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17 April: A day to celebrate the struggles for Food Sovereignty and Human Dignity

Photo: Sebastião Salgado   On 17 April 1996, 1500 peasants of the Brazilian Landless Workers Movement (MST) rallied for agrarian reform on a public road in Eldorado do Carajás. Military…

Public Briefing on CSM’s final assessment of the VGFSyN

The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relation with the CFS  kindly invites you to a:  “Public Briefing on CSM’s final assessment of the VGFSyN” The CSM has…

CSM is seeking a full-time organizational and logistical support

The Secretariat of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the United Nations Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is seeking a Full-time organizational and logistical…

CSM Update | February and March 2021

In this issue: 1. CFS Updates CFS 47th Plenary Session CSM Plenary Statements and CFS 47th Final Report Discussion and Adoption of CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition Follow-up on…

CFS AG and Bureau meeting 6 April 2021

CSM Contributions to the CFS Joint Meetings of the Advisory Group and Bureau 2020-2021   6 April 2021 CFS Advisory Group and Bureau meeting The meeting has touched upon the…

CSM contribution to the HLPE e-consultation on Data

Contribution of the CSM WG on Data to e-consultation on the scope of the HLPE Report on Data collection and analysis tools for food security and nutrition Read the contribution…

Note from the CSM Liaison Group on FSS

Main concerns of CSM Letter on Food System Summit remain without adequate response Note of the CSM Liaison Group after meeting with CFS Chair and Special Envoy for UN Food…

Key CSM and CFS communications on the United Nations Food Systems Summit

The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS), has been closely observing the United Nations Food Systems Summit (UNFSS) preparation since July…

CSM Public Briefing | 25 March 2021

The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism for relation with the CFS  kindly invites to a Virtual Public Briefing:  “Priorities and Key Messages to the upcoming CFS Negotiations  on Agroecological…

CSM Letter to the CFS Chair on Food Systems Summit

CSM Letter to the CFS Chair on Food Systems Summit Add your organisation’s signature Download the letter (Also available in Português | Español | Français)   Amb. Thanawat Tiensin Chair, UN Committee on World Food…

HLPE e-consultation on the scope of the Report on Data

Data collection and analysis tools for food security and nutrition HLPE e-consultation on the Report’s scope Deadline 21 March 2021 CSM is launching a call for a new Working Group on Data….

CSM Plenary Statements @CFS 47

CSM Plenary Statements at CFS 47th Plenary Session     On Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030 | 8 February 2021  Alberto Broch | COPROFAM  CSM…

CSM Declarations on the VGFSyN during the CFS 47th Plenary

Speech by Shalmali Guttal | 10 February | CSM Policy Briefing Good afternoon everyone. My name is Shalmali Guttal and I am joining you from India. My organisation, Focus on the…

CSM Report on Monitoring the use and application of the FFA

CSM Report on Monitoring the use and application of the CFS Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (CFS-FFA) DOWNLOAD THE REPORT IN ENGLISH AND ARABIC! …

UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food: “Let the CFS be the place where governments take action”

Speech of the UN Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food, Michael Fakhri, at the CFS 47 Side Event “Developing effective policy responses to Covid-19: what is needed and what is…

Proposal in the Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition risks undermining international law

During the 3rd and final round of negotiations of the Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition (VGFSyN), the representative of the United States proposed the following addition to the text: “Treaties…

CSM Statements on the Negotiations of the Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition

Since the onset of the negotiations of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition, CSM has been highly committed and made many substantial contributions to bring in the priorities of…

CFS 47th Plenary Session 8-11 February 2021

CFS 47th Plenary Session 8-11 February 2020 In this page you will find all the information related to the CFS 47th Plenary Session that will be held entirely online. Please…

CSM Update | November, December and January 2021

In this issue: CFS Updates Updates on a possible CFS policy response to COVID-19 Updates from the CFS Advisory Group and Bureau meeting of 23 November 2020 Updates from CFS’s…

Policy response to COVID-19

POLICY RESPONSE TO COVID-19 The virus itself does not discriminate, but its impacts do, as the UN Secretary General has pointed out. There is increasing evidence from all parts of…

Translations of the HLPE issues Paper on COVID-19 now online!

Impacts of COVID-19 on food security and nutrition: developing effective policy responses to address the hunger and malnutrition pandemic HLPE issues paper AR|FR|ES|RU|CH September 2020 In March 2020 the HLPE…

HLPE e-consultation on the zero draft of the Report on Youth

Promoting youth engagement and employment in agriculture and food systems HLPE consultation on the V0 draft of the report   During its 46th Plenary Session (14 – 18 October 2019),…

Special CSM Update | October

📢 Open Call for Engagement to Respond to the UN Food Systems Summit The call is promoted by the Peoples and organizations participating in the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’…

CSM Side event, today 15 October 2020!

