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![Presenting COVID-19 response in ACP countries to the Council of the EU](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_eu-ACP-Working-Party.jpg)
08 Dec 2020
FAO, together with its sister-agencies the World Food Programme (WFP) and the International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) discussed a transition towards sustainable agri-food systems and support to African Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries in their response to the COVID-19 pandemic with the ACP Working Party of the Council of the European Union upon invitation of the German Council presidency.![Israel champions newly launched FAO Food Coalition](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_foodcoalition-10418170683_d336b1fc8e_o.jpg)
02 Dec 2020
FAO and the Government of Israel have signed a new Agreement to support the newly launched Food Coalition, which aims to mobilize financial resources, innovation and technical expertise, promote advocacy initiatives and establish a neutral space for dialogue among diverse and key stakeholders in support of countries most in need. Since the historic formation of the Food Coalition, Israel has been actively participating and committed voluntary financial contributions.
The Food Coalition supports innovative COVID-19 and post crisis initiatives, identified in the context of various synergistic lines of action (provided through action sheets). Not...![Director-General calls for “coordinated coherent response” in European Parliament address](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_eu-DG-at-EP-DEVE-Committee-EU-HR-with-blue-cropped.jpg)
02 Dec 2020
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, participated today for the first time at a session of the Development Committee of the European Parliament. The Director-General thanked the Development Committee for the invitation and for their commitment to fight hunger and poverty.![FAO-Turkey: Exploring opportunities to further expand an extensive collaboration](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_rm-Turkey.jpg)
01 Dec 2020
The FAO Brussels office met with His Excellency Mehmet Kemal Bozay, the Ambassador of the Republic of Turkey to the European Union and his team to discuss the extensive collaboration between the Republic of Turkey, the European Union and the FAO.![Director-General praises FAO partners and invites them to scale up funding for agri-food systems transformation and sustainable agriculture](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_fmm-DG-Slot2-Multi-Partner-Final.jpg)
27 Nov 2020
The Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), QU Dongyu, today thanked Members of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) for their financial support and invited them to strengthen their collaboration with the Organization to transform agri-food systems and build sustainable agriculture, particularly to fight the impacts![Глобальный климатический фонд одобрил выделение 160 млн долл. США на поддержку реализуемых под руководством ФАО проектов](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_3_f9e047b833.jpg)
13 Nov 2020
Совет управляющих Зеленого климатического фонда (ЗКФ) одобрил три новых разработанных ФАО проекта в Аргентине, Гватемале и Судане общей стоимостью в 158,6 млн долл. США, направленных на снижение выбросов парниковых газов, повышение устойчивости к изменению климата и борьбу с обезлесением.![ФАО провела официальное мероприятие посвященное учреждению Продовольственной коалиции в интересах расширения доступа к продовольствию и создания устойчивых агропродовольственных систем](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_3_visual-ffodcolation.jpg)
05 Nov 2020
Сегодня Продовольственная и сельскохозяйственная организация Объединенных Наций официально объявила о создании Продовольственной коалиции, которая станет новым важным инструментом, призванным обеспечить принятие совместных мер, с тем чтобы не допустить трансформацию международной чрезвычайной ситуации в области здравоохранения, обусловленной пандемией COVID-19, в катастрофический мировой продовольственный кризис.![FAO and Spain reaffirm their partnership with new EUR 2.8 million contribution to support COVID-19 impact mitigation and development projects](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_1_rm-story-FAO-ALC-(56).jpg)
19 Oct 2020
On 29 September 2020, the Spanish Agency for International Development Cooperation (AECID) authorized an exceptional voluntary contribution to the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) of EUR 2.8 million. This year, Spain has generously increased its voluntary contributions and broadened the spectrum of international cooperation to support actions that can help alleviate the devastating effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on vulnerable populations.
This includes enhancing food security, protecting the livelihoods of impacted farming families, and improving the resilience of rural communities, as well as activities aligned to achieving...![Africa Regional Dialogue - Joint Action on COVID-19: Boosting our Africa Food and Agriculture Response](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_newss-covid-event.png)
29 Jul 2020
African Ministers for Agriculture have emphasized the importance of ensuring food security and nutrition, and continuing agricultural activities during the response to COVID-19 – including production, marketing, harvesting, storage and value addition.
Safe food and nutrition are essential to the health response: in the African context, the COVID-19 crisis is being compounded by a food crisis. This calls for a holistic approach to address public health concerns and ensure food security in a comprehensive and coordinated manner. Urgent, strategic and coordinated action is needed to minimize disruptions in food supply chains in the short-term, and improve the resilience of agriculture production...![Resource Partner Consultation of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM)](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_story-FMM-meeting.jpg)
24 Jul 2020
On Wednesday, 24 June 2020, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism held its first virtual annual FMM Resource Partner Consultation. All FMM Resource Partners were represented at the meeting, including: Belgium, Flanders, France, Italy, Netherlands, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The Consultation meeting was kick-started with opening remarks by Mr Alexander Jones