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Guiding Group Meeting – Minutes

Date: 26-27 February 2019 Location: Lebanon Room, FAO HQ, Rome Present: see list of participants in Annex 2 Facilitator: Fritz Schneider, Chair Minutes of Meeting: Anna Grun, AST Rome, 12 April 2019

Table of Contents 1. Welcome – Chair .............................................................................................................................................. 3

2. Approval of the agenda and GG meeting minutes of 2-3 October 2018 – Chair.............................................. 3

3. Global Agenda progress report, including finances – Chair, Eduardo .............................................................. 3

4. Presentation GASL Progress Report 2018 and discussion - Anna ..................................................................... 6

5. GASL Action Plan 2019-2021 - Eduardo ............................................................................................................ 6

6. Workplan and budget of GASL for 2019 – Eduardo.......................................................................................... 9

7. Update on 9th GASL MSP in Kansas – Tim, Chair ............................................................................................ 12

8. Registration fee for the 9th GASL MSP in Kansas – Chair ................................................................................ 14

9. Update on GASL 10th MSP 2020 and GASL 11th MSP 2021 – Chair ................................................................. 15

10. GASL Reaction to EAT-Lancet Report – Chair, Anna ................................................................................... 16

11. Gender and Livestock in GASL – Felix ......................................................................................................... 17

12. Update on Cluster and Action Network Activities...................................................................................... 18

13. Synergies between Clusters and Action Networks: Brazil Project – Alexandre, Rogerio ........................... 18

14. Fund raising activities 2019 – Chair ............................................................................................................ 19

15. Any other business ..................................................................................................................................... 20

ANNEX 1: Detailed Meeting Agenda and next steps, 26/27 Feb 2019, FAO, Rome ................................................ 21

ANNEX 2: List of participants ................................................................................................................................... 24

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ACRONYMS

AGA: Animal Production and Health Division

AN(s): Action Network(s)

AP: Action Plan

APO: Associate Professional Officer

ASSA: Swiss Association for Animal Sciences

AST: Global Agenda Technical Support Team (Secretariat)

AWAN: Animal Welfare Action Network

CABI: Centre for Agriculture and Bioscience International

CFS: Committee on World Food Security, foremost intergovernmental and international platform dealing with food security and

nutrition (FAO-IFAD-WFP)

COAG: FAO Committee on Agriculture

COP 22: 2016 United Nations Climate Change Conference

COP 23: 2017 United Nations Climate Change Conference

DSA: Daily Subsistence Allowance

EAAP: European Association of Animal Production

FOAG: Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture

FRI: Fondation Rurale Interjurassienne

GASL: Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock

GG: Guiding Group of the Global Agenda for Sustainable Livestock

GNSPS: Global Network on Silvopastoral Systems

GRSB: Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef

HLPE: High Level Panel of Experts on food security and nutrition, created as part of the reform of the international governance

of food security to advise the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)

HLPF: High Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development, main United Nations platform dealing with sustainable

development

IDF: International Dairy Federation

ILRI: International Livestock Research Institute

INTA: Instituto Nacional de Tecnología Agropecuaria, Argentina

LEAP: Livestock Environmental Assessment and Performance Partnership

KSU: Kansas State University

MSP: Multi-stakeholder Partnership

NGO: Non-governmental organization

OED: Office of Evaluation

OIE: World Organization for Animal Health

OSP: Office of Strategy, Planning and Resources Management

SDGs: Sustainable Development Goals of the UN Agenda 2030 for Sustainable Development

USD: United States Dollar(s)

USDA: United States Department of Agriculture

SPS: Silvopastoral Systems

TOR: Terms of Reference

WFP: World Food Program

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1. Welcome – Chair The Chair welcomes all Guiding Group members and observers. All participants introduce themselves briefly.

2. Approval of the agenda and GG meeting minutes of 2-3 October 2018 – Chair The agenda and the minutes of the last GG meeting on 2-3 October are approved.

3. Global Agenda progress report, including finances – Chair, Eduardo Traffic light evaluation of 2-3 October 2018, Rome, Italy

The following Traffic Light Agenda reflects the items of the last GG meeting with corresponding actions. The

colours indicate if actions have been fulfilled (green), are in progress (yellow) or have not yet been undertaken

(red) as of 26 February 2019.

Ag.

Nr.

Agenda Topic Supporting

Documents

Task What: Who, by State of affairs, state of

completion

1. Welcome (quorum,

new members,

observers)

Attendees list,

GG members

and observers

I Chair As per list in Annex 2 of the

minutes. Henning Steinfeld

announces that he will resign

from FAO and GASL early 2019.

Henning since has withdrawn

his resignation and will

continue. Welcome back!

2. Approval of the

agenda

GG M 2-3Oct. 2018

GG meeting minutes

15 June 2018

Doc. 1.: Agenda

GG meeting

2-3 Oct.2018

Doc. 2.: GG

meeting

minutes 15

June 2018

I, A Agenda of GG meeting 2-

3-Oct. 2018 approved,

Minutes of GG meeting of

15 June 2018 approved

GG Agenda of GG meeting 2-3-Oct.

2018 approved,

Minutes of GG meeting of 15

June 2018 approved

3. Global Agenda

Progress Report

including finances

Doc. 3: Traffic

Light Evaluation

Doc. 4:

Financial Tables

as per

31.12.2018

I Work for fund raising

portfolio of AP 2019-2021

is in progress

Chair, AST Fund raising activities are work

in progress. Financial situation

and fundraising activities will

be discussed again in the GG

meeting in Feb. 2019, see

Agenda Item

4. 8th MSP Meeting

Report

Doc. 5: 8th MSP

Report

I, D Make workshop

presentations and the

report of Peter Ballantyne

online accessible; include

MSP report in the GASL

Progress Report 2018

AST Report has been updated with

the report of Peter Ballantine

and is available on the

webpage. The presentations of

the meeting are available on

the webpage. MSP report is

part of Progress Report 2018

5. GASL external

evaluation, final

report, presentation

elements of a

management

response

Discussion and

Conclusions for the

GASL AP 2019-21

Doc. 6: External

Evaluation,

final report

I, D Management response of

FAO (AGA & DPS) and

including GASL elements

(done by consultation) The

evaluation requires a

management response of

FAO.

Henning

Steinfeld,

Chair, AST

Evaluation report and

management response are

online.

6. Proposal to merge

AN Closing the

Efficiency GAP with

AN Silvopastoral

Network

Doc. 7: Written

proposal from

Ernesto

I, D, A Nucleus team in charge of

building a task force for

the AN Closing the

efficiency gap

Ernesto

Reyes,

Caroline

Emond,

Camillo De

Work in progress, so far no

proposal received by AST

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Camillis,

Julian Chara

7. Rebecca Doyle, New

Coordinator of AN

Animal Welfare

I Establish communication

amongst the group; write

a paper on Animal Welfare

and SDGs; identifying

activities for students and

interns; satellite meeting

around a GASL meeting in

2019 or 2020

Rebecca

Doyle

Work in progress. A progress

report 2018 of the AN Animal

welfare is available.

8. Action Plan GASL

2019 – 2021

1. Introduction

2. Presentation

(Logical Framework)

3. Discussion

Doc. 8:

Advanced Draft

AP GASL 2019-

2021

Doc 9: PP

I, D The AST is going to update

the AP by including the

recommendations of the

GG; the GG has time for

feedback until 5 Nov 2018.

An editor will be hired.

AST, GG

members

The AST has received > 250

comments to the draft

discussed in October.

Comments have been

incorporated, new version for

discussion in the GG meeting

26-27 Feb 2019

4. Financial

Management and

Funding Mechanism

I, D Meeting with FAO Legal

Services to explore the

possibility of a foundation.

Present a proposal for

member contributions.

AST,

Emanuel

Coste

Chair, AST

Meeting initiative about GASL

foundation cancelled. Instead,

Emmanuel suggested to

consult with FAO through the

AST if certain target European

foundations would be

acceptable to donate to GASL.

Two found-options were

consulted and FAO approved

them as potential donors to

GASL: Roullier Group

Foundation and RTE Reseau et

Transport Energy Foundation.

The foundations have not been

contacted yet.

5. Governance I The governance rules &

regulations will stay the

same for the next three

years.

