Evaluation of FAO’s
Intergovernmental
Commodity Groups
Colombo, Sri Lanka, 30 January – 1 February 2012
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Reform of the CCP and IGGs
• 68th session of Committee on Commodity
Problems (CCP): agreement to establish
an open-ended working group to review
the roles and working arrangements of the
CCP and its subsidiary bodies
• The OEWG met twice: December 2010
and November 2011
• Next OEWG meeting: 8th February 2012
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Reform of the CCP and IGGs
• Idea is for the OEWG to come up with a
set of recommendations for consideration
by the next session of CCP (May 2012)
• Progress has been made on several
fronts, esp. with regard to the working of
the CCP itself
• IGGs: some discussion has started but no
specific action (CCP Secretariat produced
a document reviewing the IGGs)
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… where do we stand…
• IGGs regarded as potentially important,
but some concern was expressed re the
performance of some of the Groups
• Some IGGs were recognized as very
active, have ambitious work plans and
address relevant issues to Members
• At the last meeting, OEWG agreed on
need for a thorough assessment of each
IGG for decision
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Thank You…
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