IFAD Operations in Near East North Africa

1. IFAD operations in NEN
Near East, North Africa
and Europe (NEN) Division

2. Active portfolio in
20 countries and
1 territory
IFAD in NEN

3. IFAD’s investment
portfolio 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

4. Our Co-financing
Partners for the active portfolio
International Co-financiers Amount US$ (‘000)
IsDB 105 609
OFID 92 447
Spanish Fund 36 884
France/AFD 33 733
EU 31 150
WB 28 600
GEF 26 761
AFESD 18 159
DANIDA 9 525
Sudan Trust Fund 7 000
UNDP 4 110
USAID 2 001
SDS 1 852
WFP 1 372
FAO 503
Others 28 534
Total 428 240
Co-financing ratio of
IFAD’s Regional portfolio
Internation
al
41%
Beneficiari
es other
domestic
Governme
nt
32%
co-financiers
27%

5. 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

6. 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.

7. Grant Programme
in NEN
35
30
25
20
15
10
5
0
Ongoing Completed-closed-carried over Not effective
US$ million
Current Grant status
REGIONAL COUNTRY DSF-LC-SUPP

8. Grant recipients
in NEN

9. 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

10. 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

11. New Phase
Arabian 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

12. THANK YOU