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  • Announcements regarding the Vice-President of IFAD and the Associate Vice-President, External Relations and Governance Department

    The Vice-President of IFAD, Ms Cornelia Richter, and the Associate Vice-President, External Relations and Governance Department, Ms Charlotte Salford will leave the Fund as of 31 October 2019 and 31 August 2019 respectively.

    I take this opportunity to express my sincere gratitude to Cornelia and Charlotte and recognize their achievements and positive contribution to the work of IFAD. I wish them the very best in their future endeavours.

    I am also pleased to announce the appointment of Ms Marie Haga, a Norwegian national, who will join IFAD as Associate Vice-President, External Relations and Governance.

    Marie has extensive experience in conservation and food security, foreign affairs and politics. She will join IFAD from the Global Crop Diversity Trust, where she has been serving as Executive Director since March 2013. Previously she served with Norway’s Foreign Service as a career diplomat and held various positions in the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, including the Norwegian Mission to the United Nations in New York and the Embassy in New Delhi. She was appointed to and held the position of State Secretary/Deputy Minister in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs from 1997-1999.

    Marie’s political career includes serving as a Member of Parliament in Norway from
    2001-2009. She also held three ministerial positions: Minister for Cultural Affairs
    (1999–2000), Minister for Local Government and Regional Development (2005–2007) and Minister for Petroleum and Energy (2007–2008).

    In addition to these prestigious career milestones, Marie has served on several Boards, including as Chair of the Governing Board of the Norwegian Institute for Nature Research (2009–2013) and Chair of the Governing Board of the Industrial Development Corporation of Norway (2010–2013). She was elected Chair of the Peace Research Institute Oslo in 2015 and still holds this position.

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    Over 5 years ago (02/08/2019)
  • 127th session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    EB 2019/127/R.3 - IFAD Private Sector Engagement Strategy 2019-2024 (English)

    Over 5 years ago (02/08/2019)
  • 127th session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:

    EB 2019/127/R.20/Add.1 - Cameroon: Country strategic opportunities programme - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/INF.1 - Arrangements for the 127th Session of the Executive Board (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/R.21/Add.1 - Democratic Republic of the Congo: Country strategic opportunities programme - (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/INF.2 - Results of the Executive Board vote by correspondence regarding the proposal for a memorandum of understanding with the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/R.10 - Corporate-level Evaluation on IFAD's Engagement in pro-Poor Value Chain Development (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/R.1 - Provisional Agenda (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/R.8 - Minutes of the 105th session of the Evaluation Committee (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/R.20 - Cameroon: Country strategic opportunities programme (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    2019 FFP5 - Status report on arrears in principal interest and service charge payments (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    2019 FFP6 - Report on the status of contributions to the eleventh Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/R.18 - Viet Nam: Country strategic opportunities programme (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)
    EB 2019/127/R.21 - Democratic Republic of the Congo: Country strategic opportunities programme (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    Over 5 years ago (31/07/2019)
  • 105th session of the Evaluation Committee

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    EC 2019/105 - Minutes of the 105th session of the Evaluation Committee (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    Over 5 years ago (30/07/2019)
  • 42nd session of the Governing Council

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    GC 42 Report - Forty-second session report (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    Over 5 years ago (25/07/2019)
  • 126th session of the Executive Board

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    EB/126 - Minutes of the 126th session of the Executive Board (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    Over 5 years ago (25/07/2019)
  • 106th session of the Evaluation Committee

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following documents have been posted:

    EC 2019/106/W.P.1 - Provisional Agenda (English) (French) (Spanish)

    Over 5 years ago (23/07/2019)
  • Presentation of the 2019 Rural Development Report: Creating opportunities for rural youth

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    IFAD2019-RDR-ppt - Presentation delivered by Mr Paul Winters (English)

    Over 5 years ago (27/06/2019)
  • 105th session of the Evaluation Committee

    New Documents Online! Please note that the following document has been posted:

    EC 2019/105/W.P.1/Rev.1 - Agenda (Arabic) (English) (French) (Spanish)

    Over 5 years ago (25/06/2019)
  • Presentation of the 2019 Rural Development Report: Creating opportunities for rural youth

    REMINDER

    Presentation of the 2019 Rural Development Report: Creating opportunities for rural youth

    Wednesday, 26 June 2019 from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m.

    FAO Headquarters, Iraq Room

    Over 5 years ago (21/06/2019)