About Company
The Country Programme Advisory Team (CPAT) was established by the Federal Government of Nigeria and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) to provide technical and financial management advisory services and support to all ongoing IFAD – assisted projects in Nigeria for improved impact and efficiency.
The justification for this special unit was based on lessons learned and identified gaps from the previous IFAD assisted projects. The advisory and support services cover financial management and procurement, as well as crosscutting areas i.e., Environment and climate change, gender and youth mainstreaming, monitoring and evaluation, knowledge management and communication, financial inclusion, nutrition and food security and liaison services. The CPAT work through the Projects Coordinating Unit of the Federal Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security and in liaison with the IFAD Country Office.
What We Do
CPAT provides support to projects and other stakeholders in the following areas:
Technical Support
- Review of activities during the design, implementation, and reporting for enhanced quality assurance, technical activities and policy support, knowledge management, and communication.
- Develop best practices guides based on the successful experience of FGN-IFAD projects, IFAD guidelines, and Nigeria’s transformational policies for agriculture.
- Conduct training and capacity building for projects on a need basis.
- CPAT provides support to projects to ensure they develop and implement exit and sustainability strategies for continued and improved support to smallholder farmers.
Facilitate Strategic Dialogue Meetings
CPAT to organize and facilitate project implementation support meetings and strategic dialogue meetings (aiming at anticipating challenges and identifying remedial actions):
- Project implementation support meetings on a monthly and quarterly basis.
- FMAFS/PCU and IFAD Portfolio quarterly strategic dialogue meetings.
Planning and Reporting
- Support projects in the early preparation of AWPB to fast-track early approvals.
- Review and provide feedback on project periodic reports, ToRs and other technical documents.
- Support financial and procurement capacity through training, review, and follow-up of missions’ recommendations for the effective, timely implementation of AWPB in compliance with financing agreements and procedures.
- Support the lead agency in the regular oversight and review of IFAD-funded projects/programmes.
Enhance the results of FGN – IFAD portfolio missions
- Contribute to supervision and implementation support missions.
- Support projects in their mid-term review and project completion review.
- Support in the field consultations and design of COSOP.
- Organize pre-mission support for IFAD-funded projects.
- Support projects in the follow-up on missions’ recommendations.
- Support in the design of new projects.
- Support project closing processes.
Why Choose Us
Reasons people choose us:
Qualified Personnel
High Expertise
Technical Capacity
Availability and timeliness
Swift Response
Quality Assurance
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