Evaluation of FAO’s Intergovernmental Commodity Groups Colombo, Sri Lanka, 30 January – 1 February 2012 INTERGOVERNMENTAL GROUP ON TEA

Reform of the CCP and IGGs 68th session of Committee on Commodity Problems (CCP): agreement to establish an open-ended working group to review the roles and working arrangements of the CCP and its subsidiary bodies The OEWG met twice: December 2010 and November 2011 Next OEWG meeting: 8th February 2012

Reform of the CCP and IGGs Idea is for the OEWG to come up with a set of recommendations for consideration by the next session of CCP (May 2012) Progress has been made on several fronts, esp. with regard to the working of the CCP itself IGGs: some discussion has started but no specific action (CCP Secretariat produced a document reviewing the IGGs)

… where do we stand… IGGs regarded as potentially important, but some concern was expressed re the performance of some of the Groups Some IGGs were recognized as very active, have ambitious work plans and address relevant issues to Members At the last meeting, OEWG agreed on need for a thorough assessment of each IGG for decision

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