News and op-eds

The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.

News and op-eds

The latest news and editorials related to issues pertinent to the vision and mission of the Platform.

  • Shifting from Process to Purpose: A vision for rural youth employment

    The Donor Platform’s Rural Youth Employment Thematic Working Group is entering a new phase under Co-Chairs Leonard Mizzi (European Commission) and Genna Tesdall (YPARD). This next chapter focuses on ensuring rural youth are not only included, but empowered as partners and leaders in food systems transformation.

  • Forbes: World Food Prize Laureate Urges A Rethink Of Foreign Aid Amid Cuts

    By Daphne Ewing-Chow, Senior Contributor, Forbes. Now is the time to reimagine foreign aid in a changing world and explore the pressing need for smarter, more adaptive foreign aid solutions, particularly in the face of rising global hunger and malnutrition.

  • Devex Recognizes Donor Platform Co-Chairs as Global Voices of 2024

    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.

  • Italian Agency for Development Cooperation (AICS)

    Links Member profile AICS – the Italian Agency for Development Cooperation – is one of key innovations established by the Italian law on international cooperation (Law No. 125/2014). The Agency headquarters are