The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM)  for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS)  invites you to join  Today, 15 of October 2020, at 4.30 pm…

CSM Youth Intervention on CSM’s 10th Anniversary Virtual Celebration

The CSM Youth working group collectively analyzed the current moment in world history. We present this urgent message to the CFS and Member States: now is the time to transform….

Open Call for Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Engagement to respond to the UN Food Systems Summit

Open Call for Engagement to Respond to the UN Food Systems Summit Download the call for engagement here! The call is promoted by the Peoples and organizations participating in the…

Global grassroots organisations demand radical transformation of food systems to tackle the impacts of COVID-19

The COVID-19 food crisis is closely linked to economic, social, gender and environmental injustices of free-market neoliberalism, says a report launched today by the largest international space of grassroots organizations…

CSM 10th Anniversary celebrations and Policy Briefing on 12 October 2020

CSM Policy Briefing 12 October 2020 (13.00h – 13.40h CET) Download the agenda! The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security…

CSM Global Synthesis Report on Covid-19 is out!

Voices from the ground: From COVID-19 to radical transformation of our food systems DOWNLOAD THE FULL REPORT HERE! Download the Short Policy Report here This report presents the experiences and…

The new Report of the CSM Women Working Group is out!

Gender, COVID-19 and Food Systems: impacts, community responses and feminist policy demands DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE! This publication is a report of the CSM Women’s Working Group. It was authored…

Youth Demands for a Radical Transformation of our Food Systems

Protecting our rights and enabling our agency for the present and future of our health, societies, cultures, knowledges and ecosystems DOWNLOAD THE POLICY DECLARATION HERE CSM Youth Working Group October…

CSM Call for Videos!

Call for videos: let’s make our voices heard! Between 12 and 16 October, let’s join forces and be heard! As part of CSM’s communication strategy we are inviting you to share your…

CSM Updates 2021

CSM Updates 2021 CSM Update | February and March 2021     CSM Update | November, December and January 2020       Special CSM Update October 2020         CSM Update September…

CFS Virtual negotiations on Food Systems and Nutrition

September//December 2020 CFS virtual policy negotiations Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition CSM Preliminary Key priorities   9 October 2020 First meeting of the Friends of the Chair In order…

CFS High-Level Events in October

CFS High-Level Virtual Events 13-15 October 2020 IMPORTANT! Registrations to the CFS High-Level events of 13-15 October are closing on October 8th.  In order to register please click here and…

CSM is looking for a Social Media and Communication Officer

Vacancy Announcement  Download the job description here! Deadline for submissions 28 of August   The Secretariat of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the United…

Draft one of the CFS Policy Recommendations on Agroecology

CFS Policy Recommendations on Agrecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition Draft One  Draft One will be available in all six FAO…

CFS Policy Outcomes

CFS Policy Outcomes   Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crisis       Principles for Responsible Investment in Agriculture and Food Systems      …

CSM Annual Report 2019

CSM Annual Report 2019 DOWNLOAD THE REPORT HERE   2019 was a year of trials and tribulations for global food governance. We witnessed unprecedented attacks on multi-lateral intergovernmental spaces, including…

Launch of the HLPE Report on the global narrative towards 2030

The HLPE are glad to confirm the launch of their 15th report to the Committee on World Food Security (CFS), Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030, and…

Letter of the CSM WG on Food Systems and Nutrition to CFS

To the kind attention of: H.E. Hans Hoogeveen, Ambassador of the Netherlands, Chairperson, CFS Open-Ended Working Group on Food Systems and Nutrition H.E. Thanawat Tiensin, Ambassador of the Kingdom of…

Ciao Stéphane

Ciao Stéphane, your premature and sudden departure has left us without words to express the big sufferance we are feeling now. We have lost a friend, a comrade, a colleague….

Call for inputs for the CSM monitoring of the Framework for Action in Protracted Crises

Call for inputs to an independent CSO report on monitoring the use and application of the CFS Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises Do the survey…

CSM key messages on Covid-19 and the policy response to avert the global food crisis

CSM Messages for Virtual Event and the CFS Bureau and Advisory Group Extraordinary Meeting on Covid19, Food Security and Nutrition Responses of Advisory Group Members to Avert a new Global…

CSM Webinar: Learning about the COVID-19 crisis in the CFS

The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has the pleasure to invite you to the webinar ‘Learning about the…

CSM Key messages to CFS Advisory Group and Bureau extraordinary meeting

Preliminary CSM messages to the Extraordinary Meeting of the CFS Bureau and Advisory Group (31 March 2020)  “No volveremos a la normalidad porque la normalidad era el problema” Standing up…

CSM Preliminary messages on COVID-19

CSM preliminary messages for the CFS Advisory Group and Bureau Meeting on COVID-19 and its impacts on food security and nutrition  19 March 2020 Download the statement here Points on…

Those most affected by hunger, malnutrition must shape UN Food Systems Summit

Those most affected by hunger, malnutrition must shape UN Food Systems Summit With the corporate world increasingly involved in UN decision-making, 550 CSOs, social movements and universities handover a letter…

Draft for negotiations: Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition

Draft for negotiations CFS Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition Download the Draft here Russian||French||Chinese||Spanish||Arabic Message from the Chair of the CFS Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG)  on Food Systems and Nutrition…

Zero Draft – Recommendations on Agroecology and other innovations

Zero Draft  CFS Policy Recommendations on Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable food systems that ensure food security and nutrition  Download the Zero draft here Also available in all UN languages: …

Zero Draft of the CFS Policy Recommendations on Agroecological and other innovative approaches

Zero Draft of the CFS Policy Recommendations on Agroecological and other innovative approaches Download the zero draft here! More information here! This Zero Draft, prepared with the support of a…

Monitoring the Framework for Action for FSN in Protracted Crises

Call for experiences and good practices in the use and application of the CFS Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crisis (CFS-FFA) This year the CFS…

HLPE e-consultation on the zero draft of the Report “Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030”

HLPE e-consultation on the zero draft of the Report “Food security and nutrition: building a global narrative towards 2030” Zero draft here! Deadline 23 February 2020 Visit the webpage of…

HLPE e-consultation on the scope of the Youth Report

Promoting youth engagement and employment in agriculture and food systems. E-consultation on the Report’s scope, proposed by the HLPE Steering Committee Deadline 19 of January 2020 Visit CSM Youth Page to…

First Draft of CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition

First Draft of CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition   On 20th December 2019 the First Draft of the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition were…

CSM submission to CFS on Agroecology

CSM Inputs for the CFS policy convergence process on “Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition” 6 December 2019 Download…

CSM Plenary Statements @CFS 46

CFS Plenary Statements @ CFS 46   CSM Closing Plenary Statement  (18 October 2019) Delivered on behalf of CSM by Emily Mattheisen, FIAN International (Germany)     CSM Plenary Statement on…

CSM Statement at CFS 46 on the International Day of Rural Women

15 October 2019 CSM Statement at CFS 46 on the International Day of Rural Women Delivered on behalf of CSM by Silvia Dywili, World March of Women, Mozambique It is…

CSM Opening Statement at CFS 46 Plenary Session!

14 October 2019 CSM Opening Statement at CFS 46 Plenary Session! CSM Remarks on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World, SOFI 2019 Delivered on behalf of…

CSM side event on Extractivism and Women’s right to food

CSM side event @CFS 46 The impact of extractivism on women’s right to food and the struggle for a just transition Addressing root causes of violence against women and the…

CSM side event The Future of Food and the Visions of the Youth

CSM Side Event @CFS 46 The future of food and the visions of the youth: “We don’t inherit land from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children” (Native American…

Towards Smallholder-oriented Public Policies. Independent Report by CSM

Towards Smallholder-oriented Public Policies:   Independent report by the Civil Society and Indigenous  Peoples Mechanism for the Committee on World Food Security monitoring the use and implementation of CFS  policy recommendations on smallholders…

CSM and PSM joint side event on Food Systems and Nutrition

CSM and PSM side event @CFS46 Food Systems and Nutrition Guidelines: proposed pathways by the Private Sector and Civil Society Tuesday 15 October 2019 8.30-10.00 am  Iraq Room DOWNLOAD THE…

CSM Side Event on Agroecology and Food Systems!

CSM Side Event @CFS 46 Re-think and Re-shaping Food Systems through Agroecology! CFS Policy Convergence process on Agroecology and Food Systems and Nutrition as the key opportunity to chart the…

CSM Side Events at CFS 46!

14 October 2019 13:00 – 14:30 Philippines Room (Building C Room 277) – Here all informations! Fighting hunger between rights and inequalities: Too many left behind! How can human rights…

CSM Side Event on Inequalities

CSM Side Event @ CFS 46 Fighting Hunger between rights and inequalities. Too many left behind Monday, 14 October 13.00-14:30h, Philippines Room Download the flyer! SUMMARY OF THE SIDE EVENT…

CFS 46th Plenary Session 14-18 October 2019

CFS 46th Plenary Session 14-18 October 2019 In this page you will find all the informations related to the CFS 46th Plenary Session that will open on 14 October 2019…

CSM Forum 2019 Opening Public Panel

The Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) has the pleasure to invite you to the Opening Panel of…

CSM Forum 2019

CSM FORUM 12 – 13 October 2019 Green Room, FAO HQs,  Rome Draft Agenda CSM Forum Background Documents:   Logistic Note CSM Key Messages to CFS 46 Draft CC Report…

CSM Paper on Feminism and Agroecology!

