| Title | Date | Starting Time |
|---|---|---|
 International Day of Forests 2017. Special Event: Forests and EnergyForests and trees absorb the sun’s energy and store it by turning it into wood —the world’s most used source [...] |
21.03.2017 | 11:30 |
 Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon GSOC17 - Opening and setting the scientific scene for GSOC17The Global Symposium on Soil Organic Carbon will begin with opening remarks by Mr. José Graziano Da Silva (Director-General of [...] |
21.03.2017 | 10:00 |
 International Women’s Day Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and PovertyTo mark the 2017 International Women’s Day (IWD 2017), FAO, IFAD and WFP will host an event under the theme [...] |
08.03.2017 | 10:00 |
 Food Security and Conflict"Food Security and Conflict", presented by Professor Tilman Brück, Founder and Director of the International Security and Development Center (ISDC). It is now [...] |
07.03.2017 | 14:00 |
 CFS second Open-Ended Working Group Meeting on Sustainable Development Goals Following the endorsement in CFS 43 of a strategy for the Committee to engage with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable [...] |
03.03.2017 | 14:00 |
 AP-in-FAO seminar How to make your personal profile form impressive and prepare for a written test and interviewHow to make your personal profile form impressive and prepare for a written test and interview |
02.03.2017 | 12:00 |
 CFS Evaluation - Discussion of the ReportThe Evaluation Manager, Ms. Angela Bester, will present the first draft of the Report on the independent Evaluation of CFS [...] |
17.02.2017 | 15:00 |
 CFS First Open-Ended Working Group Meeting on NutritionAt its 43rd Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on nutrition [...] |
10.02.2017 | 09:30 |
 CFS Open-Ended Working Group Meeting on Urbanization and Rural Transformation At its 43rd Session, the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) on Urbanization [...] |
03.02.2017 | 09:30 |
 The contribution of biodiversity for food and agriculture to resilience - afternoon sessionEnvironmental changes, including climate change, human-made and natural disasters, represent fundamental threats to food security and livelihoods. These shocks and [...] |
28.01.2017 | 14:00 |
 The contribution of biodiversity for food and agriculture to resilience - morming sessionEnvironmental changes, including climate change, human-made and natural disasters, represent fundamental threats to food security and livelihoods. These shocks and [...] |
28.01.2017 | 10:00 |
 CFS first Open-Ended Working Group Meeting on Sustainable Development GoalsFollowing the endorsement in CFS 43 of a strategy for the Committee to engage with the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable [...] |
27.01.2017 | 14:00 |
 CFS first Open-Ended Working Group Meeting on MonitoringThis is the first Open-Ended Working Group meeting on Monitoring in 2017. The meeting will discuss how to continue monitoring [...] |
26.01.2017 | 14:00 |
 AP-in-FAO Annual Assembly- The Annual Assembly itself underwent a re-definition from a 'physical' to both a physical and a 'virtual' event. While the [...] |
24.01.2017 | 16:00 |
 Right to food and accountability to affected populationsThe event addresses the following questions: What is the role of the right to adequate food in CFS, 20 years after [...] |
24.01.2017 | 09:30 |
 FAO Emergency and Rehabilitation Division – Informal Resource Partner Meeting The meeting gives an overview of the humanitarian needs and funding requirements, with a focus on the situation in Iraq, [...] |
19.12.2016 | 10:00 |
 High-level Event - Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty - Afternoon SessionThe High-Level event is jointly organized by FAO, the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the [...] |
16.12.2016 | 13:30 |
| High-level Event - Step It Up Together with Rural Women to End Hunger and Poverty - Morning Session The High-Level event is jointly organized by FAO, the Slovak Presidency of the Council of the European Union, and the [...] |
16.12.2016 | 09:30 |
 Colombia's President Juan Manuel Santos highlights rural development’s contribution to peaceColombia’s President Juan Manuel Santos visited FAO on Thursday, 15 December 2016, meeting with FAO Director-General José Graziano da Silva and [...] |
15.12.2016 | 18:00 |
 Peste des Petits Ruminants Global Eradication Programme (PPR-GEP)The first five-year programme (2017-2021) of the PPR-GEP has been developed by FAO and OIE through a consultative process involving [...] |
09.12.2016 | 13:00 |
 FAO's role in supporting the implementation of the Comprehensive Rural Reform for the realization of peace in ColombiaThe event raises awareness on territorial rural development and food security in a post-conflict setting. The event will address issues [...] |
06.12.2016 | 12:30 |
 World Soil Day 2016 and the International Year of Pulses end of year celebrationWorld Soil Day 2016 fittingly merges the IYS 2015 and IYP 2016 with the theme "Soil & Pulses: a symbiosis [...] |
05.12.2016 | 18:00 |
 Closure Ceremony - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionRemarks by: José Graziano da Silva, Director-General, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. Remarks by: Margaret Chan, Director-General of [...] |
02.12.2016 | 17:30 |
 Main Session 3 - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionSecond International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) follow up at country level and UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. |
02.12.2016 | 15:30 |
 Side event organized by WHO"Meeting the challenge of a new era for achieving healthy diet and nutrition: Outcomes of the 2nd Global Nutrition Policy [...] |
02.12.2016 | 13:30 |
 Special Events - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionStudent interactive Session: "Bringing Fresh Perspectives". Spotlight on “Engaging with cooks for healthy diets” by Jenny Chandler, Food writer and cookery [...] |
02.12.2016 | 12:45 |
 Main Session 2 - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionWrap-up by sub-theme chairs, overall summary by Symposium chair, and discussion. |
