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CSIPM Forum 2026
Bringing together our collective voice for food sovereignty ahead of the CFS 54th Plenary Session. In-person event for social movements, civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations.
When: 17 and 18 October 2026, from 8:00 – 18:00
Modality: In-person
Where: Università Roma Tre, Aula Magna del Dipartimento di Architettura. Rome, Italy.
Piazza Orazio Giustiniani 4, 00153, Roma https://maps.app.goo.gl/cLRMbKVpDLP9hJnu9
Deadline to register: 4 October 2026
Interpretation to English, Spanish and French will be ensured.
We strongly encourage you to book your accommodation as early as possible.
Register by 4 October
The CSIPM Forum is a two day, in-person event that takes place in Rome, Italy, annually ahead of the CFS Plenary Session. It is open to all interested civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organisations participating in CFS processes, as well as orgnisations wishing to engage in them.
At the Forum, participants engage in a wide range of debates to assess past processes, to consolidate common policy positions and to identify key challenges and steps forward in our interactions with the CFS, and other civil society spaces and platforms whose work intersect with the right to food and food sovereignty struggle. This environment enables participants to consolidate, refine, and formalize their stance and key messages, which are subsequently presented at the CFS Plenary Session.
The Forum is also a platform for accountability, where Coordination Committee members openly share updates on their work, achievements, and undertakings.The Forum also hosts a Public Session open to CFS Member States, UN agencies, researchers, students, the press and the general public. More information is available at www.csm4cfs.org
Will be published in early October.
CFS 54th Plenary Session
- When and where: : 19 to 23 October, 2026. At FAO Headquarters, in Rome, Italy.
- Who can participate: The Session is open to members of the Committee, participants and observers.
- Interpretation: The Plenary will be conducted in Arabic, Chinese, English, French, Russian and Spanish.
- Modality: Hybrid
- Registration: Please register sending an email to CFS54-Registration@fao.org before 7 September 2026, including the following information:
- Full name, as it appears in your passport/ ID
- Organization
- Official title
- Address
- Email address
- Indicate you are part of the CSIPM
- Attach a recent passport-size digital photograph.
Important: Please keep in copy the CSIPM Secretariat at cso4cfs@gmail.com and betsy.diaz.millan@csm4cfs.org
Personalized links to access the meeting will be made available by the CFS upon receipt of the above information.
The Plenary is held annually and is the central body for decision-taking, debate, coordination and convergence by all CFS members and participating actors at a global level on issues pertaining to food security and nutrition and on the implementation of the Voluntary Guidelines to Support the Progressive Realization of the Right to Adequate Food in the Context of National Food Security.
The Plenary will begin with opening statements by UN high-level representatives, followed by the presentation of the Report “The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World (SOFI) 2026”, a panel discussion comprising regional perspectives on the findings of the SOFI report, the presentation of the outcomes and recommendations of the Second International Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ICARRD+20), the presentation of the CFS summary report on Collaborative Governance, as well as of the outcomes of the CFS High-Level Forum on Harnessing Artificial Intelligence, Digitalization and Data Governance for Food Security and Nutrition. A Satellite Session on Empowering Women Farmers for Food Security and Nutrition will also be held on the margins of the Plenary.
Additionally, the Committee will initiate discussions on the next Multi-Year Programme of Work (MYPoW) 2028-2031, drawing on the Note on Critical, Emerging and Enduring Issues for Food Security and Nutrition prepared by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN). The Plenary will also be invited to consider and endorse the annual update of the rolling section of the current CFS MYPoW, and to select the theme for the 2028 HLPE-FSN Report.
The agenda will further include a session to discuss and share views on the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition (HLPE-FSN) Report on Preserving, Strengthening and Promoting Indigenous Peoples’ Food and Knowledge Systems and Traditional Practices for Sustainable Food Systems.
In addition to a session to discuss progress, challenges and ways to improve the use of CFS policy products, a Global Thematic Event on Empowering Family Farmers to Strengthen Sustainable Food Systems and Achieve Food Security and Nutrition will take place and will provide an opportunity to take stock of progress in the use and application of selected CFS policy recommendations, while contributing to the objectives of the UN Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028).