Cultivating change: Agri-plastics and the global policy response

Geneva (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 19/06/2025

Ahead of the second part of the fifth session of the Intergovernmental Negotiating Committee to develop an international legally binding instrument on plastic pollution, including in the marine environment, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva in collaboration with FAO's Office of Climate Change and Biodiversity is organizing a briefing on agri-plastics management. 

2025 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment: “People-driven responses: the effective way to combat food crises”

Geneva (Switzerland), 17/06/2025

We are pleased to invite you to our upcoming side event in the margins of the 2025 ECOSOC Humanitarian Affairs Segment: “People-driven responses: the effective way to combat food crises”

Powering the Future with Forests: A Roadmap to a Circular Bioeconomy

Virtual Event, 10/06/2025

Learning Lab: Intergovernmental Organizations’ Cooperation on Anticipatory Action

Geneva (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 06/06/2025

FAO at the Global Platform for Disaster Risk Reduction

Bridging Science and Sustainability

Geneva (Switzerland), 02/06/2025 - 13/06/2025

The Exhibition of the Nansen Programme at the WTO Atrium 

Joint FAO-WFP Geneva Informal Briefing on Food Crises

Geneva (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 27/05/2025

2025 Outlook: Food Insecurity and Humanitarian Priorities in the Sahel and West Africa

International Tea Day Celebrations in Geneva

Geneva (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 21/05/2025

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and the Permanent Mission of Sri Lanka and the United Nations Office at Geneva, invite you to celebrate International Tea Day 2025, hosted at the United Nations Office in Geneva. 

World Bee Day 2025: Bees for Biodiversity

Geneva (Switzerland), 20/05/2025

We are delighted to invite you to a special in-person celebration marking World Bee Day and the International Day for Biological Diversity on Tuesday, 20 May 2025, from 15:00 to 16:30 CEST at the Amarante Restaurant, Conservatory and Botanical Garden of the City of Geneva. 

Information Session on FAO Sub-Committee on Fish Trade

Hybrid Event, 15/05/2025

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division of FAO, will host a hybrid event as part of the FAO in Geneva Fisheries Trade Talks series, serving as an information session on the COFI Sub-Committee on Fish Trade (COFI:FT).

The Role of Social Protection in Fragile and Food Crisis Settings

Hybrid Event, 30/04/2025

FAO Geneva invites you to the Geneva-level briefing on the Role of Social Protection in Fragile and Food Crisis Settings

Informal briefing on Food Crises

Hybrid Event, 17/04/2025

Syria 2025: Humanitarian Response, Food Security, and the Path to Resilience and Recovery

The Human Right to Adequate Food Briefing Session

Hybrid Event, 16/04/2025

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, in collaboration with the FAO Right to Food Team of the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP)

Launch of Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition in Europe and Central Asia 2024 report

Hybrid Event, 02/04/2025

Join us for the launch of the Regional Overview of Food Security and Nutrition 2024 at 13:15 p.m. on 2 April (Room III, Palais des Nations) or online (UN Web TV), when FAO and the co-publishing partners will reveal the latest food security and nutrition trends for Europe and Central Asia and present the specific subtheme of the report ‘Managing water resources sustainable for improved food...

FAO at the 2025 UNECE Regional Forum on Sustainable Development

Hybrid Event, 02/04/2025 - 03/04/2025

The UN Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Regional Forum on Sustainable Development is an annual, inclusive intergovernmental forum to support follow-up and review of progress on the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development and the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) at the regional level. 

It will be organized from 2-3 April 2025 under the theme: “Advancing s...

Enhancing timely access to quality data and statistics in SIDS

Hybrid Event, 01/04/2025

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, and New York and the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs in collaboration with FAO’s Statistic Division are organizing a hybrid dialogue on “Enhancing timely access to quality data and statistics in SIDS”. The event will explore potential solutions to collect high quality food and agriculture data and ways to foster the uptake of these methods...

FAO at the 2025 Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW)

Hybrid Event, 18/03/2025 - 26/03/2025

The Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW) provides a unique forum for humanitarian networks and partnerships to come together, discuss pressing challenges, and develop solutions to strengthen humanitarian action. As one of the l...

FAO at the 5th United Nations Ocean Forum

Geneva (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 03/03/2025 - 05/03/2025

Trade-related aspects of Sustainable Development Goal 14: Ocean economy, trade policy and the climate and development nexus

World Food Forum Thematic Youth Assembly on Supporting Women and Girls in Decent Rural Employment

Hybrid Event, 31/01/2025

In a joint collaboration, the World Food Forum (WFF) and FAO Liaison Office in Geneva are organizing the "Thematic Youth Assembly on Supporting Women and Girls in Decent Rural Employment" in technical cooperation with the International Labour Organization (ILO)

The Agroecological status of the Switzerland and Côte d’Ivoire: National assessments derived with TAPE

Hybrid Event, 06/12/2024

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and Agroscope are pleased to invite you to a joint briefing and interactive discussion on the results of assessments evaluating the agroecological status of agricultural and food systems in Switzerland and Côte d’Ivoire. 

Pulp and Paper Industry: How to Make the Circular Economy Work?

Virtual Event, 02/12/2024

Launching a new publication on Circularity concepts in the pulp and paper industry – an online event organized jointly by the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels