Inauguration of the FAO Park educational itinerary

24/04/2024

Embark on a captivating journey at the inauguration of the Global Library of Trees and Flowers – FAO Park at Villa Pamphilj, Rome, on 24 April at 9.30. This event, which includes a special tree planting activity, will introduce an innovative educational itinerary featuring 7 distinct areas with trees, each representing different geographic landscapes around...

33rd Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Africa (ARC33)

Hybrid Event, 18/04/2024 - 20/04/2024

The 33rd Session of the Regional Conference for Africa (ARC33) will put a spotlight on the FAO Strategic Framework 2022-2031 and the four betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment, and a better life, leaving no one behind.

The conference theme is Resilient agrifood system...

2024 Ocean Decade Conference

Hybrid Event, 10/04/2024 - 12/04/2024

Focused on ‘delivering the science we need for the ocean we want’, the 2024 Ocean Decade Conference will bring together the global Ocean Decade community and partners to celebrate, take stock of progress, and set joint priorities for the future.

An important milestone on the path to 2030, the event will cover the full range of Ocean Decade Challenges including critical issues such as c...

34th session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC34)

14/05/2024 - 17/05/2024

The Republic of Moldova will chair the Thirty-fourth Session of the FAO Regional Conference for Europe (ERC) from 14 to 17 May 2024. The ERC will gather FAO Members in the Europe and Central Asia region, as well as representatives of United Nations Funds, Programmes and Specialized Agencies. The meeting will include observers from intergovernmental and non-governmental sectors, research and ...

Ensuring healthy diets for better nutrition for all: accelerating efforts and leveraging partnerships for sustainable development

17/04/2024

This event organized by FAO Brussels and the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU and Ghent University brings together a diverse group of stakeholders engaged in food, nutrition, and health issues within the context of international development.

AGENDA

Welcoming remarks will be delivered by

Prof. Rik van de Walle
Rector,...

SIDS Solutions Dialogue: Agricultural Trade in SIDS - Trends, Challenges and Opportunities

Hybrid Event, 09/04/2024

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, New York, and the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs in collaboration with FAO’s Markets and Trade Division are organizing a hybrid dialogue event on "Agricultural Trade in SIDS: Trends, Challenges and Opportunities" to contribute to the efforts ahead of the Fourth International Conference on Small Island Developing States, taking into considerati...

How innovation is driving change in forestry

Hybrid Event, 21/03/2024

Celebrate the International Day of Forests with us by joining FAO for a technical event to find out about some of the outstanding innovations that are helping to protect forests and unlock the many benefits they bring.

FAO's Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol's participation in the European Humanitarian Forum

Hybrid Event, 18/03/2024 - 19/03/2024

FAO's Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol will lead the FAO delegation at the third edition of the European Humanitarian Forum, which will take place from Monday 18 to Tuesday 19 March 2024 in Brussels. Beth Bechdol's intervention is scheduled for the morning of 19 March in a panel discussion entitled “From crisis to transition: how to use the nexus to provide basic services to people....

FAO’s flagship initiatives for local and regional development: Digital Villages, Green Cities and GIAHS - a roundtable

18/03/2024

Join FAO in Mons at the sidelines of European Festival of the Regions and Cities to learn about three key flagship initiatives which foster agrifood systems transformation within a local and regional approach through the digital, green, and agricultural heritage approaches. Participants to this roundtable will be able to listen and interact with our experts from the Digital Villages Ini...

FAO at the Open Food Conference

11/03/2024 - 13/03/2024

From 11 to 13 March 2024, the Open Food Conference will take place in Leuven.  

The ambition of the Open Food Conference is to create synergies between policy, science, industry and practice in order to offer systemic responses as an inspiration for the next European and national policies. 

FAO an active partner of the Belgian Presidency of the Council of the EU w...

Report launch: The Unjust Climate - Measuring the impacts of climate change on rural poor, women, and youth

Virtual Event, 05/03/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) will launch its new report "The Unjust Climate - Measuring the Impacts of Climate Change on the Rural Poor, women and Youth" on 5 March with a high-level panel discussion at the organization's headquarters in Rome.

The report shows how the effects of climate change on income and adaptation in rural ...

38 FAO Regional Conference for Latin America and Caribbean

Hybrid Event, 18/03/2024 - 21/03/2024

The 38 Regional Conference is a forum for dialogue and technical and political discussion at the highest level on the progress and challenges facing Latin America and the Caribbean in the fight against hunger and malnutrition.

The Regional Conference will synthesize FAO's lines of work under four Regional Priorities, reflecting the Four Improvements of the Organization's Strategic Fram...

37th Session of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East

Hybrid Event, 04/03/2024 - 05/03/2024

Building on the outcomes of the 35th and 36th Sessions of the FAO Regional Conference for the Near East (NERC), the deliberations at NERC 37 would seek to forge a regional understanding and define an action plan, with shared ownership and support towards the implementation of actions to accelerate such transformation. The discussion would focus in this context on FAO’s global and regional frame...

International Year of Millets Closing Event

Hybrid Event, 29/03/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) welcomes your participation in the closing ceremony of the International Year of Millets 2023. The event will take place in a hybrid modality in the Sheikh Zayed Centre at FAO headquarters and online.

Through the Year’s observance, the unique nutritional qualities and agronomic traits of millets were demonstrated, thereb...

Fish Forum 2024

19/02/2024 - 23/02/2024

The GFCM Forum on Fisheries Science in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea (Fish Forum) is the biggest scientific gathering dedicated to fisheries and related issues in the region. It aims to promote discussions and cooperation among scientists and policymakers towards producing scientific advice and encompasses oceanographic, social science and economic perspectives on fisheries research.

Achieving SDG 2 without breaching the 1.5 °C threshold: A global roadmap

29/02/2024

World Wetlands Day

Hybrid Event, 02/02/2024

FAO, in collaboration with the Ramsar Convention Secretariat and the Italian Ministry of Environment and Energy Security, will host the World Wetlands Day celebration on 2 February 2024 from 12:00 to 13:30 (CET) at FAO Hea...

BrIAS Forum on Robotics in Agriculture - Where we are, where we are going

Hybrid Event, 15/02/2024 - 16/02/2024

With technical support from FAO, The Brussels Institute for Advanced Studies is pleased to announce its first forum of the Sustainable Robotics Programme on "Robotics in Agriculture - Where we are, where we are going"

Webinar: Scaling up action and finance for the Biodiversity-Climate-Food Nexus in Asia and the Pacific

Virtual Event, 26/02/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites you to a regional webinar on the Biodiversity–Climate–Food Nexus in Asia and the Pacific.

A Biodiversity-Climate-Food Nexus approach simultaneously considers biodiversity, climate and food security, and nutrition objectives in solution planning, aiming to achieve a triple-win outcome. The webinar will explore the...

Webinar: Scaling up action and finance for the Biodiversity-Climate-Food Nexus in Africa

Virtual Event, 21/02/2024

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) invites you to a regional webinar on the Biodiversity–Climate–Food Nexus in Africa.

A Biodiversity-Climate-Food Nexus approach simultaneously considers biodiversity, climate and food security and nutrition objectives in solution planning, aiming to achieve a triple-win outcome. The webinar will explore the opportunities ...