Deadline: March 7, 2024
The World Food Forum (WFF) is pleased to invite Members of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and partners of the Forum to nominate Youth Representatives and Observers to the WFF Youth Assembly consultation cycle 2024. The WFF Youth Assembly provides a dedicated, inclusive and self-organized space for youth in agrifood systems advocacy and policy debate.
The Youth Assembly will start its meetings in March 2024 with thematic and regional virtual sessions that will run throughout 2024, cumulating in the main hybrid session to be held at the WFF flagship event from 14 to 18 October 2024 in Rome, Italy. A detailed agenda will be made available to delegations on the website of the Youth Assembly shortly. The 2024 WFF cycle is organized under the overall theme “Good food for all, today and tomorrow”.
The WFF, launched in 2021 as an independent network of partners hosted by FAO, serves as the premier global platform to actively shape agrifood systems for a better food future, accelerating the achievement of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). Through global youth action, science and innovation and investment, the WFF forges new paths of action and multi-sector partnerships for agrifood impact at the local, regional and global levels to achieve a more sustainable, resilient, inclusive and hunger-free food future for all.
Role
Youth Representatives and Observers are kindly requested to:
- Actively co-create the virtual Youth Assembly sessions throughout the year (starting in March) and engage in discussions in the lead up to the 2024 flagship event in October;
- Prepare a statement in relation to the WFF 2024 theme and country/organization priorities, to be presented at the flagship event in October. Statements can be presented either orally or in written form, in one of the official UN languages.
Eligibility
Nominations for Youth Representatives and Observers should be under the age of 36 and can include:
- members of a youth organization and/or network related to food, agriculture, development, climate and any other relevant field;
- stakeholder group members; (i.e. young farmers, fisherfolk, Indigenous Peoples, etc.);
- young members of a ministry, cabinet or any other national institution;
- students in the various fields of agrifood systems; and/or
- past and current youth delegates to the United Nations and/or international conferences.
Application
- FAO Members and partners of the Forum are kindly requested to send their nominations for Youth Representatives and Observers to the WFF Youth Assembly consultation cycle 2024 to [email protected]
- Nominations should be accompanied by the following information:
- full name,
- professional and/or academic background and current institutional affiliation,
- email address.
- Indicate the lead representative/observer acting as the responsible liaison for receiving communication materials to relay to the rest of the group.
- Specify if nominees will be participating in-person at the 2024 flagship event in October.
Be informed that the WFF Secretariat is unable to provide any financial support for travel and accommodation. Accreditation/invitation letters will be issued to facilitate visa requests, and Italian authorities will be informed accordingly.
For more information, visit World Food Forum.
