| 19 January | Fourth IFAD Public Lecture on Rural Poverty Report 2000/2001 (First, Second, Third Public Lectures) |
| 28 January - 1 February | The Popular Coalition ARnet Workshop, Nairobi (Kenya) |
| 19 February | Preliminary Meetings of the Governing Council |
| 20-21 February | 24th Session of the Governing Council |
| 22 February | 27th Session of the Evaluation Committee |
| 4 April | 72nd Session of the Audit Committee |
| 2-7 April | Second Action Planning Workshop on Gender Strengthening Programme in Eastern and Southern Africa (Lilongwe, Malawi) |
| 9-10 April | Roundtable Workshop for the Syria Country Programme Evaluation (Damascus, Syria) |
| 24 April | 73rd Session of the Audit Committee |
| 25-26 April | 72nd Session of the Executive Board |
| 8 June | Sixth Public Lecture on Rural Poverty Report 2000/2001 |
| 10 September | 74th Session of the Audit Committee |
| 11 September | 28th Session of the Evaluation Committee |
| 12-13 September | 73rd Session of the Executive Board |
| 19-20 September | Workshop on Malnurition in Developing Countries: Generating Capabilities for Effective Community Action Workshop (Fiuggi Fonte, Italy) |
| 3 December | 75th Session of the Audit Committee |
| 4 December | 29th Session of the Evaluation Committee |
| 5-6 December | 74th Session of the Executive Board |
| 17-21 December | A Training Course on the Sustainable Livelihoods Framework for IFAD Country Portfolio Managers and Europe-Based Consultants |