Monthly Portfolio Touchpoint - Wednesday, 1 April 2026

• 4 April 2026: April Portfolio Touchpoint Meeting recording l Slide deck 

• 17 March 2026: Sounding Board Meeting - Planning Module MVP 2 Testing: Meeting recording l Slide deck 

• 16 March 2026: ToC and MELIA Update Guidance Webinar Meeting recording (9am CEST) Meeting recording (5pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 4 March 2026: March Portfolio Touchpoint Meeting recording l Slide deck 

• 27 February 2026: AI-generated Zero Drafts Meeting recording l Slide deck 

• 26 February 2026: AM Info Session: Reflect Phase Guidance for Program/Accelerator Teams: Meeting Recording l Slide deck

• 25 February 2026: PM Info Session: Reflect Phase Guidance for Program/Accelerator Teams: Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 19 February 2026: 2025 Annual Technical Report template & guidance: Meeting recording (9am CEST) Meeting Recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 18 February 2026: 2026 Communications and Engagement Plan Drop In: Meeting recording (9.30 am CEST) Meeting recording (2pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 12 February 2026: Survey Report: PRMS Planning Module & 2026 Planning Process: Meeting recording l Slide deck 

• 4 February 2026: February Portfolio Touchpoint: Meeting Recording | Slide deck 

• 3 February 2026: QA Platform walkthrough: Meeting Recording (9am CEST), Meeting Recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck

• 29 January 2026: Technical Reporting drop-in: Meeting Recording (9am CEST), Meeting Recording (3pm CEST)

• 22 January 2026: Technical Reporting drop-in: Meeting Recording (9am CEST), Meeting Recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck

• 15 January 2026: Technical Reporting drop-in: Meeting Recording (9am CEST), Meeting Recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck

• 15 December 2025: Information Session on CGSpace and PRMS Technical Reporting:  Meeting Recording (9am  CEST),  Meeting Recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 11 November 2025: PRMS training, new user orientation and refresher: Meeting recording (10am CEST), Meeting recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 10 November 2025: Information session on KPI definition & input into the 2026 Program and Accelerator ToCs:  Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 6 November 2025: 2026 Planning Module Training Session: Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 5 November 2025: 2026 Planning Information Sharing Sessions: Meeting recording (8.30 am CEST) Meeting recording (1pm CEST) l Slide deck | Slide deck 2 

• 28 October 2025: Quality Assurance process Meeting recording (10am CEST) Meeting recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck

• 23 October 2025: Sounding Board Meeting - Planning module MVP 1 Testing Meeting recording (AM Session) Meeting recording (PM Session) 

• 23 October 2025: Reporting on Innovations Meeting recording (10am CEST) Meeting recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck

• 22 October 2025: Information sessions Risk Management Meeting recording (10am CEST), Meeting recording (2pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 30 September 2025: Reporting on Outcomes Meeting recording (10am CEST), Meeting recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 23 September 2025: Reporting on Outputs Meeting recording (9am CEST), Meeting recording (3pm CEST) l Slide deck 

• 11 September 2025: 6th Sounding Board Meeting for PRMS Planning Module v2 Enhancements (3pm CEST) Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 28 August 2025: 5th Sounding Board Meeting for PRMS Planning Module v2 Enhancements (3pm CEST) Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 07 August 2025: 4th Sounding Board Meeting for PRMS Planning Module v2 Enhancements (3pm CEST) Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 31 July 2025: 3rd Sounding Board Meeting for PRMS Planning Module v2 Enhancements (1pm CEST)  Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 29 July 2025: Information sessions on 2025 Technical Reporting Meeting recording (10am CEST) Meeting recording (3pm CEST) l  Slide deck 

• 24 July 2025: 2nd Sounding Board Meeting for PRMS Planning Module v2 Enhancements (1pm CEST) Meeting recording l Slide deck

• 18 July 2025: 1st Sounding Board for PRMS (1pm CEST) Meeting recording l Slide deck

