Events

  • ECOSOC Partnership Forum 2026: A Donor Platform Co-Organized Side Event

    26 January 2026 | 15:30 - 17:00 CET | Columbia University, New York, and on Zoom | "Strategic Investments for Resilient Agrifood Systems: Driving SDG Progress through Partnerships" is an official off-site side event of the 2026 ECOSOC Partnership Forum. It is co-organized by the Columbia Center on Sustainable Investment, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development, International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD), Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB), and World Meteorological Organization (WMO).

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  • Annual General Assembly 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.

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  • Global Land Forum (GLF) 2025

    14 -19 June 2025 | Bogota, Colombia

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  • UNCCD COP16

    2-13 December 2024 | COP16 of the UN Convention to Combat Desertification | Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

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  • CFS: Collaborative Governance Dialogue on Financing for Food Security and Nutrition

    Join the Donor Platform at the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) Biannual Meeting on Collaborative Governance. GDPRD Senior Advisor Jim Woodhill will outline current challenges at the global, national, and local levels, including their root causes and recent developments in financing for food security and nutrition. GDPRD Co-Chair Bruce Campbell will share perspectives and experiences in using various financing instruments and solutions from CFS Member States and constituencies.

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  • CGIAR Science Week: Innovation and partnerships for a food, nutrition, and climate secure-future

    Drawing on CGIAR science and partnerships from around the world, the inaugural CGIAR Science Week will engage the community of global leaders in research, policy, and development working for a food, nutrition, and climate secure future in active dialogue focused on harnessing and scaling science and innovation.

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  • Launch of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024 report

    24 July 2024 | 14:00 CEST / 9:00 GMT-3 | Webcast from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The UN's The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report will be launched in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, at a special event on the margins of the G20 Global Alliance against Hunger and Poverty Task Force Ministerial Meeting. The SOFI 2024 theme is "Financing to End Hunger, Food Insecurity and Malnutrition in All its Forms.

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  • Webinar: Decoding the Fundamentals of Development Finance

    The Global Donor Platform for Rural Development is organizing a series of webinars to help development actors better understand development finance and donor approaches. The first seminar will provide an overview of the main concepts and terms, current architecture and emerging issues in development finance.

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  • Young, Green, and Digital: Global Conference on Decent Jobs for Youth

    22-23 May 2024 | Kigali, Rwanda |Hybrid. The Conference aims to accelerate efforts at the global, regional and country levels to improve the lives of young people around the world. It will bring together a diverse range of leaders – governments, businesses, educators, and young people themselves.

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  • Special Event on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2024

    15 July 2024 | 11:00 to 13:00 EDT | UNHG, New York Conference Room 2. FAO and its co-publishing partners will be presenting key messages of the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) report at a Special Event in the margins of the ECOSOC High-Level Political Forum (HLPF).

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