The FSN Forum in practice by Max Blanck

Examples of FSN Forum uses Sharing and making knowledge available Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive Awareness raising and advocacy

Sharing and making knowledge available A Zimbabwean graduate research assistant at Mississippi State University explores the role of the impact of indigenous methods of food preparation on food security and nutrition A Kenyan graduate student at the University of Alberta investigates the role of social relations and networks in household food security and nutrition

Proposed Annotated Outline Task Team to draft V1 Review and facilitate buy-in by stakeholders CFS Secretariat Regional Consultations Final Draft CFS Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive

Review to set the track Seek suggestions and inputs Proposed Scope Preparation of draft report Preparation of final report CFS Recommendations to countries HLPE Draft report Project Team Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive

High Level Panel of Experts of the CFS Quote from Maryam Rahmanian (Vice-Chairperson of the HLPE Steering Committee) at the presentation of the reports on Climate Change and Social Protection. The HLPE holds open online consultations so that any informed voice can be brought to our attention and to widen the circles from which evidence is made available, including experiences from the ground. […] These consultations and the growing network we are building through them are invaluable to our work. In particular the contributions from civil society are important in bringing fresh and challenging perspectives and are particularly appreciated. […]

Discussion with CFS Stakeholders E-consultation to brainstorm on new agenda High Level meeting in Madrid UN General Assembly Discussion Adoption of post 2015 global development agenda Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive Post 2015 Development Agenda

Physical consultation meetings facilitated by CSOs Enact Legislation Villages Draft Law Draft to be presented to Parliament Online Consultation Dominican Government Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive Food Security Law for the Dominican Republic

Awareness raising and advocacy The secretariat of the ICN2, a big international conference on nutrition, uses a series of online discussion to expand outreach and inform the meeting’s agenda The How to feed the world in 2050, a high-level international meeting on food governance is made accessible and participatory through the organization of a preparatory online discussion

The online consultations reached out to: 5000 FSN Forum members 800 experts from CIS countries relevant platforms and communication channels Number of visits During the two online consultations the website received over 3000 visits from 114 countries Online platform for the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS)

Global FSN Forum Regional Forum Thematic Forum Global audience Regional audience Thematic audience Regionalization/Specialization

Tools Used Global Forum (Drupal platform, with registration) Targeted discussions spaces (Drupal platform, with or without registration) Mailing lists (Listserv) FAO Intranet Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn) Cross posting and advertisement on other networks and websites SMS (testing now)

Number of comments Average number of comments for regular FSN Forum discussions: 50 Average number of comments for HLPE consultations: 58 Comments on the Post 2015 open consultation: 280 Average comments for Protracted Crises discussions: 25+

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