1. 1 December 2014: The CB calls for Pre-proposals to be submitted (10 pages) by the end of March 2015. 31 March 2015: CRPs submit Pre-Proposals (following the templates outlined in appendices to this document) on- line. July 31, 2015: CO, FO and ISPC complete their review of the Pre-Proposals and submit their recommendations to the CB (for the CO) and FC (for FO and ISPC); Call for CRP proposals

2. 15 September 2015: The CRPs submit a response to the reviews and recommendations of the ISPC, CO and FO to their pre-proposals, 30 November 2015: the CB and FC determine which proposals, and/or key components of proposals they wants to see developed into full proposals, and issue requests for Full Proposal Development. 31 March 2016: CRPs submit Full Proposals, maximum 40 pages length; in the format provided by online templates (see the appendices). April - September 2016: six months for ISPC, CO, and FO and to review the proposals. 30 September 2016: A full set of (a) CRP proposals; (b) ISPC reviews; and (c) CO FO, IEA recommendations is available 15 November 2016: CB and FC complete funding /approval decisions. Call for CRP proposals

3. Sustainable intensification and resilience of Agricultural Systems: An Integrated Assessment and Modeling of Agricultural Systems (IAAS) approach” on November 24-28, 2014 in Hammamet (Tunisia) with CIHEAM/ICARDA. Workshop for Putting Gender Guidelines November 27-29 in Dubai CRP Gender focal points asked to nominate 2 persons to attend Exploratory dialogue" on scaling partnerships at the office of Bioversity International from 2-4 December (organized by AAS).Bioversity International Future DS activities

4. CRP-DS RMC/ISC 2-3 rd week December in Nairobi CGIAR-wide CapDev CoP doc available for FARA meeting November Humidtropics Conference on Integrated Systems scheduled for February/ March 2015 at IITA, Ibadan, Nigeria. The 5th International Symposium for Farming Systems Design “Multi-functional farming systems in a changing world” September 7-10, 2015, Montpellier Future DS activities

5. Bilateral project on Restoration of degraded land for food security in East Africa and Sahel (IFAD/EC via ICRAF). 6.7 million Euro/3 years Bilateral project on Economics of Land Degradation in Central Asia (GIZ/BEAF via CRP-DS) 0.4 million Euro for 18 months Expanding ELD within the CGIAR CRP’s (optimizing political impact) New initiatives

6. Opened discussions with ILO on joint project development for youth/women employment in agriculture Joined proposal preparation phase for Sustainable Intensification of Mediterranean Agriculture under Global Change with French institutes (a new partnership for NAWA) New initiatives

7. Opening discussions with the UNCCD on role of DS in providing scientific advice to the convention (relates to new SRF role of CG in political impact) New initiatives