Engaging Powerholders in Catalysing Food Systems Change

We are pleased to invite you to an Independent UN Food Systems Summit Dialogue ‘Engaging Powerholders in Catalysing Food Systems Change,’ convened by 50by40 and Action Track 2 of the UN Food Systems Summit, led by Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and Executive Chair of EAT.

Please join the Independent UN Food Systems Summit Dialogue on Wednesday, 5 May at 14:00-16:00 UTC through this Zoom Link.

Speakers:

• Lasse Bruun, CEO of 50by40 and Action Track 2 Global Civil Society Lead (Dialogue Curator)
• Dr. Gunhild Stordalen, Founder and Executive Chair of EAT and Action Track 2 Chair
• Yon Fernandez-de-Larrinoa, Chief of the FAO Indigenous peoples Unit

Facilitators:

• Zachary Tofias, Director of the Food and Waste Program at C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group
• Helena Wright, Policy Director at the Jeremy Coller Foundation
• Lana Weidgenant, Deputy Director at Zero Hour International and Action Track 2 Vice-Chair
• Vositha Wijenayake, Executive Director at SLYCAN Trust
• Dr Luz Maria De-Regil, Unit Head, Multisectoral Action in Food Systems at WHO

The dialogue aims to generate a critical set of suggestions from civil society representatives for each of the stakeholder groups identified below on how to ensure inclusivity and actionability of the Summit outcomes, as well as determine a pathway for taking these outcomes forward. As a conversation starter, the event will serve as an important step towards the Pre-Summit in July.

By engaging in this dialogue, you will join a wide range of stakeholders, including civil society groups, the private sector, and national, subnational, and international bodies to collectively guide the future of global food systems.

The dialogue will be curated by Lasse Bruun, CEO of 50by40 and Global Civil Society Lead for Action Track 2 of the UN Food Systems Summit. See the interview with Lasse Bruun on his unique and challenging role in the UN Food Systems Summit.

The core part of the event will be breakout discussions organised around different stakeholder groups:

• Intergovernmental
• National
• Subnational
• Citizens/Consumers
• Private Sector/Investors

Key question:

What are the concrete steps key stakeholders/powerholders can take, from the perspective of civil society, to action recommendations coming out of the Summit?

Questions that will be addressed in the breakout session:

• How to ensure that the key recommendations are both inclusive, ambitious and actionable?
• How to make them applicable and linked to other existing processes and multilateral frameworks?
• What actors at each level of food systems should do to take these recommendations forward?
• How to empower key actors of the food systems to facilitate a successful implementation?

Event format:

• Introductory statements by a diverse group of esteemed speakers
• Breakout discussions
• Break
• Sharing key learning/reporting back

For more information, please see here or contact the organisers at ieva.galkyte@50by40.org.

This event is invitation-only. The invitation can only be shared with others upon the agreement of the organisers.