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Biennial FAO Conference Sets to Adopt Strategy for the Next Decade

Bill Gates will deliver a memorial lecture on first day, Monday (14 June)

From Monday, 14 June 2021, ministers of FAO’s 194 Members will participate in the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference, the first to be held virtually in history. The Conference, which takes place every two years, is FAO’s supreme governing body and determines the strategies of the Organization, approves the budget and makes recommendations to Members on food and agriculture issues.



The 42nd Session of the Conference will be live streamed on FAO’s home page via webcast here<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/item/5554/icode/>. Interpretation will be available in Arabic, Chinese, French, English, Russian and Spanish.



Main features of the 42nd Session of the FAO Conference:



  *   FAO Director-General QU Dongyu will deliver the opening speech – Monday, 14 June, 9:30 CEST;
  *   Bill Gates, the prominent philanthropist, will give the 2021 edition of the McDougall Memorial Lecture – Monday, 14 June, 18:00 CEST
  *   Members will discuss FAO’s Strategic Framework 2022-2031 – Tuesday, 15 June, 8:30 CEST.



The Provisional Agenda can be accessed here<http://www.fao.org/3/ne249en/ne249en.pdf>.

The Provisional Timetable can be accessed here<http://www.fao.org/3/nf744en/nf744en.pdf>.



FAO’s proposed Strategic Framework 2022-2031<http://www.fao.org/3/ne577en/ne577en.pdf>, expected to be adopted by the ministers at the end of the Conference, seeks to support the 2030 Agenda through the transformation to MORE efficient, inclusive, resilient and sustainable agri-food systems for Better Production, Better Nutrition, a Better Environment, and a Better Life, leaving no one behind.



The Four Betters represent how FAO approaches its contribution to achieving the Sustainable Development Goals, particularly SDG 1 (No poverty), SDG 2 (Zero hunger), and SDG 10 (Reduced inequalities).



To implement the Strategic Framework, FAO will apply four cross-cutting/cross-sectional “accelerators”: (i) technology, (ii) innovation, (iii) data, and (iv) complements (governance, human capital, and institutions) in all its programmatic interventions to accelerate impact while minimizing trade-offs.



The Strategic Framework highlights the importance of a shift in FAO’s working paradigm to ensure transformational change. FAO’s reinvigorated, fit-for-purpose business model aims to ensure an inclusive and agile Organization that is transparent, open, innovative, responsible, effective and impactful.

RESOURCES FOR THE MEDIA

FAO Conference<http://www.fao.org/about/meetings/conference/c2021/list-of-documents/en/>

FAO Webcast<http://www.fao.org/webcast/home/en/>

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