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![FAO and Ireland celebrate collaboration and renew commitment to partnership](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_rm-fao-Ireland.jpg)
10 Mar 2021
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) QU Dongyu and Ireland’s Minister for Agriculture, Food and the Marine Charlie McConalogue TD, attended a virtual ceremony today to celebrate the last six years of collaboration between FAO and Ireland.![Tapping into Community Engagement for Empowerment](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_fmm-Community-engagement-days-webinar-1.jpg)
03 Mar 2021
On Thursday, 18 February 2021 the first of a series of five webinars called “Community Engagement Days” was successfully launched. Organized by the Rural Institutions, Services and Empowerment (RISE) team of the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division of FAO, in collaboration with the government of Belgium and thanks![FMM partner updates: new and renewed contributions for tackling unprecedented challenges](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_fmm-nilotpal-kalita-pJHaHQJ0PPk-unsplash.jpg)
22 Feb 2021
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![FAO and Japan urge increased responsible investment for greener stronger agri-food systems](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_dg-japan.jpg)
19 Feb 2021
Japan is stepping up funding for FAO in three key areas, Vice-Minister for International Affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries (MAFF) Makoto Osawa told Director-General QU Dongyu, as the two officials met virtually today. Osawa went on to list the strengthening of agricultural supply chains in the context of the COVID-19 pandemic; the promotion of traditional healthy diets; and statistical capacity.![Belgium and FAO: Leaving no one behind in community development](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_rm-Community-engagement-day.jpg)
18 Feb 2021
In collaboration with the Belgian Development Cooperation, FAO’s Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equity Division held the first in a series of five webinars, “Community Engagement for Empowerment: Key for People-Centered Rural Transformation?” Participants looked at the achievements, potential and challenges of community engagement for empowerment in development and humanitarian interventions and strategies.![Framework agreement between Ireland and FAO places sustainable food systems at the centre of collaborative agenda](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_85552a8e52.jpg)
11 Feb 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Republic of Ireland signed a new Framework Agreement today, consolidating a longstanding collaboration between the two parties in the area of development cooperation.![Une contribution de 40 millions d’euros de l’Allemagne permet à la FAO d’aider les agriculteurs à mieux résister aux chocs](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_1_rm-germany.jpg)
08 Feb 2021
L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) a accepté aujourd'hui une contribution de 40 millions d'euros de l'Allemagne, qui permettra d'aider les agriculteurs et les pêcheurs à résister aux menaces telles que le covid-19 et les phénomènes climatiques extrêmes.![FAO-Belgium: Pioneering innovative approaches to saving lives and livelihoods while building resilience](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_rm-Belgium.jpg)
13 Jan 2021
AO Director for Emergencies and Resilience, Dominique Burgeon and FAO Brussels Director Rodrigo de Lapuerta met with Belgian Director for Humanitarian Aid Transition, Erik de Maeyer and his team. Together, they reviewed the strong cooperation between the Kingdom of Belgium and FAO including Belgium’s support to anticipatory action, through the FAO Special Fund for Emergency Activities (SFERA) and the joint response to COVID-19 impacts and to the desert locust outbreak.![FAOs’ Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism - Strategic Dialogue: Transforming our food systems is now more important than ever](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_fmm-RP_Consultation_Nov20.jpg)
16 Dec 2020
FAO hosted the virtual Resource Partner Strategic Dialogue of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) on 27 November 2020. All eight contributing FMM Resource Partners were represented at the meeting, including: Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland.![Le Fonds pour l’environnement mondial approuve des versements de plus de 78 millions d’USD pour financer des projets menés par la FAO](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_1_d91a80109d.jpg)
15 Dec 2020
L'Organisation des Nations Unies pour l'alimentation et l'agriculture (FAO) s'est félicitée que le Conseil du Fonds pour l'environnement mondial (FEM) ait approuvé récemment 13 projets qu'elle mènera dans 16 pays, pour un montant total d'environ 78,5 millions d'USD. Cette décision, qui a été prise lors de la cinquante-neuvième réunion du Conseil du FEM, fait suite à celle de juin 2020 qui entérinait des versements de 176 millions d'USD au profit de projets menés par la FAO.