About FVC
The Food and Agriculture Organization's (FAO) Flexible Voluntary Contribution (FVC) is a pooled funding instrument that allows partners to respond to development challenges in a timely and cost-effective manner. It is the main flexible, multi-partner instrument for the achievement of results under FAO’s Strategic Framework.
Since its inception in 2010, FVC has supported life-saving programmes at global, regional and country levels through four phases: 2010–2013, 2014–2017, and 2018-2021. Starting with the current phase from 2022-2025, FVC aligns its structure with FAO's four betters: better production, better nutrition, better environment and a better life.
Through flexible funding, FVC enables greater and more thorough responsiveness to the most concerning crises, better coordination in leveraging resources and the expertise of partners, and a more holistic approach to addressing development challenges.
FVC uses a programmatic approach, as opposed to a project-based one, to more effectively respond to the complex, interconnected challenges our world faces today. This flexible process allows collective support from multi-partner resources to make an even greater impact on lives and livelihoods around the world. Funding is directed where and when it is needed most, and FVC partners see tangible results being delivered.
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Since its establishment in 2010, FVC has supported thousands of lives in over 100 countries. The current FVC phase (2022-2025) includes 52 ongoing projects across 4 programme areas, rooted in FAO's Strategic Framework.
Flexible funds can:
✔ Reduce transaction costs through simplified and harmonized processes that avoid duplication
✔ Reduce fragmentation by applying a consistent programmatic approach
✔ Help achieve catalytic and multiplier effects by fostering cross-sectoral integration
✔ Help improve aid coordination and coherence through pooled funding, joint programming and shared outcomes
✔ Facilitate transformative change by supporting innovative initiatives
Financial contributions to FVC by year, country and phase (2010-2025)
Current financial contributions
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