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CFS High-Level Special Event on Strengthening Global Governance of Food Security and Nutrition

 

13-15 October 2020, online event

A High-Level Special Event on Strengthening Global Governance of Food Security and Nutrition organised by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) on 13-15 October will seek to keep food security and nutrition front and center on the global sustainable development agenda. Three plenary sessions will take place one per day. Register here

 

The opening ceremony on 13 October will feature addresses by FAO Director-General QU Dongyu, President of International Fund for Agricultural Development (IFAD) Gilbert Houngbo, Executive Director of World Food Programme (WFP) David Beasley, and the CFS Chairperson Thanawat Tiensin.

See the full programme here.

 

The three-day Special Event will bring together ministers and other high-level government officials, United Nations agencies, civil society and non-governmental organizations, private sector associations, philanthropic foundations, international agricultural research centers, and international and regional financial institutions.

 

DAY 1: Overview of the Global Food Security and Nutrition Situation

October 13, 01:00-04:00 PM.

 

Discussions will focus on the global food security situation guided by the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2020 report and the CFS High-Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) report on Building a Global Narrative towards 2030.

 

The opening ceremony will feature remarks by Heads of the Rome-based UN Agencies on their role in global food security and nutrition and their collaborative commitment to CFS.

Follow the event via webcast here.

 

DAY 2: COVID-19 and its Impacts on Global Food Security and Nutrition October 14, 01:00-04:00 PM.

 

Participants will reflect on the impacts of COVID-19 on global food security and nutrition and efforts needed to “build back better” using the HLPE issues paper on Impacts of COVID-19 on Food Security and Nutrition: Developing Effective Policy Responses to Address the Hunger and Malnutrition Pandemic.

 

Keynote address on the COVID-19 crisis, main global food security and nutrition challenges caused by the pandemic and country responses will be delivered by Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus, Director General World Health Organization (WHO).

Follow the event via webcast here.

 

DAY 3: Food Systems Transformation

October 15, 01:00-04:00 PM.

 

Participants will discuss the draft CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition and the draft CFS Policy Recommendations on Agroecological as well as other innovative approaches.

 

Keynote address on rethinking the governance of food systems to achieve SDG 2 will be delivered by Amina Mohammed, UN Deputy Secretary General.

Follow the event via webcast here.

 

To complement the plenary discussions and to give partners and stakeholders an opportunity to highlight their work, CFS will provide space for 12 virtual “Partners Events” over the three days – with 4 events per day (two from 11.00am to 12.30pm and two from 4.30pm to 6.00pm). See the full schedule of Partners Events and links to register here.

 

The CFS is the leading international platform for policy coherence and convergence on food security and nutrition. In light of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, the CFS Bureau decided to reschedule the CFS 47 Plenary session to 8 - 12 February 2021.

 

LIVE WEBCAST

The plenary sessions will be webcast live here:

Day 1

Day 2

Day 3

 

 

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