Enabling poor rural people
to overcome poverty
| Date | Meetings/Events |
| 19-20 February | 25th Anniversary Session of IFAD's Governing Council |
| 3-7 March | A Workshop on the Sustainable Livelihoods framework for IFAD Staff and European Based Consultants |
| 7 April | Evaluation Committee |
| 8 April | Audit Committee |
| 9-10 April | 78th Session of the Executive Board |
| 20-21 May | Forum on Institutions, the Key to Development - Building Alliances to Empower the Rural Poor - Berlin, Germany |
| 30 June - 2 July | ECOSOC High-Level Segment: Promoting an integrated approach to rural development |
| 25 August - 5 September | Conference of the Parties (COP) of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification |
| 5 September | 24th Session of the Evaluation Comittee |
| 8 September | 82nd Session of the Audit Committee |
| 10-11 September | 79th Session of the Executive Board |
| 27 October | Special Session of the Evaluation Committee |
| 15-19 November | Training Workshop on the Sustainable Livelihoods Approach for IFAD Project Staff and Consultants Based in the Balkans and Turkey, Tirana, Albania |
| 10-12 December | World Summit on Information Society, Phase I |
| 16 December | 83rd Session of Audit and Evalution Committee |
| 16 December | 35th Session of the Evaluation Committee |
| 17-18 December | 80th Session of the Executive Board |