The Swedish Government and the United Nations World Food Program (WFP) today signed a Strategic Partnership Agreement, with Sweden making a historic commitment of approximately US$370 million in flexible funds to WFP over the next four years (2018 to 2021).
The contribution is the largest ever made by a donor within a WFP Strategic Partnership Agreement. The Swedish contribution comes at a moment of unprecedented needs. The world is facing the worst humanitarian crisis since the end of World War II, with multiple large-scale hunger emergencies occurring across the planet. For the first time in a decade, the number of hungry people in the world is increasing.
Today, the majority of world’s hungry people live in countries affected by conflict, with ten of the thirteen largest food crises driven mainly by conflict. For nearly a decade, Sweden has been the largest donor of flexible – or unearmarked – funds to WFP. Sweden’s leadership in providing flexible funding stands out at a time when more than 90% of government contributions to WFP are earmarked for specific operations or activities.
Source: wfp.org
