1 Managing for efficiency (MfE) in IFAD: Progress under IFAD8 and proposals for IFAD October 2011 Ninth Replenishment of IFAD’s Resources
2 Outline of presentation Managing for efficiency under IFAD8: The Change and Reform Agenda (CRA) Efficiency gains under IFAD8 Managing for efficiency under IFAD9 Measuring efficiency under IFAD9 Next steps
3 Managing for efficiency under IFAD8: The Change and Reform Agenda (CRA) The Change and Reform Agenda Strengthening the organizational structure and streamlining the decision-making process Aligning human and financial resources with strategic objectives Human resources management reforms Strengthening financial services and improving administrative and business processes
4 Evolution of IFAD’s efficiency ratio Efficiency gains under IFAD 8
5 Managing for efficiency under IFAD9 Proposed actions: Consolidation of the Change and Reform Agenda (CRA) Adopting new management tools to contain and reduce costs and achieve efficiency gains
6 Managing for efficiency under IFAD9 (cont’d) Consolidation of the CRA: Expansion and strengthening of ICOs Refining the results-based budgeting Completion of strategic workforce planning exercise Implementing fully the HR reforms Strengthening financial services Improving key business processes
7 New management tools: Time Reporting System (TRS) Introduce efficiency indicators for key business processes More accurate data on actual costs Better management of costs Efficiency gains Managing for efficiency under IFAD9 (cont’d)
8 Ex-ante Indicators Measuring efficiency under IFAD9
9 Ex-post indicators Measuring efficiency under IFAD9 (cont’d)
10 Implementation and consolidation of CRA (2011+) Introduce management tools (2012): -TRS -Business process efficiency indicators Incorporate recommendations of external evaluation (2012+) Next Steps
11 Thank you!