Chair, AST Rules and Regulations are

annexed in the AP 2019-2021

6. Formal decision of

GG for an extension

of GASL

A In order for FAO to extend

the GASL project, the GG

expresses its will to

continue GASL without any

vote against.

AST done

9. MSPs: Decision for

2019. Proposals for

2021; Update 2020

Doc. 10:

Proposal for

9th MSP in the

USA

(available for

GG meeting

only)

I, D, A Decide on venue, visit

university, build a task

force

Chair, AST,

Donald

Moore

On track. AST and Chair have

visited Kansas State University

in November. Work in

Progress. See also Agenda item

in the GG meeting 26-27 Feb.

2019

10. Communication

strategy for Action

Plan 2019-2021

Doc. 8:

Advanced Draft

AP GASL 2019-

2021

I, D Update strategy for the AP

and develop plan of

implementation

AST done, implementation ongoing

11. Update on Action

networks (6 x 7

minutes)

I Upload presentations on

website

AST done

12. Next GG Meeting,

any other business

I Define dates for GG

Meetings in 2019:

AST GG meting 26-27 Feb 2019 at

FAO in Rome.

GG meeting 13 Sep 2019 in

Kansas after the 9th MSP

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1. February, back

to back with

LEAP

2. June (maybe)

3. September,

during MSP

Meeting, USA

GG meeting in Feb to decide

whether we need a third

meeting between Feb and Sep

2019.

13. Evaluation of tools

and cases

I Tools & Cases: Pablo

Manzano has signed a

contract as a consultant at

FAO and has started the

work

AST and

editorial

group

Due to personal issues Pablo

Manzano is behind schedule.

Negotiations to finish it in one

month are under way.

COAG side Event

“AMR in Livestock:

Innovation and the

role of GASL”

I successfully done

The Guiding Group (GG) expresses the wish to be informed about concrete deadlines to achieve actions, which are

not fulfilled yet (yellow/red) for future Traffic Light Evaluations.

Finances

At the Guiding Group Meeting in March 2018, the AST and Chair pointed out a substantial financial deficit for 2018.

The AST subsequently reduced budget lines that were not essential for the basic operation of GASL. As a result, the

year finished with balanced and even positive accounts. The deficit was also offset by sponsors for the MSP

meeting in Mongolia, which was the main expense of the year. The Mongolian government offered substantial

support for GASL’s MSP 2018. Unfortunately, GASL could not sponsor as many stakeholders as usual. This

imbalance in participation will be avoided in the future.

Table 1: 2018 detailed expenses and 2019 draft budget, USD

Items Expenses 2018 Draft Budget 2019 %

Global Agenda secretariat 278 193 435 817 34 %

MSP process 306 482 320 000 25 %

Travel 82 000 210 000 16 %

Action Networks 128 860 235 000 18 %

Practice and Policy Change 18 000 -

FAO fee 7% 56 947 81 607 07 %

TOTAL 870 482 1 282 424 100 %

Table 2: Donor contributions 2018 and pledges for 2019, USD

Contributions 2018 2019 Pledges

To core budget 828 350 979 258

Balance previous year 266 405 85 258

Switzerland 160 005 250 000

the Netherlands 123 000 125 000

Swiss Development Coop. 50 000

Ireland 0 51 000

Global Dairy Platform 34 000

CNE (Conf. Nat. Elevage) 17 490 18 000

France 5 700

Contr. Venue Govt. MSP Meeting 111 250 -

Other Sponsorships MSP Meeting 60 500 200 000*

New donors (Gates Foundation)

250 000*

To Action Networks: 127 390 -

France 57 390

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Global Dairy Platform 70 000

TOTAL 955 740 979 258

*The Gates Foundation contribution has been confirmed already and the initial sponsorship pledges obtained for the MSP meeting are

consistent with the budgeted amount of 200,000 USD

Table 3: Financial situation of GASL as per February 2019, USD

Donor % 2019 2020 2021 Total Pledged % 2019-21

Existing donors

Switzerland

Netherlands

Others (Ireland, GDP, CNE)

20 %

10 %

10 %

250 000

125 000

125 000

250 000

125 000

125 000

250 000

125 000

125 000

750 000

375 000

375 000

750 000

375 000

69 000

20 %

10 %

2 %

Subtotal existing donors 40 % 500 000 500 000 500 000 1 500 000 1 194 000 32 %

Other sources

New public donors 04 % 50 000 50 000 50 000 150 000 0 0 %

Major new donors, private and

foundations

30 % 375 000 375 000 375 000 1 125 000 750 000 20 %

Sponsoring MSP Meetings 16 % 200 000 200 000 200 000 600 000 350 000 10 %

Contributions of GASL members to

AN through GASL

10 % 125 000 125 000 125 000 375 000 0 0 %

Balance from 2018

0 85 000 2 %

Subtotal other sources 60 % 750 000 750 000 750 000 2 250 000 1 185 000 32 %

Total 100 % 1 250 000 1 250 000 1 250 000 3 750 000 2 379 000 64 %

The AST and Chair are progressing well with the Gates Foundation (BMGF), which is pledging 750,000 USD for 3 ½

years. The next step is to submit a revised proposal on 7 March 2019.1

Some traditional donors have not offered pledges yet. Work is in progress. The Global Dairy Platform (GDP) is

paying the sponsoring drive in the US, funds are expected. France has not stabilised its budget yet but will continue

the financial contribution at the same level as in previous years.

4. Presentation GASL Progress Report 2018 and discussion - Anna The Progress Report 2018 was published 25 February 2019. It is foreseen to publish a progress report every year

around the same time. The report is available on the GASL website.2 If there are comments or small corrections,

the GG can offer them until the end of March. The AST apologizes for not having included Cluster and AN reports in

the annex due to incompleteness. It is planned to include these reports in future progress reports. A specific effort

has to be made by Clusters and ANs, possibly supported by the AST.

The GG, especially the Donor Cluster, is happy with this summary of activities. It is a helpful document to share

with partners or new people interested in the work done by GASL. AN and Cluster reports would be very welcome.

5. GASL Action Plan 2019-2021 - Eduardo Feedback and suggestions During the last GG meeting in October 2018, the AP 2019-2021 has been discussed. The GG members offered

suggestions as well as written revisions and edits later on. The AST subsequently proceeded as follows:

1. Remarked synergies between Clusters and Action Networks

2. Adjusted and synthetized key messages

3. Integrated Action Networks in the Ways we Work

4. Incorporated gender and indigenous peoples

5. Included Consensus Document text and the Rules and Procedures

1 The proposal was submitted. BMGF confirmed its donation to GASL on 27 March 2019. 2 http://www.livestockdialogue.org/fileadmin/templates/res_livestock/docs/Progress_Report/GASL_Progress_Report_2018.pdf

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6. Fostered ANs to prepare policy briefs derived from their research

7. Harmonized detailed budget in the text with budget in Annex 4

8. Incorporated changes to sustainability domains’ names

9. Remarked inward looking achievements

10. Revised goal, vision, mission, objective

11. Revised outcomes, outputs, activities, their indicators and time line

12. Edited the text

Strategic framework: Priority Sustainability Domains and The Ways we Work In response to the evaluation of GASL in 2018, the AST is now studying how to establish a theory of change with a

monitoring, evaluation and learning system in order to draw on experiences and measure the causal relationship

between what GASL is fostering and changes in the livestock sector around the world. Donors such as the BMGF

are very interested to show how initiatives like GASL are influencing change. Therefore, it is not enough to report

meetings, publications, debates, research etc. It has to become visible how those products change the livestock

sector. The GG suggests to have a description of «The ways we work» in the main text. The AST will revise table 3

on page 23.

The way in which impact can be measured and presented opens a discussion in the GG. The following ideas are

mentioned:

Create different levels of communication outputs: for general people, farmers, donors etc.

Collect local practices, e.g. how to store carbon to react to climate change.

A task force could collect all information and put together some proposals.

Since most donors are focused on how activities contribute to the SDGs, include a description in the

annual report to link GASL activities with SDGs.

The GG emphasizes again that the main work is done by ANs and therefore the matrix and Annex 2 of the AP are

not enough to show the connections between the sustainability domains and the work done by ANs. There should

be a synthetic table or graph that positions the ANs and shows what they are working on. The AST will develop a

summary table of Annex 2 and incorporate it in the main text.

