History of IFAD/NGO Consultations 1990-2000
10th Session, Pune 2000			9th Session, Cairo 1998
8th Session, Rome 1997			7th Session, Rome 1996
6th Session, Rome 1995			5th Session, Rome 1994
4th Session, Rome 1993			3rd Session, Rome 1992
2nd Session, Rome 1991			1st Session, Rome 1990

Beneficiary Needs Assessment: The Role of NGOs

The third Consultation, held in April 1992, was attended by 24 NGOs, of which 15 were from the south, 6 from Europe and 3 from North America. During the course of the Consultation, the Advisory Group (now Consultation Steering Committee) presented a report on its activities, and the group's terms of reference and method of electing its members were approved. A summary was provided of action taken by IFAD during the past year to enhance its collaboration with NGOs, and the meeting discussed two case studies presented by two NGOs on assessment of beneficiary needs by the NGOs and the beneficiaries themselves. A number of lessons were drawn from both case studies. The Consultation was then broken down into regional groups, which met with the respective regional divisions of IFAD's Programme Management Department to examine how and to what extent NGOs could specifically cooperate with the Fund, either in project design and/or implementation.