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
Ecuador: President's Memorandum: Buen Vivir in Rural Territories Programme – additional financing
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
Togo: Shared-risk Agricultural Financing Incentive Mechanism Support Project
Approved on Sunday, 27 January 2019
Sierra Leone: Agricultural Value Chain Development Project
Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018
Honduras: Project for the Economic and Social Inclusion of Small Rural Producers in Northeast Honduras
Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018
Stichting Agriterra: Management of the Technical Assistance Facility of the AgriBusiness Capital Fund
Approved on Sunday, 30 December 2018
CIP: Strengthening Nutrition in Agri-food Systems in East and Southern Africa through Root and Tuber Crops
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
Agridea: Delivering Extension Services to the Last Mile: Improving Smallholders' Access to Innovation and Pluralistic, Demand driven Extension Services
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
WorldFish: Advancing Climate-Smart Aquaculture Technologies
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
AFA: Sustainable Rural Development for the Asian Pacific Farmer's programme
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
Sri Lanka: President's Memorandum: Smallholder Agribusiness Partnerships Programme – additional financing
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
NEPAD: Strengthening Opportunities for Rural Youth Employment and Entrepreneurship in Africa
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
SAC: Consortium for Scaling up Climate-Smart Agriculture in South Asia
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
IPSARD: Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think Tanks for Countries in Mekong Subregion
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
Disclaimer: The United States, in light of its policies for certain development projects in countries whose governments are not addressing trafficking in persons, opposes the following project and therefore does not join a Board decision that would support a grant to the Institute of Policy and Strategy for Agriculture and Rural Development for the “Network for Agriculture and Rural Development Think Tanks for Countries in Mekong Subregion.”
Country Specific: GEC: Technical Assistance and Knowledge Exchange for Sustainable Management of Peatland Ecosystems in Malaysia
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
FAO: Mainstreaming Ex-ante Greenhouse Gas Accounting into Investments in Agriculture and their Economic and Financial Analysis
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
InterAction: Strengthening Advocacy for Agricultural and Rural Development to Amplify the Collective Voice of Rural Farmers in Tanzania, Uganda, and Rwanda
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
Türkiye: President's Memorandum: Murat River Watershed Rehabilitation Project – additional financing
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
Cabo Verde: President's Memorandum: Rural Socio-Economic Opportunities Programme – additional financing
Approved on Saturday, 22 December 2018
Georgia: Dairy Modernization and Market Access Project
Approved on Sunday, 16 December 2018.
Africa Rice: Rice Sector for Poverty Reduction in East Africa through Improved Productivity and Competitiveness of Domestic Rice
Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018
Kenya: President’s memorandum - Upper Tana Catchment Natural Resources Management Project- additional Financing
Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018
INBAR: Innovation and Promotion of Bamboo through Action Research Processes for a Resilient Agriculture in Colombia, Ecuador and Peru
Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018
ICBA: Improving Agricultural Resilience to Salinity through Development and Promotion of Pro-poor Technologies Programme
Approved on Saturday, 8 December 2018
Dominican Republic: President’s memorandum - Rural Families’ Productive Inclusion and Resilience Project - additional financing
Approved on 1 December 2018
C4ED: Theory and practice of impact assessment in developing countries
Approved on 1 December 2018
CEFA: Food Security and Sustainability in Fragile Situations programme
Approved on 1 December 2018
CIRAD: Integrating Multiple Water Sources and Local Institutions for Enhanced Food Security in North Africa’s Hinterland by Reinforcing Agricultural and Rural Innovation Systems
Approved on 1 December 2018
ABAUD: Youth Empowerment in Agribusiness and Sustainable Agriculture Project
Approved on 1 December 2018
McGill: project-friendly metrics and technologies for better results in nutrition-sensitive projects
Approved on 1 December 2018
Niger: Family Farming Development Programme in the Diffa Region
Approved on 29 September 2018
Cambodia: President’s memorandum: Agriculture Services Programme for Innovation, Resilience and Extension - additional financing
Approved on 8 September 2018
IFPRI: Programme for Assessing the Gendered Impact of Rural Development Projects
Approved on 8 September 2018
icipe: Alternative livelihoods for Food and Income Security in Four Indian Ocean Island Nations and Zanzibar – Phase II
Approved on 8 September 2018
Mauritania: President’s memorandum: Inclusive Value Chain Development Project - additional grant
Approved on 8 September 2018
Grenada: President’s memorandum: Climate-smart Agriculture and Rural Enterprise Programme - additional financing
Approved on 8 September 2018
Eswatini: Financial Inclusion and Cluster Development Project
Approved on 21 July 2018
Haiti: Agricultural and Agroforestry Technological Innovation Programme
Approved on 15 April 2018
Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rural Enterprises and Agricultural Development Project
Approved on 13 April 2018
Central African Republic: Project to Revitalize Crop and Livestock Production in the Savannah
Approved on 5 May 2018
Gabon: Agricultural and Rural Development Project – Phase II
Approved on 19 April 2018
Sierra Leone: President's memorandum: Rural Finance and Community Improvement Programme – Phase II - additional financing
Approved on 13 April 2018
Rwanda: President's memorandum: Project for Rural Income through Exports - additional financing
Approved on 13 April 2018
Brazil: Sustainable Rural Development Project in the Territories of the Zona da Mata and Agreste of Pernambuco (PE-PRODUZ)
Approved on 30 March 2018
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