In 2021, UN Secretary-General Anto?nio Guterres will convene a Food Systems Summit as part of the Decade of Action to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) by 2030. The Summit will launch bold new actions to deliver progress on all 17 SDGs, each of which relies to some degree on healthier, more sustainable and equitable food systems.

The Summit will educate and inspire the world to work together to transform the way the world produces, consumes and thinks about food. It is a summit for everyone everywhere – a people’s summit. It is also a solutions summit that will require everyone to take action to transform the world’s food systems.

The success of this Summit depends on the?engagement of citizens?all over the world. By convening or joining an Independent Dialogue, you can have a seat at the table and contribute directly to the Summit’s ambitious vision and objectives.

Independent Dialogues?can take many forms, including a webinar, a town-hall meeting, or an informal virtual gathering of community members. Dialogue participants might include people who work to feed a population, people who work in sectors that shape food systems and people whose work affects other facets of food systems. Students, researchers and educators that engage in projects that involve food security can be part of this process too within their campuses or school networks.

The Summit’s only request is that three key features dictate the Dialogues:

  • Respect the Summit’s?Principles of engagement;
  • Feature structured conversations among groups with different perspectives; and
  • Report back to the Summit process through an official feedback form.?

If you’re interested in convening an Independent Dialogue, please follow these steps:

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  2. Download and read the? as well as the Summit’s?vision and principles of engagement;
  3. From there, follow the process outlined in our?Step-by-Step Guide?to make your Dialogue dreams a reality.

We hope that your Dialogue journey will bring about new connections, ideas and opportunities! Find more information here.

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