Common use of Use of Funds Clause in Contracts

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: : (i) CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. . (ii) Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: : (i) CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. . (ii) Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-cost- sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall will commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2Annex. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall will be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall will be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall will be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall will not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall will be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall will include a provision that such recipient shall will (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall will be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall will be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall will credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed arranged with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best effortswill take all practicable steps, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shallwill, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget the fund allocation among different line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount items within the proposal by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lowerof the total approved budget amount; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall will be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall will not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject Section 5.1. The funds transferred to the availability Implementing Entity under Section 4 of applicable funds held in this Agreement may be used only for the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund purpose for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with which they have been provided under the terms of this Contribution Agreement the SCF Governance Framework Document, the Design Document for the respective SCF Program and applicable decisions of the SCF Sub-committee, including relevant Proposals approved by the SCF Trust Fund Committee or Contribution Arrangementthe relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the case may be, for individual allocations of SCF Trust Fund funds. Section 5.2. The Implementing Entity shall be responsible for: (a) the use of funds transferred by the Trustee and activities carried out therewith in accordance with: (i) its own policies, guidelines, and procedures (including in respect of procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements); and (ii) the applicable decisions of the SCF Trust Fund Committee or the relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed purpose for which the allocations of the funds have been approved by the CGIAR SCF Trust Fund shall be within Committee, or the scope of relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the SRF and for purposes of implementing case may be, based on the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals Proposal submitted by the Consortium Implementing Entity; and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing reporting to the SCF Trust Fund Donor Committee and allocated by the Fund Council relevant SCF Sub- committee on its activities in consultation accordance with the Consortiumterms of this Agreement, the SCF Governance Framework Document and (c) use of Window 3 funds Design Document for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Fundersrelevant SCF Program. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Section 5.3. Recognizing the obligations of the Implementing Entity’s member countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions Resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund Implementing Entity shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the ConsortiumImplementing Entity’s policies and other recipientprocedures, to Section 5.4. Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Implementing Entity shall invest all funds in the IE SCF Trust Fund pending their disbursement in accordance with the Implementing Entity’s applicable policies and procedures (concerning the investment of funds including those with respect applicable to funds for which the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements)Implementing Entity acts in a similar capacity. The Implementing Entity shall not be held liable for any losses, except which may arise from such investment save to the extent otherwise specified provided for in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved Section 2.2 above. Section 5.5. The Implementing Entity shall have the right to convert all funds received by the IE SCF Trust Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 into other currencies to facilitate the administration of the CGIAR Fund shall be used IE SCF Trust Fund. In the event that the Implementing Entity has provided funding to Project Recipients in a currency other than the currency in which the commitment by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved Trustee is made, unless otherwise agreed by the SCF Trust Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by Committee, any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or exchange risks arising as a result of such conversion of currencies shall be borne by the Contribution Agreements Implementing Entity. Section 5.6. The Implementing Entity shall report on the receipt of Principal Repayments, receipt of Income, and ArrangementsUnused Funds, nor will and return any such funds received or held by it in accordance with Sections 6 and 7 below. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for collection of funds due to the Implementing Entity from the Project Recipient or such other entity under any SCF Project. Section 5.7. If the Implementing Entity uses the SCF Trust Fund Donorsfunds transferred to it under this Agreement to provide SCF Loans, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients Implementing Entity shall, as a lender of record in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such its capacity as unused funds or refunds under the terms implementing entity of the relevant Fund Use AgreementsCTF, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1administer SCF Loans in accordance with its policies and procedures. The Implementing Entity shall, except as may be agreed with otherwise agreed, follow the Trustee and specified terms set out in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangementfinancing terms for the relevant SCF Program, as appropriate, agreed between the MDBs and the SCF Trust Fund Committee and/or the relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstanceswhich shall be attached hereto once such terms have been agreed. 