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ProjectProgramme / project reportSupport to the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) for an effective change of narrative in the Sahel region - TCP/SFW/3907 2025
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No results found.The Sahel region is a global public good, a land of promise and opportunities. Noting its geostrategic positioning, coupled with its enormous economic and natural potential, it is imperative that working with the people of the Sahel on issues of development, peace and achieving sustainable progress become a major priority for all actors in the region. These include the United Nations (UN) system, its partners, including donors and development finance institutions, regional structures within the Sahel and across Africa, governments at the central and local levels, academia, and civil society groups. This urgent vision to transform the untapped potential of the Sahel to benefit Sahelians can only be achieved through the collective endeavors of all actors. However, since 2012, the Sahel region has been confronted with a chronic security crisis that intertwines political, cultural, development and stability issues in vast cross-border areas, whose status is perceived differently by states and populations (security problems versus concern for fluidity exchanges). Added to this is the fact that the interweaving of several conflict dynamics (antagonisms linked to modes of access to natural and productive resources and security crisis resulting from sociopolitical instability) results, among other things, in the interference of non-state armed groups (NSAG) in social relations. It is in this context that the United Nations Integrated Strategy for the Sahel (UNISS) was developed in 2013, based on Security Council resolution 2056, in response to the Malian crisis. Since taking office in January 2021, the Special Coordinator and his Office have realized achievements across several domains, in close cooperation and coordination with UN entities on the ground. -
ProjectFactsheetBuilding Resilience in the Sahel Region through Job Creation for Youth - GCP/GLO/050/GER 2021
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No results found.The Sahel region faces many challenges, including insecurity, rising extremism, and lack of economic prospects and employment opportunities. In this context, the number of young people in the countries of the Group of Five for the Sahel (G5 Sahel) is unprecedented, with over 60 percent of the population below 25 years of age. Two thirds of them live in rural areas and are poorer and more often lack access to employment, skills, financial services and technology than adults. In addition, because of their vulnerabilities, they may be at risk of radicalization, negative coping mechanisms or migration, given that this region is also both the departure point for migrants and a key corridor of different migration routes. If no action is taken to improve access to education, vocational training and quality employment, the Sahel could potentially become a hub of mass migration, losing its younger generations in search prospects not available in the region, and becoming a potential hotspot for recruitment and training of radical groups. To build sustainable peace in the Sahel region, urgent attention is therefore needed to bridge the humanitarian development and peace nexus, while systematically enhancing youth’s opportunities to support their countries economically, environmentally and socially, in order to address adverse drivers of youth migration and prevent some triggers of radicalization or tendencies towards negative coping mechanisms.
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Book (series)FlagshipThe State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2023
Urbanization, agrifood systems transformation and healthy diets across the rural–urban continuum
2023This report provides an update on global progress towards the targets of ending hunger (SDG Target 2.1) and all forms of malnutrition (SDG Target 2.2) and estimates on the number of people who are unable to afford a healthy diet. Since its 2017 edition, this report has repeatedly highlighted that the intensification and interaction of conflict, climate extremes and economic slowdowns and downturns, combined with highly unaffordable nutritious foods and growing inequality, are pushing us off track to meet the SDG 2 targets. However, other important megatrends must also be factored into the analysis to fully understand the challenges and opportunities for meeting the SDG 2 targets. One such megatrend, and the focus of this year’s report, is urbanization. New evidence shows that food purchases in some countries are no longer high only among urban households but also among rural households. Consumption of highly processed foods is also increasing in peri-urban and rural areas of some countries. These changes are affecting people’s food security and nutrition in ways that differ depending on where they live across the rural–urban continuum. This timely and relevant theme is aligned with the United Nations General Assembly-endorsed New Urban Agenda, and the report provides recommendations on the policies, investments and actions needed to address the challenges of agrifood systems transformation under urbanization and to enable opportunities for ensuring access to affordable healthy diets for everyone. -
Brochure, flyer, fact-sheetBrochureJoint Programme on Gender Transformative Approaches for Food Security and Nutrition
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No results found.The 'JP GTA - 2022 In Review' offers a snapshot of the milestones, achievements and activities of the Joint Programme over the course of the past year, with links to articles, publications and event recordings. The report is structured along the four pillars of the JP GTA, with sections focusing on knowledge generation, country-level activities, capacity development and learning, and policy support and institutional engagement. The page on 'knowledge generation' offers an overview of resources published or facilitated by the JP GTA in 2022. Under 'country-level activities' readers will find a summary of the key activities and achievements of the Joint Programme in Ecuador and Malawi. The section on 'capacity development and learning' delves into the JP GTA’s initiatives to share lessons from the Programme and build colleagues' and partners' knowledge and skills. The final pages on 'policy support and institutional engagement' highlight major global and corporate initiatives supported by the JP GTA.