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1 Distribution: Restricted EB 2006/87/INF.5 20 April 2006 Originl: English English IFAD Executive Bord Eighty-seventh Session Rome, April 2006 GRANTS UNDER THE GLOBAL/REGIONAL AND COUNTRY-SPECIFIC GRANT WINDOWS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT 1. At its eightieth session held on December 2003, the Executive Bord uthorized the President to pprove, on behlf of the Bord, grnts not exceeding the equivlent of USD for ech proposl, nd to report nnully to the Executive Bord on the use of such uthority. 2. A description is ttched of 33 grnts pproved under this rrngement in 2005, up to nd including 31 December The grnt criteri nd pprovl process used were those of the IFAD Policy for Grnt Finncing pproved in December 2003 (EB 2003/80/R.5/Rev.1 nd EB 2003/80/C.R.P.1). Due to resource constrints nd environmentl concerns, IFAD documents re produced in limited quntities. Delegtes re kindly requested to bring their documents to meetings nd to limit requests for dditionl copies.

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3 GRANTS UNDER THE GLOBAL/REGIONAL AND COUNTRY-SPECIFIC GRANT WINDOWS APPROVED BY THE PRESIDENT IN Originting Deprtment/ PA PF PF PF Grnt Title Support to the Government of Cmeroon (Ministry of Agriculture nd Rurl ) Updte of Country s Rurl Strtegy nd of its Opertionl Frmework Building Knowledge Mngement Strtegy for Effective Rurl in Est Afric Conservtion Agriculture Prctices, Chllenges nd Lessons Support to Enhnce Trgeting under Ugnd s Pln for Moderniztion of Agriculture Ministry of Agriculture of Cmeroon Support Group Institute of Rurl Reconstruction Ministry of Agriculture of Ugnd Scope of the Grnt The purpose of this grnt is to ssist the Government of Cmeroon, in prticulr the Ministry of Agriculture nd Rurl, in updting its rurl sector development strtegy nd the relted opertionl frmework. The strtegy reflects the Government s deep commitment to reducing rurl poverty nd provides new perspective for griculturl growth nd rurl development. In both documents, the Government hs set out development gols, policies nd strtegic orienttions nd objectives imed t reducing poverty in rurl res while ddressing the specific concerns of the rurl poor. The reformultion of the opertionl frmework ims to ensure timely nd effective implementtion of the country s poverty reduction strtegy. The grnt will support the development of five-yer progrmme of ction, relted medium-term finncing pln nd procedures for implementing, monitoring nd evluting progress The progrmme s objective is to enble groups of frmers nd service providers in Est Afric to exchnge ides nd experiences on how to improve ccess to services nd mrkets. To this end, the progrmme will mentor existing frmer groups in Keny, the United Republic of Tnzni nd Ugnd; conduct field visits to lerning groups; trin new lerning groups; develop trining resources; prepre nd mke presenttions to senior government nd donor stff in the country; regulrly convene other institutions involved; nd prepre regulr briefs on policies for public support emerging from the locl experiences The progrmme will consolidte nd document innovtive prctices nd lessons lerned during the reserch nd dissemintion of conservtion griculture (CA) in Afric. It will collborte with number of prtners to relize its expected objectives nd outputs, nmely: enhnce understnding nd knowledge mong CA prctitioners; produce tble of contents for the CA mnul/kit produced during preprtory workshop; crete CA network; gther nd document experiences of individuls, communities nd orgniztions long with lessons lerned; print nd widely disseminte CA mnul; nd lunch the CA mnul during the globl CA conference The overll gol of this grnt is to enhnce implementtion of the Government s pln for moderniztion of griculture (PMA), which is holistic strtegic nd policy frmework tht seeks to reduce poverty through griculturl trnsformtion nd thus contribute to the country s overll frmework for poverty reduction. The specific objectives include: (i) developing cler differentited trgeting strtegies with focus on pproches nd mechnisms to effectively rech the poor (prticulrly women) in plnning nd implementing the PMA s ctivities; nd (ii) enhncing the cpcity of the PMA secretrit nd field-level implementing prtners to effectively guide, implement nd monitor the trgeting pproches/mechnisms under PMA pillrs nd ctivities.

