Genna Tesdall shares her vision for empowering youth through cross-sector collaboration. She discusses how the working group provides an ideal platform for this and highlights YPARD’s role in amplifying youth voices, promoting inclusive financing, and enhancing youth engagement in development programs.
An interview with Troels Mahieu-Sorensen, United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), during the 2024 Annual General Assembly on “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges”. UNDP joined the Donor Platform as a new member in October 2024.
An interview with Ward Anseeuw, Chair of the Global Donor Working Group on Land and Lead of the Land Tenure Team at the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
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Co-Chairs Bruce Campbell (Swiss Agency for Development and Cooperation - SDC) and Federica de Gaetano (Italian Agency for Development Cooperation, AICS) are featured in the Devex 2024 Global Voices list, for their opinion piece on “How blended finance can catalyse private capital for agriculture”, originally published on 1 October 2024.
Key messages from the webinar Jobs for Youth in the Agrifood Sector: Leveraging Micro and Small Enterprises
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.
This special episode of the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD)'s podcast Farms. Food. Future. takes us behind the scenes of the Donor Platform's work.
Read the background paper produced by the GDPRD to inform and stimulate discussions during the 2024 Annual General Assembly (AGA) on 26 – 27 November. The AGA will focus on the theme “Financing Food Systems Transformation and Rural Revitalization: Opportunities and Challenges.”
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