5.11 The ConsortiumSection 5.8. In the event that the Trustee has notified the Implementing Entity of any non- compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Implementing Entity fails to cure such non-compliance, within thirty (30) calendar days after the notification by the Trustee, the Centers and other recipients of funds from Trustee: (a) shall consult with the CGIAR SCF Trust Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation Committee or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant SCF Sub-committee (or its designee), as the case may be; and (b) at the instruction of the SCF Trust Fund Use Agreements, including Committee or the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP relevant SCF Sub- committee (or other proposal approved by the Fund Councilits designee), as the case may be, including for may suspend any further commitment and/or cash transfer of SCF Trust Fund funds to the following reasons: Implementing Entity until such time as the Implementing Entity has cured (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs has taken necessary steps within its control to cure, in excess of case action by any party other than the amounts committed in Implementing Entity is required) the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying non-compliance to the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: : (i) CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-subaccount- eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. . (ii) Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject Funds raised through the Banner Program will be managed by XXXX, subject to conditions stated in this Amended and Restated PolicyAgreement. All net revenues shall be deployed by XXXX for projects that are approved by the board of directors of XXXX and implemented in collaboration with, and as approved by, the Town Administrator (presently Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx), and/or the Town Parks and Recreation Commission (the “Commission”) and the Director of Parks and Recreation, and/or other Town boards and commissions having authority over such facilities (as hereinafter further described, the “Approved Projects”). The Town shall have no right to direct or restrict funding generated under this Amended and Restated PolicyAgreement for any Approved Project that meets the requirements set forth in this Section 3, unless the creation, funding, construction or implementation of such project violates the Town charter or applicable law. XXXX will either pay for Approved Projects directly, or will contribute net revenues to the availability Town for deployment towards Approved Projects. Approved Projects shall be prioritized on an annual basis and will adhere to the following requirements, unless mutually agreed otherwise: a. Projects that enhance the existing Town Athletic Facilities and/or create new athletic and recreational facilities; b. Projects that directly and positively impact Wilton youth sports and recreation and/or related programming; c. Projects that benefit the highest number of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined Wilton youth and Wilton residents; d. Priority will be given to projects that are lower-cost, safety and utility enhancing and readily implementable. Attachment B hereto sets forth a sample list of projects which have been discussed by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance XXXX with the terms Commission and/or the Director of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and Parks & Recreation. Such list is for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortiumdiscussion only, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall the projects thereon do not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, constitute Approved Projects unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying approved as required by this Section 3. The Town hereby designates the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients Town Administrator (presently Xxxx Xxxxxxxxxxxxx) and/or the Commission to assist in the deployment of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:towards Approved Projects.

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall will commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2Annex. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall will be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: : (i) CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall will be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall will be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall will not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. . (ii) Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall will be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall will include a provision that such recipient shall will (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall will be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall will be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall will credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed arranged with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shallwill, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall will be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall will not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2Annex. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best effortstake all practicable steps, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget the fund allocation among different line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount items within the proposal by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lowerof the total approved budget amount; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2Annex. