PSM Committees
In 2025, PSM committees will follow negotiations and key meetings at FAO. We have rolled over the membership of these committees from previous years. If you wish to be a member of any of these committees, or, if you are a member and wish to be removed from the distribution lists, please contact francesca@emergingag.com:
- Strengthening Urban and Peri-Urban Food Systems
- Building Resilient Food Systems
- Reducing Inequalities Committee
- Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment +4
- Nutrition
- Climate
- World Food Forum (includes Science and Innovation Committee which sometimes meets separately)
- Responsible Agriculture Investment (activated when required)
- Digital Agriculture (activated when required)
Collaborative governance for coordinated policy responses to emerging global food crises towards sustainable agriculture and food system transformation
The CFS bureau decided on the topics for 2025 meetings as follows:
- Financing, with particular emphasis on debt management at the end of March / early April 2025 (exact date to be confirmed) in Rome. The meeting outcomes/summary will feed into the CFS workstream's meeting on responsible investment and financing to take place in May 2025.
- Protracted crises and is set to occur in New York before CFS53 at a time still to be defined.
Climate Macro Committee
The next milestone for the UNFCCC agricultural negotiations under the Sharm el-Sheikh Joint Work on Implementation of Climate Action on Agriculture and Food Security (SSJW) is the workshop titled "Systemic and Holistic Approaches to Implementation of Climate Action on Agriculture, Food Systems, and Food Security: Understanding, Cooperation, and Integration into Plans." This workshop will take place in Bonn in June 2025 during the SB62 session (16-26 June). Submissions to help shape the content and structure of the workshop are due by 1 March 2025. Both UNFCCC observer organizations and non-accredited organizations are encouraged to prepare and submit information to contribute to the workshop, via the UNFCCC submission portal.
The Brazilian government has appointed Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago as President and Ana Toni as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the 30th Conference of the Parties to the UNFCCC (COP30, Belém 10-21 November). Ambassador André Corrêa do Lago is a veteran diplomat and Brazil's chief negotiator at COP28 and COP29, with extensive expertise in energy, climate, and environmental diplomacy. Ana Toni is an economist with a PhD in political science, with experience in advocating for social justice and environmental sustainability through collaboration with the Institute for Climate and Society (iCS), and Greenpeace International, among others.
Urban - Peri Urban Macro Committee
Following the discussions at CFS 52 Plenary on the HLPE-FSN Report, "Strengthening Urban and Peri-Urban Food Systems to Achieve Food Security and Nutrition in the Context of Urbanization and Rural Transformation," the CFS policy convergence process officially kicked off on December 13 with the first Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) meeting to help shape the Zero Draft of the Policy Recommendations. Participants shared key priorities and topics to be incorporated into the draft, ensuring it aligns with the Committee's previously developed focus areas. Looking ahead, the CFS Secretariat is set to release the Zero Draft in February, paving the way for further discussions at the next OEWG meeting on March 7th. Stay tuned for updates as this process unfolds!
Food Systems Summit Committee
The FSS Coordination Hub has announced that the 2nd Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4) is scheduled to be held July 28-30 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. A draft concept note has been shared which identifies the objectives of the UNFSS+4 as:
- Documenting progress
- Strengthening accountability
- Unlocking investments
Two documents will provide the main evidence and foundation for the meeting's agenda, namely the UN Secretary-General's Stocktaking Report and an analysis sharing the perspective of a variety of food systems Non-State Actors.
The process will emphasize multi-stakeholder partnerships, public-private collaborations, and increased private sector engagement to institutionalize sustainable food systems governance while ensuring inclusivity, particularly for women, youth, smallholder farmers, and Indigenous Peoples. A key focus will be on corporate accountability, ensuring businesses commit to responsible and sustainable food systems transformation through a structured framework. The private sector is encouraged to stay engaged and contribute to this vital discussion on shaping accountable and transformative food systems.
