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| Ms. Géraldine Mpouma Logmo |
The Gambian capital, Banjul
will play host to this year’s 7th Regional Forum for IFAD-funded
projects scheduled from 12th to 15th
November, 2012.
The forum, which is
organized and financed jointly with projects and the Ministry of Agriculture of
the Republic of the Gambia, will bring together projects funded by the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) in West and Central Africa Division (WCA).
The key objectives of the
Annual Regional WCA Forums are to: Highlight and share the knowledge,
experience and lessons that have evolved during the project implementation
period, including areas of strengths , weaknesses , opportunities and the threats to further and sustained
progress; Strengthen the knowledge base for effective programme or project
delivery and renew trust, relationships, shared commitment and common ground;
and Agree on approaches and needed action necessary in a more comprehensive, implementation
and scaling-up process for sustained effort and far reaching impact.
During a media briefing on
October 25, 2012 at the Rural Finance Project office in Bakau, a visiting IFAD
Communications Consultant Ms. Géraldine Mpouma Logmo said: “The Annual Regional Forum is an important knowledge-sharing
event, which enables IFAD-funded projects, and development partners from the
region to meet, network and share experiences and review performance with the
objective of improving the lives of the rural poor.”
It is also an important
portfolio management process, and mechanism for the WCA Division to
continuously improve the performance of projects and grants in terms of
relevance, effectiveness, and efficiency, she added.
According to Ms. Logmo, some
of the key activities to be undertaken during the forthcoming Forum are portfolio
session, presentations, plenary sessions on project experiences, working
groups, field visits, lessons learned from field visits among other things.
The
press conference was coordinated and chaired by Mr. Mamadou Edrisa Njie acting
editorial assistant and newsroom coordinator The Gambia News and Report weekly
magazine. Mr. Njie is also the national coordinator GYIN Gambia chapter.
This story was first published on The Voice newspaper edition of Thursday, November 1, 2012
Written by Modou S. Joof
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