PROPOSALS ELIGIBLE FOR APPROVAL UNDER THE LAPSE-OF-TIME PROCEDURE
These proposals are posted for Executive Board representatives' review in accordance with rule 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, which sets out the lapse-of-time (LOT) procedure for the approval of IFAD-funded projects and programmes, approved by the Executive Board in December 2009 (EB 2009/98/R.15/Rev.1) and further revised in September 2010 (EB 2010/100/R.41/Rev.1), September 2012 (EB 2012/106/R.9), May 2019 (EB 2019/126/R.48/Rev.2), and September 2023 (EB 2023/139/R.16/Rev.1).
IFAD-financed project/programme proposals, eligible for approval through the LOT procedure, shall:
· Not exceed a financing ceiling of US$50 million;
· Not be classified as "track 1" (high-risk operations).
IFAD-financed non-sovereign private sector operations, eligible for approval through the LOT procedure, shall:
· Not exceed a financing ceiling of US$25 million
In accordance with the Policy for IFAD Grant Financing, IFAD-financed grant proposals up to and including US$500,000 may be approved by the President of IFAD, while those in excess of US$500,000 are approved by the Executive Board through the LOT procedure.
Any Executive Board member may request that a proposal submitted for approval through the LOT procedure be submitted to a formal Board session for consideration. In accordance with rule 24 of the Rules of Procedure of the Executive Board, in the absence of a request from an Executive Board representative for a proposal to be discussed at a formal session of the Board, the proposal is considered approved after the lapse of a period of 21 calendar days from the date of posting of the document and transmission of the communication announcing its posting.
Resource coverage would be ensured for these proposals as attested in the Resources Available for Commitment (RAC) document presented at each December session.
For Approval
For Approval
Approved
Approved
Tunisia: Agropastoral Development and Local Initiatives Promotion Programme in the South East - Phase II
Republic of The Sudan: Scaling-up the Agricultural Bank of Sudan Microfinance Initiative (ABSUMI)
Egypt: President's memorandum: Revision to the supplementary financing for the On-farm Irrigation Development Project in the Oldlands
Venezuela: Arid, Semi-arid and Transitional Areas Development Project in the States of Nueva Esparta and Sucre
President's report on a proposed grant under the global/regional grants window to non-CGIAR-supported international centre - Business in Development (BiD) Network Foundation
Trade4All Limited: Cash-on-the-Bag - Scaling up a secure, transparent trading business model for smallholders in East Africa
Africa Rice Center (AfricaRice): Strengthening Rice Value Chains in West and Central Africa
International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA): Knowledge Management in CACILM II
Programme for Impact and Scaling-up Pathways to the Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East (CARDNE)
Nepal: President's memorandum: Poverty Alleviation Fund Project II-supplementary loan and grant
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO): Enhancing the CABFIN partnership’s delivery of policy guidance, capacity development and global learning to foster financial innovations and inclusive investments for agricultural and rural development
International Land Coalition (ILC): Securing Access to Land for the Rural Poor with the International Land Coalition
Burundi: President's memorandum: Value Chain Development Programme - Supplementary financing
Sierra Leone: President's memorandum: Rehabilitation and Community-Based Poverty Reduction Project – supplementary financing
Lebanon: President's memorandum: Hilly Areas Sustainable Agricultural Development Project – supplementary financing
Egypt: President's memorandum: On-farm Irrigation Development Project in the Oldlands - supplementary financing
Aga Khan Foundation (AKF): Mobilizing Public Private Partnerships in Support of Women-led Small Business Development
Philippines: President's memorandum: Rapid Food Production Enhancement Programme – Rehabilitation of Key Agricultural Infrastructure Damaged by Tropical Storm Sendong
United Nations Capital Development Fund (UNCDF): Promoting Local Economic Development and Food Security through Local Development Financing in the decentralized contexts of IFAD country programs
Centre for Agricultural Bioscience International (CABI): Plantwise, a country based approach to improve farmer livelihoods through reduced crop losses and increased productivity
Oxfam Italia (OIT): Smallholders Farmers' Access to Markets in Bosnia-Herzegovina and Egyp
Five regional networks of farmers' organizations (Eastern Africa Farmers Federation, EAFF, Plateforme Sous-régionale des Organisations Paysannes d’Afrique Centrale, PROPAC, Réseau des Organisations Paysannes et de Producteurs de l’Afrique de l’Ouest, ROPPA, Southern African Confederation of Agricultural Unions, SACAU, Union Maghrébine des Agriculteurs, UMAGRI) and the association Formation pour l'Épanouissement et le Renouveau de la Terre, FERT
Asia-Pacific Rural and Agricultural Credit Association (APRACA): Enhancing the Access of Rural Poor to Sustainable Financial Services through Policy Dialogue, Capacity Building and Knowledge Sharing in Rural Finance
President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to a non-CGIAR-supported international centres.(Cassava)
President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to non-CGIAR-supported international centres (AFAAS)
President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to CGIAR-supported international centres (ICARDA-ILRI)
Haiti: Small Irrigation and Market Access Development Project in the Nippes and Goavienne Region (PPI-3)
President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to non-CGIAR-supported international centres (Trustees of Columbia University-PAMIGA-RAIN-UN Women)
President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to non-CGIAR-supported international centres (Fundación ACUA-ICIPE-Oxfam Novib-PhytoTrade Africa-University of the Andes)
Paraguay: Inclusion of Family Farming in Value Chains Project (Paraguay Inclusivo)
President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to CGIAR-supported international centres (IPPM-ICRISAT-IFPRI)
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New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:
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New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:
EB 2012/LOT/G.4 - President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to CGIAR-supported international centres (ICARDA-ILRI) - Informe del Presidente sobre propuestas de revisión de donaciones con arreglo a la modalidad de donaciones a nivel mundial y regional a centros internacionales que reciben apoyo del GCIAI (Spanish)EB 2012/LOT/G.4 - President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to CGIAR-supported international centres (ICARDA-ILRI) - President’s report on proposed revisions to grants under the global/regional grants window to CGIAR-supported international centres (English)EB 2012/LOT/G.4 - President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to CGIAR-supported international centres (ICARDA-ILRI) - Rapport du Président concernant les modifications qu'il est proposé d'apporter à des dons au titre du guichet mondial/régional à des centres internationaux bénéficiant du soutien du GCRAI (French)EB 2012/LOT/G.4 - President's report on proposed grants under the global/regional grants window to CGIAR-supported international centres (ICARDA-ILRI) - تعديلات مقترحة بشأن منح مقترح تقديمها بموجب نافذة المنح العالمية/الإقليمية إلى مراكز دولية تساندها الجماعة الاستشارية للبحوث الزراعية الدولية (Arabic) -
New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:
EB 2012/LOT/P.16/Sup.1 - Tunisia: Agropastoral Development and Local Initiatives Promotion Programme in the South East - Phase II - (French) -
New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:
EB 2012/LOT/G.18/Sup.1 - Republic of The Sudan: Scaling-up the Agricultural Bank of Sudan Microfinance Initiative (ABSUMI) - (English)EB 2012/LOT/P.15/Sup.1 - Kyrgyzstan: Livestock and Market Development Programme - (English) -
New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:
EB 2012/LOT/P.11/Add.1 - Venezuela: Arid, Semi-arid and Transitional Areas Development Project in the States of Nueva Esparta and Sucre - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)EB 2012/LOT/P.11/Sup.1 - Venezuela: Arid, Semi-arid and Transitional Areas Development Project in the States of Nueva Esparta and Sucre - (English)