The Agroecological status of the Switzerland and Côte d’Ivoire: National assessments derived with TAPE

Hybrid Event, 06/12/2024

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and Agroscope are pleased to invite you to a joint briefing and interactive discussion on the results of assessments evaluating the agroecological status of agricultural and food systems in Switzerland and Côte d’Ivoire. 

Pulp and Paper Industry: How to Make the Circular Economy Work?

Virtual Event, 02/12/2024

Launching a new publication on Circularity concepts in the pulp and paper industry – an online event organized jointly by the ECE/FAO Forestry and Timber Section, the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva, the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels

Hunger Hotspots & Gaza Food Security Situation Update

Hybrid Event, 28/11/2024

Join us for a critical discussion on the findings of the latest Hunger Hotspots report. 

The Transformative Power of Agroecology

Geneva (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 27/11/2024

Join the panel discussion Transformative Power of Agroecology, organized by the Geneva Graduate Institute (IHEID) Agrifood Collective, in technical cooperation with the FAO Liaison Office in Geneva and World Food Forum (WFF). The panel discussion will feature various experts from FAO, IHEID, Biovision, and FIAN International.  

Following the panel discussion, participate in an ...

Highlights from the State of World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024: 'Blue Transformation in Action'

Hybrid Event, 22/11/2024

The FAO Liaison Office in Geneva (LOG), in collaboration with the Fisheries and Aquaculture Division (NFI) of FAO, will organize a hybrid event under FAO in Geneva Fisheries Trade Talks series on ‘The State of  World Fisheries and Aquaculture 2024: Blue Transformation in Action’ on 22 ...

World Food Day 2024 in Geneva: Jeu de piste

16/10/2024

Le mercredi 16 octobre 2024 se tiendra la Journée Mondiale de l’alimentation et c’est l’occasion pour la FAO, l’Association ma-terre et la Fondation Partage de se réunir pour proposer une action autour des enjeux de l’alimentation à travers un quiz participatif. Nous vous donnons rendez-vous au Musée d'ethnographie de Genève (MEG) de 11h00 à 17h00 pour participer à une activité de sensibilisati...

FAO at the Geneva Peace Week 2024

16/10/2024

The 11th edition of the Geneva Peace Week will take place from 14 to 18 October 2024 in Geneva. The annual Peace Week is a leading forum in international peacebuilding through which organizations in Geneva and their international partners convene to share knowledge and practice on a diverse range of topics related to peace.

As part of this year’s Peace Week, FAO is co-organizing a pea...

The Human Right to Adequate Food

Genève (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 15/10/2024

As part of the commemorations of the World Food Week, the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) and the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) invite you to a dialogue on “The Human Right to Adequate Food¨. This event is framed within the FAO in Geneva Social Protection thematic dialogues organized in collaboration with the Rural Transformation and Gender Equality ...

World Food Week 2024 Celebrations in Switzerland

Hybrid Event, 14/10/2024 - 20/10/2024

From 14 to 18 October, we will be celebrating the World Food Week, where FAO and various partners, including the Swiss Federal Office for Agriculture (FOAG), are planning different activities in light of World Food Day and World Food Forum in Switzerland. Please find the list of activities taking place in Switzerland, and join us to spread the word and the World Food Week spirit.

World Food Forum 2024: Women and Girls Empowerment leading the change towards agrifood systems transformation

Virtual Event, 14/10/2024

As we celebrate the World Food Forum 2024, under the theme "Good Food For All, Today and Tomorrow", the FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels (LOB) and Geneva (LOG) welcome you to join the event World Food Forum (WFF) 2024: Women and Girls Empowerment leading the change towards agrifood systems.

The important role of agrifood systems across the Rio Convention Conference of Parties to the United Nations CBD, UNFCCC, and UNCCD

Genève (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 09/10/2024

Jointly organized by the FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva and New York, together with the Office of Climate Change, Biodiversity and Environment (OCB) and the Land and Water Division (NSL), this briefing will provide an opportunity for key stakeholders, including representatives of the Rio Convention Conferences of the Parties (CBD, UNFCCC, and UNCCD), to discuss the importance of agrifo...

