This week, the International Fund for Agriculture Development held the ”Fail Faire” in Rome, where development experts from different organisations not only showcased their results, but also their mistakes.
Why? “Because if we’re afraid to fail, we fail to innovate,” said IFAD President Kanayo Nwanze.
The event didn’t aim to be a celebration of failure, but rather a first step of a process that should lead the U.N. agency — as well as other organizations, including the World Bank — to change its culture and make some adjustments to its operational modalities and project management methods to help turn mistakes into future successes.