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First Funding Round for Food Systems Transformation
High-Impact Track
4 April 2024
THE JOINT SDG FUND: Where We Stand
To date, the Fund has made $267 million in financial commitments to 119 UN country teams
and multi-country offices, with 31 UN entity partners in the following portfolios:
197m people $4.8 billion 25 instruments 59% of funds

Accessed new or In additional financing Being structured for blended Allocated to LDCs, LLDCs
extended social benefits catalyzed for the SDGs financing (SDG bonds, and SIDS
impact funds, climate
facilities)
Joint SDG Fund 2.0
THE ENGINE ROOM
ACTIONS
Incubating Transformative impact
Integration Integrated approach across sectors and organizations by breaking down the
siloed approach.
Speed Accelerating progress towards the SDGs by reducing the time to reach targets.
Scale Catalyzing actions and financing from diverse stakeholders.
Sustainability Sustainable through the additional resources mobilized, capacities built, and
changing systems.
Context- Incorporating the social, political, environmental circumstances; scope for
specific local impact.
Factors of ➢Importance of RC leadership and convening power.
success: ➢UN country team coherence and capacities.
➢'Whole-of-government’ approach and strong local ownerships.
➢Mainstreaming human rights, gender, youth and localization.
UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
✓ UN Inter-Agency entity charged with coordinating UN efforts to support Member States in
advancing the 2021 UN Food Systems Summit outcomes as integral to accelerating the drive on
achieving the SDGs
• Hosted by FAO on behalf of the UN system, staffed by secondments from FAO, WFP, IFAD,
UN-DCO and WHO + interagency governance structure
• Mission: a catalyst and connector to leverage existing regional and global UN system
capacities to serve countries through systemic, country-driven, customized support
• Priority is to support the implementation of Food Systems National Pathways (127) and
National Convenors (155)
• Lead in organizing the 2023 Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+2)
convened by the UNSG – 3300 participants
• UNSG committed to convene Member States and stakeholders every two years to
assess progress: UNFSS+4 to take place in 2025
Food Systems Transformation – Overarching objectives
Joint programmes must adress one or more of the following:
Promote the Advance Reshape the Build national,

transition to integrated national food regional, and
sustainable, national action finance global
equitable, healthy for food systems
architecture to knowledge,
and resilient food transformation,
become capacities and
systems as a grounded in
sustainable, learning, as well
catalytic National
equitable, as monitor and
investment for Pathways, driven
communicate
SDGs by whole-of- healthy, and
progress and
acceleration in government resilient, and impact to inform,
countries and as a approach, and is catalyse more influence and
powerful response multi- SDG value for drive accelerated
to current and stakeholder and money. action for food
future shocks. rights-based.
systems as a key
transition
FS HIT track: Areas of intervention
UN SG CALL TO ACTION UNFSS+2 PRIORITIES
1. Incorporate food systems into all national policies for sustainable development, for
people’s livelihoods, nutrition and health, economic growth, climate action and
nature, leaving no one behind.
2. Establish inclusive food governance for a whole of society approach, short and
long-term.
3. Invest in research, tech, and data for innovation and capacity.
4. Deepen participatory design inclusive of women, youth, and indigenous people.
5. Engage businesses for sustainability and strengthen accountability mechanisms.
6. Ensure access to finance, investments, and debt restructuring.

FS HIT track: Areas of intervention
ACTION ACROSS SDG TRANSITIONS
Ensure access to nutritious food for all
Promote climate action and enhance resilience
Reshape the national food finance architecture
Links with national social protection and food systems and decent work
Food systems policy and governance regulatory frameworks;
Capacity-building, knowledge and monitoring at local, national, regional levels.

From Emergence to Acceleration: High-Impact Track
Joint programmes will receive up to $2,000,000 for a maximum of 24 months of implementation.
JPs are expected to implement transformative solutions and accelerate progress in their food systems
transformation journey and across key SDG transitions.
❑ clearly articulate how they will advance one or more of the 6 priority of the UNFSS+2 UNSG Call to Action.
❑ support a minimum of two ‘engine room actions’ in relation to the transitions approach for SDG acceleration.
❑ demonstrating integration across other key transitions for SDG acceleration identified by the UNSDG.
❑ reach a financial leverage ratio of at least 1 to 4.
❑ demonstrate Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment as principal or significant objective.
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From Emergence to Acceleration: High-Impact Track examples
Examples of transformative HIT JPs, bringing tangible impact at scale and working to accelerate SDGs across
transitions:
➢ A JP that enhances social protection programs at scale, directly linked to ensuring access to nutritious foods,
supporting local agricultural practices that are sustainable and climate-resilient, and creating education and
employment opportunities at scale within the food sector, especially for women and youth.
➢ A joint program on the intersection of climate resilience and equitable food access, activating targeted
financial models and collaborative governance to significantly cut post-harvest losses and embed
sustainability in food production and distribution.
➢ A JP that bridges national social protection systems and the private sector's capacity for generating decent
work within food systems at scale.
➢ A JP that leverages the private sector's agility and innovation alongside public sector policies and programs to
create a synergistic model where financing, governance, and accountability mechanisms are integrated into an
innovative PPP
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Raising the ambition: examples from the Digital HIT
Examples of transformative HIT JPs form the Digital Funding track, focusing on connecting digital
transformations and sustainable food systems:
➢ A JP that activates digital transformation of the agricultural sector, leveraging digital economy to increase
productivity, market access, and inclusion of smallholders and rural communities. Benefiting over 1.5 million
people, the JP will leverage USD$ 290 million from public and private investments, IFIs and the EU, and work on
policy shift, capacity at scale for small-holder farmers (youth and women) and enhance the digital public
infrastructure for farmers.
➢ A JP that fosters an inclusive digital transformation for indigenous small-scale rural farmers (women and
family-based) vulnerable to climate change. Through public and private investment, the JP will expand the
digital infrastructure, enabling them to access and participate in the digital economy, to adopt resilient and
sustainable agricultural practice and increase access to healthcare and social protection.
➢ A JP to scale up the digitalization of the agricultural sector nation-wide, transforming government service and
scaling digital capacities and solutions for over 9 million smallholder farmers. The JP will also create a
guarantee facility to de-risk and unlock loans for smallholder farmers, building 12,000 profitable enterprises
with $148 million investments, by leveraging funding from the country’s largest commercial bank and a Team
Europe investment initiative programme. 4
High Impact Track (HIT)
FS HIT Track Funding Round – Timeline
Webinars and ad-hoc Deadline to Written comments Official

