Past Workstreams
The GDPRD proactively responds to emerging issues around donor coordination. With a results-driven mandate, the Platform’s workstreams are created to focus on issues deemed by the Board as most pertinent to rural development, food security, and food systems transformation.
Recent workstreams have focused on donor coordination, sustainable/blended finance for SDG2, and the importance of having and using good data. These areas are closely interconnected and shape the Platform’s overall priorities and activities.
Each workstream is guided by a clear objective, with a defined work plan, timeline, and practical deliverables for the donor community and wider rural development network. Workstreams evolve over time to ensure continued focused on the issues that are most relevant and valuable to the donor community.
On this page, you can explore our most recently completed workstreams, and follow this link to discover those currently underway.
Donor coordination for food systems transformation
Donor efforts are crucial for food systems transformation, and increasing food crises and insecurity underline the need for improved donor coordination and alignment, particularly at the country level.
Sustainable financing for SDG2
A consultation on how to make donors and public funding more catalytic for food systems through sustainable and blended financing approaches. In 2023, the Platform engaged the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate to design and execute this workstream.
Better data for food systems and rural development
Better coordination among donors and international organizations on data initiatives on agriculture and food security, to better inform strategic decisions on funding such data initiatives with a view to making these more impactful.
