Leveraging flexible investment instruments for impact
12/02/2019
The strategic leveraging of multiple financial flows is an important piece of the puzzle when it comes to implementing the Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). The funding...
Flexible Pooled Funding Mechanisms Can Drive Transformative Change
19/02/2019
The main linchpin for the successful implementation of Agenda 2030 and its Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) is the strategic leveraging of the full potential of multiple financial flows. Finance is...
Bringing women into value chains in Africa
08/03/2019
With Sweden’s contribution through the FMM, FAO was able to provide technical assistance and policy support to seven countries in Africa, boosting their efforts to make agribusinesses and food value...
New Iceland-FAO partnership focuses on fisheries and Blue Growth
21/03/2019
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Government of Iceland today agreed to work closely together to facilitate the design and implementation of programmes supporting...
Nueva alianza de la FAO e Islandia centrada en pesca y Crecimiento Azul
23/03/2019
La FAO y el Gobierno de Islandia acordaron hoy trabajar más estrechamente para facilitar el diseño y la implementación de programas para apoyar la conservación a largo plazo de los...
Bolivia’s sweet new industry
02/12/2019
In the Bolivian countryside an appetizing industry has taken off, bringing a sweet new business to rural communities: chocolate production.
Innovation, Speed, Impact: The Flexible Future of Resource Mobilization
06/12/2019
On Friday, 29 November 2019, the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) held its second Resource Partner Consultation meeting of the year at FAO Headquarters in Rome. The consultation opened with Director-General...
Norway joins FMM to drive results in climate change and sustainable food systems
13/12/2019
On December 10 2019, Norway through the Norwegian Agency for Development Cooperation (Norad) officially signed an agreement to become a contributing member of FAO’s Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM). The agreement,...
FMM partner updates: new and renewed commitments for greater impact
06/04/2020
The past year marked a time of growth and renewed commitments for FAO’s Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism, the principal pooled funding mechanism for partners willing to contribute flexible voluntary resources to...
FMM 2019 Annual Progress Report
22/06/2020
The 2019 Annual Progress Report provides an overview of the major improvements and transformational changes to the FMM since 2018, in addition to presenting key achievements, challenges and lessons learned...
Resource Partner Consultation of the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM)
24/07/2020
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,
Director-General praises FAO partners and invites them to scale up funding for agri-food systems transformation and sustainable agriculture
27/11/2020
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...
FAOs’ Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism - Strategic Dialogue: Transforming our food systems is now more important than ever
15/12/2020
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:...
FMM partner updates: new and renewed contributions for tackling unprecedented challenges
22/02/2021
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...
Tapping into Community Engagement for Empowerment
03/03/2021
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...
Leveraging Community Engagement to enhance gender equality and women's empowerment
15/03/2021
On Thursday, 11 March 2021, the second of five webinar series on “Community Engagement Days” took place. The event was organized by the Dimitra Clubs Team of the Rural Institutions,...
Charting a “path to recovery and wellbeing” on 2021’s International Day of Forests
19/03/2021
When Alfayo Mayemba went out on a hot sunny day and counted the trees on his farm in Kombi village in Tanzania, he probably wasn’t thinking about saving the planet....
Fostering community engagement for resilience and peace
29/04/2021
On Thursday 22 March 2021, the third of a series of five webinars called “Community Engagement Days” was held. Organized by the Dimitra Clubs Team of the Rural Institutions, Services...
New Zealand joins the FMM ramping up efforts to build back better after the pandemic
14/05/2021
On 30 April 2021, New Zealand, through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Trade (MFAT), officially signed an agreement to contribute funds to the Flexible Multi-Partner Mechanism (FMM) — FAO’s...
Community Engagement enhances participation in assessing results and impact
19/05/2021
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...