02.12.2016 | 11:30 |
 Parallel Session 1.3 Leveraging market opportunities for promoting healthy diet - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionThird session of Sub-theme 1: Supply Side Policies and Measures for Diversifying Food Production and for Increasing Availability and Affordability [...] |
02.12.2016 | 09:00 |
 Parallel session 2.3 Increasing access to healthy diets through social protection and income generation strategies - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionThird session of Sub-theme 2: Demand Side Policies and Measures for Increasing Access and Empowering Consumers to Choose Healthy Diets. [...] |
02.12.2016 | 09:00 |
 Parallel Session 3.3 Empowering women as key drivers of food system change - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionThird session of Sub-theme 3: Measures to Strengthen Accountability, Resilience, and Equity within the Food Systems. |
02.12.2016 | 09:00 |
 Main Session 1 - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionWrap-up by sub-theme chairs, overall summary by Symposium chair, and discussion. |
01.12.2016 | 17:30 |
 Parallel session 1.2 Maintaining and improving nutritional value and food safety along the value chain - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionSecond session of Sub-theme 1: Supply Side Policies and Measures for Diversifying Food Production and For Increasing Availability and Affordability [...] |
01.12.2016 | 15:00 |
 Parallel session 2.2 Information and education for healthy food behaviours - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionSecond session of Sub-theme 2: Demand Side Policies and Measures for Increasing Acces and Empowering Consumers to Choose Healthy Diets. [...] |
01.12.2016 | 15:00 |
 Parallel Session 3.2 Enhancing food system resilience in areas affected by climate change and other crises - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionSecond session of Sub-theme 3: Measures to Strengthen Accountability, Resilience and Equity within the Food Systems. |
01.12.2016 | 15:00 |
 Parallel session 1.1: Sustainable agriculture production and diversification for healthy diets - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionFirst session of Sub-theme 1: Supply Side Policies and Measures for Diversifying Food Production and for Increasing Availability and Affodability [...] |
01.12.2016 | 10:45 |
 Parallel Session 2.1: Regulations, awareness and advocacy for better informed food choices - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionFirst session of Sub-theme 2: Demand Side Policies and Measures for Increasing Access and Empowering Consumers to Choose Healthy Diets. [...] |
01.12.2016 | 10:45 |
 Parallel Session 3.1: Designing, implementing and monitoring evidence-based policies effectively with multiple actors - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionFirst session of Sub-theme 3: Measures to Strengthen Accountability, Resilience and Equity within the Food Systems. |
01.12.2016 | 10:45 |
 Opening Ceremony - Symposium on Sustainable Food Systems for Healthy Diets and Improved NutritionAddress by José Graziano da Silva, Director-General of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, FAO. Address by His [...] |
01.12.2016 | 09:00 |
 National forest monitoring systems for REDD+ reportingThe workshop will gather experts from the twenty focus countries of the IKI-funded project on "National forest monitoring and information [...] |
29.11.2016 | 14:30 |
 National forest monitoring systems for REDD+ reportingThe workshop will gather experts from the twenty focus countries of the IKI-funded project on "National forest monitoring and information [...] |
29.11.2016 | 08:30 |
 Discovery Day 2016: Spatial Data Infrastructure in support of good land governanceThe Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the European Union Joint Research Center and the United Nations [...] |
28.11.2016 | 14:00 |
 Climate Change and AgroforestryWith the conclusion of UNFCCC COP22 in Marrakesh on 18 November, which is also the first conference of parties of [...] |
28.11.2016 | 09:00 |
 National forest monitoring systems for REDD+ reportingThe workshop will gather experts from the twenty focus countries of the IKI-funded project on "National forest monitoring and information [...] |
28.11.2016 | 08:45 |
 Friday Afternoon Session - FAO Agroecology Symposium for Europe and Central AsiaFriday Afternoon Session: Module 6: Transformative policies and processes. Closing session and recommendations. Agroecology can make an important contribution to the transition to [...] |
25.11.2016 | 14:15 |
| Friday Morning Session - FAO Agroecology Symposium for Europe and Central Asia Friday Morning Session: Module 4: Agroecology at the core of ecosystem services-ecological and social challenges. Module 5: Valuing agroecology and sustainable [...] |
25.11.2016 | 08:45 |
| Thursday Afternoon Session - FAO Agroecology Symposium for Europe and Central Asia Thursday Afternoon Session: Module 2: Agroecology systems and practices. Module 3: Research, innovation and knowledge sharing for agroecology transitions. Agroecology can make [...] |
24.11.2016 | 13:30 |
| Thursday Morning Session - FAO Agroecology Symposium for Europe and Central Asia Thursday morning session: High level panel session. Module 1: Concepts and challenges of agroecology. Agroecology can make an important contribution to the transition [...] |
24.11.2016 | 08:45 |
 IPPC Seminar on Plant Health and the “One Belt and One Road” Initiative in ChinaThe seminar will be held in the context of the Formulation Workshop of the IPPC Project of Capacity Development under [...] |
23.11.2016 | 15:00 |
 Closing Ceremony - International Year of Pulses (IYP) Global DialogueClosing Ceremony. Following resolution 6/2013 of the 38th FAO Conference, the UN General Assembly, at its 68th session declared 2016 as [...] |
23.11.2016 | 14:00 |
 13th Annual George McGovern Lecture: “Examining Linkages: The Nexus between Food Insecurity and Political instability”The George McGovern Lecture series was inaugurated by the USUN Rome Mission along with FAO in 2002 to honor the [...] |
22.11.2016 | 10:00 |
