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FAO in Geneva Thematic Dialogue Series

The FAO Liaison Office with the United Nations in Geneva is championing key thematic issues of importance to FAO, its members and partners, leveraging key field work of the Organization through the organization of Thematic Dialogue Series. The result of a close partnership with the technical divisions and decentralized offices, as well as external partners, the FAO in Geneva Dialogue Series aim to inform and encourage discussion as well as promote related contributions and impacts of FAO and partners while contributing to inform and feed Geneva-level (and beyond) policy making.

One Health Dialogue Series
The One Health Dialogue Series presents important work carried out in Member States with support from FAO and partners, showcasing concrete examples of implementation, good practices and lessons learned of the One Health approach implementation at the community, national, regional and global levels and discusses challenges faced during their implementation as well as their sustainability.


Joint FAO-WFP Geneva Briefing on Food Security

Since April 2021, FAO LOG and the Global Office of the World Food Programme (WFP) in Geneva hold regular briefings for the Member States, UN agencies, Academia and NGOs to share the latest updates, trends, and analysis on acute food insecurity worldwide and foster in-depth discussions on the situation in specific countries and regions. The joint briefings focus on food insecurity with a dedicated attention to food crises, forced displacement and anticipatory action (Agriculture and food emergencies, Resilient agrifood systems, Nutrition for the most vulnerable).

 

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  • 28 November 2024: Hunger Hotspots & Gaza Food Security Situation Update
  • 17 April 2024: Tackling acute food insecurity in Haiti and the DRC
  • 26 February 2024: Leveraging Humanitarian and Development funding for More Sustainable Agrifood Systems
  • 17 January 2024: Displacement and Hunger Spots in the Sahel Region
  • 22 November 2023: Mitigating the impacts of el Niño (Global)
  • 22 September 2023: Briefing on food crises – Mid-year update of the Global report on food crises (Global)
  • 13 June 2023: Overview of the latest Hunger Hotspots Report (Global)
  • 07 June 2023: Addressing Food Insecurity in the Sahel and West Africa (Chad and Togo)
  • 09 May 2023: 2023 Global Report on Food Crises (Global)
  • 29 March 2023: Joint response in Cox’s Bazar (Bangladesh)
  • 14 February 2023: Anticipatory Action and its application (southern Africa)
  • 7 December 2022: 2023 Global Appeal for the Food Security Sector and Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • 05 October 2022: Hunger Hotspots Report
  • 07 September 2022: Agriculture and food security situation in flood-affected areas of Pakistan
  • 07 July 2022: Inter-Cluster Statement on Famine and Food Crises and Displacement and Food Security
  • 08 June 2022: Hunger Hotspots Report and food security situation in the Horn of Africa and Sahel
  • 06 May 2022: Global Report on Food Crises
  • 07 April 2022: Food security in the Horn of Africa
  • 11 March 2022: The Integrated Food Security Phase Classification (IPC) with spotlight on Madagascar
  • 03 February 2022: FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspots report
  • 16 December 2021: The Global food security cluster
  • 16 November 2021: Strengthening climate resilience and update on the situation in Burkina Faso
  • 08 October 2021: Anticipatory Action (AA) and update on the situation in the Horn of Africa
  • 08 September 2021: The food security situation in Haiti
  • 11 June 2021: The food security situation in Madagascar and Afghanistan
  • 06 May 2021: 2021 Global Report on Food Crises
  • 07 April 2021: FAO-WFP Hunger Hotspots report

 

Agriculture Trade Talks

Through the Agriculture Trade Talks Dialogue Series, FAO supports Members’ efforts to formulate trade policies that are conducive to improved food security by strengthening evidence and analysis, providing capacity development, and facilitating a neutral dialogue away from the negotiating table.

 

Fisheries Trade Talks

The FAO in Geneva Fisheries Trade Talks, organized in close collaboration with FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Division, provides an opportunity to examine the most recent trends in fisheries and aquaculture markets and the challenges associated with sustainability. The Fisheries Trade Talks inform on the existing and emerging FAO knowledge and tools for transforming aquatic food systems and promoting their responsible and sustainable utilization and management while highlighting the interconnectedness of international instruments and the potential support FAO can provide for specific trade-related fish themes.

 

Social Protection Dialogue Series

The FAO in Geneva Social Protection Dialogue Series, organized in collaboration with the Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), aims to raise awareness on the role of social protection as a key instrument for poverty reduction and inclusive growth in rural areas. It stresses the need to increase investments at domestic and international level, to expand social protection coverage, adequacy and comprehensiveness, and thus contribute to more resilient and sustainable rural livelihoods.

 

Environment Dialogue Series

The FAO in Geneva Environment Dialogue Series is organized in close collaboration with FAO's Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) and in partnership with UNEP.

 

 

Small Island Developing States (SIDS) Solutions Dialogue Series

The FAO Global SIDS Solutions Dialogue Series is a joint initiative of the FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva and New York. It is incorporated into the SIDS Solutions Platform that aims to encourage innovative intra- and interregional knowledge exchange to incubate, promote, scale up and replicate locally grown ideas to accelerate the achievement of agriculture, food, nutrition, environment and health related SDGs in SIDS.

 

Nutrition Dialogue Series

The FAO in Geneva Nutrition Dialogue Series, organized in close collaboration with FAO’s Food and Nutrition Division (ESN) and the Liaison Office in Brussels, aims to share experiences and practical insights on how intervening in agrifood systems can support better nutrition and other development outcomes across the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).