Committee on World Food Security
Making a difference in food security and nutrition
Monitoring CFS effectiveness
CFS consistently encourages stakeholders to share their experiences and good practices in using and applying CFS-endorsed policy guidelines and recommendations, either through reporting unilaterally or through reporting the results of multistakeholder consultations. Guidance to hold multistakeholder consultations at national, regional and global levels is provided in the Terms of Reference to share experiences and good practices in applying CFS decisions and recommendations through organizing events at national, regional and global levels.
The first two Global Thematic Events (GTEs) were organized for taking stock of the use and application of the:
- Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) at CFS 43 in October 2016; and
- Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security (the Guidelines) at CFS 45 in October 2018.
The events confirmed that the VGGT and the Guidelines have been used and applied in many countries since they were endorsed and showed that Member States and many other stakeholders have been very active in contributing to their implementation.
At CFS 46 in October 2019, an event will be held for monitoring the use and application of three sets of CFS policy recommendations:
- Investing in Smallholder Agriculture for Food Security and Nutrition
- Connecting Smallholders to Markets
- Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition: What Roles for Livestock?
The event will also look into the potential application of CFS policy outcomes, especially for the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals and in the context of the UN Decade on Family Farming and the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition.
The next two GTEs will be held at CFS 47 in October 2020 on the Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crisis (CFS-FFA) and at CFS 49 in October 2022 respectively on Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems (RAI)
Background
- CFS 45 2018: Final Report paras 24-28
- CFS 45 2018: Promoting Accountability and Sharing Best Practices with Draft Decision
- CFS 45 2018: Experiences and good practices in the use and application of the voluntary guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of national food security - Summary and key elements
- CFS 45 2018: Global Thematic Event on the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security: Session Guidelines
- CFS 44 2017: Final Report paras 33-34
- CFS 44 2017: Monitoring the Implementation of CFS Main Policy Products and Other CFS Policy Recommendations - With Draft DecisionCFS 44 2017: Consultation Report for the Preparation of the Response to the CFS Evaluation with Draft Decision
- CFS 43 2016: Final Report paras 24-27
- CFS 43 2016: Experiences and Good Practices in the Use and Application of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of National Food Security (VGGT) - Summary and Key Elements
- CFS 43 2016: Terms of Reference to Share Experiences and Good Practices in Applying CFS Decisions and Recommendations through Organizing Events at National, Regional and Global Levels
- CFS 42 2015: Final Report paras 33 - 35
- CFS 42 2015: Towards a Framework for Monitoring CFS Decisions and Recommendations Report on the Findings of the CFS Effectiveness Survey
- CFS 42 2015: Towards a Framework for Monitoring CFS Decisions and Recommendations: Report on the Findings of the CFS Effectiveness Survey Decision Box
- CFS 41 2014: Final Report para 43
- CFS 41 2014: Towards a Framework for Monitoring CFS Decisions and Recommendations
- CFS 40 2013: Final Report paras 65-66
- CFS 40 2013: Following progress on decisions and recommendations of the Committee on World Food Security
- CFS 40 2013: A Framework for monitoring CFS decisions and recommendations
- CFS 39 2012: Monitoring Progress towards CFS Decisions and Recommendations of the Thirty-Seventh Session
- CFS 39 2012: Information Note on Monitoring CFS Decisions and Recommendations
- CFS 37 2011: Results-based Framework for CFS
- CFS 37 2011: Update on the Implementation of Decisions taken by the Committee on World Food Security (CFS)
This activity is related to:
Links
- Share your experiences in using and applying CFS-endorsed policy guidelines and recommendations - see on-going calls
- CFS 42 2015: Towards a Framework for Monitoring CFS Decisions and Recommendations Report on the Findings of the CFS Effectiveness Survey