Events

This learning exchange series will share insights and highlight research on securing women’s resource rights through gender transformative approaches using examples from Ethiopia, The Gambia, Kyrgyzstan, Colombia, Bangladesh and Uganda.

This event will bring together SPARK's strategic partners to share invaluable insights and achievements on inclusive rural transformation in four SPARK countries.

The Annual General Assembly (AGA) of the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development (GDPRD) provides an open space for dialogue and discussion on critical emerging issues in rural development and food systems.

This session will provide examples of how donors can mobilize responsible investment from the private sector and present the results of new research by the Global Donor Platform for Rural Development and the Shamba Centre for Food & Climate on how donors can develop partnerships with funders to drive investment in smallholder farmers.

Gender transformative approaches address gender gaps by tackling the root causes of inequality. A panel of speakers will share insights on different approaches to secure women’s resource rights in Ethiopia and Malawi.

The Subsidiary Body on Scientific, Technical and Technological Advice will meet to discuss recommendations to implement the Convention on Biological Diversity, including monitoring of the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework.

IFAD President, Alvaro Lario, and our Goodwill Ambassador, Sabrina Dhowre Elba, will represent IFAD and the world's poor rural people at UNGA, highlighting our key role in achieving the 2030 Agenda.