The Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE), in collaboration with the Government of the Argentine Republic and IFAD’s Latin America and the Caribbean Division (LAC), organized a virtual national workshop for the Argentine Republic Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation (CSPE), as a final step in the evaluation process.

The event took place on 10 September 2024, from 17.00 to 18.30 CEST (Rome time). It entailed the participation of representatives of the provincial and national Governments, development partners, research institutions and IFAD senior management and staff.

The objectives of the workshop were to:

• discuss the main findings, recommendations and issues emerging from the CSPE;

• identify points that can be considered in the finalization and signing of the evaluation’s Agreement at Completion Point (ACP); and

• analyse the strategic priorities for IFAD’s future programmes in the country.

The event opened with welcoming remarks and introductions provided by Silvia Pérez, National Director of Financing with Regional Credit Organisations, Secretariat of International Economic and Financial Affairs, Ministry of Economy of the Nation; Indran Naidoo, IOE Director; and Donal Brown, Associate Vice-President, Programme Management Department, IFAD.

Mónica Lomeña-Gelis, IOE Lead Evaluator, delivered a presentation of the main findings and recommendations of the CSPE. This was followed by a lively Q&A session.

Lessons learned and contributions on the future directions of IFAD’s partnership in Argentina were provided by Ana Pont Vergés and Jorge Arias, General Directorate of Sectoral and Special Programmes and Projects, DIPROSE; Fernando Molina, Provincial Implementation Unit of Catamarca; Andrés Guido Nakab, National Institute of Agricultural Technology, INTA; Germán Font, Provincial Implementation Unit of Córdoba; and Juan Diego Ruiz Cumplido, Country Director, LAC.

Thereafter, Rossana Polastri, Regional Director, LAC, expressed reflections on the directions of the future country strategy and programme.

The event finished with closing statements by Indran Naidoo, IOE Director, and Raúl Castellini, Director of Management and Monitoring of Sectoral and Special Programs and Projects of the Ministry of Economy of the Nation.

Over 67 participants attended the workshop.

The workshop material will be made available on this webpage in due course.