• Our Focus Networking and Convening Intro text Strengthen networking, relationships and communication between donors and other actors as a foundation for collaboration and innovation. The Platform does this by: Supporting a network of focal points across all Platform members. Bringing donor staff together in both face-to-face and virtual

  • Short interviews by the Platform Secretariat during the 2022 Annual General Assembly in Rome, Italy. Five experts talk about national pathways for food systems transformation, the current global food crisis response, and what they want small-scale farmers and the younger generation to know. Ayodeji Balogun Chief

  • Meet our close partner Claire Melamed, Chief Executive Officer, Global Partnership for Sustainable Development Data (GPSDD). Claire sees a real opportunity this year to make a breakthrough, for governments and public and private organizations to produce and use data in a systematic and institutionalized way that can power progress at scale towards 2030.

  • The seminar brings together policy makers, youth representatives, business managers and development practitioners to discuss main challenges and solutions for youth employment in agri-food systems – from strengthening existing and developing new value chains, the business enabling environment, the development of business and job opportunities, to the role of young people in sustainable food systems transformation.

  • Rome, Italy - October 2017 The event "Rural youth employment and entrepreneurship for food security and nutrition", organised by the European Commission and BMZ focused on the importance of rural youth employment for development and nutrition and food security. The panelists saw the biggest opportunity for job creation in the food system and along

  • Workstreams Data for food systems and rural development With the adoption of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development by UN member states, there has been remarkable increase in global and regional initiatives to measure and track SDG indicators. This has been possible with extensive support from the donor community. After almost a decade

  • Lee Ann Jackson, Head of the Agro-Food Trade and Markets Division at the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), talks about the challenges of achieving sustainability in the agriculture and food sector. Data, communication and collaboration are crucial in addressing issues such as climate change and in navigating global policy governance including G7 processes.

  • “The next generation of farmers: successes and new opportunities”: Rural youth was the focus of Brussels Policy Briefing n. 53, which was held on 20 November 2018 on invitation by CTA, ACP Secretariat, the EU and Concord, the European confederation for relief and development. Links

  • AGA 2023 Session 2 | 26 October, 17:00-18:30 CET | Land governance tools and approaches in support of climate action. Session by the Global Donor Working Group on Land

  • Watch the recording of the High-Level Session on Sustainable Finance: Making Donor Funding More Catalytic | AGA 2023 Session 3 | 27 October, 9:30-12:20 CET