Mr. F H Abed, Chairperson, BRAC and the President Governing Board, BU was in Paris, France to attend the tenth consultative group meeting of the Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) from November 06-07, 2003. The meeting provided a forum to discuss the implementation of the CGAP III strategy of scaling-up micro finance over the next five years. It also addressed key issues facing donor agencies in their support of micro finance, including a workshop on the link between financial systems for the poor and sector-wide approaches. The catchall theme of the meeting was described as "maximizing the potential of the CGAP System."