Events

  • IFAD Governing Council: 49th Session

    The 49th Session of the IFAD Governing Council. The 2026 overarching theme is “From Farm to Market: Investing with Young Entrepreneurs” and will also mark the launch of the IFAD14 Consultation, offering a platform for Governors to exchange perspectives on key priorities for future strategic action.

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  • ILO: Decent Jobs for Rural Youth Online Training

    7–18 October 2024 | An online course offered by ILO’s International Training Centre to provide an in-depth understanding of the context of rural employment in developing countries, outlining the challenges faced by rural youth, and young women in particular. It will explore the various policy elements and intervention approaches that are needed to support rural youths.

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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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  • Finance in Common Summit 2025

    The fifth Finance in Common (FiCS) annual summit, cohosted by the Development Bank of Southern Africa (DBSA) and the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) in Cape Town, Republic of South Africa, with the support of AFD (Agence Française de Développement).

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  • CBD COP16: Resumed Meetings

    Reconvening of the COP16 of the Convention on Biological Diversity in Rome, Italy to finalize discussions from Cali, Colombia | 25-27 February

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  • Africa Food Systems Forum 2023

    Africa’s Food Systems Forum 2023 Summit’s theme, “Recover, Regenerate, Act: Africa’s Solutions to Food Systems Transformation,” focuses on building back better food systems and food sovereignty with youth and women at the center.

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  • SAFIN at the Africa Food Systems Forum (AGRF) 2023 Summit

    The Smallholder and Agri-SME Finance and Investment Network (SAFIN) will attend the AGRF 2023 to highlight the SME finance agenda alongside Heads of State, Ministers, youth, agribusinesses and agricultural experts.

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  • UNFSS+2 Side Event: Innovative donor approaches to sustainable finance for food systems transformation

    This official side event of the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment provides insight from donors on ways to make their funding more impactful and catalytic as well as new sources of funding. Co-organized with the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate.

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  • 2023 UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment

    The Stocktaking Moment will take place in Rome, Italy from 24 – 26 July 2023, at the premises of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO). It will be hosted by Italy, in collaboration with the Rome-based UN Agencies (FAO, IFAD, WFP), the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and the wider UN system.

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