The following schedule has been planned for the next GFAR Statutory Meetings to be held at Beijing, China.  

1. GFAR Programme Committee - 28 (Wednesday) and 29th November 2007 (Thursday)
2. Meeting of the Executive Secretaries of Regional Forums for Inter-Regional Activities - Afternoon of 29th November 2007
3. GFAR Steering Committee - 30th (Friday) November 2007 and 1st (Saturday) December 2007
4. Donor Support Group Meeting - To be finalized. Tentatively it will held in the afternoon of 1st December 2007.

The GFAR secretariat has launched an electronic consultation on GFAR's program of activities for 2008 and beyond.
The forum is accessible from EGFAR: login (or register) here and access the forums from "Community and forums". The name of the forum is "GFAR Programme".
This forum is private: those who wish to participate should kindly send their MyEGFAR usernames to so that we can give them the necessary permissions.

The GFAR Statutory meetings will be held prior to the CGIAR Annual General Meeting being held from 3rd December 2007 at Beijing, China. 

Attached are the draft agendas and the draft GFAR Programme of Work for 2008 and beyond.