Call to Action: Unlocking Investment for Resilient School Meals

Call to Action: Unlocking Investment for Resilient School Meals 

At the Child Summit at the Paris Peace Forum in November 2026, as co-chair of the School Meals Coalition, France, alongside Brazil, Finland and Kenya, launched the Unlocking Investment for Resilient School Meals Call to Action to mobilize greater public and private investment in resilient school meal programmes. The Call to Action recognizes school meals as a strategic investment in children, peace and our shared future, and calls for stronger, coordinated financing to support country-led priorities. 

The Coalition co-chairs call on financing partners, including multilateral development banks (MDBs), public development banks (PDBs), development finance institutions and other public and private investors, to mobilize appropriate financing through existing instruments, innovative financing mechanisms and new approaches that support school meals as economic infrastructure, responding to country plans and needs.

This Call to Action builds on the 2027-2028 School Meals Coalition priorities agreed at last month’s Coalition Task Force Ministerial meeting.