FAO dialogues: Communicating to Inspire Change

The aim of this series of FAO Dialogues is to raise awareness of, and stimulate debate on, key issues related to the mandate and activities of the Organization.

The first three FAO Dialogues were successfully held in October 2014 in the framework of the Second International Conference on Nutrition (ICN2) and aimed to stimulate debate around key nutrition issues, raise awareness and explore links between nutrition strategies.

This series of public discussions, the FAO Dialogues, have as aim to bring together our member countries, our partners and stakeholders, in a neutral environment where all opinions and voices are heard in a constructive way. FAO is the host and facilitator for this series.

The most recent FAO Dialogue has been on the challenges of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ in the year of the post-2015 Agenda, gathering the opinions of religious and political leaders on the critical issue of climate change.

26 October 2015 FAO Headquarters, Rome

The challenges of the Encyclical Letter Laudato Si’ in the year of the post-2015 Agenda

15:00 Sheikh Zayed Centre
 Opening remarks: José Graziano Da Silva, Director-General
 Moderator: Marcela Villarreal, Director, OPC

This FAO dialogues series event intends to discuss the importance of the Encyclical Letter in relation to the newly adopted Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).

Keynote Speakers:

  • H.E.  Laurence Argimon Pistre, Permanent Representative of the European Union to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome
  • Monsignor Fernando Chica Arellano, Permanent Observer of the Holy See to the United Nations Agencies for Food and Agriculture in Rome
  • Ms Cristina Gallach, Under-Secretary-General of UN Department of Public Information (connected in streaming from New York)
  • Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, President of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue
  • Cardinal Peter Kodwo Appiah Turkson, President of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace, Vatican

Organized by: 
The Permanent Observer Mission of the Holy See to FAO 

Previous dialogues

Communicating to Inspire Change: G77 Dialogue on Nutrition

30 October 2014, Rome - Evo Morales Ayma, current chairman of the Group of 77 and President of the Plurinational State of Bolivia ...

Communicating to Inspire Change: BRICS Dialogue on Nutrition

23 October 2014, Rome - "Hidden hunger" featured prominently at a BRICS- (Brazil, Russia, India, China, South Africa) ...

Communicating to Inspire Change: A Dialogue on Nutrition

15 October 2014, Rome -  Nancy Stetson, US Special Representative for Global Food Security, stressed the importance of partnerships ...

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