Policy Advisory Council (for International Agricultural Research)

The Policy Advisory Council was established with the ACIAR Act in 1982. The Policy Advisory Council (the Council) is established under Section 17 of the ACIAR Act. The Council provides advice to the Minister regarding: ● agricultural problems of developing countries ● programs and policies with respect to agricultural research that will either or both identify agricultural problems of developing countries and find solutions to agricultural problems of developing countries. The role of the Council is to advise the Minister, on matters including: ● national and regional development constraints ● opportunities for research and development collaboration ● national and regional research priorities, particularly those of ACIAR partner countries ● the matching of Australian expertise (Australia’s competitive advantage) with these priorities ● sources of national and international expertise.