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

No documents are currently under review

Approved

Approved

Tunisia: Agropastoral Development and Local Initiatives Promotion Programme in the South East - Phase II


Kyrgyzstan: Livestock and Market Development Programme


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


Philippines: Integrated Natural Resources and Environmental Management Project


Programme for Impact and Scaling-up Pathways to the Regional Centre on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development for the Near East (CARDNE)


Gambia: National Agricultural Land and Water Management Development Project


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


Georgia: President's memorandum: Agricultural Support Project


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


Eritrea: National Agriculture Project


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)


Maldives: Mariculture Enterprise Development Project


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)