Written by Jorge Esteban Moreno and Alessia Bartolucci
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| Group Pic: Gambian Delegates (Credit: @IFAD} |
Following the success of the joint Headquarters -country CPA
meeting, on 7 November 2013, The Gambia team hosted a learning event
on the Country Programme Approach (CPA) at IFAD headquarters taking advantage
of the presence in Rome of a Gambia delegation attending the 2nd Financial
Management Forum. The Gambia delegation was led by Mod K. Ceesay, Permanent
Secretary II from Ministry of Finance and Economic Affairs. With a room full of
participants, Lamin AD Sanyang (Chairperson of the CPA and Project Director of
LHDP), gave a detailed presentation on the overall, progress, achievements and
lessons learned made by the team.
The CPA comprises the four IFAD-financed
on-going projects namely: RFP, PIWAMP, Nema and LHDP under the Ministry of
Agriculture. The approach enables the creation of synergies between all
projects and consolidates IFAD’s operations in the Gambia. Single project
performance is no longer considered sufficient and the CPA ensures maximum
impact of project implementation.
