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38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean
18 to 21 March, 2024, Georgetown, Guyana
Stories
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Events
Forum of Children and Youth of Latin America and the Caribbean 2030 2023 edition
Hybrid Event, 24/04/2023
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The purpose of this Forum is to facilitate a space for official and face-to-face participation for children and youth from the region in the framework of the VI Forum of the Countries of Latin American and Caribbean on Sustainable Development and the ECOSOC Youth Forum, so that the voices of children and youth from the region are represented in these high-level spaces, in accordance with the SDGs prioritized for the High Level Political Forum (HLPF) 2023.
Likewise, this space seeks to ensure that more children and youth cancommunicate, propose and institutionalize their actions, projects and initiatives as relevant contributions to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals by 2030, obeyingthe mandate of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and in accordance with theRio+20 Declaration, which calls for the opening of spaces for youth participation.
Their participation will be conducted through participation in plenary sessions, thematicsessions, interactive dialogues and feedback sessions related to the recommendations made during the process and on the day of the event. The LAC Children & Youth Forumwill be one of the milestones within the framework of the Children & Youth EngagementProcess for the review of the SDGs for this year.
The contributions collected during theprocess and the Forum itself, will be used as inputs for the elaboration of a LAC Children &Youth Statement, which will be presented and shared with the United Nations andrepresentatives of the States of the region in spaces such as Forum of the Countries of Latin American and Caribbean on Sustainable Development, the ECOSOC Youth Forum, the High Level Political Forum, among others.
The Forum will count with the participation of children and youth from the region, experts on the issues related to the SDGs under review, representatives of youth organizations, UN Agencies, and UN and Government authorities. The Forum aims to foster a keymomentum for dialogue, which will actively engage children and youth in creating opportunities for accelerating action towards the fulfilment of the 2030 Agenda in their respective countries.
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Live broadcast - Closing Ceremony - 17 hrs. Chile time
Live broadcast - Opening Ceremony
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Documents
Contact
Contacto
Ricardo Rivera
Comunicator
Regional Initative Prosperous and inclusive rural societies
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Érika Ortega Sanoja
Communication and management assistant for Family Farming
Regional Initative Prosperous and inclusive rural societies
FAO Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean.
Regional Representative
Regional Representative
Mr. Mario Lubetkin has been Assistant Director General and FAO Regional Representative for Latin America and the Caribbean since 1 August, 2022.
Key Documents
Publications
2030 Food, agriculture and rural development in Latin America and the Caribbean
2023
Within the context of the 2030 Agenda and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs), undertook a process of reflection on the future of agriculture, food systems and rural areas of Latin America and the Caribbean. It was a dialogue that involved a hundred experts from a score of nationalities, from academia, research centers, international organizations, other UN agencies, and the FAO itself.
FAO's four priorities in Latin America and the Caribbean
In depth
We are all connected
how our health is linked to that of animals, plants and the environment.
FAO Campus
Courses of self-study, semi face-to-face and virtual with tutor.
Central American Dry Corridor
Stories and facts about this "land of opportunities" in El Salvador, Guatemala and Honduras.
Parliamentary front against hunger
More than 400 legislators work with FAO, the Spanish Cooperation and AMEXCID
1000 Digital Villages in Latin America and the Caribbean Initiative
Rural tourism experiences and digitization in Latin America and the Caribbean.
Global
Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)
Discover the systems in Latin America globally recognized as agricultural heritage.
One Country One Priority Product
Global action on green development.
World Food Day
Water is life, water is food. October 16, 2023. Leave no one behind.
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Gender Equality
Empowering women in food and agriculture.
Global School Feeding Platform
Technical resources for experts and practitioners.
Data on food and agriculture
Free access to data from more than 245 countries.
Multimedia
FAO Brief - 20 May 2024
20/05/2024
In this episode, 1.8 million people in Honduras experience high levels of acute food insecurity, according to the Integrated Food Security Phase Classification or IPC; FAO’s Director-General urges peace and digitalization to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals in the Regional Conference for...