Ongoing activities
Consultation
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Preserving, strengthening and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems and traditional practices for sustainable food systems - HLPE-FSN consultation on the scope of the report
To respond to the CFS request, the HLPE-FSN will develop the report “Preserving, strengthening and promoting Indigenous Peoples’ food and knowledge systems and traditional practices for sustainable food systems” which will will provide recommendations to the CFS workstream. The results of this consultation will be used by the HLPE-FSN to elaborate the report to be presented at the 54th plenary session of the CFS in October 2026.
Call for submissions
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Community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equality
The objective of this call for submissions is to collect good practices, experiences, and lessons learnt on the use of community engagement for inclusive rural transformation and gender equality. The initiative, organized by the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), seeks to gather insights from a diverse range of contributors, both within FAO and from external stakeholders. Its goal is to share knowledge, foster learning, and guide the scaling up of community engagement and community-led collective action to leave no one behind. The call builds on FAO's past efforts in this area, such as the Community Engagement Days series of webinars.
Previous activities
Consultation
What role can agricultural extension and advisory services play in realizing gender equality and improved nutrition?
This discussion invites you to reflect on the role that agricultural extension and advisory services (AEAS) can play in contributing to reducing gender inequities and improving nutrition. The results will inform the work of the Nutrition Working Group of the Global Forum for Rural Advisory Services (GFRAS) and interested Forum participants will be invited to be part of the broad community of this newly-formed group.
Consultation
Online consultation on the development of a Global Core Set (GCS) of forest-related indicators
Forests play a vital role in food security and nutrition, providing food and livelihoods to many of the poorest people on earth as well as environmental services that are crucial for agricultural production. For this reason, the Collaborative Partnership on Forests (CPF) is partnering with the FSN Forum to host an online consultation on the development of a global core set of forest-related indicators.
Call for submissions
Call for examples and good practices on investments for healthy food systems
The Committee on World Food Security invites you to share experiences and examples to help identify lessons learned and good practices on investments promoting healthy food systems, including those implemented through south-south and triangular exchanges.
Consultation
How can value chains be shaped to improve nutrition?
We invite you to contribute to the identification of challenges and opportunities related to Nutrition-sensitive value chains (NSVC) development, the collaboration among partners, as well as identifying good practices and lessons learned from past or on-going NSVC experiences on the ground.
Call for submissions
Call for experiences and effective policy approaches in addressing food security and nutrition in the context of changing rural-urban dynamics
The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is inviting short summaries of experiences and policy approaches in addressing food security and nutrition in the context of urbanization and rural transformation.
Consultation
Beyond “temporal” resilience: results that withstand the test of time
Members are invited to discuss the question of whether or not a minimum time frame exists in which an individual, community or system should remain resilient to actually qualify as "resilient".
Consultation
Multistakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda - HLPE e-consultation on the Report’s scope, proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee
During its 43rd Plenary Session (17-21 October 2016), the CFS requested the HLPE to produce a report on “Multistakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda” to be presented at CFS45 Plenary session in October 2018.
As part of its report elaboration process, the HLPE is launching an e-consultation to seek views and comments on the following scope and building blocks of the report, outlined below, as proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee.
Consultation
Open discussion on the first draft work programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition
This consultation invites you to share your views on the first draft work programme of the UN Decade of Action on Nutrition. The final work programme will be discussed with the Member States during the World Health Assembly (May 2017) and the FAO Conference (June 2017).
Webinars and workshops
Food Security and Nutrition Programme for Kyrgyzstan in Action – in search of an efficient policy implementation
The objective of the face-to-face Forum was to review challenges and to identify ways for an efficient implementation of the Food Security and Nutrition Program (FSNP) in the Kyrgyz Republic, including a stronger engagement of various stakeholders in a policy dialogue. The aim was also to strengthen the impact of the recent online-consultation on the program processes, including design, implementation, monitoring and evaluation.
Consultation
Nutrition and Food Systems - HLPE consultation on the V0 draft of the Report
At its 42nd session in October 2015, the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) requested the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE) to prepare a report on Nutrition and Food Systems. This report is expected to be presented at CFS 44 in October 2017.
As part of the process of elaboration of its reports, the HLPE is organizing a consultation to seek inputs, suggestions, and comments on the present V0 draft.