At its Sixth Session, the Governing Body agreed to undertake, at its Seventh Session, a review of the Funding Strategy with a view to enhance its functioning. In order to provide a basis for this review, it decided to reconvene the Ad Hoc Advisory Committee on the Funding Strategy in the 2016–2017 biennium.

A Special Event on the enhancement of the Funding Strategy of the International Treaty was held on Saturday 18 March 2017 from 10.00 to 13.00 at FAO Headquarters in the German Room (C229).