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June 1-15, 2000
BAR named lead institution of NARS
forum
by Thea Kristina M. Pabuayon
The Bureau of Agricultural Research was
recently designated as the lead institution and coordinator
of a topic of the NARS Issues Forum under the Electronic
Global Forum on Agricultural Research (EGFAR). The topic
assigend to BAR is "Integration of NARS: From NARIs
(National Agricultural Research Institutes) to NARS
(National Agricultural Research Systems)." This
development came about during the GFAR 2000 Global Forum
Meeting held in Dresden, Germany this May wherin BAR
Director Eliseo Ponce was one of th compny's representatives.
As lead NARS/coordinator o the topic,
teh Bureau will establish a webpage that will serve
as a platform for the NARS Forum discussion. A battery
of questions on the evolution of NARIs into NARS will
be prepared. The feedback and added information from
various contributors shall then be collected and analyzed.
This will allow both the Bureau and contributors to
monitor or document past experiences and, in turn, draw
lesons and new insights which shall be of use in the
identification and drafting of managemnt tools and policies.
NARS Forum
The NARS Forum is one of the services
being developed under the EGFAR and is aimed at developing
"user-driven Knowledge Marketplaces on topics of
specific interest to the management of NARS". It
is an internet-based electronic platform that will facilitate
the exchange of management experiences, approaches and
know-how among NARS and reseach institutions.
The NARS Forum is being organized around
a nine-point agenda of strategic issues of interest
to NARS. Lead NARS that have already been identified
include topics such as "Funding Strategies and
Mechanisms for Agricultural Research" from EMBRAPA
of Brazil and "Management of Information and Knowledge
System" in the Philippines from PCCARD. Other institutions
such as IICA, the University of Campinas, and South
Africa are also in the process of being identified as
lead NARS for the remaining topics following the Forum's
rapid process of structuring and organization.
The NARS Forum involves the collaboration
between FAO, ISNAR, and other International Agricultural
Research Centers (IARCs). The involvement of other NARS
colleagues in the discussion of similar problems will
help in the development of a "community of NARS"
capable of sharing and generating vast information.
This will allow for a wide discussion on the different
agriculture fora. This wil also play a key role in the
build-up of a body of knowledge.
EGFAR
The EGFAR is a system of webpages that
facilitate information exchange between stakeholdrs
of agricultural research and development (ARD). Its
three main functions, namely gateway, electronic forum
discussion, and inormation services, ensured continued
interaction between GFAR members and their clientele.
This system is monitored in close coordination
with FAO/FAICENT, CGIAR, and GFAR stakeholders' information
services such as the Regional/Sub-regional Fora and
their databases. 
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