4 Originting Deprtment/ Grnt Title Scope of the Grnt 4 PF PF PI PI PI Competence Progrmme for IFADfinnced Progrmmes in the United Republic of Tnzni Project for Technicl Assistnce to the United Republic of Tnzni s Rurl Finncil Services Progrmme Enhncing Innovtive nd Pro-poor Uplnd Policies in Afghnistn Building Cpcities for Certifiction of Orgnic Agriculture in the Pcific Tu Vki Koy Community (Self-Relince) Cpcity Building (InWEnt) Mennonite Economic Assocites Centre for Integrted Mountin Federtion of Orgnic Agriculture Movements World Council of Churches, Office in the Pcific Primry trget groups of IFAD-finnced projects nd progrmmes in the country re poor smllholders in rurl res. Ech opertion hs specific trgeting to rech women, young people nd other vulnerble groups (including HIV/AIDS-ffected households). The ctivities of this grnt focus on building cpcity t vrious levels, from villge-level self-help groups/orgniztions to locl government. Representtion from locl groups mens tht women nd other vulnerble groups will hve trgeted ccess to prticipte in the progrmmes. Ech pilot district (Bbti, Hi, Mbey Rurl, Mpwpw, Rombo) hs lerning group of 25 members drwn from fcilittion tems bsed in the five wrds in which ctivities re focused. In ddition, locl government stff will receive trining The project will collborte with the Government s Rurl Finncil Services Progrmme (RFSP), which hs selected 100 rurl microfinnce institutions (MFIs) in three zones (Northern, Southern nd Centrl) in which to trget its opertions. The project will work with 52 of these MFIs scttered rndomly throughout the three zones. Its monitoring ctivities re expected to provide vluble informtion to the RFSP coordintion office nd, in prticulr, to groups involved in trining the MFIs. This informtion should provide foundtion for stronger rurl MFIs with improved finncil nd mngeril performnce. This will in turn led to MFIs improving their services to the rurl community they serve The progrmme s gol is to contribute to pro-poor policy nd progrmme formultion in Afghnistn, with full considertion of the specific sitution of the most vulnerble people, through the provision of pproprite, innovtive options, best prctices nd pproches. This gol will be chieved by enhncing nd supporting pro-poor innovtions tht contribute to sustinble improvements in the livelihoods of poor nd disdvntged people in the uplnds of Afghnistn. Another gol is to foster improved policy dilogue in order to develop n enbling environment for sustinble pro-poor development The gol of this grnt is to promote the doption of orgnic griculture in the Pcific region nd to contribute to the reduction of rurl poverty. To rech its objectives, the progrmme will: enble producers of orgnic griculture to obtin certifiction for their products t reduced nd ffordble cost; institutionlize certifiction cpcity either through privte or governmentl sources; develop set of regionl stndrds for orgnic griculturl products; nd nlyse existing orgnic griculturl nd Firtrde production in the Pcific Islnd countries The overll gol of the proposed cpcity-building progrmme is to develop self-relint nd sustinble institutions tht re inclusive of the rurl poor nd mrginlized in rurl res nd outer islnds of the Pcific nd contribute to the reduction of rurl poverty. Its min objectives re to: build the cpcities of existing villge-bsed rurl institutions; strengthen sustinble livelihood nd income-generting opportunities; develop lterntive, sustinble rurl finncil mechnisms; serve excluded groups; nd dvocte for helthy nd sustinble development of humn nd nturl resources The gol of this grnt is to contribute to poverty reduction nd rurl development in Ltin Americ nd the Cribben by strengthening the cpcity of IFAD stkeholders in the region to lern, mnge knowledge nd disseminte the strtegies implemented by IFAD projects nd progrmmes. The grnt will strengthen the cpcities of IFAD stkeholders in the region to: (i) minstrem key innovtions occurring in IFAD opertions; (ii) prticipte in public dilogue on rurl development nd poverty reduction policies; nd (iii) contribute to the interregionl lerning nd shring process. PL Lerning Knowledge Mngement nd Communiction for Impct in Poverty Reduction in Ltin Americ nd the Cribben Ltin Americn Center for Rurl (RIMISP)

