Annual General Assemblies

The Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Platform is a yearly event that provides a forum for debate and/or consensus by Platform members, partners and invited guests on emerging topics in agriculture and rural development (ARD). AGA participants benefit from the core services of the Donor Platform: knowledge sharing, advocacy and networking on key development issues and strategic directions that affect lives in rural space.

Annual General Assemblies

The Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Platform is a yearly event that provides a forum for debate and/or consensus by Platform members, partners and invited guests on emerging topics in agriculture and rural development (ARD). AGA participants benefit from the core services of the Donor Platform: knowledge sharing, advocacy and networking on key development issues and strategic directions that affect lives in rural space.

  • 24 September 2024

    This year's Annual General Assembly will take place on 26-27 November 2024, under the theme "Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges". We will examine how the international community is rethinking the use of limited Official Development Assistance (ODA) donor resources in food and nutrition. This includes exploring innovative financing, better coordination of donor approaches, and stronger harmonization of stakeholder engagement.

  • 22 October 2023

    The 2023 Annual General Assembly took place on 26-27 October 2023, and coincided with the Donor Platform’s 20th anniversary, a milestone reflected in the theme “20 Years of rural development and aid effectiveness: Where are we now and where are we going?”.

  • 13 June 2022

    Entirely dedicated to implementing national pathways for food systems transformation to accelerate progress towards the SDGs in times of crisis.

  • 5 November 2020

    Strengthening Coordination Towards SDG2: Pathways for Food Systems Transformation

  • 21 June 2019

    From 19-21 June, the 2019 Annual General Assembly (AGA) brought together more than 40 participants, Platform members and partners, in Zurich/Maennedorf, Switzerland. After many years of thematically focused AGAs, this year’s edition was conceptualised as an inward-focused Members‘ retreat, intended to inspire members to reflect on and leverage their unique strengths in the rural development space, in particular in light of a thoroughly changing environment.

  • 12 June 2018

    PLATFORM | 13. – 14. JUNE 2018 | BERLIN, GERMANY "Young and ready to move – empowering the new generation in the rural space" Download The

  • 20 February 2017

    PLATFORM | 1. – 2. FEBRUARY 2017 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM “Agenda 2030 put into practice: what future for rural development?” The added value of the Platform was again reasserted during this years AGA – providing an open space to discuss trends and challenges in