General Assembly selected 2005 as the International Year of Microcredit

• 10-14 January: International meeting for Sustainable Development of Small Island Developing States, Mauritius

• 18 January: Millennium Project report "Global Plan to Achieve the Millennium Development Goals"

• 25 January: IFAD presentation on organic agriculture for poverty reduction: IFAD case studies in China, India and Latin America

• 16-17 February: 28th Session of the Governing Council

• 18 February: First meeting of the Seventh Replenishment

• 22-23 March: Euro-African conference: Water and territories, Paris

• 8 April: 39th Session of the Evaluation Committee

• 18-20 April: 84th Session of the Executive Board

• 21-22 April: Second Session of the Consultation on Replenishment of IFAD's Resources

• 28-30 May: Rural women as agents of change and development in the Near East and North Africa, Damascus, Syria

• 4 July: Audit Committee Seminar (morning) and 90th Session of the Audit Committee (afternoon)

• 5-7 July: Consultation on the Seventh Replenishment - Third Session, Rome

• 2 September: 40th Session of the Evaluation Committee

• 5 September: 91st Session of the Audit Committee

• 6-8 September: 85th Session of the Executive Board

• 1-2 October: Consultation on the Seventh Replenishment - Fourth Session, Doha/Qatar

• 7 October: 41st Session of the Evaluation Committee

• 3 November: 92nd session of the Audit Committee

• 15-17 November: Innovation workshop

• 16-18 November: World Summit on Information Society, Phase II

• 5 December: 42nd Session of the Evaluation Committee

• 12-13 December: 86th Session of the Executive Board

• 14-15 December: Consultation on the Seventh Replenishment - Fifth Session, Rome