Capacity-building for strengthening city region food system resilience
City Region Food Systems Knowledge Exchange Webinar Series
Virtual Event, 26/06/2023
In the era of multiple shocks and stresses such as climate crises, pandemics, conflict, and migration affecting urban and city region food systems, there is an urgent need to enhance the resilience of cities and city regions.
Active engagement of local governments and a wide range of stakeholders is crucial across all stages of resilience-building initiatives. However, given the long-term nature of resilience-building efforts that often span electoral cycles, changes in elected city leadership can pose challenges. In such cases, city officials play a vital role in ensuring ongoing support and continuity. Equipping these officials with the necessary capacities in terms of knowledge, skills, and technical abilities is therefore essential.
Join this webinar by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), the RUAF Global Partnership on Sustainable Urban Agriculture and Food Systems and the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact (MUFPP), to learn from cities that have successfully strengthened resilience in their food systems. City representatives will highlight the actions they took and the barriers they overcame. The event aims to identify the specific capacities needed by city officials and other stakeholders involved in building food system resilience.
The main language of the event will be English, with interpretation available in French and Spanish.
Agenda
| Time | Item and presenter |
| 14.00 - 14.05 | Welcome and introduction by Guido Santini, Programme Coordinator, Plant Production and Protection Division, FAO |
| 14.05 - 14.15 | The role of the Milan Urban Food Policy Pact in building resilience, Serena Duraccio, MUFPP Secretariat Officer |
| 14.15 - 14.55 | Roundtable discussion, moderated by Katrin Bruebach, Global Director - Programs, Innovation and Impact, Resilient Cities Network: · Winfred Katumo, Deputy Director Food Systems, Nairobi City County · Lindsay Adams, Food Resilience Planner, City of Baltimore · Krishna Mohan, Chief Resilience Officer, Chennai City |
| 14.55 - 15.10 | Q&A Session |
| 15.10 - 15.15 | Closing remarks by Jess Halliday, Chief Executive, RUAF |
This event is the third of the three-part CRFS Knowledge Exchange Webinar Series.
- 4 May 2023 – Launch of the CRFS Assessment and Planning Handbook and Toolkit.
- 26 June 2023 – From emergency response to resilience: future-proof city region food systems.