Hunger and food insecurity can only be fought with the combined efforts of all development stakeholders -- UN, governments, donors, civil society and NGOs and the private sector -- working together in partnership towards the shared goals of ‘food for all’.

Documents and Tools

Key Documents on the UN and Non-Governmental Organizations

A gateway to documentation on the interaction between the UN and non-governmental organizations (NGOs) in various activities of the UN system, including the work undertaken work in forging partnerships for agriculture and poverty reduction.

Working Together – FAO, IFAD and WFP

An annual publication which describes the multifaceted field collaboration among the Rone-based agencies -- FAO, IFAD and WFP -- in common efforts to fight hunger and poverty around the world

United Nations Development Group

The resource website of the UNDG provides coordination resources, technical guidance, and support to operational agencies working on development. The UNDG is an instrument for UN reform, created by the UN Secretary General in 1997, to improve the effectiveness of UN development at the country level.

Partnership in Action

An on-line newsletter of case studies highlighting technical cooperation amongst development partners undertaken within the framework of FAO’S Partnership Programmes and using the combined skills of young professionals, academics and researchers, and retired experts.

IFAD and NGOs - Dynamic Partnerships to Fight Rural Poverty

A 32-page brochure provides an overview of IFAD’s collaboration with NGOs. It describes the efforts that IFAD has undertaken in collaboration with NGOs to achieve its goal to combat hunger and rural poverty in the low-income, food-deficit regions of the world.

Go-Between

The flagship newsletter of the United Nations Non-Governmental Liaison Service (UN-NGLS) provides system-wide information on the activities of the UN in development and human rights on UN-NGO cooperation, and on NGO activities on key issues on the UN agenda.

Worldwide Initiatives

UNDP, UNICEF, UNFPA & WFP Agreement - Making the RC System Work Better

The purpose of the agreement is to strenghten its effectiveness and achive better coordinated action among the UN system organizations.

International Development Goals - Partnerships

The open exchange of information is one of the most powerful tools for increasing the power of partnership in meeting the International Development Goals. This link serves as a gateway to information necessary for monitoring progress toward the goals.

The Development Gateway

A clearing house for information on development knowledge, new technologies, and business expertise on both global and country levels, which also the seeks a variety of partnerships among civil society organizations, multi-lateral agencies, governments and the private sector.

The Group of 77

The Group of 77 provides the means for the developing world to articulate and promote its collective economic interests and enhance its joint negotiating capacity on all major international economic issues in the United Nations system, and promote economic and technical cooperation among developing countries (ECDC/TCDC).

International Land Coalition

IFAD hosts the International Land Coalition, a global consortium of civil society, intergovernmental and governmental organisations working to empower the rural poor through improved access to land and other productive resources.

MDGNet

The Millennium Development Goals Network (MDGNet) supports UN Country Teams as well as Government and Civil Society practitioners in their efforts to produce high-quality national MDG Reports (MDGRs). Through the network, participants are invited to exchange creative approaches to MDG advocacy, share good practices and lessons learned, circulate knowledge of MDG related events, and identify expertise to help with the preparation of the MDGRs. MDGNet is managed by UNDP on behalf of the UNDG.

Global Mechanism of the United Nations Convention to Combat Desertification

A network organization, the CCD was established in October 1997 and, like the Popular Coalition, is housed at IFAD. The Global Mechanism acts as focal point for a network of partners concerned with combating desertification by mobilizing financial resources and channeling flows of such resources to ensure equitable distribution.

Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (ACP-EU)

The centre advances agricultural & rural development in African, Caribbean and Pacific countries by promoting the transfer, exchange and utilisation of information. Its partners and beneficiaries include development agencies, planners and policy-makers, research scientists and technicians, extension workers, trainers, farmers' cooperatives and associations.

European Food Security Network (RESAL)

The website of the Food Security Network -- financed by the European Commission.
and implemented by various partners -- aims to help formulate long-term food security policies that are viable and effective in 20 low-income, food-dependent countries in Asia, Africa, Central and Latin America and the New Independent States (NIS).

Consultative Group on International Agricultrural Research (CGIAR)

The CGIAR is an association of public and private members supporting a system of 16 agricultural research centres that work in more than 100 countries to mobilize scientific research to reduce hunger and poverty, improve human nutrition and health, and protect the environment.

Links

DevLink

Provides substantive support to UN Country Teams in the implementation of the system-wide initiatives such as the Common Country Assessment (CCA) and United Nations Development Assistance Framework (UNDAF), including policy guidance, examples of good practice, training materials, and links to relevant UN and non-UN sites.

The United Nations: partners in civil society

A description of how the UN works together with non-governmental organizations (NGOs) and other partners in civil society on wide-ranging issues of global concern.

FAO and NGOs and Civil Society

The site is designed as an entry point for information on FAO: NGO/CSO cooperation, and contains key links and documentation on FAO strategies and policies, priority issues and events of common interest.

Telefood Partners

TeleFood is FAO's annual campaign of broadcasts, concerts and other events dedicated to helping to reduce the number of hungry people in the world. A wide variety of TeleFood partners -- from private companies and institutions, governments and non-governmental organizations, radio and television broadcasters -- has been instrumental in spreading the TeleFood message.

Partners Directory

Hosted by oneworld.net -- an internet community of nearly 1,000 organizations at the forefront of sustainable development around the world -- the Partners Directory can be searched by country, type of organization or area of interest.

Canadian Hunger Foundation – Partners in Rural Development

The Foundation -- known as CHF-PARTNERS -- is an international non-profit organization that addresses poverty at the village level in developing countries.CHF-PARTNERS works with southern non-government organizations (NGOs) to strengthen their capacity and support self-help projects in Africa, Asia and Latin America and the Caribbean.

Asian NGO Coalition (ANGOC)

In 1998, ANGOC launched a project designed to enhance food security in 200 Asian rural communities by securing for them greater access to productive resources, promoting resource conservation and empowering them to make economic and political decisions that affect their day-to-day lives.

Society for International Development

A global network of individuals and institutions concerned with development in 125 countries, SID aims to serve as a bridge between diverse constituencies in the search for social justice, act as a global catalyst for civil society and a knowledge broker on innovative development initiatives, concepts and practices.