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: : (i) CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. . (ii) Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-cost- sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best effortstake all practicable steps, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget the fund allocation among different line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount items within the proposal by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lowerof the total approved budget amount; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject Section 5.1. The funds transferred to the availability Implementing Entity under Section 4 of applicable funds held in this Agreement may be used only for the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund purpose for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with which they have been provided under the terms of this Contribution Agreement the SCF Governance Framework Document, the Design Document for the respective SCF Program and applicable decisions of the SCF Sub-committee, including relevant Proposals approved by the SCF Trust Fund Committee or Contribution Arrangementthe relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the case may be, for individual allocations of SCF Trust Fund funds. Section 5.2. The Implementing Entity shall be responsible for: (a) the use of funds transferred by the Trustee and activities carried out therewith in accordance with: (i) its own policies, guidelines, and procedures (including in respect of procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements); and (ii) the applicable decisions of the SCF Trust Fund Committee or the relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed purpose for which the allocations of the funds have been approved by the CGIAR SCF Trust Fund shall be within Committee, or the scope of relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the SRF and for purposes of implementing case may be, based on the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals Proposal submitted by the Consortium Implementing Entity; and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccountreporting to the SCF Trust Fund Committee and the relevant SCF Sub-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council committee on its activities in consultation accordance with the Consortiumterms of this Agreement, the SCF Governance Framework Document and (c) use of Window 3 funds Design Document for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Fundersrelevant SCF Program. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Section 5.3. Recognizing the obligations of the Implementing Entity’s member countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions Resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund Implementing Entity shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent in accordance with its governing arrangements the Implementing Entity’s policies and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terroristsprocedures, to ensure that such the funds provided to the Implementing Entity by the Trustee are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. Section 5.4. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, Subject to the recipient’s knowledge or beliefterms of this Agreement, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of Implementing Entity shall invest all funds in the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR IE SCF Trust Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used pending their disbursement in accordance with the ConsortiumImplementing Entity’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (concerning the investment of funds including those with respect applicable to funds for which the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements)Implementing Entity acts in a similar capacity. The Implementing Entity shall not be held liable for any losses, except which may arise from such investment save to the extent otherwise specified provided for in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved Section 2.2 above. Section 5.5. The Implementing Entity shall have the right to convert all funds received by the IE SCF Trust Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 into other currencies to facilitate the administration of the CGIAR Fund shall be used IE SCF Trust Fund. In the event that the Implementing Entity has provided funding to Project Recipients in a currency other than the currency in which the commitment by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved Trustee is made, unless otherwise agreed by the SCF Trust Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by Committee, any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or exchange risks arising as a result of such conversion of currencies shall be borne by the Contribution Agreements Implementing Entity. Section 5.6. The Implementing Entity shall report on the receipt of Principal Repayments, receipt of Income, and ArrangementsUnused Funds, nor will and return any such funds received or held by it in accordance with Sections 6 and 7 below. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for collection of funds due to the Implementing Entity from the Project Recipient or such other entity under any SCF Project. Section 5.7. If the Implementing Entity uses the SCF Trust Fund Donorsfunds transferred to it under this Agreement to provide SCF Loans, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients Implementing Entity shall, as a lender of record in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such its capacity as unused funds or refunds under the terms implementing entity of the relevant Fund Use AgreementsCTF, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1administer SCF Loans in accordance with its policies and procedures. The Implementing Entity shall, except as may be agreed with otherwise agreed, follow the Trustee and specified terms set out in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangementfinancing terms for the relevant SCF Program, as appropriate, agreed between the MDBs and the SCF Trust Fund Committee and/or the relevant SCF Sub-committee, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstanceswhich shall be attached hereto once such terms have been agreed. 5.11 The ConsortiumSection 5.8. In the event that the Trustee has notified the Implementing Entity of any non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Implementing Entity fails to cure such non-compliance, within thirty (30) calendar days after the notification by the Trustee, the Centers and other recipients of funds from Trustee: (a) shall consult with the CGIAR SCF Trust Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation Committee or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant SCF Sub-committee (or its designee), as the case may be; and (b) at the instruction of the SCF Trust Fund Use Agreements, including Committee or the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP relevant SCF Sub-committee (or other proposal approved by the Fund Councilits designee), as the case may be, including for may suspend any further commitment and/or cash transfer of SCF Trust Fund funds to the following reasons: Implementing Entity until such time as the Implementing Entity has cured (ior otherwise has taken necessary steps within its control to cure, in case action by any party other than the Implementing Entity is required) the non-compliance to change the scope reasonable satisfaction of the Trustee in consultation with the SCF Trust Fund Committee or the objectives of the approved proposal relevant Sub-committee (or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Councilits designee), as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:.

