🔵 On 16 April 2024, the Independent Office of Evaluation of IFAD (IOE), in collaboration with the Government of Türkiye and IFAD’s Near East, North Africa, Europe and Central Asia Division, organized a national workshop for the #Türkiye Country Strategy and Programme Evaluation, as a final step in the evaluation process. The event was a forum to present the main findings emerging from the report and to discuss opportunities and challenges for the IFAD-Government partnership in the future.
The evaluation found that the strategic theme of inclusive rural resilience of smallholders’ livelihoods in remote upland areas was relevant, as well as the development approaches applied by the programme to address rural poverty in geographically remote and marginalized areas. IFAD-supported programme contributed to economic diversification, increased agricultural productivity and production in both crop and livestock production, as well as more resilient agricultural ecosystems.
For the future, the evaluation recommended to leverage the strategic partnership between IFAD and the Government, beyond portfolio oversight, to foster engagement on policy matters and effective knowledge management for greater scaling up of results. The report also emphasized the need of strengthening the programmatic approach in the delivery of IFAD’s support, and fostering the learning culture, to address persistent implementation challenges.
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