairs: Ambassador van Ardenne (Netherlands) and Ambassador Ngirwa   (Tanzania)

WG I FAO Vision and Programme Priorities
Chair: Mr. Vic Heard (UK)
Vice Chair: Dr Horacio Maltez (Panama)

WG II Governance Reform
Co-Chairs: Dr Lamya Al-Saqqaf (Kuwait) and Ms Natalie Feistritzer (Austria)

WG III: Reform of Systems, Culture change and Organizational structure
Chair: Mr. Ramalingam Parasuram (India)
Vice Chair: Ms. Rita Mannella (Italy)

Secretary: John Markie
Assistant Secretaries: Thomas Price (senior officer)
                                Federica Coccia
Secretariat Assistant: Melanie Derba

Click here for the calendar of CoC-IEE sessions from 13 September to 6 November 2008

Click here for the address by the Director-General to the Joint Meeting of Working Groups I, II and III

Click here for the Checklist of progress in addressing the IEE recommendations (updated 29 August)

Upcoming meetings

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