FAO to organize working sessions during WTO Public Forum 2022

This year’s WTO Public Forum will take place from 27 to 30 September 2022 under the theme "Towards a sustainable and inclusive recovery: ambition to action". The Public Forum is WTO’s largest annual outreach event which brings together Heads of States, parliamentarians, business people, students, academics and civil society, amongst others and provides them with the opportunity to address issues related to trade and development.This year, FAO will organize the following working sessions:

-        ‘Safeguarding Access to Food in Times of Crisis’, which will explore the extent to which major producing countries of key food commodities will be able to respond to the high food prices and compensate for the export gap created by shortfalls in supplies from Ukraine. The session will also review trade policy reactions to the high food prices and compare them with the mitigation measures taken during previous crises. Finally, options for policy response and import financing needs of net food importing countries will be discussed. This session is scheduled to take place on 27 September 2022.

-        ‘National and Global Instruments Supporting Sustainable and Responsible Fish Trade’, which will provide a forum to discuss how international instruments and national programmes can help to promote more sustainable trade in fisheries and aquaculture products. The session will also give national examples on how the implementation of traceability programs and international instruments could contribute to more sustainable fish trade. This session is scheduled to take place on 29 September 2022.

The deadline for registration is 7 September 2022. More information and the provisional programme can be accessed at the WTO Public Forum website here.