Ekaterina Krivonos POLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: Supporting National Responses to a Global Pandemic Co-Organized by IFPRI and CGIAR COVID-19 Hub

1. CGIAR COVID-19 Hub: Work Area 3
Support country COVID-19
responses
OBJECTIVE:
Establish a response network across CGIAR
partner countries and provide national
partners with analyses, evidence-based
recommendations and scalable solutions on
policies, strategies and investment options for
integrated COVID-19 crisis and recovery
responses.

2. Supporting country COVID-19 responses (work area 3)
How:
• CGIAR country teams are tasked with
implementing a country engagement process
for developing and implementing (in 2021) a
cross-CGIAR COVID-19 research action plan.
• Expertise drawn from a cross-country Working
Group comprising economic modeling, food
production and supply, nutrition, gender, social
protection, and One Health.
CONTRIBUTION
COLLABORATION
CO-DESIGN
ALIGNMENT
RESOURCING
INSTITUTIONALIZATION

3. COVID-19 Hub countries
• Pilot countries: Since September 2020,
cross-CGIAR country teams in
Bangladesh and Ethiopia are facilitating
coordinated, multi-disciplinary CGIAR
research response to the pandemic.
2021 action plans are drafted for
consultation with national partners.
• Additional countries: Malawi, Myanmar
and Nigeria country teams are joining
the Hub starting in January 2021.