[cid:image002.png@01D65696.DCD666D0] ONLINE GLOBAL DIALOGUE 9:30-12:00 (CEST), 14 July 2020 The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), has the pleasure to invite you to take part in the Online Global Dialogue<http://www.fao.org/partnerships/resource-partners/covid-19-dialogue/en/> “Joint action on COVID-19: boosting our global food and agriculture response”, organized by FAO, to be held virtually on 14 July 2020. The event will discuss the potential of deepening partnership and joint action at a time when we know development strategies and budgets are being realigned in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. The objectives of the event are to: 1. CONSULT with resource partners on priority programme areas to strengthen Food and Agriculture’s response to COVID-19. 2. DEMONSTRATE opportunities for partnership in responding to the immediate humanitarian food crises, as well as the mid- and long-term development actions. 3. MOBILIZE all forms of resources and partnerships for joint results at country, regional and global level At the dialogue, FAO Director-General QU Dongyu will be launching an FAO corporate response package to COVID-19, organized along 7 key themes: 1. Data for Decision-making. 2. Economic Inclusion and Social Protection to Reduce Poverty. 3. Trade and Food Safety Standards. 4. Boosting Smallholder Resilience for Recovery. 5. Preventing the Next Zoonotic Pandemic. 6. Food Systems Transformation. 7. Global Humanitarian Response Plan for COVID-19; Addressing the impacts of COVID-19 and safeguarding livelihoods in food-crisis contexts. FAO welcomes feedback on potential joint interests, both thematically and geographically, as well as your preferred partnership modalities. This global dialogue will be followed by a series of online regional, sub-regional and/or county level dialogues, enabling deeper focus and discussion on specific local perspectives and priorities. FAO looks forward to welcoming you over zoom to reinforce partnerships for an international food and agriculture’s COVID-19 Response, supporting country, regional and global efforts against hunger and malnutrition. You can easily register by following this link<https://fao.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_0t1JarenSd6mf1YA9v_U4w>. The Draft agenda is herewith attached for your ease of reference. Now is the time to step-up support to our food systems to ensure we do not fall behind in achieving the planet’s Sustainable Development Goals. [esignature-en] ######################################################################## To unsubscribe from the FAO-LIVESTOCK-NETWORK-L list, click the following link: &*TICKET_URL(FAO-LIVESTOCK-NETWORK-L,SIGNOFF);