5 Originting Deprtment/ Grnt Title Scope of the Grnt 5 PL PL PL Microcredit Summit Cmpign Scholrship Progrmme in Chile Linking the Virtul Informtion nd Communiction Centre Serving Mexico Improving Effectiveness in Cost Ric Socil Cpitl Assessment Survey in the Are of the Southern Region Project (Tunisi) of n MDGnd Rurl Poverty-oriented Monitoring nd Evlution System in the Federl Ministry of Agriculture nd Forestry in the Sudn Women Trditionl Cheese Pckging Centre in Srebrenic Bosni nd Herzegovin RESULTS Eductionl Fund Center for Agriculturl Reserch in the Dry Ares Ministry of Finnce, Government of Cost Ric Center for Agriculturl Reserch in the Dry Ares Ministry of Agriculture nd Forestry of Sudn United Ntions Progrmme The progrmme s gol is to support the Microcredit Summit Cmpign by enbling microfinnce prctitioners nd institutions from developing countries to prticipte in the Microcredit Summit. Summit meetings re dedicted to the promotion of best prctices nd to relizing four core objectives: (i) reching the poorest; (ii) reching nd empowering women; (iii) building finncilly self-sufficient institutions; nd (iv) ensuring positive mesurble impct on the lives of clients nd their fmilies. The Microcredit Summit Cmpign is helping chieve the Millennium Gols (MDGs), especilly the gol of hlving bsolute poverty by This grnt ims to develop nd consolidte pltform of exchnge nd lerning to support reserch nd development efforts in improving the livelihoods of resource-poor smll ruminnt producers. This will lso provide technologicl support to IFAD s development progrmmes nd projects in the dry res of Ltin Americ, in prticulr IFAD s development projects in Mexico (such s the Strengthening Project for the Ntionl Micro-Wtershed Progrmme) The min objective of this grnt is to ssist the Government of Cost Ric in improving its effectiveness in fostering development. Specificlly, it will ssess the performnce of public-sector gencies in rurl poverty reduction nd in service provision, nd fcilitte process through which civil society cn nlyse nd comment on development ctivities relevnt to the rurl poor nd their orgniztions. The proposed grnt is consistent with three res of focus of IFAD s smll country grnts: (i) improving public policy frmeworks; (ii) strengthening institutionl frmeworks; nd (iii) estblishing networks for knowledge gthering nd dissemintion The grnt ims to: (i) mke n inventory of ll types of community-level orgniztions nd informl institutions; (ii) ssess their respective roles in community decision-mking, with prticulr reference to nturl resource mngement nd locl development concerns; (iii) develop community cpbility mesurement tool to ssess empowerment nd the devolution of nturl resources mngement; nd (iv) vlidte, nd mend where required, the PRODESUD methodology for development of gropstorl livelihoods nd community-bsed rngelnd orgniztions The objective of the grnt is to develop n effective system for monitoring the performnce of the rurl nd griculturl sector in the Sudn, both the northern nd southern regions, drwing lessons from the Performnce-bsed Alloction System nd the Results nd Impct Mngement System introduced by IFAD The objective of the grnt is to join other United Ntions gencies involved in the Srebrenic Regionl Recovery Progrmme in providing poverty reduction support to the people of Srebrenic, n re of Bosni nd Herzegovin tht suffered severely during the wr of The grnt specificlly seeks to improve women s technicl, mngeril nd finncil skills relted to the production, processing nd mrketing of trditionl cheeses in order to boost their income-erning potentil.

