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.

The XV World Forestry Congress will take place from 2 to 6 May 2022 in Seoul under the theme "Building a Green, Healthy and Resilient Future with Forests" to further develop the outcomes of major global events scheduled before the Congress, including the Rio Conventions’ Conferences of the Parties. the IUCN World Conservation Congress and the UN Food Systems Summit.

The KOICA-funded Green Jobs for Rural Youth Employment project (GJ4RYE) relies on and implement an approach aiming at fostering green jobs for rural youth through green entrepreneurship and waged employment (via the setup of Public Employment Programmes (PEP)). Download Through this approach and

With this guide, the aim is to equip readers with the basic set of concepts and tools needed to make informed decisions about how best to measure and evaluate the results of youth employment interventions. The entire life cycle of a youth employment intervention is reviewed, starting with diagnostics and programme design, then moving

The GDPRD launched a new Declaration of Intent on Food Systems Transformation, to signal the intention of the Platform and its members to work proactively and in a coordinated way to help take forward the outcomes of the UN Food Systems Summit.

The CFS calls for the development of systems, policies and programmes that engage more youth in agriculture and agricultural professions. Their development will constitute a workstream that will strengthen recognition of youth agency, autonomy and diversity in relation to food security and nutrition. Download

The food economy is the biggest employer in West Africa accounting for 66% of total employment. While the majority of food economy jobs are in agriculture, off-farm employment in food-related manufacturing and service activities is increasing as the food economy adapts to rapid population growth, urbanisation and rising incomes. Given the importance of the

Since 2011, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) implements the programme Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for boosting decent jobs for youth in the agri-food system. The programme assists countries in developing more youth-inclusive and employment-centred agrifood-system development policies, strategies and programmes. Strong emphasis is placed on job creation – more

The main objective of the report is to outline different approaches to rural youth employment promotion (RYEP) within GIZ programmes and distil their main success factors and lessons learned. Download Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is the world’s youngest continent, with 70 per cent

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