Events
14/10
2024
World Food Forum 2024: Women and Girls Empowerment leading the change towards agrifood systems transformation
Virtual Event, 14/10/2024
As we celebrate the World Food Forum 2024, under the theme "Good Food For All, Today and Tomorrow", the FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels (LOB) and Geneva (LOG) welcome you to join the event World Food Forum (WFF) 2024: Women and Girls Empowerment leading the change towards agrifood systems.
14/10
2024
20/10
2024
World Food Week 2024 Celebrations in Switzerland
Hybrid Event, 14/10/2024 - 20/10/2024
From 14 to 18 October, we will be celebrating the World Food Week, where FAO and various partners, including the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), are planning different activities in light of World Food Day and World Food Forum in Switzerland. Please find the list of activities taking place in Switzerland, and join us to spread the word and the World Food Week spirit.
9/10
2024
The important role of agrifood systems across the Rio Convention Conference of Parties to the United Nations CBD, UNFCCC, and UNCCD
Genève (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 09/10/2024
Jointly organized by the FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva and New York, together with the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) and the Land and Water Division (NSL), this briefing will provide an opportunity for key stakeholders, including representatives of the Rio Convention Conferences of the Parties (CBD, UNFCCC, and UNCCD), to discuss the importance of agrifo...
8/10
2024
Joint FAO-WFP Geneva Informal Briefing on Food Crises
Genf (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 08/10/2024
Join us for a dialogue with the chair of the Famine Review Committee and IPC Global Manager of the IPC Global Support Unit that will deepen your understanding of the IPC and how Famine is declared. This will also be an opportunity to present and discuss the situation in countries facing risk of famine.
8/10
2024
One Health Briefing on Avian Influenza: Preparedness and Coordinated Response
Virtual Event, 08/10/2024
FAO in Geneva is organizing this FAO One Health Briefing on Avian Influenza: Update and Coordinated Response, to inform partners and permanent missions in Geneva of the latest scientific findings and knowledge to support development and implementation of disease prevention and control strategies and policies with focus on the animal health sector, as well as FAO and partners’ contribution to gl...
7/10
2024
Blue Transformation: Maximizing the contribution of Aquatic Food Systems to the 2030 Sustainable Agenda in SIDS
Genf (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 07/10/2024
The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, New York and the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs in collaboration with FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Division are organizing a hybrid dialogue event on `Blue Transformation: Maximizing the contribution of Aquatic Food Systems to the 2030 Sustainable Agenda in SIDS´ to explore potential solutions that respond to the calls made at the SIDS4 confer...
11/9
2024
FAO at the WTO Public Forum 2024
Genève (Switzerland), 11/09/2024
The FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol will participate in the High-level panel 'Sowing inclusivity: rethinking agricultural trade for all'. This debate will consider how trade in agriculture can be improved to ensure more people benefit from it. Panellists will assess the progress of the WTO's agriculture agenda, including at the most recent Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, and consi...
27/6
2024
The Right to Adequate Food: Contributions from the UN Committee on World Food Security
Genève (Switzerland), 27/06/2024
We kindly invite you to join a dialogue on “The Right to Adequate Food – Contributions from the UN Committee on World Food Security,” organized in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); FIAN International; the German Institute for Human Rights and Member States.
24/6
2024
28/6
2024
International Year of Camelids 2024 Exhibition at the Palais des Nations
Genf (Switzerland), 24/06/2024 - 28/06/2024
22 June marks the World Camel Day in 2024. In light of this day, the celebration, which takes place in person at the Palais des Nations, is composed of a week-long exhibition (24-28 June 2024) showcasing the multifaceted role of camelids not only as sources of fiber, milk, and meat, but also as resilient and sustainable contributors to local economies, commencing with an opening ceremony taking...
6/6
2024
FAO in Geneva One Health Dialogue: Upstream Prevention for the Emergence and Spillover of Pathogens
Virtual Event, 06/06/2024
Building on the lessons learned from the implementation of the One Health approaches in the context of forests and with the presence of FAO experts from the Forestry Division and Animal Production and Health Division and partners, this One Health Series organized jointly by FAO Geneva Office and FAO One Health Technical Working Group will showcase concrete examples of how the One Health approac...
21/5
2024
World Bee Day 2024 celebration in Geneva
Genf (Switzerland), 21/05/2024
On the occasion of the World Bee Day 2024, and for the third consecutive year, the co-organizers - Permanent Missions of Slovenia and Switzerland and the UN and FAO Offices in Geneva, with co-sponsorship of the Mission of Kenya this year, are pleased to invite you for the celebration event “Bee Engaged with Youth”. The presentations and interactive activity will be followed by a honey tasting.
8/5
2024
Nutrition-sensitive social protection across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus
Virtual Event, 08/05/2024
FAO in Geneva invites you to join a dialogue on Nutrition-sensitive social protection across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus, organized in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP). This initiative is a collective effort involving the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, the FAO Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), and the FAO Food and Nutrition Divisio...
2/5
2024
9/5
2024
FAO at the Humanitarian Networks and Partnerships Weeks (HNPW)
Hybrid Event, 02/05/2024 - 09/05/2024
FAO has the pleasure of inviting you to the different sessions at the HNPW where FAO is co-organizing and/or speaking in.