As in former GG meetings, the GG mentions that it is very difficult for Clusters and ANs to meet and interact except

at the annual MSP Meeting. GASL needs to provide a way to offer interaction. The AST and the Chair do not see

the MSP Meeting as the main place for ANs and Clusters to meet but rather through direct communication during

the year. The AP includes the goal to link ANs and Clusters and partners better through a system of

communication. This is not going to be done by the AST alone but it is part of the communication strategy.

At MSP meetings, there should be presentations of outcomes, which have been developed throughout the year.

The experience from Mongolia shows that publications are well received. The GG suggests to have AN

presentations not in parallel sessions but in the plenary. One hour and ten minutes should be devoted to this in

order to give an overview. Papers could then be presented in parallel sessions where participants can ask more

technical questions. Poster sessions could be grouped by ANs to allow a better representation.

Annex 11 was foreseen to comprise AN and Cluster plans but many are missing or incomplete (same problem as in

the GASL Progress Report 2018).

Draft budget 2019-2021

Budget item 2019 2020 2021 Total

1. Secretariat 435 817 405 337 405 337 1 246 491

- Chair 60 960 60 960 60 960 182 880

- Project Manager 199 800 199 800 199 800 599 400

- Livestock Information Analyst 14 226 14 226 14 226 42 678

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- Communication consultants 64 800 64 800 64 800 194 400

- Operations clerk, graphic designer, editor 24 051 24 051 24 051 72 153

- Theory of Change/Monitoring, Evaluation & Learning System Consultancy

30 480 30 480

- Other: Comm. mat., equipment & reserve 41 500 41 500 41 500 124 500

2. MSP Process 320 000 320 000 320 000 960 000

- MSP process global 200 000 200 000 200 000 600 000

- MSP process regional and national 60 000 60 000 60 000 180 000

- Governance, Guiding Group, Task Forces 20 000 20 000 20 000 60 000

- Editorial Committee 20 000 20 000 20 000 60 000

- Interpretation/translation in Rome 20 000 20 000 20 000 60 000

3. MSP Travel 210 000 210 000 210 000 630 000

- Sponsorships MSP participants 120 000 120 000 120 000 360 000

- Sponsorships Guiding Group 30 000 30 000 30 000 90 000

- GASL representation in World Events 18 000 18 000 18 000 54 000

- AST and Chair 42 000 42 000 42 000 126 000

4. Action Networks’ Seed Capital 200 000 200 000 200 000 600 000

- Good practices identification 40 000 40 000 40 000 120 000

- Good practices systematization and guidelines 40 000 40 000 40 000 120 000

- Validation, implementation and scaling–up 40 000 40 000 40 000 120 000

- Publications support 40 000 40 000 40 000 120 000

- Lessons learnt and capacity building 40 000 40 000 40 000 120 000

5. Technical Support Services 57 000 57 000

- Final Evaluation and report 57 000 57 000

FAO project support costs (7%) 81 607 79 474 83 464 244 544

Total 1 247 424 1 214 811 1 275 801 3 738 035

1. Secretariat: The GG remarks that the budget has doubled in comparison to the years of 2016-2018. Eduardo

explains that the Chair is a consultant in FAO, working 120 days per year at a professional rate of 550 USD

per day (Category A consultant), 8% of the salary has to be added for the support of FAO. The manager,

Eduardo, is not a consultant any more but staff. However, the increase is mainly due to additional activities,

which require consultancies for communication and the Theory of Change, as well as a reserve budget. If this

money is not available, these additional activities will not be implemented.

2. MSP Process: 2019 is covered partially, GASL doesn’t have the 200,000 USD yet. The major donors, including

BMGF, will finance the MSP process.

3. MSP Travel: GASL plans to sponsor about 30 participants, which haven’t enough money to join the MSP

meeting in Kansas. Each person costs around 4,000 USD including Daily Subsistence Allowance (DSA). GASL

also sponsors some people of the GG. Additionally, the Chair and AST participate in certain events. Also GG

members can represent GASL in different occasions with financial support.

4. Action Networks’ Seed Capital: Some GG members suggest to have more direct funding for the ANs instead

of the GASL core budget. The Chair and AST explain that ANs are expected to be self-sustained. GASL is only

helping with seed capital. If ANs have proposals based on Annex 2 and these activities are considered key to

achieve the goals of GASL, GASL can financially support these activities. Nevertheless, the Chair highlights

that it’s not the first priority to find funds for ANs, they have to do this themselves because GASL’s main

mandate is the implementation of the MSP process.

In order to avoid the impression that ANs are inactive, the GG suggests to mention in a footnote in the 2019-2021

Action Plan that ANs are mainly self-funded and have a lot of in-kind contribution.

In the budget of the GASL 2019 work plan, the 1.25 million USD are not yet available in full, so far only 900,000

USD. The spending will be reduced. The emphasis is made on the MSP process. This is also what the donors

require. The AST needs some flexibility to adapt to circumstances.

In general, the GG appreciates the transparency of the AST and the Chair.

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Annex 11: Action Networks’ and Clusters’ work plans Cluster and AN reports have to be completed. The budget for each AN and Cluster should be included in the work

plan. The AST will provide a format to complete the reports. It should be finalized until 30 April. In case Annex 11

should not be complete, the existing AN and Cluster reports will still be presented.

The GG approved the 2019-2021 Action Plan with the following suggestions for the AST:

1. Include an AN summary in the main text from Annex 2

2. Revise table 3 on page 23, complementing it with ways in which Action Networks and Clusters can

enhance their communication during MSP meetings

3. Include APO donor contributions in the budget

4. Provide a format to ANs and Clusters for them to complete their work plans by 31 March 2019 and

incorporate them in Annex 11 of the 2019-2021 Action Plan

5. Include any other suggestions received by 31 March ( no other suggestions were received)

6. GASL workplan and budget for 2019 – Eduardo The following table shows how the theoretical budget for 2019 has been adapted to the real received funds,

together with outputs to expect.

2019 DETAILED

BUDGET

Action Plan

Budget for

2019

Adjusted-to-

Pledges

Budget for

2019

13-02-2019

Main work plan elements in 2019

SECRETARIAT USD USD

FAO Project Staff 198,164 198,164

Project Manager 184,992 184,992

Coordinates day to day GASL Secretariat activities and interactions between partners and stakeholders

Coordinates organization of the global, regional and national MSP meetings with the Chair and involved parties in Rome, Kansas, South America and Mongolia, March-September

Other (AGA Livestock

Inf. Analyst) 13,172 13,172 Supports GASL communications in what relates to FAO

Consultants 166,905 94,905

Chair 56,445 56,445

Leads and facilitates the GASL Guiding Group and the MSP

GASL Chair commissions the development of a mapping tool with the necessary criteria to identify key actors, organizations and agendas in the livestock sector, March-August 2019

Communication

Consultants 60,000 -

Sector analyst (Swiss

APO in Rome) - -

Coordinates communications and publications of GASL, January-December

GASL is registered under the UN SDG 17 initiative and under the Framework of Sustainable consumption and Production, March-July

Organizes workshop on models designed to facilitate dialogue to communicate with clusters on how to engage (including participants who have negative views of livestock), September-December3

Action Network GASL

Support in Mongolia

(German APO)

- - Supports the organization of a Mongolian Agenda for Sustainable Livestock

national MSP meeting (March-May) and the Dairy Asia Action Network, March-December

Graphic designer 7,200 7,200 Supports communications as needed during the year

Operations clerk 12,000 -

English Editor 3,060 3,060 Supports communications as needed during the year

3 The list was completed afterwards with the following tasks: Progress Report 2018, March 2019; Implementation of the GASL communication strategy, as of March 2019; TORs for mapping tool for key actors in livestock, as of May 2019; GASL Progress Report 2019

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Other Consultants 28,200 28,200 Theory of Change and Evaluation System consultancy for GASL, July- December

Subtotal Personnel 365,069 293,069

8% Icrue Fee 29,205.55 23,445.55

Subtotal Personnel +

ICRUE 394,275 316,515

Other 41,500 11,500

Comm. and comm.

mat. (GASL Annual

Report, other)

20,000 10,000 Contracts that support communications as needed during the year

Office Equipment

(laptops/ screens) 1,500 1,500 Office equipment for supporting the work as needed

Contingency 20,000 -

SUBTOTAL

SECRETARIAT 435,775 328,015

DETAILED BUDGET

Action Plan

Budget for

2019

Adjusted-to-

Pledges

Budget for

2019

13-02-2019

Main work plan elements in 2019

MSP PROCESS USD USD

GASL Support to

Global MSP Meeting 200,000 90,000

September 2019, Kansas. Input papers for policy fora produced before the

meeting.