6 Originting Deprtment/ Grnt Title Scope of the Grnt 6 PT PT PT Community Informtion nd Business Centre in Dvechi Ryon Azerbijn Cpcity-Building for Microfinnce in Somli Engging Commercil Bnks in Rurl Finnce in the Ner Est nd North Afric Region Developing Approches, Tools, Methods nd l Arrngements to Increse Sclbility nd Adptive Repliction of Bmboo nd Rttn Options in Investment Projects Cpcity-Building in Developing Pro-poor, Frmer-centred Innovtion through Prticiptory Lerning nd Reserch Proof-of-Concept Study of Green Wter Credit MADAD The objective of the grnt is to increse employment nd stimulte privte-sector development in Dvchi district by estblishing community informtion business development centre tht will empower frmers nd entrepreneurs through eduction, communiction nd incresed ccess to credit nd mrketing services. United Ntions Progrmme ACCION Network for Bmboo nd Rttn Potto Center Soil Reference nd Informtion Centre The grnt seeks to: (i) fcilitte prtnerships between remittnce compnies nd Amh Klkl (the only microfinnce institution operting in north-western Somli), securing investment nd support of locl remittnce compnies in the development of sustinble microfinnce mechnism; (ii) develop the institutionl cpcity of Amh Klkl to meet requirements of Somli migrnts nd business investors while ddressing the needs of the rurl poor; nd (iii) ssist in developing suitble Amh Klkl microfinnce products tht meet customer needs This grnt progrmme ims to extend the outrech of finncil services to the rurl poor in prts of the Ner Est nd North Afric (Algeri, Egypt, Jordn nd Morocco). To this end, it will support commercil bnks in these countries in their trnsition to rurl microfinnce in order to meet the finncil needs of the rurl poor more effectively. In line with IFAD s privte-sector development nd prtnership strtegy, this progrmme will seek to develop the outrech of commercil bnks, using their comprtive dvntge in the bnking business nd extensive brnch networks The gol of this progrmme is to help ddress rurl poverty by dpting/replicting bmboo- nd rttnbsed investments, nd mximizing their impct to improve rurl livelihoods. The progrmme will develop wys of estblishing links with ongoing lon projects nd with new projects s mens of dptive repliction in other countries. In ddition, it will document technology nd enterprise options; prepre enterprise trining courses; document bmboo enterprise mrket linkge systems; nd input technicl nd finncil informtion into IFAD s electronic knowledge networking systems in Asi nd the Pcific (ENRAP), Ltin Americ nd the Cribben (FIDAMERICA) nd Afric (FIDAFRIQUE) The overll gol of this progrmme is to contribute to incresing the development nd outrech of pro-poor, frmer-centred, prticiptory innovtion, prticulrly in the re of mnging nturl resources for sustinble griculture nd rurl livelihoods. Specificlly, the progrmme ims to build criticl body of reserch professionls globlly cpble of pplying prticiptory lerning nd reserch pproches to support the development of pro-poor, frmer-centred innovtion. This will be chieved by developing sourcebook of prticiptory pproches, specific trining courses nd regionl ssessment, nd follow-up plnning ctivities The objective of this grnt is to reduce extreme poverty nd hunger through environmentl sustinbility. Opertionlly, the long-term progrmme gol is to enble rurl people to dpt to climtic nd relted environmentl chnges through better mngement of lnd nd wter resources. This process will lso llow the rurl poor to improve food nd wter security, nd public helth. To ttin these gols, the progrmme will engge ntionl nd interntionl policy-mkers, interntionl reserch entities, ntionl griculturl reserch systems, lnd nd wter mngement progrmmes, network prtners nd other regionl stkeholders. The progrmme s focus will be to demonstrte the vibility nd fesibility of the green wter concept.