An input and vision paper of the CSM Working Group of Women Without feminism there is no agroecology! Towards healthy, sustainable and just food systems August 2019   This document…

CSM Information Session 19 September 2019

Invitation for a CSM Informational Meeting: Sharing Views in Preparation of CFS 46  Thursday, 19 September, 9:30-11:30h, FAO Mexico Room  Download the invitation! We kindly invite members and participants of…

CFS Meeting on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition

CFS Meeting on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition – 17 September 2019 CSM Key points to the event! Video of the Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food,…

The new SOFI Report is available online

The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2019 Key Messages from SOFI 2019 15 July 2019 (New York) Flyer – Full Report – In brief – Digital Report After decades…

HLPE full Report on Agroecology and other innovations

High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition Agroecological and other innovative approaches for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition Read the Full…

CSM Annual Report 2017//2018

CSM Annual Report 2017//2018 Download the Full Report here! The period 2017/2018 was a quite intense year for the CSM. This Annual Report provides an overview on the CSM engagement…

CSM Public Briefing on CFS VG on Nutrition and Food Systems

CSM kindly invites you to a Public Briefing  Priorities and Perspectives of Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations towards the CFS Voluntary Guidelines on Food Systems and Nutrition Date and…

Call for inputs to monitor the use and application of CFS Policy Recommendations 2019

Call for inputs to monitor the use and application of CFS Policy Recommendations 2019 With the recent adoption of the UN Declaration on the Rights of Peasants and other people…

HLPE Report on Multi-Stakeholder Partnerships now available in all languages!

    Translations of the HLPE Report #13: Multi-stakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda are now available to download….

CFS Chair’s letter on the situation of Yemen

Rome, 7 January 2019 Excellency, The devastation and terrible suffering caused by the armed conflict in Yemen is a matter of great concern. Conflict, economic collapse, and rising food prices…

CSM Forum Video Summary!

  CSM Forum 2018 Have a look at this video summary of the CSM Forum 13//14 October 2018    

HLPE online consultation on the scope of the 2020 Report

Food Security and Nutrition: Building a global narrative towards 2030 HLPE e-consultation on the Report’s scope 3 December 2018 – 7 January 2019 During its 45th Plenary Session (15-20 October 2018),…

CSM Video interventions at CFS 45!

Please find all CSM Plenary Interventions at CFS 45 (15 – 19 October 2018)!     CSM statement at the Global Thematic Event to monitor the Right to Food Guidelines: 18…

CSM Women’s Vision!

CSM Women’s Vision Document 2018 We women of the CSM constituency, gathering rural and urban, fisher folks, peasants, pastoralists, indigenous, consumers, agricultural workers, NGO activists, landless women from all across…

CSM Final Statement at CFS 45

CSM Final Statement at CFS 45   19 October 2018 Antonio González – (MAELA), Guatemala The CSM would like to thank everyone – the Chair, member states, participants, the Secretariat…

“Agricultural workers have to organize themselves and claim their rights”, Patrick Konde

In this video Patrick Konde, trade union leader, talks about the organization of immigrant agricultural workers and other sectors in Italy to assert their rights for the improvement of their…

Migration and the Right to Food: “Women workers are the most exploited and least paid in Italy”

In this video, Rossana Scaricabarozzi, of ActionAid Italy, talks about the results of a study carried out recently about the condition of migrant agricultural workers, particularly women. The study shows…

A Mechanism of Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples

The MSC officially adopted the name of the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism for relations with the Committee on World Food Security. Participants representing indigenous peoples in the Civil…

“Food Insecurity in Palestine Caused by the Israeli Occupation”, Mohamed Alsalimiya

In this video, explains how the Israeli occupation causes Food Insecurity in Palestine.

CSM Opening Statement at CFS 45

  Intervention for the opening of the 45thCFS Plenary Session – 15 October 2018 Iridiani Seibert – La Via Campesina (Brazil) Co-coordinator of the Women’s Constituency of the MSC We…

“We have to organize ourselves to defend the rights of rural women”, Margarita Gómez

On the International Day of Rural Women, Margarita Gómez from CLOC-Vía Campesina shares her concerns about the plight of women living and working in the Latin America countryside. Among the…

CSM Opening Statement at CFS 45!

Intervention for the opening of the 45th CFS Plenary Session – 15 October 2018 Iridiani Seibert – La Via Campesina (Brazil) Co-coordinator of the Women’s Constituency of the MSC We salute…

CSM Side Events at CFS 45!

