To increase understanding on VGGT use among CSOs and grassroots organizations, to strengthen partnerships for wider application and implementation of the VGGT at all levels and to raise awareness of, and train CSOs on, materials complementary to the VGGT, so to achieve a critical mass of agents of change required for successful implementation.

Status of the project
CLOSED

• Published the learning guide in partnership with the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty (IPC) and development of its adaptation to the VGGT.
• Developed the e-Learning on the learning guide and its use and accessible from different device.
• Developed other support material for dissemination, including: a handout summarizing the key elements of the learning guide and its use.
• Developed an online repository of these materials, along with additional videos and PowerPoint presentations, hosted by FAO’s main website.
• Produced promotional material to accompany the learning guide.
• Disseminated learning guide and tools in workshops to international, regional and national CSOs, and for workshop participants to share their experiences in implementing the VGGT.

• FAO’s Multipartner Programme Support Mechanism Medium-term final report 2014–17
• FAO’s Smarter investments Up-scaled development 
• Increasing the use of the VGGT among Civil Society and Grassroots Organizations