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| A CGIAR Challenge Program (CP) is a time-bound, independently-governed program of high-impact research, that targets the CGIAR goals in relation to complex issues of overwhelming global and/or regional significance, and requires partnerships among a wide range of institutions in order to deliver its products. |
The first CPs, namely, Water and Food, HarvestPlus, and Generation , were launched on a pilot basis in 2003 following a CGIAR-approved process and guidelines for developing and implementing CPs. The first two years of experience in implementing the three programs provided some initial indications of the CP objectives being met and a number of lessons learned for improving program design and development. At the CGIAR Executive Council's (ExCo's) request , the Science Council and the CGIAR Secretariat undertook a study synthesizing lessons learned from the abovementioned CPs. The report was presented and discussed at the CGIAR's Annual General Meeting in 2004 (AGM04). Click here to read the report.
Also at AGM04, a fourth CP, the Sub-Saharan Africa Challenge Program (SSA CP), was approved by the CGIAR, conditional on successful implementation of an 18-month inception phase beginning in January 2005.
In 2008 the CGIAR Challenge Program "Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security" (CCCP) was approved and will be launched in 2009. This program is a major collaborative endeavour between the CGIAR, its partners and The Earth System Science Partnership (ESSP).
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