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Achieving the objectives of the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-31 and the global goals of the United Nations 2030 Agenda requires high levels of collaboration across the board. Strategic partnerships, particularly with non-state actors (NSAs), are vital and bring transformative, added value to FAO's work. FAO continues to strengthen its engagement with NSAs – including civil society organizations (CSOs), cooperatives and producers’ organizations, parliamentarians, Indigenous Peoples, academia and research institutions (ARIs). The Partnerships with Non-State Actors at FAO: Progress report 2022 outlines FAO’s work with these key actors...

Evidence shows that the improvement in food and nutrition security is mostly due to policies, programs and frameworks that are anchored in legislation. Parliamentarians play a key role in promoting and approving laws and policies to eradicate hunger and malnutrition. Despite the various challenges to be faced, as those posed by the COVID-19 pandemic, parliamentarians reiterated their commitment to learning from each other’s, sharing their experiences, strengthening collaboration between countries and regions, thus stimulating the adoption of laws, policies and programs, but also, the allocation and supervision of public budgets. In addition,...

In the last decade, FAO has been supporting governments and agricultural stakeholders to address the root causes of child labour in agriculture in Africa. This compendium provides an overview of the projects implemented, results, promising practices and lessons learned.  

For more than 25 years, FAO has been successfully facilitating South–South exchanges of cost-effective experiences and technical know-how, relevant to local conditions. The aim is to strengthen food security and nutrition. FAO has also supported African governments to set up their own unilateral trust funds to finance South – South Cooperation initiatives in their countries, such as Nigeria and Angola.

  If you would like to know what to do in order to request formal status, please contact us: [email protected]     International Non-Governmental Organizations with FAO Formal Status   Consultative Status 1. ACWW Associated Country Women of the World 2. CI Caritas Internationalis 3. ICA International Cooperative Alliance 4. ICC International Chamber of Commerce 5. ICW International Council of Women 6. IFRCRCS International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies 7. IUF International Union of Food, Agricultural, Hotel, Restaurant, Catering, Tobacco & Allied Workers Associations (ex-IFPAAW) 8. WFTU World Federation of Trade Unions 9. WUCWO World Union of Catholic Women's Organizations   Specialized Consultative Status 1. ACF Action Contre la Faim International 2. AOAC Association of Official...