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Distinguished Executive Board representatives,

Today, IFAD issued its first Private Placement in Euros for Eur65 million to German HAPEV. The proceeds of the Sustainable Bond will be used to strengthen small-scale farmers’ resilience to climate change and fight hunger and poverty. 

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IFAD Innovation Talk No. 13 - “Evaluation through the lens of brain science: Building a humanized approach for better results”

Distinguished representatives, 

IFAD’s Change, Delivery and Innovation Unit (CDI) and the Independent Office of Evaluation (IOE) is pleased to invite you to attend a discussion on how brain science can enhance the transformative potential of evaluations, and how this is impacting IFAD.

During the event, Dr. Indran A. Naidoo, Director of the Independent Office of Evaluation at IFAD, and Dr. Srini Pillay, CEO of NeuroBusiness Group – will delve into the ramifications of building a humanized approach to evaluation. Renata Mirulla, Facilitator of the EvalForward community of practice at FAO, will moderate the session. This event will be in English with live interpretation to Arabic, French and Spanish.

When registering, please let us know if you are joining the event in-person or remotely. For guests registering to join us in-person, kindly note that IFAD will not be responsible for visa processing or travel costs. Deadline for in-person registrations is COB (17:00 CET) on Monday 20 March 2023.

During the session Dr. Naidoo and Dr. Pillay will address the following questions:

• The fields of neuroscience and evaluation in development contexts would appear unrelated. What prompted IOE to recognize a potential synergy between the two?
• Can the application of neuroscience-based principles improve evaluation processes?
• Can communication approaches to evaluation that encompass neuroscience-based principles trigger transformative change?
• Is IOE planning to test the application of neuroscience principles in its work to help to improve the effectiveness of IFAD? What might be some examples?
• What are the benefits of a constructive engagement between the evaluator and the evaluand?
• Why is it important to establish a psychologically safe environment where people feel open to expressing themselves during an evaluation? How can this be done, in practice, considering the constraints we work in and the different cultural and social norms that influence our behaviours?

In preparation for this session, please visit the event page and read the concept note, where you will find further information and a list of web-based resources and related publications.

For questions: Please send an e-mail to innovation@ifad.org with the subject line “IFAD Innovation Talk No. 13”.

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