technical support submit final draft and feedback review submission
April - June 10 June June Slotted deadlines
Quality Assurance and

Technical Review
1 week
IMPLEMENTATION Official communication PASS: JP presented

START to RCs & Disbursements for approval to OSC
FAIL: UNCT receives
September 5- 7 days Second comments and
review revises JP proposal
Slotted deadlines
Quality Assurance and Technical Review Process
Review Teams
• Each proposal is evaluated by a team of 3 reviewers
independently
• 2 UN reviewers and 1 Non- UN reviewer
• A dedicated group of experts focusing on markers
• Technical criteria are transparently shared
Impartiality
• Experts cannot review proposals with their agency as the lead
•
PUNO.
Experts could not have any involvement in the JP formulation.
• Experts sign a declaration of no conflict of interest.
A New Project Document template
Towards Fund 2.0 – the

Based on the UNSDG new generation of
Lessons from 200+ JPs
Guidance note on joint integrated,
supported by the Fund
programmes transformative, catalytic
JPs
Annex tables are to be incorporated in the project document final file, following
prodoc instructions.
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Technical Criteria: Relevance and Impact
Coherence and relevance Advancing LNOB and

for SDG transitions UN principles
Relevance
Integration and and Lasting impact and
whole-of-society sustainability
engagement Impact
(60%)
Designed to catalyse
Results at scale
systemic change
Technical Criteria: Operational Capacity and Readiness
Clear and adequate Ready for

roles and accelerated
responsibilities. Operational implementation
Capacity,
Activating engine
Readiness Critical risks and
appropriate
room actions (40%) mitigation measures
Communications & Advocacy
❑ Designate a comms’ focal point.

Outputs:
▪ Donor visibility and events: annual donor’s meeting,
❑ Include your advocacy efforts and ensure to launch event, stakeholders’ meeting, closing event.
share with us new blog post/press ▪ Invite local reps of donors to the Fund; in
release/multimedia. particular Spain, Germany, Italy and Ireland. See
full list here.
❑ Keep track of content to share in the annual and
▪ Articles and blogs: how the joint programme impacts
semi-annual progress updated. the community/economy/highlight results and
beneficiaries.
❑ 5% of the JP’s budget is requested to be
▪ RC Op-Eds, including a closing blog:
destined to communications and monitoring
Main results achieved, working as a One UN.
efforts.
▪ Collect quotes from Government officials, Donors,
UN SG NOON BRIEFING: RC, Agency Reps.
It is crucial that the text is 180 words.

It should highlight figures, action and impact/results, and it Along with Fund’s channels, all communication materials
should mention the participating UN organizations and
will be contributed to Noon briefings (results based), and
Government.
website/social media.
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High Impact Track (HIT)
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support, reach out to: Thank You!
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First Funding Round for Food Systems Transformation

197m people $4.8 billion 25 instruments 59% of funds

Scale Catalyzing actions and financing from diverse stakeholders.

Promote the Advance Reshape the Build national,

3. Invest in research, tech, and data for innovation and capacity.

4. Deepen participatory design inclusive of women, youth, and indigenous people.

5. Engage businesses for sustainability and strengthen accountability mechanisms.

6. Ensure access to finance, investments, and debt restructuring.

ACTION ACROSS SDG TRANSITIONS

Ensure access to nutritious food for all

Promote climate action and enhance resilience

Reshape the national food finance architecture

Food systems policy and governance regulatory frameworks;

Capacity-building, knowledge and monitoring at local, national, regional levels.

Joint programmes will receive up to $2,000,000 for a maximum of 24 months of implementation.

❑ reach a financial leverage ratio of at least 1 to 4.

❑ demonstrate Gender Equality and Women’s Empowerment as principal or significant objective.

Webinars and ad-hoc Deadline to Written comments Official

Quality Assurance and

IMPLEMENTATION Official communication PASS: JP presented

Towards Fund 2.0 – the

Coherence and relevance Advancing LNOB and

Clear and adequate Ready for

❑ Designate a comms’ focal point.

It is crucial that the text is 180 words.

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