Events and meetings

January

• 12 January: Equity funds established at the national level – a tool for poverty reduction?

• 19 January: Decreasing vulnerability to conflict in MENA through rural development

• 31 January: How we can use impact evaluation to assure effective use of resources for development?

February

• 1 February: First meeting of Convenors and Friends

• 18-23 February: Fourth global meeting of the Farmers' Forum

• 22-23 February: Thirty-fifth session of the Governing Council

March

• 8 March: International Women’s Day - Empowering young rural women – Inspiring futures

• 12 March: Informal seminar on smallholders and sustainable biofuel production: success stories from the private sector

• 21 March: Working group on IFAD’s blend terms

• 21 March: Emoluments Committee 
  
  
• 22 March: Second meeting of Convenors and Friends

• 23 March: 122 session of the Audit Committee

• 28 March: The strategic role of the private sector in agriculture and rural development

• 29 March: IFAD-IFPRI partnership in Viet Nam: results and lessons

April

• 2 April: 71st session of the Evaluation Committee

• 3-4 April: 105th session of the Executive Board

• 13 April: Promoting decent and productive employment of young people in rural areas: A review of strategies and programmes

• 21 April: 85th session of the Development Committee

• 27 April: Scaling up agriculture for poverty reduction

May

• 3 May 2012: Ninth special session of the Executive Board (closed session)

• 9-11 May: World Economic Forum on Africa 2012

• 18-19 May: Third annual symposium on global agriculture and food security: Beyond L'Aquila: Advancing Food Security at the 2012 G8 Summit

• 21 May: Desarrollo rural en América Latina: Preguntas, perspectivas y desafíos (Spanish only)

June

• 8 June: What does a changing climate mean for how we support smallholder agriculture?

• 12-13 June: A roundtable discussion on mobilizing resources for IFAD programmes

• 14-15 June: Learning and outreach event on scaling up

• 20-22 June: Rio+20, The United Nations Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD)

• 21 June : Emoluments Committee

• 21 June: Taller de capacitación jurídica sobre ley, mercados del carbón y desarrollo rural sustentable: perspectivas y prácticas en América Latina y el Caribe

• 22 June: 123rd session of the Audit Committee

• 22 June : Working Group on IFAD’s Blend Terms – 2nd meeting
  

July

• 13 July: Third meeting of Convenors and Friends

• 17 July: 72nd session of the Evaluation Committee

• 19 July: Working Group on IFAD’s Blend Terms – 3rd meeting

August

• 26-31 August: Stockholm World Water Week

September

• 13 September: Fourth meeting of Convenors and Friends

• 14 September: Third annual Rome-based Permanent Representatives meeting

• 17 September: Working Group on IFAD’s Blend Terms – 4th meeting

• 17 September: 124th session of the Audit Committee
  

• 20-21 September: 106th session of the Executive Board
  
  
• 26 - 28 September: African Green Revolution Forum (AGRF)

October

• 2 October: 73rd session of the Evaluation Committee

• 15 October: 39th session of Committee on Food Security

• 16 October: World Food Day: Agricultural cooperatives: key to feeding the world

• 22 October: Meeting with Convenors and Friends

November

• 14-15 November: International Conference on Food Security in Dry Lands

• 19 November: 125th session of the Audit Committee

• 19-23 November: Fifth global south-south development expo

• 20 November: Fifth meeting of Convenors and Friends

• 21-22 November: 74th session of the Evaluation Committee

• 25 November - 7 December: UN climate change conference COP18

December

• 3-5 December: Foro de Pueblos Indígenas en el FIDA ‘Pueblos diversos, unidad para el buen vivir’
  
  
• 12-13 December 2012: 107th session of the Executive Board