“Enhanced Linkages between Private sector and Small-scale producers (ELPS) Initiative: Sustainable Coffee Production Project in Tanzania” First Pilot Project Launch Event

Distinguished Representatives,

We are pleased to invite you to the event titled “Enhanced Linkages between Private sector and Small-scale producers (ELPS) Initiative: Sustainable Coffee Production Project in Tanzania”. This event will take place online (Zoom Webinar) on Friday, 20 September 2024, 09.00-10.00 CET (16.00-17.00 Japan time). Please register from this link.

The Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries of Japan, IFAD, and two Japanese companies, UCC and Marubeni, formed a new public-private partnership, a joint investment project to enhance the sustainability of the coffee value chain and to support small-scale coffee producers in Tanzania. This event will introduce ELPS initiative as a new public-private partnership model, and through a panel discussion, we aim to discuss what role the private sector can play in global agricultural development and what can be done to further promote private sector involvement and investment in rural areas of developing countries.

For further information and questions, please feel free to write to: Mariko Kato (ma.kato@ifad.org) and Yoko Maruta (y.maruta@ifad.org) from the IFAD Japan Liaison Office.

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Addressing the Crossroads of GBV, Agriculture, and Food Security

Distinguished representatives,

The United Nations Rome-based Agencies cordially invite you to a joint event on Tuesday, 28 November 2023, from 2:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. (CET) to commemorate the 2023 International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women and participate in the 16 Days of Activism against Gender-based Violence (GBV).

The event, entitled "Addressing the Crossroads of GBV, Agriculture, and Food Security," is hosted by IFAD and co-organized with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the World Food Programme (WFP). Experts will shed light on the adverse impact of GBV on agricultural production and food security, sharing insights from development interventions.

How to join?

The event will be held in hybrid format, in person in the Italian Conference Room at IFAD headquarters in Via Paolo di Dono, 44, Rome, and online through Zoom.

Your participation would positively contribute to our discussions.

To join the plenary session in person: please RSVP to gender@ifad.org with your name and title by noon on 27 November 2023.

To join the plenary session online: please register here:  https://bit.ly/STOPViolenceAgainstWomenandGirls

Click to download the event agenda and the concept note.

Distinguished representatives,

The Change, Delivery and Innovation Unit is pleased to share with you the video with the main highlights and messages from the 2023 IFAD Innovation Day, which focused on addressing the question: “How can we make innovation and impact investments work for rural people and vulnerable groups”.

The video is available in all IFAD languages: Arabic, English, French and Spanish. Please feel free to share it with your networks and on your social media.

We encourage you to also explore the event page and take a look at the main takeaways from the sessions. A recording of the full event is also available on the IFAD YouTube channel.

For further information, please feel free to write to: Gladys H. Morales Guevara, Senior Officer, Change Delivery and Innovation Unit at: g.moralesguevara@ifad.org or innovation@ifad.org.  

Links:

Arabic: https://bit.ly/45J3ZGR

English: https://bit.ly/44AoXGx

French: https://bit.ly/3Z2v1q2

Spanish: https://bit.ly/3Pcd04q

Event page: https://bit.ly/44SiYgm

Recording Event: https://bit.ly/469y95S

Distinguished representatives,

The Change, Delivery and Innovation Unit (CDI) at IFAD is pleased to invite you to the 2023 IFAD Innovation Day and Marketplace on Wednesday 28 June from 09.00 – 18.30 CEST at IFAD headquarters in Rome. A reception will follow from 18.30 – 20.00 CEST.

What is Innovation Day?

Innovation Day is a forum that brings together multi-stakeholders to showcase progress, opportunities and areas where strategic partnerships and co-financing could scale up innovation and enhance impact to “Make innovation and impact investments work for the rural poor".

Who is organizing Innovation Day?

The event is organised by CDI in partnership with Cariplo Factory, Global Action and the Fund for Innovation in Development with the media partnership of adnkronos. We would like to especially thank the Governments of Colombia, Finland, France, Germany and Norway for their support and contribution of their high-level representatives.

What’s on the agenda?

This year, there will be plenary sessions and a “marketplace” - an interactive open space with stands featuring innovative solutions curated by IFAD and IFAD's partners.

Opening remarks will be offered by the President of IFAD; the Minister for International Development of the Kingdom of Norway; the Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation of Colombia; the Director General for Development Policy of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs for Finland; and high-level speakers from the United Nations and the private sector. The plenary sessions will address topics on:

·       Financing for innovation in rural and agricultural development.

·       Funding evidence-based innovations to rural development challenges.

·       Multi-Stakeholder partnerships to scale up innovation.

·       PITCH EVENT showcasing the winners of the IFAD Innovation Challenges.

·       Innovations for the well-being of Indigenous People.

·       Collaborating to innovate and enhance impact at a systemic level.

There will also be an open doors session with the press which will focus on the role of partnerships to finance and scale up innovation. In 2023, IFAD is enhancing collaboration with key partners in the following areas: Geospatial Information Systems (GIS), data, innovative finance, youth and capacity building.

The event agenda, concept notes and other useful background documents can be found here.

HOW TO JOIN?

·       Innovation Day is hybrid: in person at IFAD headquarters and online through Zoom.

·       Post Innovation Day reception: in person only, in the foyer of IFAD headquarters.

To join the plenary sessions in person: please RSVP to innovation@ifad.org with your name and title by close of business (Rome time) on 22 June 2023.