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26/02/2021 Following the launch of the webinar series Navigating the Participatory Approach at the end of January 2021, a virtual training of trainers (ToT) was held on 24th-25th February 2021, counting 25 participants from Tanzania, Zambia, Angola, Namibia, Zimbabwe and Botswana.

25 February 2021, Mexico City/Beijing/Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today addressed the 2nd China-CELAC (Community of Latin American and Caribbean States) Forum on Agriculture, where he stressed the importance of strong partnerships to overcome the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and announced a project to boost the use of digital technologies in the region.

23 February 2021, Rome - The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today held virtual talks with Saud bin Hamoud bin Ahmed Al-Habsi, Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries Wealth and Water Resources of Oman.

Despite being a year of unprecedented slowdown of activities, 2020 witnessed a time of growth in financial volume and renewed commitment to FAO’s Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM), the principal pooled funding mechanism for partners willing to contribute flexible, less-earmarked voluntary resources to the Organization. In 2020, FMM contributions during the

Les Membres de la FAO ont adopté la nouvelle Stratégie relative à la mobilisation du secteur privé 2021-2025 à la dernière session du Conseil, en décembre 2020. La Stratégie est le fruit d’une nouvelle vision tournée vers l’avenir, qui vise à renforcer la mobilisation du secteur privé en vue de la réalisation des objectifs de développement durable (ODD).Mme Beth Bechdol, Directrice générale adjointe et personne clé de l’équipe de direction centrale chargée de mener les consultations et les négociations sur la nouvelle Stratégie, explique pourquoi il est si important de mobiliser le secteur privé pour atteindre les ODD.