From: <b class="gmail_sendername">FSN-Moderator</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:FSN-Moderator@fao.org">FSN-Moderator@fao.org</a>></span><br><div class="gmail_quote"><h3 style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#166aa6">How to participate</span></h3>
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<span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">This consultation is <br>hosted by the<u></u><u></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><a href="http://www.fao.org/fsnforum/" target="_blank"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#a52373;text-decoration:none"><br>
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<tbody><tr><td style="padding:7.5pt 0cm 7.5pt 0cm" valign="top"><h3 style="line-height:15.0pt"><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif";color:#a52373">Online Consultation on Hunger, Food and Nutrition Security<u></u><u></u></span></h3>
</td></tr><tr><td style="width:348.75pt;padding:0cm 0cm 0cm 0cm" valign="top" width="465"><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">We are pleased to invite you to the online consultation on Hunger, Food and Nutrition Security - toward a post-2015 development agenda.</span></b><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif""><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">As the target date for the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) approaches, a number of processes have been put in place to seek inputs which will shape the “<a href="http://www.worldwewant2015.org/" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a52373;text-decoration:none">Post-2015 Development Agenda</span></a>”. Consultations are being held across the globe, both within and outside of the United Nations system. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">The overall consultation process on the theme “Hunger, Food and Nutrition Security” will take place over five months, between November 2012 and March 2013 and includes this web-based e-consultation. The outcomes of this discussion will feed into a consultation with the stakeholders of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) and a high level consultation in March 2013, hosted by the Government of Spain. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">This e-consultation will be open <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">until 21st December 2012</span></b> and we are aiming for the widest possible participation of stakeholders in reviewing <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">challenges</span></b> and <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">opportunities</span></b>, <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">priority actions</span></b>, as well as possible <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">objectives, targets and indicators</span></b> needed to achieve food and nutrition security, and the <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">eradication of hunger</span></b>, in a post-2015 world.<u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Contributions can be posted on the consultation website or sent to <a href="mailto:fsn-moderator@fao.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a52373;text-decoration:none">fsn-moderator@fao.org</span></a> and are welcome in <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">English, French, Spanish, Arabic, Russian and Chinese</span></b>. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Please feel also free to circulate this invitation among your colleagues and networks. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">For further information and to propose collective contributions please contact us at <a href="mailto:fsn-moderator@fao.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a52373;text-decoration:none">fsn-moderator@fao.org</span></a><u></u><u></u></span></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:7.5pt;line-height:12.75pt"><span style="font-size:10.5pt;font-family:"Cambria","serif"">This is <i><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">YOUR OPPORTUNITY</span></i> to contribute to this global debate and we are looking forward to your participation. <u></u><u></u></span></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><p>Over the next four weeks, FAO and WFP will facilitate this e-consultation in drawing on the widest possible group of stakeholders and interested parties on how best to address hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition at all levels, and to seek your inputs on the elaboration of a new agenda for action beyond the current MDG framework.  <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>We also invite you to submit papers, findings, or on-going work on the topic of hunger, food and nutrition security.<u></u><u></u></p><p><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">We seek your inputs on the following three themes:</span></b><u></u><u></u></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><p>What do you see as the <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">key lessons</span></b> learned during the current Millennium Development Goals (MDG) Framework (1990-2015), in particular in relation to the MDGs of relevance to hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition? <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>What do you consider the main <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">challenges and opportunities</span></b> towards achieving food and nutrition security in the coming years? <u></u><u></u></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><p><b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">What works best?</span></b> Drawing on existing knowledge, please tell us <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">how</span></b> we should go about addressing the hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition challenges head on. Provide us with your own experiences and insights. For example, how important are questions of improved governance, rights-based approaches, accountability and political commitment in achieving food and nutrition security? <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Furthermore, how could we best draw upon<b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif""> current initiatives</span></b>, including the <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Zero Hunger Challenge</span></b>, launched by the UN Secretary General at the Rio+20 UN Conference on Sustainable Development (<a href="http://www.zerohungerchallenge.org" target="_blank"><span style="color:#a52373;text-decoration:none">www.zerohungerchallenge.org</span></a>), and the <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Global Strategic Framework for Food Security and Nutrition</span></b> elaborated by the CFS? <u></u><u></u></p>
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</td></tr></tbody></table><p>For the <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">Post-2015 Global Development Framework</span></b> to be complete, global (and regional or national) <b><span style="font-family:"Cambria","serif"">objectives, targets and indicators</span></b> will be identified towards tackling hunger, food insecurity and malnutrition. A set of objectives has been put forward by the UN Secretary-General under Zero Hunger Challenge (ZHC): <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>a. 100% access to adequate food all year round <br>b. Zero stunted children less than 2 years old <br>c. All food systems are sustainable<br>d. 100% increase in smallholder productivity and income <br>e. Zero loss or waste of food. <u></u><u></u></p>
<p>Please provide us with your feedback on the above list of objectives – or provide your own proposals. Should some objectives be country-specific, or regional, rather than global? Should the objectives be time-bound?<u></u><u></u></p>
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