GASL Support to

Regional MSP Meeting 40,000 40,000

June 2019, South America, regional livestock sustainability assessment produced

before the meeting, logistics and participant travel supported

GASL Support to

National MSP Meeting 20,000 20,000

February-May 2019, Mongolia (MASL investors forum). MASL Action Plan

revised before the meeting.

Editorial Committee

Support (meetings,

reviewers)

20,000 10,000 Five reviewed documents along the year

GG Meetings logistics,

governance and task

force meetings

20,000 20,000 Two GG meetings during the year and cluster dev. plans meetings to produce

plans by July 2019

Transl/Interpret in

Rome 20,000 10,000 Translation for 1 Winter and 1 Fall meeting in Rome a year

SUBTOTAL MSP

PROCESS 320,000 190,000

TRAVEL USD USD

Sponsorships MSP

Meetings Participants 120,000 120,000

30 participants sponsored, destination: Manhattan, Kansas, Global GASL MSP

Meeting, 08 -13 September

Sponsorships Guiding

Group Meetings 30,000 15,000 February (Rome) and September (Kansas)

Representation by

GASL members in

World Events

18,000 18,000 During the year, yet to be confirmed

AST and Chair 42,000 42,000 During the year: Rome, Kansas, Dublin, Ulaanbaatar, South America, others yet

to be confirmed

SUBTOTAL TRAVEL 210,000 195,000

ANs USD USD

Workshops and

meetings to share

good practices and

emerging themes

40,000 40,000

One workshop to discuss consensus notes on “Criteria to identify research topics of MSP nature to be addressed by GASL” and on “Identifying and promoting valid evidence for GASL to contribute to the SDGs”, September-December

Other support to be confirmed

AN research support:

identification of good

practices

40,000 40,000

Development of a consensus note on “Criteria to identify research topics of MSP nature to be addressed by GASL” and a consensus note on “Identifying and promoting valid evidence for GASL to contribute to the SDGs”, March-August

Other support to be confirmed

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AN Incubation: Good

practices

systematization and

guidelines

40,000 40,000 First draft of a GASL proposal for general sustainability guidelines, March-

December

Other support to be confirmed

AN Validation,

implementation and

scaling up

40,000 40,000

Consensus note regarding how ANs can report linkages between livestock and the SDGs that contribute to the UN Agenda 2030, March-December

Development of a presentation on how ANs can report linkages between livestock and the SDGs that contribute to the UN Agenda 2030, March-December

Other support to be confirmed

Publication Support 40,000 40,000 4 papers published with ANs over the year

SUBTOTAL ANs 200,000 200,000

EVALUATION USD USD

Evaluation - -

TOTAL 1,165,775 913,015

7% Project Cost Fee 81,604 63,911

GRAND TOTAL 1,247,379 976,926 21% reduction to adjust to current pledges

The budget was reduced by 21% from 1,247,379 USD to 976,926 USD. APOs will be included (about 160,000 USD

per year per APO).

Communication: ILRI offers to support communication during the MSP Meeting.

National MSP Meeting in Mongolia: Mongolia has developed a Mongolian Agenda for Sustainable Livestock

(MASL). GASL will contribute 20,000 USD in 2019 to organize an investor’s forum to gather support for MASL.

Regional MSP Meeting: A few members of the GG wonder whether GASL can afford this and would like to have

more information about the decisions. Eduardo explains that the AST considers the chosen meetings as valuable

and they already have budget content. Every partner of GASL can ask for support to organize such a meeting. If the

topic and the programme are fine, GASL will agree and spread the MSP spirit and principles. Regional and national

processes were already part of the GASL goals in the AP 2016-2018. The GG agrees to the value of these meetings

but would not sponsor more than the first event for a region or a country. The independent continuation can be

seen as an indicator of interest. The GG stresses the need of following-up and much more communication about

these events.

FORTHCOMING MEETINGS AND EVENTS:

1. Regional Meeting of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef in Sao Paulo, Brazil, 2019: The meeting was

proposed by the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef (GRSB), a partner of GASL. Since South America is one of

the most important regions in terms of beef production, the goal of this meeting is to address sustainability issues,

which are relevant for the beef sector. It is an opportunity of having a multistakeholder conversation. GASL will not

organize it from scratch because of time and budget restrictions, but will support its MSP nature. It will be a two-

day meeting with one additional day of field trips. The proposal came from Ruaraidh Petri, Executive Director of

the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef.

The Chair was invited to the biannual meeting of GRSB in Ireland in 2018. The European Roundtable for Beef

Sustainability was founded during this meeting and is hosted by the Sustainable Agriculture Initiative (SAI) in

Geneva. GASL is now in discussion with SAI to become a member. SAI has a dairy working group, which invited the

Chair to their meeting in Dublin, April 2019, in order to present GASL and convince them to become a member.

Since this is a way of enlarging the network of GASL, the Chair will participate.

A few members of the GG point out that there are already many representatives in the public sector and projects

happening in South America. And if GASL creates forums without feedback and follow-up, there will be a dilution

of the MSP spirit. Furthermore, why is GASL sponsoring this meeting when the Global Roundtable for Sustainable

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Beef has partners from the private sector such as McDonalds. GASL should not be giving money to the private

sector. Eduardo confirms that the money will only be spent to sponsor participants to have an MSP representation.

Brazil is interested in being kept updated. Renata Negrelli offers to check with the secretariat of the Brazilian

government. She would like to be informed about how conversations are progressing. Renata agrees to be the

focal point.

Pablo Frere offers to join the preparation process for this meeting.

2. Meeting of the SAI Dairy Working Group in Dublin, April 2019: The Chair is invited to present GASL. He

accepted this invitation in the budget frame of travel days.

3. All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture in Ghana, 29 July-2 August 2019: Cost effective opportunity. The

Chair is in touch with ILRI and will probably join this conference.

4. Regional Meeting in Morocco, 2020: Offer by Niek Schelling from the Netherlands, planned together with Kim

van Seeters for 2020.

5. Regional Meeting in Ukraine, April 2018: The outcome was a document where it is proposed that this meeting

should be repeated. It was also said that a group will develop a report, which has been received by GASL as a draft

a few weeks ago. It is a big document about the analysis of the livestock sector in the 13 participating countries.

The document will be made available to the GG.

The GG would like to better understand the process of assessment and the decision where regional meetings will

be organised and supported by GASL. Eduardo explains that the AST receives a proposal, shares it and decides if

GASL should support the suggested meeting or not. The GG prefers to have a mechanism established to process

these proposals, clear criteria and TORs. The GG could get involved in the assessment. Feedback on regional and

national MSP meetings could be included in the Progress Report to be sure to have the feedbacks shown in a

document.4

A ‘communication kit’ would be useful to have for GG members in order to represent GASL at events.

The AST and Chair will:

develop a process to consult the GG on future regional and national MSP meetings;

adapt the work plan for 2019 with these comments.

7. Update on 9th GASL MSP in Kansas – Tim, Chair

Update on the planning process and sponsoring – Tim

The theme is structured around the four sustainability domains. Authors are identified to write a background

paper. One representative of each writing team is participating in the preparatory workshop to engage in a

discussion and finalize the content and structure of these papers.

Authors:

Food and Nutrition Security: 2 authors from Florida State University, part of Feed the Future (USDA

initiative)

Livelihood and Economic growth: Shirley Tarawali

Animal health and welfare: Ulf Magnusson

Climate and natural resource use: Kyle Davis and Mario Herrero5

4 GASL is already doing this in its progress reports. 5 It was decided later on that the leader of this group is Henning Steinfeld with Kyle Davis and Carolyn Opio.

