Regional CollaborationPlatform

Regional Collaboration Platform

Regional Collaboration Platform includes the following three regional initiatives for Near East and North Africa:

Near East and North Africa’s Water Scarcity Initiative

This Initiative aims to identify and streamline policies and best practices that can significantly improve

agricultural productivity and food security. It promotes a regional collaborative strategy that focuses on

the major priority areas such as strategic planning of water resources, governance, water management

efficiency, water supply augmenting, climate change adaptation and drought management, ground water

sustainability, benchmarking, monitoring of and reporting on water use efficiency and productivity in the

region.

Small-scale Agriculture for Inclusive Development in the Near East and North Africa

This Initiative covers three main components: a) evidence-based policy and strategies to improve

and enhance the small-scale agricultural sector and the livelihoods of those involved, b) sustainable

improvement of productivity of small-scale agriculture, aiming at youth inclusiveness in the agricultural

sector, and c) the institutions and empowerment of smallholders, through the support to enabling

environments for economically viable and sustainable development in small-scale agriculture.

Building Resilience for Food Security and Nutrition in the Near East and North Africa

The Initiative’s main goal is to strengthen the resilience of countries, communities and households to

shocks and crises affecting food security and nutrition in the Near East and North Africa. It focuses on

developing efficient evidence-based food security information and knowledge exchange for effective

decision support systems; promoting the development of efficient, sustainable and resilient food systems;

promoting sustainable access of households to safe, nutritious and diversified food; and building resilience

to anticipate, absorb and recover from the negative impacts of human-induced and natural shocks.