Annual Performance Review Event in Asia and the Pacific

IFAD’s Asia and the Pacific Division, in collaboration with the Government of China, held an Annual Performance Review Event in Nanning, China, from 1-6 November 2010.

A total of 180 participants attended the event, representing all ongoing IFAD-supported projects and programmes in the region. Participants included representatives from governments, country and regional development partners, private sector organizations, and IFAD staff.

The event was comprised of three activities:

• The Annual Performance Review Workshop: 1–3 November
• Field trip to the West Guangxi Poverty Alleviation Project: 4 November
• A South-South Cooperation Event: 5-6 November

This important knowledge-sharing forum gave participants an exciting opportunity to discuss key implementation issues and various development themes, in particular to:

• Review 2009-2010 achievements and reflect on project performance during this period.
• Learn from each other experiences – both successes and challenges – through the exchange of best practices and peer-supported mechanisms.
• Develop capacity on key issues of implementation and thematic areas through hands-on mini-workshops and chat show formats.
• Familiarise Project Staff, Country Programme Managers (CPMs) and Country Presence Officers (CPOs) with the “Learning Highways in Asia” initiative and showcase selected innovations.
• Enable participants to visit the IFAD-financed West Guangxi Poverty Alleviation Project and learn about its activities in the area of the development of small village infrastructure such as biogas and water tanks.

Through five simultaneous sessions going on at the same time and a range of interactive formats such as mini-workshops, chat shows, peer assists, fish bowl and speed sharing rounds, the Division put a lot of effort to promote knowledge-sharing among participants and learning from each other’s experiences and know-how.

The South-South Cooperation Event focused on sharing experiences and addressing challenges, including those related to development policies, oriented towards enhanced cooperation in poverty reduction.