CSM Side events proposals for CFS 45 were approved! Monday 15 of October 20178 13.00-14.30 Red Room Building A Flr 1 (Languages: EN/ES/FR) Celebrating the international day of rural women. From…

CSM Holds Annual Forum

(Only available in French) Le Mécanisme de la Société Civile (MSC) pour les relations avec le Comité des Nations Unies sur la Sécurité Alimentaire Mondiale, qui vient de changer son…

Christiana Louwa demands actions #International Day of Rural Women (2018)

On the first day of the negotiations of the Committee on World Food Security in Rome, and on the occasion of the International Day of Rural Women, Christiana Louwa from…

Rural women speak out at UN food security plenary: ‘After a decade of celebrating International Rural Women’s Day we are still denied our rights’

For immediate release: Monday, 15 October 2016 Women farmers, fishers, pastoralists, agriculture workers and indigenous smallholders have been feeding their communities for centuries but remain largely invisible in the world…

Press clipping: CSM en los medios

La Vanguardia Grupos sociales denuncian violaciones al derecho de alimentación en el mundo El Mundo FAO: Debemos abordar la nutrición como asunto público y responsabilidad del estado FAO Addressing nutrition…

“We have to recommit and go into the direction of Agroecology”, Elene Shatberashvili

In this video, Elene Shatberashvili, from Biological Farmer Association Elkana and La Via Campesina, Georgia, talks about the need to restructure foods systems, not only in its productive dimension, but…

“The right to adequate food is the right to dignity and life”

Global Civil Society Forum consolidates positions towards CFS 45 Boaventura Monjane The Civil Society Global Forum, an annual gathering that brings together a diversity of organisations and individuals working on…

“Decent wages for agri-food workers is essential in combating hunger”, Adwoa Sakyi

States must collaborate with civil society to address hunger crisis. Decent work and wages must be the central stage, specially for rural women. Social security and protection for them is…

“Globalization, militarism and patriarchy perpetuate hunger”, Azra Sayeed

In this video, Azra Sayeed from International Women’s Alliance, Pakistan, explains the intercepts of militarism, patriarchy, Globalization, aid and HUNGER. If not progressive, laws, policies and institutions can perpetuate hunger…

“We know how to guarantee food sovereignty to our peoples” – Antonio Gonzalez

From a historical perspective, Antonio Gonzalez, MAELA – Guatemala, explains the role of indigenous peoples in food systems that have always guaranteed the food and nutrition of the people. He…

The Most Violated Human Right Worldwide: the Right to Food

Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples Mechanism for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CSM) PRESS RELEASE New Global Society Report launched on the eve of the World…

“There is no food security without our participation” – Nathanael Buka

Dans cette vidéo (IN FRENCH), Nathanael Buka Mupungu de la PROPAC parle de l’importance de la participation active des petits exploitants aux négociations sur les politiques alimentaires, condition indispensable à…

“There is no nutrition without Agroecology”, Maria Teresa Alvarez

María Teresa Álvarez shared the experiences of the shepherds of the great Chaco. She said the communities were drastically affected by land grabbing and reducing space for their traditional practices….

Press Conference: Launch of Global Civil Society Report on Right to Food

On the eve of the World Food Day Friday 12 October, 11h30-12h00 (Roma) VENUE: Auditorium Antonianum, Viale Manzoni 1, Rome. KEY RELATED TOPICS: World Food Day (16/10); International Rural Women…

Global civil society and grassroots movements in Rome to influence world food policies

Civil Society Mechanism for relations to the UN Committee on World Food Security MEDIA ADVISORY Rome, 8 October 2018 – The recently released United Nations report on the State of…

CSM Press kit!

Download CSM PRESS KIT towards CSM Forum and the CFS45 plenary session

CSM Press and Social Media News!

CSM Forum Draft Agenda!

CSM FORUM 13 – 14 October 2018 Green Room, FAO HQs,  Rome Draft Agenda of the CSM Forum   Background documents: CSO Report on the use and implementation of the…

Civil Society Report on the use and implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines

Independent Civil Society Report on the use and implementation of the Right to Food Guidelines Download the full Report here!   The CFS’ monitoring of the use and application of the RTF…

HLPE Electronic consultation on the zero draft of the Agroecology and other innovations Report

HLPE Report on Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security and nutrition eConsultation on the V0 Draft During its 44th Plenary Session…

CSM Forum Public Opening!

The Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) kindly invite you to join the opening session of the  CSM Forum 2018 Public…

CFS 45th Plenary Session 15-19 October 2018

CFS 45th Plenary Session 15-19 October 2018 In this page you will find all the informations related to the CFS 45th Plenary Session that will open on 15 October 2018,…

The new SOFI Report is now available!

