ORU in the 41st Session of the Committee on World Food Security in the Global Week of Food in Rome (Italy)

In the framework of the 41st period of sessions of the Committee on World Food Security (CSA41, for its acronym in Spanish),   which took place at FAO Headquarters, Rome from October the 13th to the 18th 2014, the core group  of food security  held several ORU FOGAR meetings.

The scientific committee of the core group led by the Champagne-Ardennes region, the general coordinator ORU, Anna Fernández, experts Nicolas Bricas, Philippe Godin, Maddly Legilaive, Géraldine Tardivel, Valérie Nicolas, Julien Frayssignes, Hélène  Hollard, Kanga  Kouami  and  Lorena  Escobar, agreed to work with the FAO to operationalize the commitment and share best practices and methodologies. 

Claude Poulet, president of the core group of food scurity, attended the  side  event  “City region food systems: sustainable Food Systems and  Urbanization”, which  was  organized by  the  FAO and   the  International Sustainability Unit, with the purpose of highlighting the important role of the regions  in the integrated approach of rural and  urban  development and the new  road  to higher sustainability of our food system that City Region Food System FAO drives.

The core group  of food security  agreed  to monitor the agenda of the FAO in 2015, particulary the  EXPO Milan  and  COP  21. It also  proposed the  organization of a workshop within  the  next Executive  Bureau  of ORU FOGAR to be held  in early February 2015 in Burkina Faso.