29 April 2021. 14:00-16:40 CEST
EC Stakeholder Dialogue: Exploring Options to Strengthen our Global Science Policy Interface for improved Food Systems Governance
This event will be directly related to the early findings of the EC High Level Expert Group, under the chairmanship of Tom Arnold. Furthermore, the event is being convened as a part of the UN Food Systems Summit Independent Dialogues. The EC High Level Expert Group is composed of 19 top experts from across the world, who are mapping existing SPI, identifying the gaps, assessing needs to be further debated during the Summit process, with the aim to develop viable options and recommendations to be delivered in May 2022. (The outcome of teh Expert Group will be ready by May 2022)
- Karen Fabbri – moderator, Deputy Head of Unit B2, DG Research and Innovation, EC
- John Bell - Director Directorate B Healthy Planet, DG Research and Innovation, EC
- Martin Frick Deputy to the Special Envoy for the UN Food Systems Summit The UN Food Systems Summit: Ambition and expected outcomes
- Ismahane Elouafi FAO Chief Scientist and member of the Scientific Group of the UN Food Systems Summit - The UN Food Systems Summit: The key role of research and innovation policy for food system transformation
Strengthening global science policy interface(s): initial findings of the Expert Group
- Patrick Webb Vice chair of the Expert Group with contribution from
- Evan Fraser
- Jacqueline McGlade
- Olivier De Schutter
Interactive dialogue with the audience Tom Arnold and Roberta Sonnino - Chair and Rapporteur of the Expert Group with contribution from experts:
- Gianluca Brunori
- Jacqueline Broerse
- Brajesh Kumar Singh
- Seta Tutundjian
Closing remarks
Peter Wehrheim, Head of Unit B2, DG Research and Innovation,
EC
The Voluntary Guidelines are intended to be a reference point that provides evidence-based
guidance mainly to governments, specialized institutions and other stakeholders, on effective policies,
investments and institutional arrangements that will address malnutrition in all its forms.
Science-based policy advice in agriculture, food, climate and environment
16-17 March 2021. The first trans-European seminar in the field of agriculture, food, climate and environment was held as a webinar. The objective of the seminar was to facilitate exchange of information, experiences and challenges and to provide inspiration for the future development of best practices with the aim of strengthening evidence-based policy formulation across Europe. App. 200 participants from most of Europe joined the seminar and engaged in discussions about the principles, and the compliance of principles in different organisations.
CORE ORGANIC –
15 YEARS OF JOINT RESEARCH FOR ORGANIC FOOD AND FARMING SYSTEMS December 2020,
51 pp. CORE Organic 15-year activity report (2004-2019)
CORE Organic Cofund is an ERA-NET funded by the European Commission´s Horizon 2020 Framework Programme for Research and Innovation Contract No. 727495. Project period: December 2016 - May 2022
The objective of CO has been, from the beginning, the enhancement of the European research area (ERA) on organic agriculture with more efficient use of research funds and with a higher impact of research on the organic sector's development.
This has been achieved, among other things, by reducing redundancies between EU and national funding, and by ensuring better use of the limited resources for research and innovation, thus achieving critical mass in research on organic food and farming. These improvements have aimed at supporting the development of a larger and more sustainable organic food system, including farming practices, processing and innovative value chains, with the purpose of fulfilling the growing demand for organic products, subsequently supporting health, trade and job creation.
Scientists around the world can establish a common reference framework avoiding that food systems
and food system transformation become empty concepts. This transition is a complex task that can
only be implemented by context-specific and multi-actor solutions. A comprehensive framework for
change needs to be developed and agreed upon, addressing the social dimension of food systems,
describing transformation processes and system interactions. Scientists can help to study the
processes and define system boundaries, indicators and metrics so that the framework can be applied
in different contexts. We need to analyse together with public and private actors, farmers and
consumers how all can contribute to change the system, and jointly develop pathways for
transformation.What are City Labs and Food Labs? The FIT4FOOD2030 City Labs and Food Labs bring together policy makers, researchers, educators and citizens from all walks of life, to work on their visions of FOOD 2030, and consider concrete actions on how to get there. An important objective is to develop and pilot hands-on (in)formal training of students, researchers and professionals.
The City Labs and the Food Labs are very similar. Seven Food Labs joined the project in 2019, after the City Labs. A different term was chosen to allow organisations from areas with different degrees of urbanisation or having a regional focus to join the initiative.