State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2018 The Report on the State of Food Security and Nutrition in the world (SOFI) was launched at FAO HQs on…

Deadline postponed! The CSM is looking for a Short-term Media and Press Consultant

The Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) Secretariat is looking for a Short-term Media and Press Consultant for the months of September//October 2018 The Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the…

CSM Videos on CFS policy processes! Stay tuned

Please find in this page CSM short videos on CFS policy processes! Keep your self tuned and updated! CSM Working Group on Nutrition intervention during the OEWG Meeting of 30…

Summary and Recommendations of the HLPE Report on Multi-stakeholder partnership are now available!

The Summary and Recommendations of the HLPE Report #13 Multi-stakeholder partnerships to finance and improve food security and nutrition in the framework of the 2030 Agenda are now available in…

HLPE Report on Nutrition and Food Systems available in all UN languages!

Translations of the 12th HLPE report Nutrition and food systems  are now available in all UN official languages!   Follow the process in the page of the CSM Working Group! Arabic…

Save the date! “Monitoring the use and application of the Right to Food Guidelines”

The Friends of the Right to Food in Rome and the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the CFS  kindly invite you to the Workshop “Monitoring the Use and Application of the Right to Food Guidelines”…

CSM Informational Meeting on Nutrition

You are warmly invited to an Informational Meeting on CSM perspectives on the upcoming CFS policy convergence on food systems and nutrition Thursday, March 8, 14:00-15:30h FAO Lebanon Room The Civil…

CSM Evaluation and Facilitation

CSM Facilitation 2019 – 2020   The findings of the CSM Evaluation of 2018 have been deeply discussed by the Coordination Committee and the CSM Forum 2018. Many of the…

CSM Annual Report 2016//2017

CSM Annual Report 2016//2017 The period 2016/2017 was a quite intense year for the CSM. This Annual Report gives an overview on the CSM engagement with all CFS Policy Processes…

HLPE e-consultation on the zero draft of the report on Multistakeholder partnerships

HLPE Report on: Multistakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda From 16 January to 19 February 2018 During its 43rd Plenary…

The Right to Adequate Food Event 24 January 2017

The Permanent Representation of Norway to the UN organisations in Rome and the Civil Society Mechanism for relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CSM), in collaboration with…

Share your experiences on the Right to Food!

Background In 2014, on the 10 year anniversary of the adoption of the Voluntary Guidelines to support the progressive realization of the right to adequate food in the context of…

Good bye Kuria. We will always remember your smile and warm heart.

It is with great sadness that we announce the loss of our dear Kuria Gathuru on 15 of November 2017. We would like to express our deep condolences to Kuria’s family over…

Extension of deadline to 1st December! HLPE Electronic Consultation on the scope of the Report: Agroecological approaches and other innovations

Extension of deadline to 1st December!  HLPE Electronic Consultation on the scope of the Report: Agroecological approaches and other innovations for sustainable agriculture and food systems that enhance food security…

First intervention of the new CFS Chair

First Intervention of the new CFS Chair  Ambassador Mario Arvelo (Dominican Republic) to the CFS Plenary Session – 13 October 2017    

CSM Welcome Kit

CSM Welcome Kit: Useful Tips on the Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) for Relations with the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS)   Understanding the role and structure of the…

CSM Final Statement @CFS 44 and CFS 44 Final Report!

CSM Final statement @ CFS 44 and CFS 44 Final Report 13 October 2017 Credit Foto @FAO Download the CFS 44 final report Madame Chair, members and participants of the…

CSM Plenary Statements @CFS 44

Credit Photo @FAO 5th Day – 13 October 2017 Critical and Emerging Issues for Food Security and Nutrition Intervention of Elenita Neth Daño, ETC Group, Philippines on behalf of the…

People’s voices from CSM at CFS 44!

Radio Mundo Real – Friends of the Earth International  Interviews Naseegh Jaffer  WFFP, South Africa, CSM Coordination Committee Member and CSM Coordinator of Monitoring WG     Radio Mundo Real…

CSM Opening Statements on Famines and food crisis

  CFS 44, 9 October 2017: – CSM Statement on Policy responses to Food Crises, Famines and their Root Causes, and the Role of CFS As the SOFI Report 2017…

CSM Side Events at CFS 44

CSM Side events proposals for CFS 44 were approved! See media gallery HERE Tuesday 10 of October 2017 18.00-19.30 Philippines Room Building C Flr 2 (Languages: EN/ES/FR) Reclaiming healthy and sustainable diets as…

Public Closing Panel of the CSM Forum 2017, Save the Date!

