📚 Have you used what you learned through the FAO elearning Academy to support a project, strengthen your studies, advance your career, or contribute to your community?
The FAO elearning Academy Global Youth Contest is your opportunity to share that story.
🔗More: elearning.fao.org/youth-contest
🤝 At the Bilbao Bootcamp, the new Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub met with the Global Flagship Initiative and AGFUND to discuss how catalytic funding can prepare investable pipelines and unlock larger-scale finance from IFIs and the private sector. 🌍📈
The 4th Africa Food Systems Transformation Meeting concluded last week with renewed momentum around accelerating #FoodSystemsTransformation across the continent.
👉 Africa’s food systems transformation must be country‑led, coordinated, and built on long‑term resilience.
📢 The May newsletter is out!
The latest UN Food Systems Coordination Hub newsletter brings together stories and updates from across the #FoodSystems community.
📬 Read more: bit.ly/4e3ypsZ
💬 What's your story?
📢 The FAO elearning Academy Global Youth Contest invites young people to share how the knowledge and skills gained through FAO elearning Academy courses have supported their academic, professional or community journeys.
🔗 Find out more: elearning.fao.org/youth-contest
Alumni gathered from the Youth Leadership Programme in Rome last week, strengthening a growing global network of emerging leaders shaping the future of #FoodSystems. 🤝🌱
👉 Germany through BMZ also confirmed support for a second phase of the Programme.
🔗 Read more: bit.ly/49l6Zgz
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🌱 From forests to forums: this week’s regional convergence dialogue focused on how Amazon countries can strengthen cooperation on #FoodSystemsTransformation and #ClimateAction through shared learning, diplomacy and integrated policymaking. 🌍
🔗 More on the Convergence Initiative: lnkd.in/djwWrnqB
💰 Scaling up nutrition is not only about mobilizing more resources — it is also about aligning investments with healthier, more sustainable #FoodSystems.
Join us on 26 May at #RomeNutritionWeek2026 for this session.
👉 More information: lnkd.in/du8ccSJB
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🌱 Yesterday’s Food Systems Solutions Webinar focused on the role of farmer cooperatives in accelerating #FoodSystems transformation across diverse contexts.
🎥 Watch the full session here: youtu.be/m9svunaywu8
From 44 countries to one shared vision for the future of food systems.
Last week, alumni of the Hub’s Youth Leadership Programme gathered in Rome to strengthen partnerships, and reflect on the role of emerging leaders in shaping food systems change.
👏Thank you to all who contributed!
#YLPinAction
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With continued support from Germany through BMZ, the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub’s Youth Leadership Programme is entering a second phase to strengthen a...
