High-level dialogue on innovation

Overview

Innovation is at the core of FAO’s efforts to accelerate progress towards meeting the SDGs and realize the aspirations of the Four Betters: better production, better nutrition, a better environment and a better life, leaving no one behind.

The High-Level Dialogue on Innovation presents a unique opportunity to deliberate on the insights and recommendations outlined in the upcoming ‘State of the World’s Forests 2024: Forest-sector innovations towards a more sustainable future.’

It provides an important platform for FAO Members and other stakeholders to engage in discussions and catalyze action on innovations that promote the conservation and restoration of forests, while underscoring the potential of sustainable forest use in shaping the world’s societies towards a more sustainable future. By doing so, it contributes to advancing the sustainable development goals of the 2030 Agenda and beyond. 

Objectives

Members and other representatives will be invited to provide insights and recommendations to catalyze the following five enabling actions:

1. Raise awareness of the importance of innovation and create a culture that fosters innovation to bring about positive changes;
2. Boost skills, capabilities and knowledge to ensure that forest-sector stakeholders have the capacity to manage innovation creation and adoption; 
3. Encourage transformative partnerships to de-risk forest-sector innovation, provide opportunities for knowledge and technology transfer, and build appropriate safeguards; 
4. Ensure more and universally accessible financial resources to encourage forest-sector innovations; and 
5. Provide a policy environment that incentivizes forest-sector innovations.
   
   

Maria Helena Semedo
Deputy Director-General, FAO

H.E. Istaván Nagy
Minister of Agriculture
Hungary

H.E. Hassan Hussein Mohamed
Minister of Livestock, Forestry, and Rangeland
Federal Republic of Somalia

Senator Nelsinho Trad
Chair of the Amazon Parliament
Brazil

Randy Moore
Chief
Department of Agriculture’s Forest Service
United States

Paul Steffen
Deputy Director
Federal Office for the Environment
Switzerland

Alexander Panfilov
Deputy Head of the Federal Forestry Agency
Russian Federation

Daniela Kleinschmit
President
International Union of Forest Research Organisations 
Professor of Forest and Environmental Policy
University of Freiburg

Maggie Charnley
Head International Forests Unit
Joint Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office
United Kingdom