Appointment of Associate Vice-President, Financial Operations Department (AVP/FOD) ad interim

Further to Alvaro Lario taking office as President of IFAD, this is to inform the Membership that, as of 1 October 2022, the President has decided that Ms Katherine Meighan, Associate Vice-President, and General Counsel, takes up duties as Associate Vice-President, Financial Operations Department (AVP/FOD), a.i.

Ms Meighan will hold both positions until such time as the new AVP/FOD is appointed.

Appointment of Secretary of IFAD ad interim

Further to the departure of Mr Luis Jiménez-McInnis, this is to inform the Membership that as of 1 October 2022, the President has decided that Ms Deirdre Mc Grenra take up duties as Secretary of IFAD, a.i., until such time as the recruitment process for a new Secretary of IFAD has been completed. 

Ms Mc Grenra has acted as Chief, Institutional Governance and Member Relations Office, since May 2018, and first joined the Office of the Secretary in 2003. From 2015 to 2018, she was Chief, Americas Liaison Office, in the Partnership and Resource Mobilization Division.

Ms Mc Grenra may be contacted by telephone at +39 06 5459 2374 and by e-mail at d.mcgrenra@ifad.org.

Arabic, French, Spanish

IFAD Mango application

Distinguished Representatives,

The Office of the Secretary is pleased to draw your attention to IFAD Mango – IFAD’s Meeting Application for Networking on Governance. The app allows representatives to access documentation and information related to IFAD’s meetings and events, including accessing the meeting calendar and IFAD’s social media. The app also allows users to search, download and annotate documents.

You are encouraged to use the application on your personal devices, by downloading it for iOS and Android.

You may view a short video on the IFAD Mango application by clicking on this link.

For any queries, please contact the Institutional Governance and Member Relations unit at igmr@ifad.org.

Highest consideration,

Office of the Secretary

Distinguished representatives,

We are pleased to announce that for any queries related to IFAD’s governing bodies and member relations aspects you may contact the Institutional Governance and Member Relations unit through the new mailing list igmr@ifad.org. Kindly note that the mailing lists mr@ifad.org and gb@ifad.org are no longer in use.

Highest consideration,

Office of the Secretary

Guidance on the Payment of IFAD12 Replenishment Contributions

This note provides guidance to Member States that have announced their replenishment contributions to IFAD12, and wish to proceed with the payment of such contributions, or formalise the commitment to pay their contributions by depositing an instrument of contribution.

To read this communication in all official languages, please click on the following hyperlinks: 

[Arabic] [English] [French] [Spanish]

Highest consideration,

Office of the Secretary