• 24 January: Meeting with IFAD’s Membership

February

• 5 February: First meeting of Convenors and Friends
• 6 February: Scaling up from the perspective of our partners
• 11-12 February: The first global meeting of the Indigenous Peoples Forum
• 13-14 February: Thirty-sixth session of the Governing Council
• 21 February: 75th session of the Evaluation Committee
• 28 February: What does climate change mean for agriculture and food systems? A discussion with Professor Sir Gordon Conway
  

March

• 8 March: International Women's Day
• 21 March: Inclusive finance: Challenges and opportunities. The Rome-based agencies’ perspective
• 22 March: World Water Day
• 27 March: Second meeting of Convenors and Friends
• 27 March: Annual Rome-based Permanent Representatives meeting
  
• 28 March: 126th session of the Audit Committee 
  

April

• 3-4 April: 76th session of the Evaluation Committee
• 4 April: The Madrid high-level consultation on hunger, food security and nutrition in the post- 2015 development framework
• 8 April: IFAD corporate induction seminar for Member States
  
• 10-11 April: 108 session of the Executive Board

May

• 20-23 May: Global Forum on Remittances 2013
• 22 May: International Day for Biological Diversity

June

• 5 June: World Environment Day
• 12 June: 127th session of the Audit Committee
• 17 June: World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
• 26-27 June: 77th session of the Evaluation Committee

July

• 6 July: International Day of Cooperatives
• 8 July: Third meeting of Convenors and Friends
  

August

• 9 August: International Day of the World's Indigenous People
• 12 August: International Youth Day

September

• 5 September: Fourth meeting of Convenors and Friends
• 6 September: 128th session of the Audit Committee
• 12 September: United Nations Day for South-South Cooperation
• 18-19 September: 109 session of the Executive Board
• 30 September-1 October: 78th session of the Evaluation Committee

October

• 15 October: International Day of Rural Women
• 16 October: World Food Day
• 17 October: International Day for the Eradication of Poverty

November

• 20 November: Fifth meeting of Convenors and Friends
• 21 November: 129th session of the Audit Committee
• 27-28 November: 79th session of the Evaluation Committee

December

• 1 December: World AIDS Day
• 11-12 December: 110 session of the Executive Board