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23 Jun 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Kingdom of Spain today acknowledged their joint efforts to fight global hunger and malnutrition in the past decade and pledged to further strengthen their collaboration in the future.![FMM Resource Partner Consultation June 2021: evaluation of the Mechanism and record growth](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_fmm-RP-Consultation-June-2021.jpg)
17 Jun 2021
On Tuesday, 8 June 2021, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism held its first Resource Partners Consultation of the year. Resource Partners represented at the meeting included: Belgium, Flanders, France, Ireland, New Zealand, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland. The Consultation began with opening remarks from Mr Alexander Jones![Canada contributes over CAD 22 million for FAO’s COVID-19 response](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_cbac2e6b2c.jpg)
16 Jun 2021
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes a CAD 22.4 million (USD 17.7 million) contribution from Canada to boost the food security and livelihoods of vulnerable communities - especially women, youth and indigenous peoples - reeling from the impacts of COVID-19 in nine countries across Africa and Latin America.![European Development Days: FAO joins the EU for green and sustainable development](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_eu-EDD-2.jpg)
16 Jun 2021
FAO had a strong presence at the 2021 European Development Days (EDD21), the European Commission-led annual forum dedicated to the most pressing challenges in international development. The forum brings together the development community to share ideas and inspire solutions to achieve a sustainable future. As a strategic partner of the EU, FAO gathered leaders and experts to support the challenges of tackling biodiversity loss, climate change and environmental degradation.![Community Engagement enhances participation in assessing results and impact](https://www.fao.org/fileadmin/user_upload/partnerships/img/medium_fmm-Dimitra.jpg)
19 May 2021
On Tuesday, 18 May 2021, the fourth of five webinars in the “Community Engagement Days” series was held via zoom. Organized by the Dimitra Clubs Team of FAO with the support of Resource Partners for the