To celebrate the 60th Anniversary of the International
Center for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies
(CIHEAM), the Third World Conference on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet, entitled “Change of
Route Towards More Sustainable and Resilient Food Systems in Mediterranean Countries: the Mediterranean
Diet as a Strategic Resource to Accelerate the Agenda
2030 in the Region” was organized at the Cosimo Lacirignola Campus, CIHEAM-Bari Institute, in Valenzano, Bari.
The Conference, as part of the UN Food Systems Summit movement for change, accommodated multiple
perspectives to improve the sustainability and resilience
of food systems in the Mediterranean.
Objectives:
- To enhance a change of route in the Mediterranean for a shift towards more sustainable and resilient food systems for accelerating the Agenda 2030 at the country level;
- To enhance the SFS-MED Platform, with its Coordination Desk hosted at the CIHEAM-Bari, by strengthening multi-stakeholder partnerships across the entire region;
- To catalyse more collaborative multi-stakeholder “green”, “blue” and “ circular” SFS- on the ground in Mediterranean countries, MED territorial context specific, within a One Health approach development framework with the Mediterranean diet acting as a SCP (sustainable consumption and production) lever;
- To foster a change in the current perception of the Mediterranean diet as a resource of sustainable development in the Mediterranean, at country and regional level, taking in consideration their contextual differences;
- To consolidate the initiative of World Mediterranean Diet Conference as permanent forum for multi-stakeholder and transdisciplinary SFS-MED dialogues and actions to accelerate the Agenda 2030 in the region.
Extracts of the programme:
28/09 The UN food systems post- summit process: SFS-Med dialogues follow-up linking national pathways and multi-stakeholder engagements towards more sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean
To connect food systems knowledge and expertise from diverse constituencies through the SFS-MED Platform initiative to support Med countries for accelerating the Agenda 2030.- Moderator: Sylvia Lopez-Ekra, Deputy Director, UN Food Systems Coordination Hub
- Keynote Speech: Stefano Gatti, Minister Plenipotentiary, Special Italian Envoy for Food Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and International Cooperation of Italy
- Alwin Kopse, Lead Representative, One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme, Federal Office for Agriculture of Switzerland - Building on the outcomes of the three SFS-MED Independent Dialogue held in 2021
Panel with UNFSS Med Member State Summit
Dialogues National Convenors:
- Albania: Emira Gjeci, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
- Egypt: H.E. Amb. Ehab Badawy, Assistant Minister for Multilateral Affairs and International Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs
- Israel: Noga Kronfeld-Schor, Chief Scientist, Ministry of Environmental Protection
- Italy: Stefano Gatti, Minister Plenipotentiary, Special Italian Envoy for Food Security, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and International Cooperation of Italy
- Jordan: Mohammad Al-Heari, Secretary General, Ministry of Agriculture; Mahmoud Rabai, Secretary General Assistant for Project and Rural Development, Ministry of Agriculture
- Malta: John Busuttil, Director, Directorate General Global Issues, International Development and Economic Affairs, Ministry of Foreign and European Affairs
- Morocco: Redouane Arrach, Secretary General, Agriculture Department, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries, Rural Development, Water and Forests
- Spain: Samuel Jesus Juarez Casado, Senior Advisor- General Secretary for Agriculture and Food, Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food
- Turkey: Nihan Atay Haspolat, Ministry of Agriculture and Forestry
28/09 THE CONTRIBUTION OF CIHEAM TO THE OBJECTIVES OF A SUSTAINABLE FOOD SYSTEM IN THE MEDITERRANEAN
This panel discussed the contribution of CIHEAM institutes to achieve the transition towards Sustainable Food Systems.