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Tim Robinson has sent out guidelines for the preparation of these papers. The writing groups still have to be

formed. Kansas State University would like to be involved as well. The original idea was to have a global set of

papers and a separate set of papers looking at specific issues to North America. This was not favoured by the

Kansas group. Therefore, there will only be global papers providing the general framework to look at specific issues

in the host region. The papers will be drafted before the meeting and presented on the science day on Monday, 9

September accompanied with group discussions around the four sustainability issues. These inputs feed back into

the policy day on Tuesday. The idea is to have science influencing policy. The third day will be a field visit. The

fourth day is a GASL day, where the GASL technical groups and Clusters commit and respond with specific and

concrete actions to the policy panels. The title will be “innovation and sustainable livestock” to reflect the different

dimensions of technical and institutional change that have enabled the livestock sector to make progress in various

areas. There have also been discussions to bring in the trade dimension since Kansas and the US are large net

exporters of many agriculture commodities, livestock products and feed. This could prepare the perspective of

international trade more general given of China is on the horizon as possible venue in 2021.

The parallel programme will be similar as in the Mongolian MSP Meeting. There will be a call for proposals for ANs

and others. The feedback was very good on this. Additionally, there will be a poster session.

Plenary sessions for ANs will be incorporated in the programme. The GG suggests to have very short presentations

of each AN right after a presentation of GASL in the very beginning of the meeting. This will be in plenary instead of

parallel sessions in order to inform all participants.

France doesn’t want to have new topics developed under GASL, such as trade, because there are already ongoing

topics under the ANs. France is also part of other international organizations, especially the OECD, where there are

many discussions about innovation and technology in agriculture (biotechnology and GMOs). The US is not at all on

the same line as France or generally Europe. The consensus and the positions of the OECD should not be reopened

in the MSP meeting. The Chair can’t guarantee to avoid these topics. GASL, as a multistakeholder platform, is on a

more open level than between governments. GASL can’t censure what to discuss and what not. In conclusion, the

GG considers it possible to discuss about trade but being careful not to turn it into a political discussion.

Keynote speakers should be informed in their TORs about the global diversity. If they talk about trade, they should

focus on the big interactions between different parts of the world.

The GG stresses that innovation should not only be technology but a complementarity between technology and

traditional knowledge. The question is how to merge these in a broader sense. The word “science” should be used

with conscience.

The NGO Cluster does not fully agree on the way innovations are described in the programme. It is too much a top

down approach. With “role of technology” it is already suggested which type of innovation the talk is about. GASL

should also keep in mind to include contributions of smallholder livestock keepers, pastoralists, local knowledge,

agroecologist etc. It should not only be profit driven innovation but also be open for different drivers of innovation.

Mario Herrero, one of the keynote authors, is part of the EAT Lancet commission. This circumstance makes him not

optimal for this role in the view of some GG members. Others think that he should particularly be part of the

dialogue to provide diversity. Including critical voices could increase GASL’s credibility. The guidelines about what

should be covered and what not are very clear: no advocacy piece, only facts. Mario Herrero announced that he is

happy to take this on with collaborators.

MSP preparatory workshop 5 and 6 March - Chair

GASL MSP TASK FORCE (content): Fritz Schneider, Shirley Tarawali, Ulf Magnusson, Marcelo González, Pablo Frere, Rogerio Mauricio, Julian Chara, Eduardo ArceDiaz, Tim Robinson, Martha Hirpa

ORGANIZING COMMITTEE (logistics): Susan Metzger (KSU), Nina Lilja, (KSU), Jim Butler (consultant), Donald Moore (GDP), Eduardo ArceDiaz, Henning Steinfeld, Tim Robinson, Fritz Schneider, Anna Grun

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The members of these teams will be actively involved. In addition, there will be more participants from Kansas

State University, Columbia University, USDA, USAID, University of Florida, etc. A meeting of the organizing

committee will take place before and after the workshop.

8. Registration fee for the 9th GASL MSP in Kansas – Chair The local organizing committee of the 9th MSP of GASL in Kansas, guided by members of the Kansas State

University, supported by AST, Chair, Donald Moore and Jim Butler, strongly recommends to introduce a

registration fee for all MSP participants. Participants in US conferences normally expect a registration fee to cover

at least a part of the organizing costs as well as to cover a part of coffee, food, receptions. The organizing

committee is expecting many participants registering from Kansas and the US if there was no registration fee.

Being aware that GASL would have to introduce quotas to ensure a balanced multistakeholder participation – GASL

is therefore sponsoring up to 30 people – the Organizing Committee (via the Chair) is proposing to the Guiding

Group to approve the introduction of a registration fee for the 9th MSP in Kansas.

If the GG accepts the principle of a registration fee, the amount has to be fixed. With an expected number of

participants of maximum 350 persons, the fee would yield a revenue of:

Registration fee Revenue

US$ 100.00 US$ 35,000.00

US$ 150.00 US$ 52,500.00

US$ 200.00 US$ 70,000.00

The organizers recommend a registration fee of at least US$ 150.00 per person.

Sponsored people would not be charged the fee. The NGO Cluster would like to be exempted so that NGOs and

civil society could have complimentary registrations.

France is completely opposed to the charge of a fee. Participating in a platform like GASL, the overall aim is to

disseminate knowledge with free discussion between participants. As donor of GASL, France has contributed to the

organization of the MSP meeting. Furthermore, not all participants belong to an organization and people from

developing countries could not be able to attend the meeting. A registration fee could limit the dynamics and the

diversity of perspectives.

Switzerland highlights that whatever amount is charged, it should be invested to cover the costs of the meeting

and not to make profit. GASL was very generous in the past with offering food so people stay together and have an

exchange. If the food can’t be covered due to a missing registration fee, there will be a loss of dynamics. The Chair

confirms that the revenue of registration fees will only be part of the expenses for food and beverages.

The GG suggests to have fees only for observers. People presenting work, results or outputs, should not be

charged. Nevertheless, a distinction between observers and members could give a negative impression. Another

option is to have a list of invitees and only people who are not invited will have to pay. But for individual invitations

criteria and categories are necessary, which would be violating the principles of GASL. GASL should accept the local

conditions and customs.

KSU is worried about having the meeting without a fee.

The Chair concludes that there is no consensus in the GG. Solutions will have to be discussed and sorted out during

the preparation workshop in Kansas. The Chair expresses a regret about the GG’s rejection of proposed fundraising

options in the last three years.

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9. Update on GASL 10th MSP 2020 and GASL 11th MSP 2021 – Chair 10th Multistakeholder Partnership Meeting – Delémont, Switzerland, 15 to 21 June 2020

The conference location is Delémont with 12,000 inhabitants, the capital of the Republic and Canton of Jura. Forty

five minutes from the international airport in Basel and 1 hour 40 minutes from Zurich, Delémont benefits from

excellent accessibility by public transport (about four hours from Paris with the TGV train).

Delémont is close to the French border, the Jura region includes Switzerland and France. There is potential for

collaboration with France and the French Jura. There are different agriculture policies in place: the European based

support of marginal areas in France and the direct payments in Switzerland. This allows comparison. It will be an

excellent case to have a regional policy forum. Most probably, it will have a European focus.

The meeting will be hosted by the Swiss Federal Office of Agriculture (FOAG, the main donor of GASL since 2011)

together with the Republic and Canton of Jura. The Fondation Rurale Interjurassienne (FRI) will be the local partner

of GASL. FRI is a centre for education, advice and research in the field of agriculture for the Canton of Jura and the

Bernese Jura. A large number of innovative, sustainable projects in the field of agriculture and farming has been

developed together with France (www.frij.ch).

Major theme Local and regional focus Global focus Field visits (options)

“Potentials and

challenges for

livestock-oriented

value chains in

marginal areas”

• Multi-functionality

• Focus on bio-diversity,

conservation of marginal

areas.

• Tourism, etc.

• Livelihoods in marginal areas

• Role of direct payments,

Switzerland and EU

• Comparisons of policies in the

Swiss and French Jura

• Livestock in arid areas

in Africa and Asia.

• Multi-functionality.

• Role of livestock in

fragile states.

• Livelihoods in marginal

areas

• Policy debate

• Alpine systems

• Jura

• Multi-

functionality,

biodiversity

• Nexus livestock-

wildlife. E.g. Bear,

Lynx, Wolf

The Swiss government (FOAG) is supporting GASL and LEAP. The FOAG has set up the condition for financing the

MSP to link it with the European Association of Animal Production (EAAP) meeting, which will take place in 2021 in

Davos, Switzerland. The Swiss Association for Animal Sciences (ASSA) is the local organizer of this event. Both

organizations are dealing with themes closely related to some topics covered also during EAAP meetings. There is

the unique chance of thematically linking the MSP 2020 and the EAAP 2021 meetings. This idea has been

presented to the EAAP president and secretary general and received a supporting letter (dated 01.12.2017). A

Swiss delegation of ASSA, GASL and FOAG visited FAO on 2 May 2018 to discuss. The FAO Animal Production and

Health Division and GASL welcome these plans. To establish the links, the delegations will probably come to the

Kansas MSP Meeting and GASL will join the EAAP meeting in Davos in 2021. The Animal Task Force of the EAAP is a

member of GASL.

