Location: At corner of 17^th & I Streets, overlooking Farragut Square, two-three blocks from World Bank building, next to (Blue/Orange Lines) Farragut West Metro stop.

Description: Private Club membership but rooms made available to World Bank. Rooms include: small refrigerators, coffeepots, microwaves, direct phone lines with dataports, queen beds, showers (no bathtubs). Restaurant in hotel; no room service but complimentary grocery service. Limited number of two-bedded rooms.

Location: On N Street, one and ½ blocks south of Dupont Circle and (Red Line) Metro stop, five-six blocks from World Bank building.

Description: All units have: kitchens (microwaves, full refrigerators, gas stoves, coffeemakers); living/dining area with sofabed; ironing boards/irons, Inport (provides fax/computer line separate from phone line), complimentary grocery service; coin laundry, small fitness room, complimentary breakfast buffet and evening reception on lower level, small convenience store in lobby area.

Location: Two blocks from World Bank building; two blocks from (Blue/Orange Lines) Farragut West Metro stop.

Description: Standard rooms have full kitchen facilities (stove, sink, full-sized refrigerator). Microwaves on request. All units have: dataport, two phone lines, minibars, coffeemakers, terrycloth bathrobes; room service 7 am-10 pm, Washington Post newspaper delivery. Small restaurant in hotel (Northern Italian), Venetian bar lounge. No fitness center but $5 charge for use of one located one block away.

Location: Between L & DeSales/M Streets on Connecticut Avenue, one block north of (Red Line) Farragut North Metro stop, approximately five blocks from World Bank building.

Description: All units have: 3 telephones, dataport, minibars, bathrobes, bathroom TV. Special feature complimentary wake-up coffee/tea service, with newspaper, upon request night prior. 24-hour room service, Café Promenade Restaurant and Town and Country bar/lounge in hotel; fitness center, beauty salon, gift shop. Complimentary connection for calling card, collect and 800 calls.

Location: Between I and K Streets, on 25^th St., one and ½ blocks west of (Blue/Orange Lines) Foggy Bottom Metro stop and two blocks south of Washington Circle; approximately seven blocks from World Bank building. Within three-to-four-block walk of Georgetown.

Description: All units have: full kitchen (stove, refrigerator, microwave, toasters, coffeemakers, and coffee grinders/coffee beans); dining and living areas; dataports; ironing board/irons, complimentary Washington Post (except Sundays). Foggy Bottom Café (nice restaurant) in hotel; room service only during restaurant meal hours 7 am -10 pm weekdays (weekends brunch & dinner). Small fitness center; coin laundry/dryers.

Location: Overlooking Washington Circle and (Blue/Orange Lines) Foggy Bottom Metro stop, three to four blocks west of Georgetown, five blocks to World Bank building.

Description: All units have: full kitchens (including refrigerator, stove, dishwasher, microwave, coffeemakers); sofa/living areas with sofabed, ironing boards/irons. Fitness room. Complimentary continental breakfast daily for all guests.

Location: One block west of Washington Circle and two blocks from (Blue/Orange Lines) Foggy Bottom Metro stop, on Pennsylvania Avenue.

Description: All units have: wet bars and coffeemakers, ironing boards/irons, dataports.

Registration of delegates will be as follows:

In the lobby of the World Bank’s J Building, 701 18th Street N.W., i.e. the building in which the CGIAR Secretariat is located:

Wednesday, October 21 0800 - 1600

Thursday, October 22 0800 - 1600

Friday, October 23 0800 - 1600

Saturday, October 24 0800 - 1500

Sunday, October 25 1400 - 1700

In the reception area of the Preston Auditorium, 1818 H Street N.W.:

Monday, October 26 to

Friday, October 30: 0800 - 1730

Meeting badges must be displayed. They will be honoured by the World Bank security officers at all World Bank entrances on presentation of picture identification.

Documents for the meeting will be issued by the CGIAR and TAC Secretariats by mail prior to ICW. In addition to being dispatched by mail, documents will simultaneously be posted on the CGIAR’s web site (http://www.worldbank.org/html/cgiar/publications/meet1.html). A limited number of previously issued agenda documents will be available at ICW. Participants are requested to bring their copies with them to the meeting.

Simultaneous interpretation will be provided in English, French, and Spanish.

Participants are invited to a brunch hosted by Center Directors on Sunday, October 25 from 1000 to 1300 hours in the Four Seasons Hotel, 2800 Pennsylvania Avenue N.W., Washington D.C.

Participants are also invited to a reception by the Chairman of the CGIAR at 1800 hours on Monday, October 26.

Invitations to the above events confirming time and place will be issued later.

Participants are invited to use the World Bank’s dining rooms and cafeterias. On the C1 level of the main complex (MC) there are two dining rooms (buffet and à la carte) and a cafeteria. There are also cafeterias in the H, I, and J Buildings (see map page 6).

The dining rooms may be used by participants on a cash basis. Reservations in the dining rooms are encouraged but not required, and diners without reservations are welcome as space permits. For advance reservations, contact the dining room of choice between the hours of 0900 and 12 noon and 1500 and 1700 as follows:

Participants requiring assistance with their onward travel arrangements may avail

themselves of the services of the World Bank’s travel office which is conveniently located on the C2 level. Office hours are weekdays from 0800 to 1800. A reception counter is located in the entrance foyer of the travel office. Participants can also use the Banks travel office telephone reservation service (202) 458-4860 (internal extension 84860).

To help participants dispatch materials such as publications and other documentation, a special arrangement has been made with the World Bank’s courier service. ICW participants will be able to take materials to the Bank’s courier desk at JB3-100. Packets thus dispatched will benefit from the World Bank's preferential rates and will be at the sender's expense. Payment of the exact amount must be made by money order, travelers’ cheque, or US$ cheque made payable to the World Bank.

Numerous automatic teller machines (cash points) and branches of US commercial banks are located in the vicinity of the World Bank. Normal banking hours are from 0900 to 1500 Monday through Friday. Please note that banks do not cash personal cheques for customers who do not have accounts at those banks, and that the Bank/Fund Credit Union is for members only.

A list of hotels and their respective rates is given on page 5 of the Administrative Arrangements Circular. Accommodation is assigned based on the information furnished on this form on a first-come first-served basis. Credit card information is requested in order to guarantee reservations. Penalties are spelled out in the Administrative Arrangements Circular. If you do not occupy your room by check-out time of the day following your confirmed check-in date, the room will be released and the non-occupancy night will be charged to your credit card. Participants are asked to fax or e-mail modifications to or new information on the original requests to the Bank-Fund Conferences Office.