7 Originting Deprtment/ Grnt Title Scope of the Grnt 7 PT ER EAD EAD EO Combt Hunger nd Rurl Poverty Through Incresing Access to Knowledge Supporting the G77 s Perez- Guerrero Trust Fund (PGTF): pilot grnt to South-South cpcitybuilding nd technicl coopertion Identity, Power nd Rights: The Stte, s nd Indigenous Peoples Supporting Communityled Stte Allince ginst Hunger in Meghly, Indi Support to the Food nd Agriculture Orgniztion of the United Ntions for Orgnizing Conference on Agrrin Reform nd Rurl CAB Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund United Ntions Reserch Institute for Socil Food nd Agriculture Orgniztion of the United Ntions Food nd Agriculture Orgniztion of the United Ntions The progrmme s gol is to combt hunger nd rurl poverty in developing countries through the development, dissemintion nd use of novel electronic knowledge mngement tools relting to livestock, including griculture. The objectives will be to: (i) increse knowledge nd ccess to knowledge through n niml helth nd production compendium, n encyclopedic tool to support niml husbndry; nd (ii) continue developing n quculture compendium, new electronic knowledge bse for quculture worldwide The grnt s objective is to provide dditionl resources to the Group of 77 s Perez-Guerrero Trust Fund. This fund finnces progrmmes nd projects imed t enhncing economic nd technicl coopertion mong developing countries in the res of food, griculture, reserch, trining, trde fcilittion, nd promoting informtion exchnge nd dissemintion. This pilot grnt, in terms of outputs, will increse propoor cpcity-building; improve South-South coopertion; implement cross-border fertiliztion of knowledge nd reserch; strengthen reserch institutions; increse innovtion in griculture nd nturl resource mngement; improve regionl informtion nd knowledge networks; nd strengthen collbortion within the Group of This progrmme will trce, theoreticlly nd empiriclly, the structure nd interlocking nture of stte nd interntionl orgniztions, nd nlyse how these links impct on the identity, rights nd livelihoods of indigenous communities. It hs the following objectives: provide seed funding for commencing worldwide reserch progrmme on identity, power nd rights; foster mutul understnding mong sttes, multintionl compnies nd indigenous peoples bout development; rise wreness of the rights nd cpcities of indigenous peoples to determine their own development pths; use reserch results to id the work of the Secretrit of the United Ntions Permnent Forum on Indigenous Issues; use reserch results to id discussions on the drft United Ntions declrtion on the rights of indigenous peoples; nd publish nd disseminte rticles, ppers nd t lest one edited volume of reserch This progrmme will provide n opportunity to the Allince Aginst Hunger to test community-driven llince ginst hunger nd poverty reduction in the Indin tribl stte of Meghly. It will seek to generte the politicl will nd prcticl nd coordinted ction to bring bout rpid reduction in the incidence of hunger in this re. It will do so by promoting dilogue, coopertion nd ccountbility mong the government, civil society entities nd locl communities. Its specific objectives re to: estblish pilot, community-led llince ginst hunger; develop the cpcity of civil society nd locl fith-bsed orgniztions; nd estblish brod frmework for strting dvoccy on stte poverty reduction cmpign The grnt s gol to help Conference on Agrrin Reform nd Rurl (ICARRD) crete pltform for dilogue on grrin reform with the im of providing ccess to resources. The intent is tht this will contribute to: (i) reducing extreme hunger nd poverty; (ii) promoting gender equlity nd empowering women; (iii) ensuring environmentl sustinbility; (iv) developing globl prtnerships for development to rech these ends; nd (v) promoting n integrted pproch to rurl development. These gols will be ccomplished through experience-shring on grrin reform, building on rnge of best prctices nd consolidting informtion on grrin reform nd rurl development.

