Thank you for the opportunity to suggest topics for the 2016-7 biennium at CFS. This has attracted a great deal of interest from the members of the International Agri-Food Network.
We have great respect for the excellent leadership of France previously and the current chairmanship of Italy to organise this group and fix priorities. It has been an important and inclusive process that has followed the unique multistakeholder CFS model that we are all so proud of. We believe the discipline of this process and its ability to allow CFS to focus on key issues is extremely constructive.
MYPoW structure: Along with country representatives, the Private Sector Mechanism welcomed the decision to streamline the CFS MYPoW to have only 1-2 HLPE reports, 1-2 Round Tables and 1-2 major work streams until at least 2017. If possible we would like to see this maintained.
a) Major workstreams
As highlighted by all members of the CFS Advisory Group and David Nabarro, Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition for the United Nations, the clear priority for the 2016-17 time period will be for the CFS to remain responsive to the pivotally important Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. As we recently read in a report from CFS Chair, Ambassador Gerda Verburg, the CFS can potentially bring enormous added value to the process.
Therefore, it would be an excellent idea if the CFS could devote major work streams to the implementation of targets on sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition as will be completed by the UN General Assembly.
We suggest the CFS to take up each target area in turn, beginning with nutrition and progressing from there.
Dear Minister Counsellor Fratini,
Thank you for the opportunity to suggest topics for the 2016-7 biennium at CFS. This has attracted a great deal of interest from the members of the International Agri-Food Network.
We have great respect for the excellent leadership of France previously and the current chairmanship of Italy to organise this group and fix priorities. It has been an important and inclusive process that has followed the unique multistakeholder CFS model that we are all so proud of. We believe the discipline of this process and its ability to allow CFS to focus on key issues is extremely constructive.
MYPoW structure: Along with country representatives, the Private Sector Mechanism welcomed the decision to streamline the CFS MYPoW to have only 1-2 HLPE reports, 1-2 Round Tables and 1-2 major work streams until at least 2017. If possible we would like to see this maintained.
a) Major workstreams
As highlighted by all members of the CFS Advisory Group and David Nabarro, Special Representative on Food Security and Nutrition for the United Nations, the clear priority for the 2016-17 time period will be for the CFS to remain responsive to the pivotally important Post 2015 Sustainable Development Goals. As we recently read in a report from CFS Chair, Ambassador Gerda Verburg, the CFS can potentially bring enormous added value to the process.
Therefore, it would be an excellent idea if the CFS could devote major work streams to the implementation of targets on sustainable agriculture, food security and nutrition as will be completed by the UN General Assembly.
We suggest the CFS to take up each target area in turn, beginning with nutrition and progressing from there.
Thank you in advance for your consideration.
Katy