2018 Annual General Assembly
Michelle Tang2024-12-11T13:32:50+01:00PLATFORM | 13. – 14. JUNE 2018 | BERLIN, GERMANY "Young and ready to move – empowering the new generation in the rural space" Download
PLATFORM | 13. – 14. JUNE 2018 | BERLIN, GERMANY "Young and ready to move – empowering the new generation in the rural space" Download
Cornelia Richter, a former Managing Director and member of the Executive Committee of the German Corporation for International Cooperation (GIZ), joined the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) as Vice-President. IFAD is a specialised agency of the United Nations,
Agriculture has a prominent place in the New Australia Foreign Policy White Paper 2017. The document recognises the rising pressure on the agricultural products supply, directly linking it to the Asian economic growth, urbanisation and expanding middle class. Building
Agenda 2030 put into practice: what future for rural development? The added value of the Platform was again reasserted during this years AGA – providing an open space to discuss trends and challenges in international cooperation. Furthermore participants agreed
PLATFORM | 1 – 2 FEBRUARY 2017 | BRUSSELS, BELGIUM “Agenda 2030 put into practice: what future for rural development?” The added value of the Platform was again reasserted during this years AGA – providing an open space to
Bonn, Germany - 17 January 2017 Three major processes culminated in 2015. The Addis Ababa Action Agenda on Financing for Development, the replacement of the MDGs by the SDGs and the Paris Agreement on Climate Change created a new
With the international agreements on SDGs, COP22 and Financing for Development, the frame of work of the Platform has changed. The report summarises the activities of 2016 and the new goals the Platform agreed on.
2015 was a very stimulating year for the international community and our development partners. The Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and their targets as well as the modernised financial architecture “Financing for Development – Addis Ababa Action Agenda” (AAAA) will have a great impact on agriculture and rural development.
2014 was a crucial year for the international development community for setting the groundwork and course for various milestones of global development in 2015 and beyond. This was the case for the international community, but also for the Platform itself.
2013 marked the 10th anniversary of the Platform’s creation and we had many reasons to celebrate. The Platform established itself as an important convener of donors committed to tackle rural development challenges and to advance agriculture and rural development (ARD) and food and nutrition security (FNS) as part of the post-2015 development agenda.
