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

Indonesia: Youth Entrepreneurship and Employment Support Services Programme (YESS)


Cambodia: Accelerating Inclusive Markets for Smallholders Project


Djibouti: Youth Entrepreneurship for Climate Change Adaptation Project (PEJACC)


VentureWell for the Moonshots for Development (M4D) Open Innovation Challenge and Financing Facility Grant


OpenGeoHub Foundation (OGH) for Capitalizing on Earth Observation (CAPEO) to support design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation and impact assessment of rural development projects


Bolivia (Plurinational State of): Developing Sustainable and Resilient Agriculture Programme (AGROSUSTENTAR)


Agricultural Research Centre affiliated to the Ministry of Agriculture and Land Reclamation of the Arab Republic of Egypt for Piloting Climate-Smart Agriculture for Policy Enhancement


Lao People's Democratic Republic: Agriculture for Nutrition Project – Phase II (AFN-II)


Colombia: Rurality for Life Project


Indonesia: Integrated Village Economic Transformation Project (Transformasi Ekonomi Kampung Terpadu) (TEKAD)


Burkina Faso: Joint Programme for the Sahel in Response to the Challenges of COVID-19, Conflict and Climate Change in Burkina Faso


Eritrea: Sustainable Fisheries Livelihoods Programme (SFLP)


Philippines: Value Chain Innovation for Sustainable Transformation in Agrarian Reform Communities Project (VISTA)


Brazil: Paraíba Rural Sustainable Development Project (PROCASE II)


Getulio Vargas Foundation for the Program in Rural Monitoring and Evaluation (PRiME) Phase III


Billital Maroobe Network for Water for Peace: Inclusive and Sustainable Access to Water in Pastoral Areas Affected by Multifaceted Crises


Approved

Approved

Rwanda: Rwanda Dairy Development Project - Phase 2 (RDDP2)

Approved on Wednesday 27 November 2024


Nigeria: Livelihood Improvement Family Enterprises Project in the Niger Delta (LIFE-ND)

Approved on Wednesday 27 November 2024


International Food Policy Research Institute for Ensuring Inclusiveness, Sustainability and Efficiency of Food Systems Transformation – Phase II (ATMI II)

Approved on Thursday 21 November 2024


Gambia (The): Resilience of Organizations for Transformative Smallholder Agriculture Project (ROOTS)

Approved on Thursday 21 November 2024


Inter-American Development Bank for AgroWeb3 powered by LACChain: a Platform for the Digital Wallets of Rural Smallholder Farmers (AgroWeb3)

Approved on Thursday 21 November 2024


Chad: Joint Programme for the Sahel in Response to the Challenges of COVID-19, Conflicts and Climate change in Chad (SD3C Chad)

Approved on Thursday 21 November 2024


Congo: Agriculture, Youth and Entrepreneurship Project

Approved on Thursday 21 November 2024


United Republic of Tanzania: Tanzania Food Systems Resilience Programme – Horticulture (TFSRP-H)

Approved on Wednesday 6 November 2024


El Salvador: Programme for the Sustainable, Inclusive and Nutritional Economic Development of Rural Areas in El Salvador (Rural Adelante 2.0)

Approved on Thursday 24 October 2024


Lao People's Democratic Republic: Partnerships for Irrigation and Commercialization of Smallholder Agriculture Project (PICSA)

Approved on Thursday 24 October 2024


Conexión for Food Heritage for Youth-inclusive Agrifood Systems

Approved on Thursday 19 September 2024


Network of Farmers’ Organizations and Agricultural Producers of West Africa for Farmer-driven Promotion of Quality Local Rice (FDP RIZ)

Approved on Thursday 3 October


Bosnia and Herzegovina: Rural Enterprises and Agricultural Development Project (READP)

Approved on Thursday 19 September 2024


Uzbekistan: Dairy Value Chains Development Project II (DVCDP II)

Approved on Thursday 19 September 2024


Lesotho: Wool and Mohair Value Chain Competitiveness Project (WaMCoP)

Approved on Wednesday 4 September 2024


Sierra Leone: Livestock and Livelihoods Development Project (LLDP)

Approved on Wednesday 4 September 2024


Benin: PEBCo-BETHESDA – Inclusive Microfinance for Resilient Improved Livelihoods

Approved on Wednesday 21 August 2024


German Sparkassenstiftung for International Cooperation for Scale Up Agritech and Fintech Solutions within IFAD’s portfolio (Innovatech 2.0)

Approved on Wednesday 21 August 2024


Burundi: Project to Support Agricultural and Rural Financial Inclusion in Burundi (PAIFAR-B)

Approved on Wednesday 21 August 2024


Comoros: Rural Youth Entrepreneurship Training and Capacity-building Project (FORCE-Jeunes)

Approved on Wednesday 12 June 2024


Tunisia: Inclusive Smallholder Agriculture Development Project in the North-West Mountains of Tunisia (DINAMO)

Approved on Thursday 6 June 2024


Brazil: Sustainable Atlantic Rainforest Development Project (Parceiros da Mata)

Approved on Monday 3 June 2024


Haiti: Enhancing Food Security through Sustainable Agriculture, Local Economy Development and Healthy Diets (EFOSE)

Approved on Friday 26 July 2024


Senegal: Food System Resilience Programme

Approved on Tuesday 21 May 2024


Honduras: Strengthening Innovation, Resilience and the Sustainability of Agrifood Systems in North Central Honduras

Approved on Thursday 2 May 2024


Djibouti: Integrated Water Resources Management Project (PGIRE)

Approved on Tuesday 7 May 2024


Mongolia: Project for Market and Pasture Management Development (PMPMD)

Approved on Thursday 2 May 2024


International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization for the Strengthening of Borrowers’ Capacity on Environmental, Social and Climate Best Practices 2 (SUSTAIN2)

Approved on Thursday 18 April 2024


International Training Centre of the International Labour Organization for the holistic and digitalized knowledge management system for improving project procurement (BUILDPROC-II)

Approved on Thursday 4 April 2024


Eswatini: Smallholder Agricultural Productivity Enhancement and Marketing Project (SAPEMP)

Approved on Tuesday 19 March 2024


International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI): Strengthening capacities for delivering data- and evidence-driven advice in-country through but not exclusively from impact assessments and other data sources

Approved on Thursday 22 February 2024


Seed Systems Group (SSG) for Sustainable Seed Systems for drought-response in the Greater Horn of Africa

Approved on Monday 5 February 2024