Near East, North Africaand Europe (NEN) Division

IFAD operations in NEN

Active portfolio in 20 countries and1 territory

IFAD in NEN

20 countries and 1 territory: 11 NENA, 6 in Eastern Europe and 4 in Central Asia

47 loan-financed projects

35 regional and country grants

USD 1.84 billion currently invested in IFAD projects, of which:

o IFAD investment USD 969.8 million (as of 30 June 2014)(including USD 35.4 million in grants)

o US$ 1,014 million co-financing – US$ 435 million international and US$ 579 million domestic co-financing

o 66% financing in NENA and 34% in CEN

IFAD’s investment portfolio in NEN

Our Co-financing Partners for the active portfolio

International Co-financiers Amount US$ (‘000)

IsDB 105 609OFID 92 447Spanish Fund 36 884France/AFD 33 733EU 31 150WB 28 600GEF 26 761AFESD 18 159DANIDA 9 525Sudan Trust Fund 7 000UNDP 4 110USAID 2 001SDS 1 852WFP 1 372FAO 503Others 28 534Total 428 240

International 41%

Government 32%

Beneficiaries other domestic co-fi-

nanciers27%

Co-financing ratio of IFAD’s Regional portfolio

IFAD grant programme in NEN

• 35 grants with a total value of US$35.4 million

• 70% of Grant allocation is in NENA, while 30% in CEN are distributed equally across Central Asia and Eastern Europe

• More efficient and effective management of grant resources with strong linkages to the investment portfolio

• Large Regional Grants provide training and capacity building to staff of IFAD-supported projects and programmes

Alignment with the Divisional MTP 2013-2015 & Strategic work plan 2014

NEN's grant programme is guided by the Divisional MTP 2012-2015 and the Strategic Work Plan 2014.

The grant programme emphasizes:

• innovation in agricultural technologies for NRM;

• knowledge generation and dissemination within and across the sub-regions, particularly based on IFAD’s rural finance and equity investment experiences in CEN;

• development of new methodologies and approaches for gender mainstreaming, and creation of job opportunities for rural youth;

• new products and services for MICs, with emphasis on south-south and triangular cooperation; and

• fostering of new partnerships for development.

Grant Programmein NEN

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Grant recipients in NEN

The current ICARDA Grants in NEN

ICARDA has been the largest recipient of grants in NEN (project and value), having received 60 grants from IFAD up to date

Ongoing ICARDA Grants:

• 3 large regional grants for a total amount of USD 3.9 million

• One GEF grant totalling USD 0.5 million

• One new grant under the AR4D window for USD 1.5 million is currently under approval process

• In 2014, 3 ICARDA grants were closed for a total amount of USD 1.9 million

Ongoing ICARDA Grants

• Improved water management for sustainable mountain agriculture

Countries: Jordan, Lebanon and Morocco

• Improving food security and climate change adaptability of livestock producers of the rainfed barley-based system

Countries: Iraq and Jordan

• Knowledge management in CACILM II

Countries: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan

New PhaseArabian Peninsula grant

 

• Enhancing integrated agricultural production systems in the Arabian Peninsula

• In close collaboration with the NARS of the AP countries • In December 2013, an independent evaluation report

recommended a follow-up to the technology transfer phase

• South-South cooperation among the countries of the AP, including Yemen

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