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Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development; One
Hundred and Fifty-First Meeting;
Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory
Committee Act, notice is hereby given of
the one hundred and fifty-first meeting
of the Board for International Food and
Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The
meeting will be held from 7:45 a.m. to
4 p.m. on May 15, 2007 at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill; located
at 400 New Jersey, NW., Washington,
DC. The meeting venue is in the Hyatt
Regency’s Congressional Rooms C, D,
and E which are located on the hotel’s
lobby level.
The morning session, which focuses
on foreign development assistance, will
be opened by Dr. Robert Easter, Interim
Chairman of the BIFAD. Dr. Easter is the
Dean, College of Agriculture, Consumer
and Environmental Sciences at the
University of Illinois. He was elected by
the Board to serve in this capacity upon
the April 3, 2007 resignation of Mr.
Peter McPherson. It is planned that the
Honorable Nita M. Lowey (D–NY),
Chairman, House Appropriations
Subcommittee on State and Foreign
Operations will discuss legislative
priorities for foreign assistance. Her
discussion will be followed by a special
presentation on ‘‘Challenges Facing US
Foreign Development Assistance: 2008
and Beyond,’’ and an update by the
Office of the Director of Foreign
Assistance (‘‘F’’) on the Foreign
Assistance Framework and the 2008
Budget. After a midmorning break the
Board will discuss operational and
management issues covering the
Collaborative Research Support
Programs (CRSPS), Training,
Institutional Capacity Building, and
Universities as Sub-contractors as
related to Title XII.
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Following the executive luncheon,
which is closed to the public, the Board
will discuss the strategic direction of
BIFAD for 2007; especially with regard
to USAID’s Transformational
Development thrusts and the
recommendations made in Richard E.
Bissell’s 2006 report on
‘‘Implementation of Title XII’’ to the
Board. Last on the Agenda, the Board
will discuss plans for their October 17,
2007 meeting in Des Moines, Iowa. The
Iowa meeting will be held in
conjunction with the World Food Prize
Symposium. The October meeting’s
theme ‘‘Bio-Energy and Implications’’
will align with that of the World Food
Symposium’s.
This Board meeting is free and open
to the public. Those wishing to attend
the meeting or obtain additional
information about BIFAD should
contact Ronald S. Senykoff, the
Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD.
Write him in care of the U.S. Agency for
International Development, Ronald
Reagan Building, Office of Agriculture,
Bureau for Economic Growth,
Agriculture and Trade, 1300
Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room 2.11–
085, Washington, DC 20523–2110 or
telephone him at (202) 712–0218 or fax
(202) 216–3010.
Ronald S. Senykoff,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD,
Office of Agriculture, Bureau for Economic
Growth, Agriculture & Trade, U.S. Agency
for International Development.
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delegations of authority, filing of petitions and applications and agency
statements of organization and functions are examples of documents
appearing in this section.
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U.S. AGENCY FOR INTERNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT
Board for International Food and Agricultural Development; One
Hundred and Fifty-First Meeting; Notice of Meeting
Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, notice is hereby
given of the one hundred and fifty-first meeting of the Board for
International Food and Agricultural Development (BIFAD). The meeting
will be held from 7:45 a.m. to 4 p.m. on May 15, 2007 at the Hyatt
Regency Hotel on Capitol Hill; located at 400 New Jersey, NW.,
Washington, DC. The meeting venue is in the Hyatt Regency's
Congressional Rooms C, D, and E which are located on the hotel's lobby
level.
The morning session, which focuses on foreign development
assistance, will be opened by Dr. Robert Easter, Interim Chairman of
the BIFAD. Dr. Easter is the Dean, College of Agriculture, Consumer and
Environmental Sciences at the University of Illinois. He was elected by
the Board to serve in this capacity upon the April 3, 2007 resignation
of Mr. Peter McPherson. It is planned that the Honorable Nita M. Lowey
(D-NY), Chairman, House Appropriations Subcommittee on State and
Foreign Operations will discuss legislative priorities for foreign
assistance. Her discussion will be followed by a special presentation
on ``Challenges Facing US Foreign Development Assistance: 2008 and
Beyond,'' and an update by the Office of the Director of Foreign
Assistance (``F'') on the Foreign Assistance Framework and the 2008
Budget. After a midmorning break the Board will discuss operational and
management issues covering the Collaborative Research Support Programs
(CRSPS), Training, Institutional Capacity Building, and Universities as
Sub-contractors as related to Title XII.
Following the executive luncheon, which is closed to the public,
the Board will discuss the strategic direction of BIFAD for 2007;
especially with regard to USAID's Transformational Development thrusts
and the recommendations made in Richard E. Bissell's 2006 report on
``Implementation of Title XII'' to the Board. Last on the Agenda, the
Board will discuss plans for their October 17, 2007 meeting in Des
Moines, Iowa. The Iowa meeting will be held in conjunction with the
World Food Prize Symposium. The October meeting's theme ``Bio-Energy
and Implications'' will align with that of the World Food Symposium's.
This Board meeting is free and open to the public. Those wishing to
attend the meeting or obtain additional information about BIFAD should
contact Ronald S. Senykoff, the Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD.
Write him in care of the U.S. Agency for International Development,
Ronald Reagan Building, Office of Agriculture, Bureau for Economic
Growth, Agriculture and Trade, 1300 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Room
2.11-085, Washington, DC 20523-2110 or telephone him at (202) 712-0218
or fax (202) 216-3010.
Ronald S. Senykoff,
USAID Designated Federal Officer for BIFAD, Office of Agriculture,
Bureau for Economic Growth, Agriculture & Trade, U.S. Agency for
International Development.
[FR Doc. 07-2278 Filed 5-8-07; 8:45 am]
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