Save the date: “The struggles for human rights and the right to food and nutrition –  What role for the CFS?” Closing Panel of the CSM Forum 2017 8 October,…

CSM Forum 2017

CSM Forum 7-8 October 2017 Each year the CSM holds its Annual Forum prior to the CFS Plenary Session and it is open to all interested civil society participants of…

CFS 44 Plenary Session 9 – 13 October 2017

CFS 44 Plenary Session 9 – 13 October 2017 09/10/2017 – 13/10/2017 The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform for all stakeholders…

Outcomes of the CFS Forum on Women’s Empowerment

For more information on this process click here Chair’s Summary of the Forum:  (Photo credits FAO) CFS Forum on Women’s Empowerment in the Context of Food Security and Nutrition –…

ETC and CSM Webinar

THE FUTURE SHAPE OF THE FOOD CHAIN  Update on Agribusiness Mega-Mergers and Food Security CSM and ETC Group Webinar for Delegates from Permanent Representations to the UN in Rome and Staff or RBAs….

CSM Informational Meeting 19 September 2017

The CSM Working Group on Forestry kindly invites you to a CSM Informational Meeting A win-win for the Right to Food, livelihoods and the environment CSM proposals for Forestry and…

Latest News on the Process for the CFS Plan of Action for the Evaluation!

CFS Evaluation Background information The Committee on World Food Security (CFS) commissioned an independent evaluation of the effectiveness of the CFS reforms that were initiated in 2009. In October 2013…

CFS response to worsening food security situation in the world

CFS response to worsening food security situation in the world 8 January 2019 CFS Chair letter on the situation in Yemen 9 October 2017 CSM opening statement on famines and food…

2nd HLPE Note on Critical and Emerging Issues

2nd HLPE Note on Critical and Emerging Issues May 2016 As requested by the Committee on World Food Security of the United Nations (CFS) on the 2nd of August 2016,…

“Bringing home the results from Rome”. Strengthening the use and application of CFS policy outcomes

The Permanent Representation of the Federal Republic of Germany to FAO and other International Organizations in Rome and The Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the UN Committee on…

On CFS Sustainable Funding

CFS Sustainable Funding CFS Advisory Group and Bureau Meeting – 31 January 2018 Budget Update 2018/2019 CSM Contribution on this item CFS Bureau Outcomes CFS Advisory Group and Bureau Meeting – 3…

Call for Contributions on Changing Rural-Urban Dynamics!

Call for contributions On February 3rd, 2017 the Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) of the CFS on Urbanization and Rural Transformation (UR&RT) adopted a “CALL FOR EXPERIENCES AND POLICY APPROACHES…

The CSM Annual Report 2015-2016 is now online!

CSM Annual Report 2015-2016 This Annual Report documents the work of the CSM during the period August 2015 to August 2016, and aims to be an essential tool for the…

CSM Information Meeting 7 February 2017

The Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) to the UN Committee on World Food Security (CFS) would like to kindly invite you to the informational meeting:   Civil Society Priorities for CFS…

HLPE Report Multistakeholder Partnerships

HLPE Report on Multistakeholder Partnerships to Finance and Improve Food Security and Nutrition in the Framework of the 2030 Agenda During its 43rd Plenary Session (17-21 October 2016), the CFS requested…

HLPE Steering Committee’s Renewal – Extension of deadline!

The deadline of the call for nominations has been extended until the 14th of February! The Steering Committee of the High Level Panel of Experts (HLPE) of the Committee on…

Nutrition and Food Systems. HLPE Consultation on the zero Draft

Communication from the HLPE Project Team and Steering Committee Read the Zero Draft of the HLPE Report on Nutrition and Food Systems To join the CSM Working Group on Nutrition…

CSM Final Statement @CFS 43

CSM Final Statement to CFS 43 – 21 October 2016 The CFS has become a unique space in the United Nations System where the voices of small-scale food producers, family…

CSM Plenary Statements @CFS43!

In this section you will be able to find the Civil Society Organisations’ Plenary Statements at CFS 43  Monday 17 October 2016 Opening Statement on Sustainable Food Systems, Nutrition and Climate Change…

CSM Opening Statement at CFS 43!