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall will commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2Annex. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall will be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall will be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall will be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall will not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall will be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall will include a provision that such recipient shall will (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall will be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall will be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall will credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed arranged with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shallwill, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall will be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall will not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 22 attached hereto. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: : (i) CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. . (ii) Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best effortstake all practicable steps, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget the fund allocation among different line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount items within the proposal by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lowerof the total approved budget amount; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject The funds transferred to the availability Technical Partner under Section 4 of this Agreement may be used only for the purpose for which they have been provided under the terms of the GIF Partnership Framework, Operating Guidelines and applicable funds held in decisions of the CGIAR Fund as determined Governing Council and/or Management Unit, including relevant Applications approved by the Trustee, Voting Funding Partners and/or Management Unit. 5.2 The Technical Partner shall be responsible for: (a) the use of funds transferred by the Trustee shall commitand GIF Activities carried out therewith in accordance with: (i) its own policies, transfer or use guidelines, and procedures (including, but not limited to those policies, guidelines and procedures about procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements); and (ii) the applicable decisions of the Governing Council and/or Management Unit including the purpose for which funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose have been approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Voting Funding Partners and/or Management Unit based on the relevant Application; and (b) reporting to the Governing Council on its GIF Activities in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution ArrangementAgreement, as the case may be, including the Governance GIF Partnership Framework and this Annex 2. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-sharing basis by all CGIAR FundersOperating Guidelines. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of Technical Partner’s member countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions Resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund Technical Partner (a) shall be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent in accordance with its governing arrangements the Technical Partner’s policies and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terroristsprocedures, to ensure that such the funds provided to the Technical Partner by the Trustee are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such ; and (b) acknowledges that the Trustee reserves the right to withhold any transfer of funds shall include a provision that such recipient shall (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge Technical Partner under this Agreement if a resolution, action or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United NationsNations prohibits or restricts, including under in the Trustee’s determination, a member state of the United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include to make a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that payment to the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds availableTechnical Partner. 5.5 Any recipient 5.4 Subject to the terms of this Agreement, the Technical Partner shall invest funds from in the CGIAR TP GIF Special Fund shall confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used pending their disbursement in accordance with the ConsortiumTechnical Partner’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (concerning the investment of funds including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved applicable funds which are administered by the Fund Council Technical Partner. The Technical Partner shall not be held liable for any losses, which may be attached thereto. Funds arise from Window 1 such investment; provided that the Technical Partner made the investment in a prudent manner as a fiduciary in accordance with the Technical Partner’s policies and Window 2 procedures. 5.5 The Technical Partner shall have the right to convert all funds received by the TP GIF Special Fund into other currencies to facilitate the administration of the CGIAR Fund shall be used TP GIF Special Fund. In the event that the Technical Partner has provided funding to Activity Recipients in a currency other than the currency in which the commitment by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by Trustee is made, any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or exchange risks arising as a result of such conversion of currencies shall be borne by the Contribution Agreements Technical Partner (and Arrangementsnot by the GIF Trust Fund) unless the relevant Application which has been approved in relation to such GIF Activity specifies that GIF Trust Fund resources are to be allocated for such purpose instead, nor will including the Fund Donorsoperational process in which it is to be allocated. 5.6 The Technical Partner shall report on the receipt of GIF Activity Reflows and Unused Funds, and return any such funds received or held by it in accordance with Sections 6 and 7 below. The Trustee shall have no responsibility for collection of funds due to the Technical Partner from a GIF Activity Recipient or such other entity under any GIF Activity. 5.7 Following consultations with the Technical Partner, in the event that the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients has notified in terminating writing the engagement Technical Partner of any non-compliance with the terms of this Agreement and the Technical Partner fails to cure such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used non-compliance, within thirty (30) calendar days after the notification by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee Trustee: (a) shall credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed consult with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shall, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Governing Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (iib) at the instruction of the Governing Council (or its designee), may suspend any further commitment and/or cash transfer of GIF Trust Fund resources to revise the Technical Partner until such time as the Technical Partner has cured (or otherwise has taken necessary steps within its control to cure, in case any budget line item action by any party other than the Technical Partner is required) the non-compliance to the reasonable satisfaction of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee in consultation with the Governing Council (or the Fund Office shall be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amountsits designee). 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply:

