TWG Youth Meeting Minutes 09 December 2025
Sierra Berardelli2026-01-21T10:20:54+01:00Download the PDF
ECOSOC Partnership Forum 2026: A Donor Platform Co-Organized Side Event
Michelle Tang2026-01-22T15:57:26+01:0026 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).
Webinar: The Value of Adopting a Systems Approach for Agrifood Finance
Michelle Tang2026-01-22T14:05:13+01:00Join Corinna Hawkes (Director, Agrifood Systems and Food Safety Division, FAO) and Jim Woodhill (Senior Advisor, GDPRD) for a timely conversation on how a systems approach to agrifood finance can help donors and investors align constrained resources to catalyse system-wide impact.
Blog – CFS53 SIDE EVENT: Financing Agrifood Systems Transformation
Michelle Tang2025-12-31T10:15:01+01:00At CFS53, the GDPRD, FAO, and IFAD convened a high-level side event on the 80th Anniversary of the United Nations to address a critical question: how to mobilize and align investments to transform agrifood systems for a sustainable future.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Catalysing Finance and Impact for Food Systems
Michelle Tang2025-12-31T10:11:18+01:0012 December, 11:45-13:00 CET | The session will explore the approaches needed to catalyse finance and strengthen impact in agrifood systems at the country level, examining how to strengthen coordination among private sector actors, development finance institutions, and government counterparts.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – High-Level Discussion Panel
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:15:04+01:00AGA 2025 High-Level Panel Discussion "Evolving roles in a fragmented aid landscape" | 12 December, 9:50-11:20 CET | The session will explore the evolving roles in a fragmented aid landscape, marked by shrinking ODA budgets, shifting financial reforms, and new demands for impact.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Multilateral and geopolitical dynamics of agrifood systems financing and development
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:19:12+01:0012 December, 15:45-17:30 CET | The session will provide an overview of the multilateral and geopolitical dynamics shaping agrifood systems financing and development, and reflect on the key outcomes from 2025 and priorities for the year ahead.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Thematic Session
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:16:47+01:0012 December, 14:30-15:30 CET | “The Future of Youth in Agrifood Systems: Tackling the Double Challenge of Access to Land and Finance” is a joint session by the Thematic Working Groups on Land and Rural Youth Employment that explores the central dilemma limiting youth engagement: how young people can access land without finance, and finance without land.
Annual General Assembly 2025 – Opening, Keynote, Scene Setting
Michelle Tang2026-01-16T09:15:32+01:0012 December, 9:00-9:35 CET | An opening session examining how shifting development finance dynamics call for renewed coordination, clearer alignment, and stronger commitment to transforming agrifood systems, featuring opening remarks, a keynote and scene-setting by the Co-Chairs of the High-Level Advisory Group.