To develop and implement the thematic links between the two meetings, the following measures are proposed:

• The secretary general of ASSA will be part of both local organizing committees.

• Involvement of ASSA as well as EAAP in MSP 2020 (details to be discussed)

• MSP 2020 will take place before EAAP 2020 in Porto in order to feed in themes for 2021 during EAAP 2020

meetings.

• The Chair of GASL should participate at EAAP 2020.

• Aim is to give visibility to GASL and LEAP during EAAP 2021 by dedicated sessions in the plenary.

Next Steps:

• The Guiding Group of GASL was informed on the planning progress for the 10th MSP of GASL 2020 in

Switzerland during the GG meeting 26-27 Feb 2019 in Rome.

• The local organizing committee, including the GASL Chair and Nancy Bourgeois, will meet on 1 March

2019 to discuss:

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Sponsoring concept for Swiss and international sponsoring: So far there is 75’000 USD from FOAG

(over and above to general GASL funds) and 75’000 USD from the Canton of Jura;

Steps to be taken to involve the French Jura;

Coordination with the EAAP 2021 in Davos, Switzerland;

Potential programs for field visits;

Potential of synergies between the MSP and the national organic livestock day (planned by the

Canton of Jura during the GASL MSP meeting: one afternoon and evening, part of the

programme).

• The specific work on the major theme will be taken up only after the results of the 9th MSP of GASL in

Kansas USA in September 2019.

The venue has a big conference room and a whole complex of small cinemas with about hundred seats each, there

would be a potential to show videos and movies. There could be film screenings instead of parallel sessions.

Delémont is an international city despite its small size. There is a centre of CABI that is dealing with biotechnology.

They have projects in grassland restoration and could be linked with GASL. This will be one of the issues at the

meeting of 1 March.

France announces its support to the border cooperation between France and Switzerland, organize field trips in

both countries and show systems of the region. France will contribute by in-kind contributions and maybe also by

investments in the MSP meeting.

The French meat and milk organizations would like to sponsor, for example, some meals to support the MSP

meeting and to collaborate between the two countries in the production and labelling of good products.

The GASL GG approves both the venue (Delémont, Switzerland) and the dates (15 to 21 June 2020) for the 10th

MSP meeting of GASL.

11th Multistakeholder Partnership Meeting – China, late spring 2021

The MSP meeting will be around May, probably in Beijing, hosted by the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences

(CAAS). A small delegation of the academy visited FAO in early November. They offered to host the MSP meeting in

2021. They are not a member yet of GASL but intend to join and bring in other stakeholders of China. The issues

they would like to discuss are mostly related to the intensification of livestock production in China, including

dependence on soy, alternative protein sources, antimicrobial resistance, animal welfare, pollution issues etc. –

typical issues associated with dense monogastric production to feed millions of people in densely populated areas.

The offer hasn’t been formalized yet. The Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences will submit a proposal to the

government. By the end of March, they intend to confirm if the government has accepted or not. The approval of

the government is needed.

A member of the GG remarks that China has a very serious African swine fever situation. Unfortunately, it’s not

getting better and has even spread to Vietnam; many people are losing their livelihoods.

10. GASL Reaction to EAT-Lancet Report – Chair, Anna Anna has compiled a summary of reactions and a possible statement of GASL.

The GG perceives the GASL statement as a bit too defensive. It will not be a fruitful discussion with the EAT Lancet

to talk about meat consumption, rather highlighting the positive nutritional contributions that meat makes to diets

around the world. There is too much emphasis on smallholders in developing countries, it should be more global.

The IMS has shared its note with the AST and will be happy to make it accessible for the whole GG.

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GASL should point out what exactly can be done and what can be harnessed in support of healthy sustainable diets

(but pointing out that these are much more diverse than described by EAT Lancet). GASL should not be too

reactive, but still take the initiative.

ILRI explains its own approach: being directly reactive, highlighting issues, which are not well addressed (through

OP-Ed from Ethiopia and Kenia, academic blog, launch event in Geneva, etc.) and trying to reach out for people of

the 37 members commission to discuss how ILRI can be part and make a truly global assessment. The raised issues

are important, but it should capture better the diversity of the livestock sector. Engaging is important.

The steering committee of LEAP decided that there should be a response but not a technical one from LEAP.

The statement of GASL should not be posted on the GLAD platform because GASL is supposed to be neutral and

not advocating livestock, but sustainable livestock. There are media outlets of FAO that GASL could use, or it can

simply be a release on the GASL website and referred to it. The strongest way to respond would be a letter to the

Lancet and presenting an alternative view of GASL. Some GG members worry though that a direct response would

just give publicity to the Lancet with little benefit for GASL. A letter from the Chair could be published on the GASL

website.

The Chair proposes to improve the document together with the AST and FAO and to highlight the role of livestock

in sustainable diets and sustainable food production systems. The GG will have one week to respond. After

finalizing, it will be published on the website. The AST, Chair and FAO will draft the new response.

11. Gender and Livestock in GASL – Felix The 2018 GASL evaluation by FAO suggested to have a more explicit incorporation of gender in the activities of

GASL.

Felix Njeumi was requested to share possible areas where GASL can contribute to an advanced global agenda for

gender and livestock. Felix is an officer in the Animal Production and Health Division at FAO coordinating the global

rinderpest programme and focal point within the division for gender and livestock. He presents the work FAO is

doing on gender and livestock.6 Women represent two thirds of poor livestock keepers. Main areas to reach

gender equality are decent employment, cultural development and markets, shaping laws, policies and programs,

governing and accessing land, improved technologies, services and infrastructure, animal diseases, especially

zoonotic diseases, vaccination, AMR, etc. FAO is organizing trainings. Gender is a crosscutting issue.

To what GASL can contribute: dissemination of information, specifically also to women, collaboration between

organizations, capacity building through regional/national trainings, budget allocation (for example for a gender

specialist in GASL), precise studies on gender disaggregated household data, designing projects and programmes.

The AST suggests that all ANs and Clusters have focal points for gender.

The GG remarks that as a cross-cutting issue it could dilute – not all ANs are properly equipped to do something

meaningful – whereas it would be always reminding people if there is a focal group. Some intellectual based

leadership would help. Another option is to have a new AN on gender equality. But the risk is that other ANs and

Clusters would not feel the need anymore to include gender aspects in their work. Mainstreaming is a more

difficult way, but would be more efficient. It is much more a cross-cutting issue for GASL. As a solution, the GG

proposes to have a focal person or group, which can explore how gender can be taken into account in ANs,

Clusters and other activities of GASL.

6 The presentation is available under http://www.livestockdialogue.org/events/events/others/guiding-group-meeting-fao-rome-italy-26-27-february-2019/en/

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The NGO Cluster has a strong focus on gender equality and tries to implement and show good practices. Within

the NGO Cluster, there is a lot of interest in this topic and eventually in taking part of a focal group.

Having gender as a cross cutting issue is the only way to deliver on the ambitions for sustainable development. ILRI

has a strong gender team. Nicoline de Haan will be happy to engage. There are two things that ILRI has in place

and could be useful: 1. Tools for capacity development in terms of helping the science team to mainstream gender.

This can be shared. 2. The women’s empowerment in livestock index – a way of measuring with a set of indicators.

The AN Livestock for Social Development has included SDG 5, gender equality, in its research activities. They can be

asked as well.

Another idea of the GG is to use this theme for an annual MSP meeting in order to look at all perspectives.

The Chair suggests that ANs and Clusters include a section on how to approach gender in their work plans. The

evaluation would like to have focal points in each ANs and Clusters. If this is not feasible yet, a small group could

analyse the way in which GASL can address the gender issues. Instead of working on it individually, a group should

be coordinating the best ways for GASL as a whole to address these issues.

The GG agrees on two lines of actions:

1. Clusters and ANs will create a section on each work plan on how to approach gender equality.

2. The AST will ask ILRI, the NGO Cluster and the AN Livestock for Social Development for a proposal how to

best tackle this issue.