• CGIAR Technical Reporting Arrangement 2025-2030

• CGIAR Performance and Results Management Framework 2022-2030

• PRMS ToC Tool

• PRMS Planning

• PRMS Reporting

• PRMS Risk Management

• CGIAR 2030 Programs and Accelerators Plans of Results and Budgets 

• CGSpace Homepage

• CGSpace Explorer

• CGSpace Collections for Programs and Accelerators

• CGIAR Open and FAIR Data Assets Policy

• CG Core Metadata Schema

• Planning Module Post-Release Report 

• PRMS Planning Module User Guidelines - Updated March 2026 

2024 Proposals

• Breeding for Tomorrow

• Capacity Sharing Accelerator

• Climate Action Program

• Digital Transformation Accelerator

• Food Frontiers and Security Program

• Gender Equality and Inclusion Accelerator

• Genebanks

• Multifunctional Landscapes Program

• Policy Innovations Program

• Scaling for Impact Program

• Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods Program

• Sustainable Farming Program

• List of Program and Accelerators AoW   (for 2025 and 2026)

2026 Communications & Engagement Plan 

• Please find here the template PDF | Word (v. 19 Feb). 

• The deadline for the Communication and Engagement Plan is 9 March 2026; please send to planningandadaptivemanagement@cgiar.org 

• The Communication and Engaement Plan feedbck is available here. The deadline for resubmission is 26 March 2026. The Chief Scientist will provide approval by 2 April 2026. 

NB: If you have any questions while completing the template, please contact the Communications colleagues listed here: 
Website: web@cgiar.org; Events: events@cgiar.org; Social Media/Email marketing: campaigns@cgiar.org; Messaging/Design: communications@cgiar.org

Contact database & mailing lists

• We have created separate mailing lists to better manage program-level communication, as outlined below. The lists, which will be continuously updated, are based on the most current information available in the portfolio contact database.

• CGIAR Portfolio Communication Focal Points portfolio-communication-focal-points@groups.cgiar.org 

• CGIAR Portfolio Program Coordinators portfolio-program-coordinators@groups.cgiar.org 

• CGIAR Portfolio Finance Focal Points  portfolio-finance-focal-point@groups.cgiar.org 

• CGIAR Portfolio MELIA Focal Points portfolio-melia-focal-points@groups.cgiar.org 

• CGIAR Portfolio Leadership Team (Directors, Deputies, AoW Leads and Co-leads and Program Coordinators) program-accelerator-leadership-team@groups.cgiar.org 

• CGIAR Center Delegates: portfolio-center-delegates@groups.cgiar.org    

• Please see the Portfolio 2025-2030 Communications Platforms and Mailing Lists  (updated 31 July) for more details.

Brand & Message Hub

• This page contains all the brand assets you will need to help promote CGIAR 

Management Arrangements

• Management Arrangements for CGIAR's 2025-30 Science and Innovation Portfolio

Internal Call for AoW Leads

• This is to announce the opening of the call for expressions of interest for the assignments of Area of Work Leads for the Science Programs and Accelerators.  Please take note of the openings listed below which are now advertised and open to internal applications. Click here to view the available assignments and apply.
  
  

• Please see below the links to the available Science Program/Accelerator AOW Lead assignments call for expressions of interest:

• Better Diets and Nutrition

• Breeding for Tomorrow

• Capacity Sharing

• Climate Action

• Food Frontiers and Security

• Gender Equality and Inclusion

• Genebanks

• Multifunctional Landscapes

• Policy Innovations

• Sustainable Animal and Aquatic Foods

• Sustainable Farming

• Please submit your expression of interest by 23:59 CET on 30 January 2026.

Guidance and ToRs for AoW Leads

• Guidance Note -- selection and assignment of longer-term AoW Leads   (22 December 2025) 

• Standard ToR for AoW Leads (22 December 2025) 

• Audit Advisory Engagement Report on "Lessons Learned from Establishing CGIAR Initiative Support Systems

• User Research Report PRMS Planning Module

• Partnership Engagement Survey Report  (November 2024)

• Recommendations for enhancing PRMS planning tools to support CGIAR plans for the 2025–2030 period (October 2024)

• Evaluating CGIAR Digital tools to Shape the Next Stage of the Planning Module tool  (July 2025)

• CGIAR Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service

• Planning Module Post-Release Report 

• The 2022-2024 Close Out Guidance page  and the 2025 – 2030 Inception page are available under the  P&R Archive link (top right).