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
Azerbaijan: Livestock Productivity and Marketing Improvement Programme
Approved on 31 December 2017
Dominican Republic: Rural Families’ Productive Inclusion and Resilience Project
Approved on 7 December 2017
INBAR:(non-CGIAR) Intra-African Bamboo Smallholder Livelihood Development Programme
Approved on 27 December 2017
EAFF: e-Granary Innovative Mobile Platform to Deliver Economic Services to Farmers in East Africa
Approved on 27 December 2017
AfricaRice: Enhancing Institutional Breeding Capacity in Ghana, Senegal and Uganda to Develop Climate-Resilient Crops for African Smallholder Farmers
Approved on 27 December 2017
CTA: Youth Economic Empowerment through Agribusiness in Kenya
Approved on 27 December 2017
PROCASUR: Young Leaders for Rural Development in the SICA Region Programme
Approved on 27 December 2017
ECLAC: New Narratives for Rural Transformation in LAC Programme
Approved on 23 December 2017
ASEAN: Programme on Measurable Action for Haze-Free Sustainable Land Management in Southeast Asia
Approved on 23 December 2017
IICA: Knowledge Management for Adaptation of Family Farming to Climate Change Programme
Approved on 23 December 2017
Zambia: President memorandum - Smallholder Productivity Promotion Programme (S3P) – additional financing
Approved on 23 December 2017
PROCASUR: Development of Tools to Engage Youth in Agriculture and Agribusiness
Approved on 23 December 2017
ACUA: Regional Programme for the Economic, Social and Political Empowerment with Cultural Identity of Afro-descendant Populations in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Approved on 23 December 2017
Grenada: Climate-smart Agriculture and Rural Enterprise Programme
Approved on 23 December 2017
Burundi: President's memorandum - Value Chain Development Programme – additional financing
Approved on 17 December 2017
Madagascar: President's memorandum-Vocational Training and Agricultural Productivity Improvement Programme (FORMAPROD)– additional financing
Approved on 17 December 2017
COPROFAM: Policy dialogue for Rural transformation programme
Approved on 17 December 2017
ICARDA: Strengthen knowledge management for greater development effectiveness in the Near East, North Africa, Central Asia and Europe
Approved on 17 December 2017
Disclaimer: The United States, in light of its policy and legislative mandates, opposes the proposed grant to the International Center for Agricultural Research in the Dry Areas (ICARDA) for the program to “Strengthen Knowledge Management for Greater Development Effectiveness in the Near East, North Africa, Central Asia, and Europe.”
Cambodia: President's memorandum - Tonle Sap Poverty Reduction and Smallholder Development Project - additional financing
Approved on 17 December 2017
Afghanistan: President' s memorandum - Community Livestock and Agriculture Project – additional financing
Approved on 7 December 2017
ICARDA: conservation agriculture in crop and livestock systems in drylands to enhance water use and soil fertility
Approved on 7 December 2017
HELVETAS: Development of Self-Assessment Tools of In-Country Results-Based Management Capacity in Agriculture
Approved on 7 December 2017
Oxfam Novib: Scale up Empowerment through Household Methodologies: from Thousands to Millions
Approved on 7 December 2017
The Indigenous Peoples Assistance Facility (IPAF) 2017-2020
Approved on 4 November 2017
Jordan: Small Ruminants Investment and Graduating Households in Transition project (SIGHT)
Approved on 8 September 2017
Iraq: Smallholder Agriculture Revitalization Project
approved on 2 September 2017
Pakistan: Southern Punjab Poverty Alleviation Project – additional financing
Approved on 28 September 2017
Sri Lanka: Smallholder Agribusiness Partnerships Programme – additional financing
Approved on 28 September 2017
Côte d'Ivoire: Agricultural Value Chains Development Programme
Approved on 8 September 2017
Burundi: Project to support Financial Agricultural and Rural Inclusion
Approved on 2 September 2017
Lebanon: Harmonized Actions to Enhance Livestock Production and Processing
Approved on 2 September 2017
GAFSP: Inclusion of rural youth in poultry and aquaculture value chains in Mali
approved on 2 September 2017
Eritrea: National Agriculture Project – additional financing
approved on 2 September 2017
Disclaimer: The United States, in light of its policy and legislative mandates, opposes the proposed additional financing for the National Agriculture Project in Eritrea.
EAFF: Scaling-up rural youth access to inclusive financial services for entrepreneurship and employment
Approved on 2 September 2017
International Land Coalition: Programme on Promoting People-Centred Land Governance with ILC members
Approved on 19 August 2017
Slow Food: Empowering Indigenous Youth and their Communities to Defend and Promote their Food Heritage
Approved on 19 August 2017
Paraguay: President's memorandum: Inclusion of Family Farming in Value Chains Project - Additional Financing
Approved on 12 August 2017
Senegal: President's memorandum: Support to Agricultural Development and Rural Entrepreneurship Programme
Approved on 28 July 2017
Consultative Group to Assist the Poor (CGAP) for the Inclusive Rural Finance for Smallholder Families and Other Vulnerable Groups Programme
Approved on 28 July 2017
Montenegro: The Rural Clustering and Transformation Project (RCTP)
Approved on 6 April 2017
Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Inclusive Agreements on Andean Grains and Amazonian Fruits Transformation and Marketing to Increase Small-scale Producer Incomes
Approved on 6 April 2017
Comoros: Family Farming Productivity and Resilience Support Project
Approved on 11 May 2017
Rwanda: President's memorandum: Project for Rural Income through Exports - additional financing
Approved on 10 February 2017
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