Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC)

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ICA Programme: Leveraging ICTs to promote decent youth employment
18/07/2017
A common feature of the country-level implementation of the FAO Integrated Country Approach (ICA) for promoting decent rural employment is the activeengagement of youth into policy dialogue on agri-food systems’ and rural development. On this purpose, the ICA programme is exploring and establishing pilot models to foster community building and engagement...
2nd Forum on Decent Employment to promote rural youth entrepreneurship in Senegal
10/01/2017
In Senegal, the agricultural sector employs 70% of the working population. Overall, the demographic structure is particularly youthful, with over 60% of the population below the age of 24 years. Yet, employment opportunities for rural youth remain limited and of poor quality in the country. Against this background, facilitating the youth cohort's...
FAO uses unearmarked funding strategically
28/11/2016
The FMM is a funding mechanism for partners willing to contribute unearmarked funds or slightly earmarked funds. Created in 2010, the FMM is currently supported by the Kingdoms of Belgium, the Netherlands and Sweden.  The FMM has been conceived as a tool to support FAO’s Strategic Framework.  “The FMM is unique as...
Bucking the trend by investing in traditional agriculture in the Cook Islands
28/06/2016
What led Tini Jack and her husband Gelling, a couple from the Cook Islands, give up comfort¬able government jobs with guaranteed salaries to plant staples? It was the opportunity to set up a successful business. Today, in the Cook Island, the agribusiness sector has a high potential for development, in particular...

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