8 Originting Deprtment/ Grnt Title Scope of the Grnt 8 EC EAD EAD EC EO Advoccy for the Poor in the Yer of Deserts nd Desertifiction G15: Rurl nd Agriculturl nd the Mngement of Wter Resources Indigenous Peoples nd Indictors of Poverty nd Well-being. Support to the Secretrit of the Permnent Forum on Indigenous Issues. Microcredit Summit Cmpign - Scholrship Progrmme in Jordn Co lerning between Civil society nd Intergovernmentl Orgniztions on Linking Successful Locl Prctices nd Enbling Policies Permnent Secretrit of the United Ntions Convention to Combt Desertifiction Permnent Mission of the People s Democrtic Republic of Algeri, Genev Secretrit of the United Ntions Permnent Forum on Indigenous Issues RESULTS Eductionl Fund Associzione Itlin per l Agricoltur Biologic The gol of this progrmme is to rise wreness of the role of rurl women, especilly pstorlist women, in combting desertifiction nd environmentl degrdtion. The progrmme will give rurl women voice by creting opportunities to shre experiences, knowledge nd informtion. It will conduct workshop, providing specific professionl trining on environmentl nd gender issues nd inviting developing-country journlists with specil interest in these topics to ttend. The progrmme will collect nd disseminte informtion on desertifiction nd lnd degrdtion to stkeholders nd supply this informtion to the Desert Desk t United Ntions hedqurters in New York The gol of this progrmme is to improve the mngement of wter resources in order to reduce poverty nd hunger nd chieve the other MDGs. Its specific objective is to ssist the Group of Fifteen with the preprtion of the theme for its Thirteenth Summit. This will include pre-summit seminr tht will ddress two sub-themes directly relted to the min theme of the Summit: (i) mngement of the demnd for wter in urbn res nd for griculture to ddress ll spects of the economy of wter; nd (ii) protection of griculturl lnd ginst erosion nd desertifiction. It will lso include input into the finl communiqué from the heds of stte nd government t Summit completion The progrmme hs the stted gol of helping indigenous groups nd communities ssess their own wellbeing ccording to their principles, concepts nd prctices of development. This will be ccomplished by undertking regionl consulttions nd workshops with stkeholders to determine pproprite indictors, nd disseminting greed indictors t country, regionl nd globl levels This progrmme s gol is to support the Microcredit Summit Cmpign by enbling microfinnce prctitioners nd institutions from developing countries to prticipte in the Microcredit Summit Meetings of Councils. Such prticiption will build their cpcity in res of microcredit nd further their understnding of microfinnce s n instrument of economic development for the rurl poor. Microcredit Summit meetings re of globl significnce nd re lso of high relevnce for IFAD The progrmme s specific objective is to enhnce the potentil of stkeholders nd implement successfully run locl development strtegies (prctices nd policies) for sustinble development in Afric, Asi nd Ltin Americ. The gols re to stimulte lerning on poverty reduction prctices nd fcilitte their scling up by communities, civil society prtners, intergovernmentl orgniztions, IFAD nd other donors. This will improve the trgeting of investment policy dvice nd ccelerte the chievement of the MDGs.

9 Originting Deprtment/ Grnt Title Scope of the Grnt 9 EO IFAD s More nd Better Cmpign: Regionl Workshops Notes: EAD = Externl Affirs Deprtment EC = Communictions EO = Policy ER = Resource Mobiliztion PA = Western nd Centrl Afric PF = Estern nd Southern Afric PI = Asi nd the Pcific = Ner Est nd North Afric PT = Technicl Advisory Terr Nuov This grnt will help provide finncil support to the More nd Better Cmpign s ctivities during It will be used specificlly to cofinnce regionl workshop in Centrl Afric whose objectives re to: support civil society involvement in the policy formultion process; nlyse the content of ntionl poverty reduction strtegy ppers on griculture, fisheries nd rurl development in the region; enhnce the involvement of civil society, especilly frmers orgniztions nd other orgniztions of poor people.

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