FAO Conference resolutions

RESOLUTION

6/2011

Immediate Plan of Action

for FAO Renewal

THE CONFERENCE

Mindful

of the imperative for FAO Members and Management to continue to work in concert to strengthen the capacity of the Organization to carry out its unique overarching mandate at a time of critical challenges facing the global community;

Recalling

its Resolution 1/2008 whereby it approved an Immediate Plan of Action for FAO Renewal, and its Resolution 4/2009 setting up arrangements for monitoring implementation of FAO renewal in the 2010-11 biennium;

Having considered

the Report of the

Conference Committee on Follow-up to the Independent External Evaluation of FAO (CoC-IEE)

on the work completed in the current biennium in the framework of the Immediate Plan of Action (IPA);

Noting

with appreciation the substantial progress made, during the same period of time, in implementing a complex set of actions covering the whole range of IPA thematic areas;

Recognizing

that this progress was achieved largely thanks to the Membership’s full engagement in, Management’s resolute commitment to, and the constant support of staff to the process of change for FAO renewal;

Recognizing

further that a critical factor in the successful implementation of the IPA has been the adequate funding of the renewal programme, with the required resources being secured by the Membership within the Programme of Work and Budget 2010-11;

Acknowledging

the need to ensure continuity of the renewal process and the new ways of working inherent in IPA implementation as an integral part of the established management and governance arrangements of the Organization :

Endorses

the Report of the

CoC-IEE

on the Immediate Plan of Action for FAO Renewal (IPA), as given in Appendix C of this Report.

Decides

that the

Council

will, at its regular sessions, monitor progress in follow-up to the IPA on the basis of progress reports from Management. In this context, the

Independent Chairperson of the Council

will continue to play a proactive facilitating role.

Decides

that, in performing its oversight functions regarding IPA implementation, the

Council

shall receive inputs from the

Finance Committee

, the

Programme Committee

and the

Committee on Constitutional and Legal Matters

, and from the

Regional Conferences

and the Technical Committees, according to their respective mandates.

Endorses

mainstreaming of the IPA into the Programme of Work and Budget 2012-13.

Decides

that a complete progress report on IPA implementation will be submitted, through the

Council

, to the 38th Session of the FAO Conference in 2013.

(Adopted on

2 July 2011

)

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