FAO-AsiaDHRRA Kick-Off Meeting for 2021-2022

13 September 2021
FAO-AsiaDHRRA Kick-Off Meeting for 2021-2022 LoA
Representatives from FAO RAP and HQ, AsiaDHRRA RAI Team, and DHRRA RAI coordinators (included CamboDHRRA) opened the week with the new LoA kick-off meeting.
This new cooperation builds upon the results of the Responsible Agricultural Investment initiative of FAO and AsiaDHRRA. Specifically, the new LoA will contribute to the implementation of FAO’s strategic framework and its cross-cutting themes on Gender Equality and rural women’s empowerment, Inclusive rural transformation, and scaling-up investment; Green innovation and Small-scale producers’ equitable access to resources.
It will also contribute to regional priorities of ASEAN Member States (AMS) by supporting the implementation of the ASEAN Guidelines on Promoting Responsible Investment in Food, Agriculture and Forestry (ASEAN-RAI): Guideline 3 on women and youth; and the ASEAN Framework Action Plan on Rural Development and Poverty Eradication 2021-2025: Human pillar and Inclusivity pillar.
This new LoA covers three countries include Cambodia, Laos and the Philippines, from September 2021 to December 2022.