Joint FAO-WFP Geneva Informal Briefing on Food Crises

Genf (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 08/10/2024

 Join us for a dialogue with the chair of the Famine Review Committee and IPC Global Manager of the IPC Global Support Unit that will deepen your understanding of the IPC and how Famine is declared. This will also be an opportunity to present and discuss the situation in countries facing risk of famine.

One Health Briefing on Avian Influenza: Preparedness and Coordinated Response

Virtual Event, 08/10/2024

FAO in Geneva is organizing this FAO One Health Briefing on Avian Influenza: Update and Coordinated Response, to inform partners and permanent missions in Geneva of the latest scientific findings and knowledge to support development and implementation of disease prevention and control strategies and policies with focus on the animal health sector, as well as FAO and partners’ contribution to gl...

Blue Transformation: Maximizing the contribution of Aquatic Food Systems to the 2030 Sustainable Agenda in SIDS

Genf (Switzerland), Hybrid Event, 07/10/2024

The FAO Liaison Offices in Brussels, Geneva, New York and the FAO Office of SIDS, LDCs and LLDCs in collaboration with FAO’s Fisheries and Aquaculture Division are organizing a hybrid dialogue event on `Blue Transformation: Maximizing the contribution of Aquatic Food Systems to the 2030 Sustainable Agenda in SIDS´ to explore potential solutions that respond to the calls made at the SIDS4 confer...

FAO at the WTO Public Forum 2024

Genève (Switzerland), 11/09/2024

The FAO Deputy Director-General Beth Bechdol will participate in the High-level panel 'Sowing inclusivity: rethinking agricultural trade for all'. This debate will consider how trade in agriculture can be improved to ensure more people benefit from it. Panellists will assess the progress of the WTO's agriculture agenda, including at the most recent Ministerial Conference in Abu Dhabi, and consi...

The Right to Adequate Food: Contributions from the UN Committee on World Food Security

Genève (Switzerland), 27/06/2024

We kindly invite you to join a dialogue on “The Right to Adequate Food – Contributions from the UN Committee on World Food Security,” organized in collaboration with the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO); the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR); FIAN International; the German Institute for Human Rights and Member States.

International Year of Camelids 2024 Exhibition at the Palais des Nations

Genf (Switzerland), 24/06/2024 - 28/06/2024

22 June marks the World Camel Day in 2024. In light of this day, the celebration, which takes place in person at the Palais des Nations, is composed of a week-long exhibition (24-28 June 2024) showcasing the multifaceted role of camelids not only as sources of fiber, milk, and meat, but also as resilient and sustainable contributors to local economies, commencing with an opening ceremony taking...

FAO in Geneva One Health Dialogue: Upstream Prevention for the Emergence and Spillover of Pathogens

Virtual Event, 06/06/2024

Building on the lessons learned from the implementation of the One Health approaches in the context of forests and with the presence of FAO experts from the Forestry Division and Animal Production and Health Division and partners, this One Health Series organized jointly by FAO Geneva Office and FAO One Health Technical Working Group will showcase concrete examples of how the One Health approac...

World Bee Day 2024 celebration in Geneva

Genf (Switzerland), 21/05/2024

On the occasion of the World Bee Day 2024, and for the third consecutive year, the co-organizers - Permanent Missions of Slovenia and Switzerland and the UN and FAO Offices in Geneva, with co-sponsorship of the Mission of Kenya this year, are pleased to invite you for the celebration event “Bee Engaged with Youth”. The presentations and interactive activity will be followed by a honey tasting.

Nutrition-sensitive social protection across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus

Virtual Event, 08/05/2024

FAO in Geneva invites you to join a dialogue on Nutrition-sensitive social protection across the Humanitarian-Development-Peace nexus, organized in collaboration with the World Food Programme (WFP). This initiative is a collective effort involving the FAO Liaison Office in Brussels, the FAO Inclusive Rural Transformation and Gender Equality Division (ESP), and the FAO Food and Nutrition Divisio...