Enterprise Security and Business Continuity: Experiencing delays. The project deadline has passed (December 2006) and we will request a no-cost extension. The Program recently received an update on the activities led by IRRI including an update on remaining funds. This information is being used to develop new plans for the Americas region whereby activities will be potentially led by CIP for both enterprise security and business continuity for all Centers in the Americas region. Second Level Connectivity: Experiencing delays. Project deadline is February 2007. No cost extension is expected to complete activities. The project has now completed the installation of improved internet connectivity in 9 locations and has committed funds for installations at 7 more sites. A further 7 sites may be upgraded if licensing or other issues can be overcome. Thirteen (13) sites from the original priority list no-longer require financial assistance to upgrade their connectivity. Some of these offices upgraded following advice from the project for very little cost, other offices were no-longer a priority or have been closed by their Centre. Based on lessons learned throughout the project, a new plan has been devised that will focus on 3 main activities: 1) Improved Internet connectivity, 2) Testing a model for IT regional support and 3) Improve the use of resources available to regional and country offices. Web Usage and Content: On time. Project deadline is February 2007. Project activities have come to an end with written guidelines developed for evaluating CGXChange usage as well as guidelines for evaluating web-based products. These guidelines will be made available to Centers to provide background and information on developing and evaluating web-based components (such as websites etc.) as well as information on how best to evaluate CGXChange usage and usability and usefulness. Discussions with current Project Leader are ongoing for time extension so as to use remaining funds to evaluate the current structure of CGXChange, using the guidelines and information gathered, in preparation for activities in 2007 which will heavily populate CGXChange. E-Publishing: Experiencing delays. The project deadline is Feb 2007, but we will request a 1 year extension. Currently the project is not on target, but has remaining funds some of which we would like to utilize to assess the current project direction and focus, and provide definite deliverables to Centers in assisting them to ease publishing workflow via templates etc. Funds will also be used to provide assistance to Centers in making their publications accessible online and linked to CGVLibrary. Investment Plan 2004 Closed Projects Data Standards and Exchange: Capacity Development Virtual Resource Center Infrastructure Virtual Library Services Online Learning Resources Intelligent Systems for Plant Protections Desktop Video Conferencing Knowledge Management and Sharing Virtual Academy for Semi Arid Tropics Consortium for Spatial Information Advanced Research network