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Office of the Secretary (SEC)

IFAD Member States

IFAD’s Governance Structure

The Office of the Secretary (SEC) supports the Secretary in carrying out these main roles:

  • IFAD Membership (applications for membership and relations with IFAD Member States)
  • Preparation and organization of Governing Bodies meetings and related events
  • Protocol
  • Quality control of Governing Bodies documentation (editing and translation)
  • List A – 25 members (contributing developed countries)

  • List B – 12 members (contributing developing countries)

  • List C – 139 members (potential recipient countries)

  • sub-list C1 – Africa
  • sub-list C2 – Europe, Asia & Pacific
  • sub-list C3 – Latin America & Caribbean

IFAD's Purpose

  • Enable poor rural people to improve their food and nutrition security, increase their incomes and strengthen their resilience.

Office of the Secretary of IFAD (SEC)

Voting Rights at IFAD

  • IFAD's vote allocation system reflects the unique nature of both UN agenices and IFIs.
  • The system combines membership votes and contribution votes.
  • New votes are allocated every three years based on replenishment contributions.

Membership Votes

  • All Member States are allocated an equal number of individual membership votes
  • Membership votes are redistributed upon changes in the membership of the Fund

The Secretary of IFAD

Role of the Secretary

Serve as:

  • The bridge between Member States and IFAD Management.

  • The Secretary to the Fund's Governing Council (GC)

  • The Secretary to the Executive Board (EB) and its subsidiary bodies

Contribution votes

  • Remaining votes are allocated as contribution votes, as a further incentive for Members to contribute to IFAD’s resources.
  • Contribution votes are allocated on the basis of full or part payments (in cash or promissory notes) to a replenishment, and
  • They are redistributed each time there is a payment to a replenishment.

Governing Council

Executive Board

Executive Board Responsibilities

IFAD Governance

  • IFAD’s highest decision-making authority
  • Composed of all IFAD Member States
  • Meets annually
  • Current Bureau: Chair: Gabon (List B), Vice-Chairs: Switzerland (List A) and Angola (List C) elected in February 2014 at GC 37, for a mandate of two years.

  • Chaired by the President
  • Composition (total of 18 Members and 18 Alternates)
  • List A – 8 Members + 8 Alternates
  • List B – 4 Members + 4 Alternates
  • List C – 6 Members + 6 Alternates
  • Official languages are Arabic, English, French and Spanish
  • Typically meets in April, September and December

Governing Bodies List Composition

Executive Board - 36 Members

  • List A – 8 Members + 8 Alternates
  • List B – 4 Members + 4 Alternates
  • List C – 6 Members + 6 Alternates

Replenishment Consultation

  • List A – All Members
  • List B – All Members
  • List C – 18 Members

Subsidiary bodies of the EB & GC

(Audit Committee, Evaluation Committee, PBAS Working Group, Working Group on Governance) - 9 Members each

  • List A – 4 Members
  • List B – 2 Members
  • List C – 3 Members

IFAD Interactive Apps

Election of Executive Board Representatives

  • Elections held every three years at the Governing Council.

  • Next election in February 2018.

  • Rules found in:

  • Schedule II of the Agreement Establishing IFAD.

  • Each List transmits their nominations to Secretary of IFAD.

  • A specialized agency of the United Nations, established as an international financial institution
  • The only one of its kind working exclusively in rural areas and partnering with some of the world's poorest people

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