- moderator: Plácido Plaza Lopez, Secretary general of the CIHEAM
- Roberto Capone, Principal Administrator, CIHEAM Bari Focal Point CIHEAM Sustainable Food Systems
- Konstadinos Mattas, Visiting Professor, CIHEAM MAI-Ch, BioValue Project Coordinator
- Kessari Myriam and Prosperi Paolo, Scientific Administrators, CIHEAM Montpellier
- Ana Maria Sànchez, Principal Administrator, CIHEAM Zaragoza
- Conclusions: Mohamed Sadiki, President, Governing Board CIHE-AM; Minister of Agriculture of Morocco
29/09 Scaling-up agroecological innovations in the transitions of mediterranean food sy-stems: an entry point for the revitalization of the mediterranean diet
This panel discussed a
route of change enabling scaling-up of agro-ecology for
territorial development and the Med Diet Revitalization and launched a permanent
forum with the SFM-MED platform on enabling gamechanging solutions for scaling-up agroecology across the
Mediterranean Region.
- Andrea Segrè, Professor University of Bologna, Italy
- Dessislava Dimitrova, Senior researcher, Institute of Biodiversity and Ecosystem Research of Bulgarian Accademy of Science; coordinator of Slow Food - Bulgaria
- Lisa Paganelli, President, Distretto Bio-Simbiotico di Val Bidente e dell’alta Val Rabbi
- Tarek Elarabi, Associate Professor of Agricultural Microbiology, Ain Shams University, Egypt Ain Shams University,
- Lydie Stella Koutika, Glinka World Soil Champion 2021, soil scientist, CRDPI, Pointe-Noire, Congo
- Marina Carcea, Technology Director, Food and Nutrition Centre, CREA
- Nicolas Tinois, co-chair, EU Standing Committee on Agricultural Research, Strategic Working Group on Agroecology, Project management Jülich GmbH
29/09 11.00-13.00 Mediterranean Ministerial Dialogue: Areas of Collaboration and Concrete Proposals
This panel discussed international food security priority areas and operational proposals for the Mediterranean re-gion with food security national delegates to contribute to the efforts of the international community for immediate and concrete responses to the food security crisis. It was a follow up of the “Ministerial Mediterranean Dialogue on the Food Security Crisis” of last June and the results will converge in the next edition of the dialogue in December.- Maximo Torero Cullen, chief-economist, FAO;
- Alvaro Enrique Albacete Perea, Deputy Secretary General, Union for the Mediterranean;
- Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit, sustainable agri-food sy-stems and fisheries, DGINTPA, EU Commission;
- Angelo Riccaboni, Chair, PRIMA foundation;
- Dina Saleh, Director for Near East, North Africa and Europe Division (NEN), IFAD
- Jean-Pierre Demargerie, Deputy Director of the Programme – Humanitarian and Development Division, Programme Department, WFP
- Biagio Di Terlizzi, Deputy Director, CIHEAM Bari
29/09 INNOVATIVE COOPERATION BETWEEN RESEARCH AND ENTERPRISES IN SFS MED: LIVING LABS APPROACH
This panel compared skills and experiences to overcome the limits of current models and provide concrete guidance to improve the cooperation between research and enterprises in SFS MED.
- Moderators: Lamiae Ghaouti, Institut Agronomique et Vétérinaire Hassan II, Morocco
- Teodoro Miano, Vice Rector, International Affairs, University of Bari Aldo Moro
- Antonio Logrieco, Director CNR-ISPA Omar Bizri, international expert
- Marta Laranjo, UNIMED Mahdi Khomsi, BUSINESSMED
- Damiano Petruzzella, CIHEAM Bari
- Isidora Stojacic, ENOLL
- Maria Canelhas, EIT Food Giacomo Scarascia Mugnozza, Politecnico of Bari
30/09 Finance and investments SDG driven as fundamental push factors for a SFS MED change of routes
This panel provided some solutions in the area of financing SFS
MED systems.
- Moderator: Roberto Ridolfi, President, LINK2007: Cooperazione in Rete
- Rapporteur: Francesco Rampa, ECDPM
- Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit, Food Security Agriculture, DG INTPA, European Commission
- Paolo Di Stefano, Head on International Affairs,
- Coldiretti Stephen Mari, Senior Manager,
- Cassa Depositi e Prestiti - CDP
- Dhalia Abdel Kader, Chief sustainability Officer Commercial International Bank Egypt
- Hans Loth, RABOBANK
- Nouran El Said, Business Development Director, Plug’n’Grow
- Thouraya Triki, Director, Sustainable Production, Markets and Institutions Division, IFAD
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