FACE TO FACE WEEK! 

USAID and members of the Advocacy Compact on Famine Prevention and Mitigation (coordinated by WFP), wish to invite you to this year’s Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) hybrid event, “Tackling the Next Phase of the Global Food Crisis in 2023 - Employing Lessons Learned through Collective Advocacy and Action to Fight Acute Food Insecurity”, to share innovative solutions based on collective learning, successes, and challenges and decide how these experiences can further our coordinated efforts to prevent and mitigate famine.

The event is co-sponsored by the Permanent Mission of the United States to the UN in Geneva and will have a keynote address by Ms. Reena Ghelani, UN Famine Prevention and Response Coordinator. There will be a presentation of findings on Real Time Learning from the Global Hunger Response, by Ms. Amanda Rives Argeñal, Senior Director, External Engagement & Resource Development, World Vision International, followed by a panel discussion with Ms. Courtney E. Blake, Senior Humanitarian Advisor, USAID, United States Mission to the UN in Geneva; Mr. Salad Liban Arero, Chief Executive Officer, CIFA Kenya; and Mr. Gian Carlo Cirri, Deputy Director, WFP, Geneva Global Office. The session will be moderated by Ms. Nimo Hassan, Director, Somalia NGO Consortium.

This initiative aims to jointly advocate for consolidated action to anticipate and address the growing food affordability crisis. It will act as a platform for experts to share the latest data and trends on the state of global hunger in 2023. This session also hopes to catalyse the discourse and build momentum across multiple humanitarian and development networks ahead of key events in 2023, such as The ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment, UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment, UN General Assembly, and COP28. 

HOW TO REGISTER: to participate and access the CICG venue, you need to register for the session on the HNPW website. An email confirmation will be sent with the zoom connection details and a link to download your badge to access the venue for face-to-face participation. Additional background information and the agenda can be viewed on the website once you have registered. A Briefing Note will be shared ahead of the event (with those registered), and this will serve as a basis to facilitate fruitful discussions that will inform the outcome document and collective call to action.  

ABOUT THE HNPW 2023: You can find out more about HNPW 2023 and browse the full programme here.   

For additional information, please reach out to [email protected], Global Advocacy Officer, WFP and Partners Famine Prevention and Mitigation Compact, and [email protected] External Partnerships Officer, WFP, Geneva Global Office.