Use of Funds. 5.1 Subject to the availability of applicable funds held in the CGIAR Fund as determined by the Trustee, the Trustee shall will commit, transfer or use the funds from the CGIAR Fund for any purpose approved and in the amount allocated by the Fund Council in accordance with the terms of this Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, including the Governance Framework and this Annex 2Annex. 5.2 Any and all activities financed by the CGIAR Fund shall will be within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF. In the event questions of interpretation regarding research and related activities to implement the SRF arise, decisions about what constitutes an activity within the scope of the SRF and for purposes of implementing the SRF are expected to be made by the Consortium in consultation with the Fund Council. Funds from the CGIAR Fund may finance: : (i) CRPs as defined by proposals submitted by the Consortium and approved by the Fund Council; provided that (a) use of Window 1 funds for CRPs shall will be as allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, (b) use of Window 2 funds for subaccount-eligible CRPs shall will be as designated by each contributing Fund Donor and allocated by the Fund Council in consultation with the Consortium, and (c) use of Window 3 funds for CRPs shall will not be in the discretion of the Fund Council or the contributing Fund Donor during the existence of Window 3. . (ii) Funding requests for System Costs submitted by other bodies or entities for Fund Council approval; provided that such funding requests shall will be paid through Window 1 as allocated in the discretion of the Fund Council and are expected to be funded equitably on a cost-cost- sharing basis by all CGIAR Funders. 5.3 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will not be used for payments for which corrupt, fraudulent, collusive or coercive practices were engaged in by representatives of the Consortium or any other recipient of such funds. 5.4 Recognizing the obligations of countries that are members of the United Nations under various United Nations Security Council resolutions to take measures to prevent financing of terrorists, any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be required to undertake to use reasonable efforts, consistent with its governing arrangements and policies, including those pertaining to combating financing for terrorists, to ensure that such funds are used for their intended purposes and are not diverted to terrorists or their agents. The relevant Fund Use Agreements for such funds shall will include a provision that such recipient shall will (i) not use such funds for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for the import of goods, if such payment or import, to the recipient’s knowledge or belief, is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations, including under United Nations Security Council Resolution 1373 and related resolutions, and (ii) include a corresponding provision in any sub-grant agreements that the recipient enters into with entities to which the recipient makes such funds available. 5.5 Any recipient of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will confirm that, given the activities to be funded by funds from the CGIAR Fund, it does not believe that such funds would be diverted in support of drug trafficking. 5.6 Funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used in accordance with the Consortium’s and other recipient’s applicable policies and procedures (including those with respect to the procurement of goods and services and reporting arrangements), except to the extent otherwise specified in any relevant Fund Use Agreements, including any proposal approved by the Fund Council which may be attached thereto. Funds from Window 1 and Window 2 of the CGIAR Fund shall will be used by the recipient only in support of its funding request as approved by the Fund Council. 5.7 Investment income generated by any funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will be used for the same purposes applicable to such funds under the relevant Fund Use Agreements or returned to the Trustee for deposit into Window 1 if not needed. 5.8 Neither the Fund Donors nor the Trustee or Fund Office shall will be responsible for the activities of any person or third party engaged by a recipient with use of the funds from the CGIAR Fund or as a result of the Contribution Agreements and Arrangements, nor will the Fund Donors, the Trustee or Fund Office be liable for any costs incurred by such recipients in terminating the engagement of any such person. 5.9 The Contributions may be used by the recipient to retroactively pay for expenditures under a CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council that were incurred within the 6 months prior to Fund Council approval of such CRP or other proposal, unless otherwise specified in such CRP or other proposal or any relevant Fund Use Agreements. 5.10 In the event any funds from the CGIAR Fund are returned to the Trustee, such as unused funds or refunds under the terms of the relevant Fund Use Agreements, the Trustee shall will credit those funds to Window 1, except as may be agreed arranged with the Trustee and specified in the respective Contribution Agreement or Contribution Arrangement, as the case may be, for any Fund Donor that requires the return of its pro rata share under specific circumstances. 5.11 The Consortium, the Centers and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall use their best efforts, to the extent allowed by applicable agreements, such as those with host governments, and other applicable laws, to ensure that the use of funds from the CGIAR Fund is free from any taxation or fees imposed under local laws. Fund Donors who are sovereign states shallwill, to the extent relevant and feasible, seek to assist the Consortium, the Centers and such other recipients in strengthening and adjusting any such applicable agreements to which such Fund Donors are a party. 5.12 Except as specified in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, including the Joint Agreement and any attached approved proposals, the Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund shall will seek approval from the Fund Council to make material revisions to the CRP or other proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, including for the following reasons: (i) to change the scope or the objectives of the approved proposal or to add any new activity; and (ii) to revise any budget line item of such approved proposal’s total approved budget amount by more than 10 percent or US$500,000, whichever is lower; and (iii) to request additional funding. 5.13 Neither the Fund Council, nor any individual Fund Donor, the Trustee or the Fund Office shall will be obligated to reimburse any recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund for costs incurred in excess of the total amount committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements. The recipients shall will not be obligated to continue performance under such Fund Use Agreements or otherwise incur costs in excess of the amounts committed in the relevant Fund Use Agreements, unless and until such amounts have been increased through amendments specifying the new committed amounts. 5.14 The Consortium and other recipients of funds from the CGIAR Fund may use such funds for costs incurred in carrying out the CRP or relevant proposal approved by the Fund Council, as the case may be, that are reasonable, allocable, and allowable, where the following meanings apply: