CFS 52 Side Event: Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand?​

In the margins of the 52nd Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS 52), FAO, together with UNICEF, the World Bank and the International Agri-Food Network co-hosted "Uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on food security and nutrition (FSN) data – where do we stand?​" on Tuesday, 22 October 2024.

Attended by about 200 participants, this event gathered representatives from National Statistical Offices, Civil Society Organizations, and leading international organization experts committed to implementing the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) data policy recommendations adopted at its 51^st session in 2023.

The objective of the meeting - organized with the support of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - was to take stock of the actions that have already been taken to implement the CFS recommendations; assess which actions remain to be done; and discuss the lessons learned and challenges that different stakeholders are facing in implementing the recommendations. 

In the first part, the audience heard from FAO, UNICEF and the World Bank providing an overview of actions taken to implement the policy recommendations at global level, including in the context of the UN Statistical Commission, the 2025 Comprehensive Review of the SDG indicator framework and global capacity development efforts for FSN statistics. 

In the second part of the side event, participants assisted in a panel discussion in which Ghana, Brazil, the International Agri-Food Network and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation outlined the steps that each has taken to implement the recommendations, what challenges they are facing, and what possible solutions are available for addressing these challenges.

The recording can be accessed here (Passcode: SE112024+).

Agenda

Time	Item and presenter
	Opening – Moderated by Ms. Lynnette Neufeld, Director, Food and Nutrition Division, FAO
13:30 – 13:35	Welcome and Introduction, Mr. Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO
	Part I – Initiatives at global level to advance the implementation of the CFS policy recommendations on data
13:35 – 13:45	Updates on the work at the UNSC level to implement the CFS policy recommendations on data, Mr. José Rosero Moncayo, Chief Statistician, FAO
13:45 – 13:55	Update on Healthy Diets Monitoring Initiative (HDMI) and the MDD indicator proposal, Ms. Chika Hayashi, Chief, Nutrition Data Unit, UNICEF
13:55 – 14:05	The 50by2030 Initiative: Harnessing Data to Inform the Food Security Agenda in LMIC Countries, Mr. Vasco Molini, World Bank
	Part II – Panel discussion on actions and challenges to implementing the CFS policy recommendations on data
14:05 – 14:40	Speakers: H.E. Carla Barroso Carneiro, Ambassador, Permanent Representative of Brazil to FAO Mr. Samuel Kobina Annim, Government Statistician, Ghana Statistical Services Mr. Graham Mullier, Digital Agriculture Association Ms. Challis McDonough, Senior Programme Officer, Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
14:40 – 14:45	Closing remarks, Mr. Máximo Torero, Chief Economist, FAO

 

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