A/HRC/43/44/Add.6 We also support public-private partnerships: one of these is a UNIDO project concerning the coffee value chain in Ethiopia and Mozambique with the “Illy caffé” company and the “Ernesto Illy” foundation, aimed at reinforcing the coffee value chain and facing price volatility, through the provision of technical assistance to producers and the dissemination of innovative industrial practices. 5. Recent initiatives for food security and rural development worldwide The Italian Cooperation adopts a strongly integrated approach between these fields of action and promotes synergies with other sectors of development (e.g. education, environmental management, governance, infrastructure, healthcare, etc.).In particular contexts such as the Middle East, agricultural development is also an important source of Countries’ internal stabilization, as it offers employment opportunities while promoting the creation of associations and the development of the entrepreneurial sector, often in a cooperative form and a women’s pivotal role. The most recent initiatives (2019) are: - In Syria, where the Italian development cooperation financed two different initiatives (developed by CIHEAM Bari and UNDP/FAO) aimed at improving of the livelihood and resilience of the Syrian rural population and their social inclusion through the strengthening agricultural and livestock production while improving their production and conservation skills with a total budget of € 4,5 million; - In Lebanon, with the "School feeding program", financed through WFP at least 20,000 school-age children, in particular between the ages of four and 15, are guaranteed at least one daily nutritional intake during the school year by a € 2 million contribution. In addition, at least 1,200 students will be guaranteed the same nutritional intake in the summer camps, scheduled to take place in seven Lebanese public schools, lasting three weeks for five weekly days. Another project in Colombia aims at the improvement of economic and social inclusion, the reduction of poverty and inequality targeting rural populations, main victims of the conflict, in addition to ex-guerrilla fighters and indigenous people. This initiative has been developed by FAO and financed by € 2,4 million. 6. Italy-based Agencies for food security and nutrition Italy was among the founders of the Group of Friends of the Right to Food. In this context we engaged with FAO’s Right to Food team in Rome in order to promote right to food within RBAs’ activities. Italy have been among the promoters of the International decade of family farming at the UN to reinforce the link between social value of agriculture, cultural experience and food security in line with the 2030 Agenda. Italy contributed to the SDG 2 activities of the RBAs (FAO, WFP, IFAD and Bioversity International) in 2019 with an overall voluntary contribution of € 9,5 million as well as a voluntary contribution of € 29,4 million to other agencies/international organizations (CIHEAM-IAMB, OIM, UNICEF, UNDP, UNESCO – WWAP, UNHCR, Union for the Mediterranean, UNRWA) engaged in ending hunger, achieving food security and improved nutrition and promoting sustainable agriculture. The importance of making vulnerable populations and agricultural systems increasingly resistant to a wide range of risks is a priority that, with a commitment from Italy to support the first and second phase of the Platform for Agricultural Risk Management (PARM). PARM, created in 2013 on the recommendation of the G20 and G8 countries, with the mandate to support governments and partners in the process of integrating a holistic approach to managing risks in political planning and investments in the agricultural sector. PARM is hosted and co-financed by IFAD and represents a global multi-donor partnership supported by the EU, Italy, France, Germany (through NEPAD) and IFAD itself. The Platform also benefits from the technical assistance of several international and regional multilateral partners (World Bank, FAO, WFP, and African Risk Capacity-ARC), research (including 25