As the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty continues to grow and consolidate its role as a platform for collective action, the first set of Fast Track implementation plans is taking shape across 13 member countries — with five pre-plans already validated since the process began in March, and others still underway.
Currently, fifteen pre-plans for large scale program-level implementation are under development. These are being co-designed with implementing governments and supported by the Global Alliance’s interim support team, UN agencies, and multilateral development banks. The plans target large-scale programs authored by the implementing countries themselves, fully embedded in their priorities and broader national strategies, and fully aligned with the Alliance’s Policy Basket—ranging from cash transfer schemes and smallholder farmer support to pathways for socioeconomic inclusion. Their purpose: to mobilize coordinated technical and financial support from across the Global Alliance membership to help eradicate hunger and poverty.
Launched by the Alliance’s Board of Champions in its first meeting in February, the Fast Track planning process aims to accelerate the transition from political commitment to operational implementation. Once finalized, these plans will serve as a foundation for future operational agreements and funding arrangements between implementing countries and supporting partners.
This momentum was reinforced during the second meeting of the Core Group of the Board of Champions, held remotely on June 17 and co-chaired by Spain’s Secretary of State for International Development, Eva Granados, and Brazil’s Minister of Social Development and Assistance, Family and the Fight against Hunger, Wellington Dias. Participants reviewed progress made on Fast Track implementation and plans for key upcoming international milestones relevant for the Global Alliance, including the 4th International Conference on Financing for Development (FFD4) and the 30th UN Climate Change Conference (COP30).
The Core Group emphasized the need of strengthening alignment among financial and technical partners to ensure that implementation plans can move swiftly to action. They also underscored the importance of integrating hunger, poverty, and climate agendas, a priority in the lead-up to COP30, which Brazil will host in November 2025.
At FFD4, scheduled for June 30-July 3 in Seville, Spain, the Global Alliance will host a dedicated side event to showcase progress on Fast Track plans and highlight innovative financing solutions to support large-scale national programs. The event will also mark the launch of two Global Alliance related initiatives submitted under the Seville Platform for Action (SPAs), a collaborative initiative to operationalize the conference’s outcomes and accelerate joint funding efforts for national strategies. The Alliance-led SPAs will consolidate commitments related to bringing support to large scale national programs, study innovative ways to provide better integrated financing for these programs, and better link climate financing to adaptive social protection and smallholder farmer resiliency.
Through initiatives such as the Fast Track Implementation Planning, the Global Alliance continues to demonstrate its commitment to delivering tangible results on the ground, guided by the shared vision of ensuring dignified lives for all and leaving no one behind.