Opening Statement of Civil Society Mechanism – 17 October 2016 CFS 43 Opening: Sustainable Food Systems, Nutrition and Climate Change CSM welcomes the attention being given at World Food Day to…

CSM Side Events at CFS 43

CSM Side events proposals for CFS 43 were approved! Tuesday 18 of October 2016 18.00-19.30 Red Room Building A Flr 1 (Languages: EN/ES/FR) Contributing to the CFS Monitoring Mechanism. Experiences with the…

Connecting Smallholders to Markets: an analytical guide

Connecting Smallholders to Markets’ is the title of policy recommendations negotiated on 8- 9 June 2016 in the Committee on World Food Security, the foremost inclusive international and intergovernmental platform…

Public Debates of the CSM Forum

We are honoured to announce that H.E. the Ambassador Amira Gornass, Chair of the CFS will open the CSM Forum 2016 together with Director General of FAO José Graziano de Silva …

CSM Forum 2016

The CSM Forum: When it will take place? 15 and 16 of October 2016 Where it will take place? Green Room at FAO HQs, Rome – Italy. What will be…

CFS 43 Plenary Session

CFS Plenary Session will take place from 17-21 of October 2016 at FAO HQs in Rome. Draft Annotated Agenda Draft Timetable List of CFS 43 documents Special Side Events and…

Civil Society Report on the use and implementation of the Tenure Guidelines

The Synthesis Report on Civil Society experiences regarding the use and implementation of the Tenure Guidelines and the challenge of monitoring CFS decisions is now ready! A Contribution of the…

CFS Advisory Group and Bureau Meeting 8 July 2016

Please find here the Agenda and all background documents of the next CFS Advisory Group and Bureau meeting that will take place on the 8th of July:   Agenda GSF…

Summary and Recommendations of the new HLPE Report now available!

The Summary and the Recommendations of the new HLPE Report on “Sustainable Agricultural Development for food security and nutrition: what roles for livestock?” are now available online here!

Vacancy Announcement: Short-term Logistics Support for the CSM Secretariat

Recruitment of a Short-term Logistics Support for the Secretariat of the Civil Society Mechanism The Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) for relations with the United Nations Committee on World Food Security…

Launch of the HLPE Report on Sustainable Agricultural Development, including the role of Livestock

Launch of the HLPE report Sustainable agricultural development for food security and nutrition: what roles for livestock? Friday 1 July 2016, 9:30-12:30 FAO HQ, Red Room, Rome Provisional agenda  9.30 …

Negotiations on Connecting Smallholders to Markets – 8/9 June 2016

Watch one of the initial interventions of the CSM during the negotiations!  

CSM Side Events at CFS 43

Important information on CSM organized Side events for CFS 43 After assessing the CSM side events selection’s procedure of last years, the Coordination Committee during its meeting in May 2016…

Second Technical Workshop on Urbanisation and Rural Transformation

The Second Technical Workshop on Urbanisation, Rural Transformation and implications for Food Security and Nutrition will take place at IFAD on the 7th of June. Consult the Background Document  

New HLPE Report on Sustainable Forestry

New HLPE Report on Sustainable Forestry Please take note that the Zero Draft of the HLPE Report on Sustainable Forestry for Food Security and Nutrition is now submitted to an…

Negotiations on Connecting smallholders to Markets 8-9 June 2016

The CFS OEWG on Connecting Smallholders to Markets will take place on 8-9 June 2016 Read CSM proposals on CFS Recommendations on Connecting Smallholders to Markets submitted on the 27th of…

CSM Information Meeting on Markets

Invitation to a CSM Information Meeting:  Civil Society Perspectives on Smallholders’ Access to Markets    Date:            27 April, 8:30-10:00am Venue:           Austria Room, FAO HQ…

CSM Information Meeting on Nutrition

The Civil Society Mechanism (CSM) to the UN Committee on World Food Food Security (CFS) kindly invites you to a CSM Information Meeting on Monday 4 of April 2016 from…

Call to send inputs for the elaboration of an independent CSO Report on the use and application of the VGGTs

CSM WG on monitoring Call to send inputs for the elaboration of an independent CSO report on the use and application of VGGT as input to the global thematic session during CFS…

CSM Working Group on Nutrition Preliminary Position!

CSM Nutrition Working Group – Preliminary Position  January 2016 This brief document aims to provide an initial conceptual framing to the CSM preparations for the CFS Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG)…

CSM submission to the e-consultation for the HLPE Report on Food Systems & Nutrition

CSM submission to the e-consultation for the HLPE Report on Food Systems & Nutrition This document conveys the collective input of the Civil Society Mechanism of the CFS regarding the…

CSM Annual Report 2014/2015

This Annual Report documents the work of the CSM during the period August 2014 to August 2015, and aims to be an essential tool for the internal and external communication…

Civil Society Plenary Statements at CFS 42

This publication collects contributions and key messages of civil society as delivered during the 42nd Plenary Session of the Committee on Food Security (CFS), which took place at FAO Headquarters…

Preliminary CSM Comments on the HLPE Zero Draft on SADL

Preliminary CSM Comments on the HLPE Zero Draft Report on “Sustainable Agricultural Development for Food Security and Nutrition, including the Role of Livestock” October 2015 This document conveys the preliminary…