As part of ISDC’s terms of reference, ISDC is responsible for:
“Moderating the proposal review assessment process undertaken by external subject matters experts, which experts are contracted by CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service, to undertake independent proposal assessment. The profile of experts and consequent search process for such experts to undertake proposal assessments will be developed by the ISDC with support from CGIAR’s Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service. This process will be informed by suggestions from other bodies as necessary and considering System Council needs and the development relevancy analog. The final selection of experts will be made by the ISDC itself. With respect to the moderation of the expert assessments, Conflicts of Interest of individual ISDC members must be declared with the decision on recusal of individual members from specific expert assessments to be decided by the ISDC Chair and Head, Independent Advisory and Evaluation Service (p. 6).”
The most recent proposal reviews occurred in 2021 and 2024. These pages provide detailed information and reporting related to the independent proposal and coordinating document reviews for CGIAR pooled funding.