On 7 March 2025, the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE) will host a learning event titled ‘Financing Agribusiness micro, small and medium enterprises (M-SMEs): insights from evaluation’.

The event, organised in form of a panel discussion, will feature the participation of the following guests:

1. Indran Naidoo, IOE Director (Chair)
2. Véronique Salze-Lozac’h, Chief Evaluator at the European Bank of Reconstruction and Development - EBRD (Keynotes Address and co-Chair)
3. Gabriele Fattorelli, Director for Corporate, Thematic and Knowledge Evaluation at the EBRD (Panellist)
4. Andrew H. W. Stone, Lead Evaluation Officer for Financial and Private Sector Development, Independent Evaluation Group, World Bank (Panellist)
5. Boubacar Ly, Principal Evaluation Officer - Private sector, Independent Development Evaluation, African Development Bank Group (Panellist)
6. Rick Van Der Kamp, Lead Global Technical Advisor, Markets and Value Chains, IFAD (Panellist)

The event aims to enhance the knowledge of participants, particularly IFAD stakeholders, on perspectives and outcomes related to financing private sector actors by multilateral development banks (MDBs). It will enable fostering exchange of experience between the participating organizations, leveraging evaluative findings to discuss approaches, results, challenges in financing agribusiness M-SMEs, and their contribution to development effectiveness.

If you wish to participate virtually, please register in advance by clicking on the following link:

https://ifad.zoom.us/meeting/register/G5kGPzF8TkS_cV-5ghkKkg