The Global Forum Steering Committee held its third meeting in Brasilia on the 24th
of May 1998. The meeting was opened by Fernando Chaparro, Chairman.The session
was open to observers from 8:30 am to 1:00 p.m., and was followed by a closed
session from 2:00 to 5:00 p.m.
The open session was intended to allow effective interaction between a range of
GFAR members while the closed session was devoted to decisions on management
issues of critical value for the development of the GFAR.
The open session was attended by not less than 37 persons, including 10 GF-SC
members out of 13 (EEC/ CAC regional forum being not yet established, WANA
region and Farmers¿ Organizations representative being unable to attend this meeting).
Non GF-SC member participants were NARS leaders, representatives of subregional
organizations, regional representatives to the CGIAR , as well as IARCs, ARIs,
CGIAR persons and a few donors.