Following the lifting of the suspension of the IFAD portfolio in DRC in September 2018, IFAD has come back full force and results are already emerging.In order to strengthen the partnership between IFAD, the DRC and Congo-Brazzaville, an immersion workshop took place in Kinshasa from 29 November to 1 December. This workshop brought together the authorities, project, partners and civil society from both DRC and Congo-Brazza as well as experts from IFAD HQ, The Central Africa Hub and Kinshasa Country Office. There were approximately 150 participants.
First, the last born in the DRC family, PASA-NK was finally launched in Kinshasa and a tailored workshop will be held in Goma from 3 to 7 December 2018 in order to familiarise the newly recruited staff with the project documents, IFAD policies and procedures in order to facilitate implementation.
The objective of this workshop was twofold: officially launch PASA-NK and to work with all stakeholders to inform them about changes in IFAD and to equip them with innovative tools to achieve the ambitious objectives that have been set for the next 18 months.
One of the these tools in the 100 day challenge – technique conceived and shared by the NGO Rapid Results. The objective of this challenge is to achieve impact in 100 days. Each project, PIRAM, PAPAKIN, PASA-NK, PADEF and PD-PAC received training and the tools necessary to develop a 100 day plan and to take up the challenge to make the impossible possible. Sneak preview of the impossible is coming in 2019!
A myriad of interesting sessions were held on central themes such as financial management, monitoring and evaluation, managing for results, procurement. Crosscutting themes such as targeting, women, youth, knowledge management and leadership were also discussed.