12. Update on Cluster and Action Network Activities Presentations are accessible on the GASL website:

http://www.livestockdialogue.org/events/events/others/guiding-group-meeting-fao-rome-italy-26-27-february-

2019/en/

13. Synergies between Clusters and Action Networks: Brazil Project – Alexandre,

Rogerio Opportunities through interaction between Clusters and ANs:

• Develop a collective vision of the different pathways to Sustainable Livestock

• Develop constructive and evidence based conversations through the ability of Clusters to express their

challenges, views and solutions through GASL (e.g. EAT Lancet response)

• Identify priority themes and activities to fill in the knowledge, organizational and institutional gaps to

inform constructive conversations and action

• Enable behaviour change through sharing best practice from existing and new livestock innovation

systems

How to better interact between Clusters and ANS?

• Insure good representation of Clusters within ANs: AN need to inform about what they are doing and

make the different stakeholders of GASL work within the ANs

• At GG meeting identify how Clusters want to work with ANs and what value do they see in the interaction

• Create a space at GG and MSP meetings for clusters to share their views, challenges and solutions with

ANs and for ANs to identify where they could interact and add evidence or enable change

• Before MSP Meetings, ask Clusters and ANs to prepare their priorities (needs for information and

knowledge, hot topics, actions, themes, etc.) and look to synthesize down to a few hot topics

• During the first day of the MSP Meeting, give room for Clusters and ANs for short communication (10 min)

in plenary to express their views and priorities (“the demand”) so that all attendant can be aware of

• During MSP Meeting (following days), give room for specific Cluster and ANs Meetings to analyse demand

and define future priorities (actions, products, themes)

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Demonstrating the power of integration across Action Networks and Clusters through a Brazilian case

The Brazil project is an example of the cooperation of ANs and Clusters. The following parties have participated in

this project:

• Institutions: agri benchmark, Federal University of Sao Joao, Global Network on SPS, Brazilian Center for

Sustainable Livestock

• ANs: Restoring Value to Grassland, Closing the Efficiency Gap, Global Network on Silvopastoral Systems

• Clusters: Academia & Research (credibility), Social Movements (evidence & impact of livestock)

The presentation is available online: http://www.livestockdialogue.org/events/events/others/guiding-group-

meeting-fao-rome-italy-26-27-february-2019/en/

14. Fund raising activities 2019 – Chair Existing Donors

• The existing donors will continue to contribute a solid base of the GASL funds. The expectations are to

receive 40 percent of the necessary funds throughout the Action Plan period 2019–2021 from existing

donors (presently 32 %). The GG has decided to include also the budget for APOs, the budget of donors is

therefore higher than indicated in these figures.

Exploring the potential of a GASL foundation

• The GG in October 2018 has decided against the idea of a GASL foundation.

• Emmanuel Coste from CNE suggested to consult with FAO through the AST if certain target European

foundations would be acceptable to donate to GASL. Two foundations were consulted and FAO approved

them as potential donors to GASL: Roullier Group Foundation and RTE Reseau et Transport Energy

Foundation

• These foundations have not been contacted yet. Work in progress, will be taken up by Fundraising Task

Force, AST and Chair.

• Additional European Foundations will be contacted in the course of 2019. Expectations are to source 30 %

of the entire funds through these channels (presently 20 %)

Negotiations with the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation (BMGF)

• A formal request for core funds for GASL has been submitted in Oct. 2018

• The proposal has passed Gate 1 and Gate 2 clearance.

• A full proposal has been submitted to BMGF 11 Feb. 2019. The amount discussed for a 3 ½ year period is

US$ 750,000.00.

• A decision is expected in mid. 2019.

• The next revised version of the proposal will be submitted 28 Feb. 2019.

• The BMGF has some conditions to finance GASL: They would like to see impact. GASL has to indicate how

to achieve, monitor and evaluate impact. Nevertheless, they understand the way GASL is working and

that the process is as important as the results, so GASL does not have to change strategies.

Sponsoring of GASL for annual MSP Meetings

• GASL will continue to source funds for the annual MSP meetings from sponsors inside and outside the

GASL membership.

• This strategy has been very successful in Mongolia. Will be followed in 2019 in the USA and in 2020 in

Switzerland. Expected contribution is 16 % (presently 10 %).

Contributions of GASL members to Action Networks

• To support the activities of the Action Networks, GASL members will have to contribute financially and to

become active in sourcing funds from their specific networks.

• Expected contribution to the overall budget of GASL is 10 % (presently 0 %).

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Registration Fee for the 9th MSP Meeting of GASL in Kansas 2019

• The local organizing committee of the 9th MSP of GASL in Kansas, guided by members of the Kansas State

University, supported by AST, Chair, Donald Moore and Jim Butler, strongly recommend to introduce a

registration fee for all MSP participants (see Issue Nr. 7 and Doc Nr. 8 of the Agenda of the GG meeting

26-27 February 2019)

The GG thanks for the tremendous amount of effort of the task force.

15. Any other business

Location change for GG meetings

The Chair and AST proposed to have the GG meeting in Kansas together with the preparatory workshop. The GG

did not agree, as it would have been too complicated and expensive. Having it back-to-back with LEAP would have

been difficult.

The Chair would like to know if GG meetings always have to be in Rome. The GG is open to have the GG meeting

somewhere else but it has to be convenient and cheap to reach. It will be decided case by case.

Next GG Meeting

The Chair suggests having no GG meeting until September. The one after would be in February in Rome. The GG

agrees. There can be other communication mechanism in the meanwhile. In general, GASL should develop a good

communication system to keep contact. The GG should still be proactive.

The next GG meeting will consequently be in Kansas. The GG expresses the wish to have the supporting documents

at least 15 days or more in advance. This time, the AST was two days late with sending out the documents because

they were not ready. The documents could be available on a site where GG members can access them. As soon as

they are ready, they will be uploaded (for example, on Dropbox or Google Drive). Anna will find the best solution.

Annual policy brief of NGO Cluster

The NGO Cluster would like to start publishing a policy brief every year, feeding the MSP meeting with more or less

the same topic. This is indicated in the NGO Action Plan. A contribution from GASL is possible, for example for

layout and publishing. More information is needed about the procedure in GASL (criteria and timeline).

Donor cluster representative for Editorial Committee

Emanuel Coste will represent the Donor Cluster in the Editorial Committee.

TASK FORCE FOR FUNDRAISING: Chair, Kim van Seeters, Alwin Kopse, Emanuel Coste

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ANNEX 1: Detailed Meeting Agenda and next steps, 26/27 Feb 2019, FAO, Rome

Agenda

Point

Agenda Topic Presenter, resp. Supporting Documents I,D,

A

Next Steps

What: Who: By:

1. Welcome (quorum,

welcome to new members)

Chair

I

2. Approval of the agenda

15 June 2018 GG meeting

minutes

Chair, Eduardo Doc. 1.: Agenda GG meeting 26, 27

Feb.2019

Doc. 2.: GG meeting minutes 2-3

October 2018

I, A Agenda and minutes Oct 2018 approved GG done

3. Global Agenda progress

report including finances

Chair,

Eduardo

Doc. 3: Traffic Light Evaluation

Doc. 4: Financial Tables as per

31.12.2018

I Submit a revised proposal to BMGF Chair, AST 7 March7

4. GASL Progress Report 2018

and discussion

Anna Doc. 5: Progress Report 2018 I Incorporate adjustments of the GG

Final print

Anna 31 March

Beginning of May

5. GASL Action Plan 2019-2021

Presentation

Discussion

Approval by GG

Chair, Eduardo

all

all

Doc: 6: Final version GASL Action

Plan 2019-2021

I, D The GG approved the 2019-2021 Action

Plan with the following suggestions,

which will be implemented by the AST:

Include AN summary in the main

text from Annex 2

Revise table 3 on page 23,

complementing it with ways in

which Action Networks and Clusters

can enhance their communication

during MSP meetings

Include APO donor contributions in

the budget

Provide a format to ANs and

Clusters for them to complete their

work plans by 31 March 2019 and

incorporate them in Annex 11

Include any other suggestions

received by 31 March ( no other

suggestions were received)

Additional comments from the GG

Final distribution to the GG

Chair, AST End of April

End of March

Early May

7 The proposal was submitted. BMGF confirmed its donation to GASL on 27 March 2019.

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6. Workplan and budget of

GASL for 2019

Presentation

Discussion

Approval by GG

Eduardo

all

all

Doc. 7: GASL Work Plan and Budget

2019

I, D,

A develop a process to consult the GG

on future regional and national MSP

meetings

adopt the work plan for 2019

present a projection of work plan

2020 with proposed meetings

Chair, AST Until next GG

meeting

7. Update on 9th GASL MSP in

Kansas

Update on planning process and sponsoring

Preparatory workshop 5 and 6 March

Preliminary program

of 9th MSP Meeting

Tim, Chair Doc. 8: Concept Note on 9th MSP of

GASL and outline for the preparatory

workshop

5 and 6 March in Manhattan, Kansas

I, D Preparatory workshop

Consultation on programme progress

Final programme

Selection of parallel sessions

GASL MSP task

force

Mach 2019

End of April

End of May

Mid-June

8. Registration fee for the 9th

GASL MSP in Kansas

Discussion and decision on

the proposal of the

Organizing Committee of

the 9th MSP in Kansas and

the Chair to introduce a

registration fee.

