Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC)

Highlights

New Iceland-FAO partnership focuses on fisheries and Blue Growth
21/03/2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Iceland today agreed to work closely together to facilitate the design and implementation of programmes supporting the long-term conservation of living marine ecosystems and to unlock the potential of the world's marine and freshwater ecosystems.
Bringing women into value chains in Africa
08/03/2019
With Sweden’s contribution through the FMM, FAO was able to provide technical assistance and policy support to seven countries in Africa, boosting their efforts to make agribusinesses and food value chains more inclusive and improve rural women’s access to local and national markets. Running from 2013 through 2018, the project...
Flexible Pooled Funding Mechanisms Can Drive Transformative Change
19/02/2019
The main linchpin for the successful implementation of Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the strategic leveraging of the full potential of multiple financial flows. Finance is an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to implementing the SDGs. However, development analysts have also suggested that...
Leveraging flexible investment instruments for impact
12/02/2019
The strategic leveraging of multiple financial flows is an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to implementing the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The funding model, largely dominated by hard earmarking — funds channelled through projects — cannot fully deliver the SDGs. The short-term and...

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