Forum global sur la sécurité alimentaire et la nutrition (Forum FSN)

To support the further development of the FSN Forum in ECA and to ensure its full ownership by regional actors from different backgrounds (including from civil society, academy, research and government), the two day workshop “Inclusive policy dialogue to make trade policies conducive to food security and nutrition” took place in FAO, Rome on 16-17 December 2014.

The overall objective of the workshop was to stimulate the debate on trade and food security and nutrition policies and strategies that will feed into national and regional policy processes.

The workshop was held back-to-back to the first meeting of the CIS Agricultural Trade Expert Network organized by the Trade and Markets Division (EST), supporting the members of the new CIS Agricultural Trade Expert Network to be part of the regional and global policy debate on food security. 

Please download the workshop report for a detailed presentation of the workshop's results. 

More information on the workshop is available in the workshop concept note and the workshop agenda.

All presentations held during the workshop are listed below and can be accessed online.

 

WORKSHOP PRESENTATIONS

• Food security and nutrition challenges at global and regional level
  
  Mark Smulders, Senior Economist, ESA, FAO-HQ

• Trade agreements and food security
  
  Ekaterina Krivonos, Economist, EST, FAO-HQ

• Lessons learned and benefits of multistakeholder food security and nutrition governance
  
  Deborah Fulton, Secretary of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), ESA, FAO-HQ

• The FSN Forum - A platform for inclusive, multistakeholder policy dialogue
  
  Max Blanck, Policy Networks Officer, FSN Forum, ESA, FAO-HQ

• The role of the Russian Federation in addressing food security in the CIS and the opportunities for cooperation
  
  in this area
  
  Sergey Kiselev, Director of Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS of the MSU), Head of the Department of Agricultural Economics; Professor in the Moscow State University (MSU), Russia

• Regional Initiative on Agri-Food Trade and Regional Integration in Europe and Central Asia
  
  Aron Thuroczy, Agricultural Policy and Economics junior technical officer, FAO Regional Office for Europe and Central Asia (REU)

• Linking Agricultural Research for Development to Extension and Advisory Services to support food security and access to agricultural markets (in Central Asia and South Caucasus sub-regions)
  
  Botir Dosov, Strategic Innovation Platform Coordinator to CGIAR Research Program on Dryland Systems in Central Asia; Technical Adviser to Central Asia and the Caucasus Association of Agricultural Research Institutions (CACAARI), Uzbekistan

• Global trends, development paradigms and food security
  
  Lorenzo Giovanni Bellu, Policy Officer, ESA, FAO-HQ

• Involving regional stakeholders in the consultative process
  
  Max Blanck, Policy Networks Officer, FSN Forum, ESA, FAO-HQ

• EastAgri: where networking matters
  
  Sandra Mikhail, EastAgri and MedAgri Coordinator, TCI, FAO-HQ

• Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) - What is IPC and What is its Added Value?
  
  Thomas Spangler, IPC Use and Impact Officer, ESA, FAO-HQ; Rachele Santini, Communications Officer, ESA, FAO-HQ

• How do trade policies align with countries’ food security and nutrition objectives and what are the ways in which global or regional policy dialogue can support the development of such policies?
  
  Presentation of Group 1