Launch of the Sustainable Food Systems Interagency Umbrella
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FAO CONFERENCE 40TH SESSION - Side Event
The UN 10 Year Framework of Programmes on Sustainable Consumption and Production Patterns (10YFP) was adopted at the Rio+20 Conference in 2012 and is inscribed in the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG 12 “Ensure sustainable consumption and production patterns”). It includes the multi-stakeholder Sustainable Food Systems (10YFP SFS) Programme, which is an action-oriented multi-stakeholder platform within the framework of the UN, established as an outcome of the 2012-2016 FAO/UN Environment joint collaboration.
FAO and UN Environment are launching a new Interagency Umbrella Programme to support the 10YFP SFS Programme through four core initiatives:
Sustainable diets in the context of sustainable food systems
Delivering SDG target 12.3 on food loss and waste reduction
Sustainability along all value chains: identifying and promoting
Local initiatives linking small-scale producers and consumers
Sustainable food systems – What’s in it for farmers?
Provisional Agenda
Facilitator: Ren Wang, Assistant Director-General, Agriculture and Consumer Protection Department, FAO.
Opening remarks: Maria Helena Semedo, Deputy Director-General, Climate and Natural Resources, FAO.
10YFP SFS Programme – Where are we today: H.E. François Pythoud, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Switzerland to FAO.
Outcomes of the 1st Global Conference of the 10YFP Sustainable Food Systems Programme, Pretoria, June 2017: H.E. Temba Tambo, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of South-Africa to FAO.
A New Interagency Umbrella Programme as a contribution to the 10YFP Sustainable Food Systems Programme and to the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition:
-Introduction: Anna Lartey, Director, Nutrition and Food Systems Division, FAO.
-The Interagency Umbrella - Fatima Hachem, Senior Nutrition and Food Systems Officer, Nutrition and Food Systems Division, FAO.
-Reinforcing interagency cooperation for sustainable food systems - Martina Otto, Head of Cities Unit, Economy Division, UN Environment.
-Sustainable Food Systems development within the 2030 Agenda – the importance of coordinated action - Jamie Morrison, Strategic Programme Leader, Food Systems Programme Management Team (SP4), FAO.
Interventions from the floor and discussion.
Closing remarks by the organizers.
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