As one outcome of the events to mark the 60th anniversary of IFAP in 2006 (1946-2006), a process to develop a new strategic plan for IFAP will be launched at the World Farmers' Congress in Seoul.

Each of IFAP's 14 standing committees will build strategic work programs for their sector of activities to address the increased demands and needs of the new developing country membership. This is a clear positive response to Recommendation 2 of the Mid-term evaluation by Denniger and Tengnäs (# 3630)which states that "The AgriCord management initiates a discussion with IFAP concerning the introduction of some thematic foci for the coming programme period as a complement to the current "wide-range" support. The ambition should be to work out a division of activities that would replace the current four action areas".

The functioning of IFAP's Development Cooperation Committee (DCC), which is the central structure for guiding IFAP's development cooperation activities, will also be reviewed at the Seoul Congress. Discussions on news terms of reference for the Committee will be undertaken when it meets in Seoul. This is another clear positive response to one of the conclusions of the Mid-term evaluation by Denniger and Tengnäs which states that "IFAP DCC [...]

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