Nutrition for Growth Summit – March 27-28, 2025
The 2025 Nutrition for Growth Summit will be held in Paris, France from 27-28 March. A Business and Nutrition Side-Event will be convened in Paris on 26 March 2025. Organizations will be able to participate based on the Framework and Principles of Engagement for N4G. The March 26th Private Sector event will be a full day event with a capacity for 150-200 participants. Objectives of the March 26th event include:
- Present the deliverables of the multistakeholder dialogues
- Present the Roadmap and the 2030 targets and transformational areas for private and public actions
- Share best practices or private sector contributions and celebrate N4G private sector commitments
The N4G Principles of Engagement (PoE) are now published on the Nutrition for Growth Website. Additionally, the vision and engagement guide are available online.
The Nutrition Accountability Platform is now open for organizations to submit their N4G 2025 commitments. To be included in the summit, submissions should be made by February 28th. Commitments from companies following the N4G Principles of Engagement will be showcased at the Private Sector Side Event on March 26th in Paris.
Fourth High-level Meeting of the UN General Assembly on the prevention and control of NCDs (HLM 4) - September 24, 2025 (TBC)
The President of the UN General Assembly has appointed H.E Ambassador Rhonda King, Permanent Representative of Saint Vincent and the Grenadines and H.E. Ambassador Olivier Maes, Permanent Representative of Luxembourg as co-facilitators of the process to prepare for the HLM4. The co-facilitators are presently preparing a compilation text on the scope, modalities, format and organization of the high-level meeting. A zero draft of a political declaration to be adopted at the high-level meeting, will be circulated and a Multistakeholder forum to receive inputs on the draft will be held in May. We will share further information as more becomes available, including registration on the May multistakeholder forum.
Request for submissions: Use and application of the CFS framework for action for food security and nutrition in protracted crises (CFS-FFA)
The Global Forum on Food Security and Nutrition has announced a new call for submissions on "Use and application of the CFS framework for action for food security and nutrition in protracted crises (CFS-FFA)". This will be the basis for a Global Thematic Event (GTE) at CFS 53 to share experiences and take stock of the use and application of the CFS Framework for Action for Food Security and Nutrition in Protracted Crises (FFA). This will also contribute to monitoring progress in implementing the FFA at national, regional and global levels and draw lessons to improve CFS monitoring of the FFA.
This request, organized by the CFS Secretariat under the 2024-2027 Multi-year Programme of Work (MYPoW), is supported by PSM in the GTE planning process. Submissions are open until 15 April 2025; for assistance, contact fsn-moderator@fao.org.
Report of the Secretary-General on the implementation of the United Nations Decade of Family Farming (2019-2028) - Call for inputs
The FAO-IFAD Joint Secretariat is gathering inputs for the third progress report on the UN Decade of Family Farming (UNDFF) (2019-2028), which will be presented at the 80th session of the UN General Assembly's Second Committee. This report will highlight activities carried out in 2023-2024 at global, regional, national, and subnational levels.
A global consultation is now open for governments, family farming organizations, CSOs, academia, and private sector stakeholder including PSM members, to contribute by sharing relevant activities and processes. Reporting templates are available via the FAO Members Gateway and the Family Farming Knowledge Platform.
Submissions are due by 28 February 2025 and should be emailed to Decade-Of-Family-Farming-Secretariat@fao.org.
Upcoming Events for 2025
PSM Events
- 26 March: PSM Quarterly call
- 2 July: PSM AGM – Rome
- 1 October: PSM Quarterly Call
- 10 December: PSM Quarterly Call
FAO Events
- 07 March: Open-Ended Working Group on Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems – FAO HQ
- 7-11 April: 177th FAO Council – FAO HQ
- 2-6 June: Negotiations on Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems (1st round) – FAO HQ
- 28 June - 4 July: 44th FAO Conference – FAO HQ
- 7 July: 178th FAO Council – FAO HQ
- 8-11 July: Negotiations on Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems (2nd round) – FAO HQ
- 21 July: Negotiations on Strengthening urban and peri-urban food systems (2nd round) – FAO HQ
- 28-30 July: 2nd United Nations Food Systems Summit Stocktaking Moment (UNFSS+4) – Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- 29 September-1 October: Global Conference on Sustainable Livestock Transformation – FAO HQ
- 13-17 October: World Food Forum – FAO HQ
- 16 October: World Food Day – FAO HQ
- 20-24 October: CFS 53 – FAO HQ
- 1-5 December: 179th FAO Council – FAO HQ
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