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NEW EXTENDED DEADLINE: Call to Exhibit at UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
12/05/2023
The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is pleased to invite applications for exhibition booths during the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (24-26 July 2023), taking place in FAO Headquarters, Rome.
Food Systems Solutions Webinar series features food safety standards
11/05/2023
The Hub's first Food Systems Solutions Webinar on 11 May 2023 provided insights into how countries and international organizations can ensure that food labels and standards contribute to sustainable food systems.
National Convenors discuss solutions for sustainable food systems at One Planet Network Conference
08/05/2023
National Convenors gather in Hanoi, Vietnam for transformative food systems dialogue - read the full summary of the session.
Call for stakeholder input for the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
02/05/2023
In preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in July 2023, the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is inviting stakeholders (organizations of Youth, Indigenous Peoples, Private Sector, Women, Producers, etc.) to complete a survey capturing their journey to the UNFSS +2  and what they have been doing to implement or support food systems transformations.
My experience as a Youth Representative at the Africa Regional Meeting for the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
20/04/2023
Elizabeth Mwende, a Youth Representative of the Hub’s Stakeholder Engagement and Networking Advisory (SENA) Group, shares her firsthand experience attending the Africa Regional Preparatory Meeting for the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in Niamey, Niger. She highlights the importance of youth engagement in food systems transformation and provides insights into the key discussions and outcomes of the meeting.
CALL FOR EXPRESSIONS OF INTEREST – Position open for UN Food Systems Specialist
13/04/2023

The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is hiring a specialist to support the overall organization of the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in July 2023. Deadline to apply is 27 April 2023. 

Stefanos Fotiou: Achieving Sustainable Food Systems: A Quest for Multilateral Cooperation
11/04/2023
This interview with Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, is part of a series conducted in the lead-up to the 4th Global Conference of the One Planet Network Sustainable Food Systems Programme to be held from 24-27 April in Hanoi, Vietnam.
Call for Side Events: UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
05/04/2023
The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub is pleased to invite applications for side events during the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment (24-26 July 2023).
Prime Minister of Italy - H.E. Giorgia Meloni on hosting the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
29/03/2023

Italian Prime Minister H.E. Giorgia Meloni announced Italy's hosting of the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment in Rome from July 24-26 during her video speech at The Summit for Democracy 2023.

Templates Available for Country Progress Reports and Good Practices of Food Systems Transformation
21/03/2023

The Hub has developed templates to be used by countries in their preparations for the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment.  These templates can be used to present the overall journey and progress of countries towards implementing food systems transformation and to present their stories and examples of good practices.

 

Strengthening Africa's food systems: National Convenors unite for the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
20/03/2023
The first of five Regional Preparatory Meetings for the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment kicks off in Niamey, Niger to consolidate regional learning and identify promising solutions for transforming food systems.
Food Systems Solutions Dialogues: 2023 schedule is out!
09/03/2023

The Food Systems Solutions Dialogue schedule for March - July 2023 has been released.

IFAD Food 4 Thought Event: How to bring systematic change to food systems
08/03/2023

GAIN’s Executive Director and IFAD’s Director for Food Systems Coordination discuss how to bring systemic change to food systems: a concept to attract private investments in developing countries. 

Updates on the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment
03/03/2023

The Executive Office of the Secretary-General has distributed an Information Note with updates on the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment.

Uniting Forces: Kicking off UNFSS+2 Preparations with Coalitions
20/02/2023
UN Food Systems Coordination Hub meets with Food Systems Coalitions of Action to plan for UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment that will take place 24-26 July in Rome.
Join the conversation: IPBES Nexus Assessment seeks expert inputs
08/02/2023
The IPBES is calling all countries to provide a critical review of the food chapter of its Nexus Assessment on the interlinkages among biodiversity, water, food and health.
Stage set in Italy to take stock on progress towards the transformation of food systems across world at critical half-way point of the Sustainable Development Goals and Agenda 2030
03/02/2023
On behalf of the Secretary-General of the United Nations, the Deputy Secretary-General, Amina Mohammed, and the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation of Italy, Antonio Tajani, announced that the UN Food Systems Summit +2 Stocktaking Moment will take place in Rome, Italy from 24 – 26 July 2023, at the premises of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
Nourishing people and the planet: The strategic role of food systems for promoting planetary health
23/01/2023
Op-ed written by Hub members: Nicole de Paula, Senior Sustainable Development Goals Expert, and Stefanos Fotiou, Director of the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub and FAO Office of Sustainable Development Goals.
IFAD and the World Bank are co-developing the first country budget tool for food systems transformation
12/01/2023

The UN Food Systems Coordination Hub met with IFAD and the World Bank to co-develop a tool that will provide governments, donors and stakeholders with much needed evidence for smart investment decisions towards food systems transformation.

Transforming agrifood systems requires changing policies, mindsets, and business models
12/01/2023
FAO Director-General addresses Food Systems National Conveners in targeting follow-up actions to the UN Food Systems Summit.