Innovative Financing for Development

Microfinance expands access to credit, savings and other financial services for underserved populations, including poor households and micro-entrepreneurs. Key providers include microfinance institutions, specialised NGOs and banks. The EC supports microfinance and capacity development interventions for inclusive finance aim to strengthen local providers; build the financial infrastructure and encourage appropriate regulatory frameworks.

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Blending - Crowd funding - Micro funding - Microfinance - Partnership agreements and twinnings - Pool funds - Trust funds

The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum

Francois Stepman posted Information | 31 August 2021

30-31 August 2021. The Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Forum enhance information exchange to facilitate development. It gathered Heads of Governments, UN agencies, and representatives from a wide spectrum of farmers organizations, NGOs, civil society and innovators to incubate,...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Dialogue on UNFSS : counter mobilisation

Francois Stepman posted Information | 6 August 2021

25-28 July 2021. Over 300 global civil society organizations of small-scale food producers, researchers and Indigenous Peoples’ gathered online to protest against the UN Food Systems Pre-Summit . The People’s Counter-Mobilization to Transform Corporate Food Systems is the latest in a series of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Sustainable Development Goals Report 2021

Alexa Froger posted Information | 8 July 2021

Foreword The global community is at a critical moment in its pursuit of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). More than a year into the global pandemic, millions of lives have been lost, the human and economic toll has been unprecedented and recovery efforts so far have been uneven, inequitable...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
UNEP participation in the European Development Days 2021

Alexa Froger posted Information | 6 July 2021

The European Development Days (EDD) is Europe’s leading annual forum for international cooperation and development. Convened by the European Commission, the EDD brings the development community together each year to share ideas and experiences in ways that inspire new partnerships and innovative...

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Group: UN Environment Programme - Environment for Development
Fourth African Union (AU) – European Union (EU) agriculture ministerial conference

Francois Stepman updated the Information | 29 June 2021

22 June 2021 . The fourth African Union (AU) – European Union (EU) agricultural ministerial conference , co-hosted by the African Union Commission and the European Commission. The conference, which is took place under Portugal’s EU Council Presidency, follows previous conferences: in 2016 (in...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
Fourth African Union (AU) – European Union (EU) agriculture ministerial conference

Francois Stepman posted Information | 22 June 2021

22 June 2021 . The fourth African Union (AU) – European Union (EU) agricultural ministerial conference , co-hosted by the African Union Commission and the European Commission. The conference, which is took place under Portugal’s EU Council Presidency, follows previous conferences: in 2016 (in...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
WEBINAR: The AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund

Francois Stepman updated the Information | 7 June 2021

3 June 2021. Ecosystems Restoration - Twitter - #AgriFI4Nature The webinar highlighted the interlinked challenges of food security and accelerating climate change as well as showcase climate smart initiatives by awardees in the EC funded AgriFI portfolio . The webinar entailed discussions on the...

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WEBINAR: The AgriFI Kenya Challenge Fund

Francois Stepman posted Information | 3 June 2021

3 June 2021. Ecosystems Restoration - Twitter - #AgriFI4Nature The webinar highlighted the interlinked challenges of food security and accelerating climate change as well as showcase climate smart initiatives by awardees in the EC funded AgriFI portfolio . The webinar entailed discussions on the...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
WEBINAR + REPORT: Building evidence for transforming agricultural innovation systems under climate change

Francois Stepman posted Information | 26 May 2021

26 May 2021 . The first in a series of webinars to set a path for transformation in agricultural innovation systems, in the lead up to COP26. This webinar provided an insight into the global baseline for investment , categorized by types of funder, implementer, and topic, and estimate how much of...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA
WEBINAR: Profitable sourcing from smallholder farmers: investor perspectives on the ‘deal’

Francois Stepman posted Information | 26 May 2021

26 May 2021 . CASA webinar 7: Five routes to profitable sourcing from smallholder farmers: investor perspectives on the ‘deal’. There are 500 million smallholder farmers worldwide. These farmers represent both a key supplier base and a market for firms. But how do investors perceive the smallholder...

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Group: Food & Nutrition Security and Sustainable Agriculture - ROSA

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