Programme

The EU's contribution to the UN Food Systems Stocktaking Moment

14:30 | Opening session

Welcome and moderation by Piroska Kállay, President of the EESC Permanent Group on Sustainable Food Systems

Keynote speeches by:

• Stefanos Fotiou, Director, FAO Office of Sustainable Development Goals; Director, UN FOOD Summit Coordination Hub
• Klaus Berend, acting Director, Directorate Food safety, Sustainability and Innovation, DG SANTE, European Commission - The EU pathway and vision towards sustainable food systems

Q&A

15:30 | Panel 1: Leverages from the Farm to Fork strategy to support the Coalitions for Action in the transformation of food systems

Moderated by Tiina Johanna Vyyryläinen, EESC NAT Section Member

• Sébastien Goux, Deputy Head of Unit Multilateral International Relations, DG SANTE, European Commission
• Marion Picot, European Council of Young Farmers (CEJA)
• Els Bedert, Director, Product Policy & Sustainability, Eurocommerce 
• Fabrizio Fabbri, Food and Sustainability Policy Manager, Eurocoop 
• Sophia Wiegand, Generation Climate Europe (GCE) (tbc)

16:30 | Break

16:45 |  Panel 2: EU actions and leadership towards global food systems transformation in the context of the Food System Summit

Moderated by Antje Gerstein, EESC NAT Section Member

• Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit "Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries", DG INTPA, European Commission 
• Luisa Volpe, Advocacy, Policy and Partnerships, APP, Practice Leader, World Farmers Organisation (WFO)
• Paola Plaku, Fair trade advocacy office
• Francesco Rampa, ECDPM, Center for Africa-Europe relations

17:45 | Conclusions

• Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of FAO Brussels - Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium
• Piroska Kállay, President of the EESC Permanent Group on Sustainable Food Systems