Chair Doc. 9: Proposal to introduce a

registration fee for the 9th MSP of

GASL in Kansas

I, A Finding solution at the preparatory

workshop in Kansas

GASL MSP task

force

March 2019

9. Update on GASL 10th MSP

2020 and GASL 11th MSP

2021

Chair, Henning Doc. 10: Concept Note Delémont

Switzerland

Information on expression of interest

by China for the 11th GASL MSP in

2021 in China

I Organizing committee work in progress,

update to the GG on both meetings at the

GG Meeting in Sept.

Chair, Nancy

ongoing

10. GASL Reaction to EAT-

Lancet Report. Discussion

and clearance for

publication on the GASL

webpage

Chair, Eduardo,

Henning, Anna

Doc. 11: GASL statement and

summary of reactions to the EAT

Lancet report

I, D,

A

Draft a new GASL statement

Distribution and consultation with the

GG, allow 2 weeks to reply

Upload statement on the website

Chair, AST April 2019

April 2019

May 2019

11. Gender and Livestock in

GASL

Presentation

Discussion

Felix Njeumi Doc. 12: Presentation FAO (available

only during meeting

I, D,

A

Include gender in work plans

Contact and build a focal group: NGO

cluster, ILRI, AN Livestock for Social

Development

Clusters, ANs

AST, Chair

End of April

End of May 2019

12. Update on Cluster and

Action Network Activities

(continued)

Short presentations

Short discussions

Moderation

Eduardo

Cluster and AN

Coordinators

Short power point presentations I Create a work plan template

Submit work plans

AST;

ANs and

Cluster

Mid-March;

End of April

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13. Synergies between Clusters

and Action Networks.

Brazil Project

Alexandre,

Rogerio

Doc. 13: Presentation (only available

during meeting)

I Information Alexandre,

Rogerio

done

14. Fund raising activities 2019 Chair

Fundraising Task

Force

Doc. 14: Chair’s report and proposal I Fundraising activities Task force for

fundraising

ongoing

15. Any other business

15.1. Location change for GG meetings 15.2. Donor cluster

representative to

Editorial Committee

15.3. Annual policy

brief of NGO Cluster

15.4. Virtual platform

all I, D,

A

15.1. Location change is possible, will be

decided case by case

15.2. Emanuel Coste joins the committee

15.3. Information and follow up with AST

15.4. Create a virtual platform for

communication and documents

GG

GG

NGO Cluster

Anna

Done

Done

Done

Until next GG

meeting

End of Meeting

I = Information; D = Discussion; A = Approval, Decision

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ANNEX 2: List of participants Chair:

Fritz Schneider, Fritz.schneider@bfh.ch

Public Sector:

Jambaltseren Tumur-Uya, jambaltseren.t@gmail.com, jambaltseren@mofa.gov.mn; Director General of State

Administration and Management Department, Ministry of Food, Agriculture and Light Industry MoFALI;

Robin Mbae, robinmbae@yahoo.com; Deputy Director Livestock Production (Climate Change), Ministry of

Agriculture, Livestock and Fisheries, Kenya

Private Sector:

Maria Sánchez Mainar, MSanchezMainar@fil-idf.org; Technical communication manager, IDF

Hsin Huang, Hsin.huang@meat-ims.org; Secretary General, International Meat Secretariat (Cluster Coordinator)

Marília Rangel, marilia.rangel@ubabef.com.br; Secretary General, International Poultry Council

Academia / Research:

Alexandre Ickowicz, alexandre.ickowicz@cirad.fr; Director Research Unit, CIRAD

Nancy Bourgeois nancy.bourgeois@bfh.ch; Lecturer & researcher, Bern University of Applied Science (Cluster

Coordinator)

Ulf Magnusson, ulf.magnusson@slu.se; Professor, Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences

Donors:

Emmanuel Coste, e.coste@interbev.fr; Délégué CNE, France

Lionel Launois, lionel.launois@agriculture.gouv.fr; Policy Officer, Ministry of Agriculture of France

Francois Pythoud, francois.pythoud@eda.admin.ch; Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to

UNFAO, IFAD and WFP, Rome

NGOs:

Margherita Gomarasca, coordinator@vsf-international.org; Coordinator, Veterinaries Sans Frontiers (VSF)

Social Movements:

Pablo Frere, pablofrere@gmail.com; Focal Point, Redes Chaco, WAMIP, Argentina (Cluster Coordinator)

Intergovernmental and Multilateral:

Berhe Tekola, Berhe.Tekola@fao.org; Director, Animal Production and Health Division, FAO (Cluster Coordinator)

Shirley Tarawali, s.tarawali@cgiar.org; Assistant Director General, ILRI (connected by Skype)

Agenda Support Team (AST):

Henning Steinfeld, Henning.Steinfeld@fao.org; Coordinator AGAL, FAO

Eduardo Arce Diaz, Eduardo.ArceDiaz@fao.org, Manager GASL, FAO

Anna Grun, Anna.Grun@fao.org, Communication Coordinator GASL, FAO

Observers:

Anne Mottet (AGAS), Anne.Mottet@fao.org; Livestock Development Officer, FAO

Camillo DeCamillis (AGAL), Camillo.DeCamillis@fao.org; Manager, LEAP, FAO

Carolyn Opio (AGAL), Carolyn.Opio@fao.org; Livestock Policy Officer, LEAP, FAO

Fernando Ruy Gil, rgil@inac.uy, INAC, Urugay

Henk Ormel (AGAH), Hendrikjan.Ormel@fao.org; Senior Veterinary Policy Advisor, FAO

Julian Chara, julian@fun.cipav.org.co; Research Coordinator, CIPAV (connected by Skype)

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Renata Negrelly Nogueira, renata.negrelly@itamaraty.gov.br, Alternate Permanent Representative of Brazil to

FAO, WFP and IFAD, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Brazil

Tim Robinson (AGAL), Timothy.Robinson@fao.org; Livestock Policy Officer, FAO

Christelle Noël, INAC, Urugay

Manuelle Miller, VSF International

Rogerio Maurico, rogeriomauricio@ufsj.edu.br (connected by Skype)

ANNEX 3: Table of events 2019 GLOBAL EVENTS OF INTEREST TO THE GLOBAL AGENDA (as of 26/06/2019)

DATES EVENT ATTENDEES

17-19 January Global Forum for Food and Agriculture (GFFA) 2019, Berlin Chair, Eduardo

26-27 February GG Meeting, Rome GG

28 February LEAP Annual Meeting, Rome

5/6 March MSP preparatory workshop, Manhattan, Kansas MSP task force

9-11 April Meeting of the SAI Dairy Working Group, Dublin Chair

22-23 May GRSB Communication Summit, Chicago, Illinois

24 June 23rd meeting of the LEAP Steering Committee (audioconference)

9-11 July Regional Meeting of the Global Roundtable for Sustainable Beef, Sao Paulo, Brazil

Chair, Eduardo

29 July-2 August All Africa Conference on Animal Agriculture, Accra, Ghana

8-13 September GASL MSP Meeting, Manhattan, Kansas

26-27 September X International Congress on Silvopastoral Systems, Asunción, Paraguay

23-26 September IDF World Dairy Summit, Istanbul, Turkey