CGIAR Fund. 4.1 The CGIAR Fund finances CRPs, primarily through CRPs proposed by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council as eligible to receive Window 2 subaccount funding, and other activities conducted by the Centers and their partner institutions to implement the SRF. It facilitates harmonization of donor support by providing a single entry point for financing by donors contributing a minimum of US$ 100,000 to the CGIAR Fund. An entity must be in good standing and receive Fund Council approval to become a Fund Donor; provided that the Fund Council may develop further eligibility criteria for entities interested in contributing to the CGIAR Fund.
4.2 The CGIAR Fund is governed by the Fund Council, supported by the Fund Office, and administered by the Trustee.
4.3 The counterpart of the CGIAR Fund is the Consortium, as the entity with fiduciary responsibility (i.e., to monitor and be responsible for the intended use of funds) and programmatic responsibility (i.e., to be responsible for implementation by Centers and partners and confirm their achievement of results) for funds transferred from the CGIAR Fund on the basis of Fund Council approvals (i.e., Windows 1 and 2) to implement the SRF, as further specified in the relevant agreements with the Consortium.
4.4 In participating in the CGIAR Fund, Fund Donors agree to work with each other to harmonize and align their respective policies and resources as far as possible and seek to effectively leverage complementarities between CGIAR research and (i) their respective national programs in the case of developing country Fund Donors and (ii) their respective bilateral technical assistance programs in the case of multilateral organizations and developed country Fund Donors.
