Building forward better on food security: using evidence for a post-Covid19 world without hunger
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About the Event
The COVID pandemic is taking a heavy toll on Food Security, with the number of people suffering from chronic and acute food insecurity on the rise worldwide . Urgent and sound actions are necessary to build forward better and accelerate progress towards achieving SDG 2 – Ending Hunger.
Emergencies and shocks affecting food security are not new: the development community has accumulated a wealth of experience, lessons and good practices from addressing past crises. The evidence on what works, and what does not work under different conditions is invaluable to help shape the response that governments and the development community are providing to affected populations.
To contribute to greater effectiveness of the UN system and aid sector in addressing the impact of the COVID pandemic on food security, the United Nations Evaluation Group has recently published an Evidence summary on COVID-19 and Food Security. The Evidence Summary draws from numerous evaluations conducted in recent years by bilateral and multilateral agencies, summarized and curated by the three food agencies, FAO, WFP, IFAD, and by UNIDO.
This gLOCAL session will engage policy makers, programme managers, technical and financial partners in discussing what and how we can learn from evaluative evidence in order to design informed and context specific programmes. The event will feature findings, key good practices and lessons learned from evaluations of interventions to protect food security in times of crises, in particular looking at social protection, economic response and recovery, and social cohesion and community response.
AGENDA
Opening remarks – Ms Andrea Cook, Director, Office of Evaluation, WFP
The Evidence Summary on COVID-19 and Food Security – Mr Patrick Breard, international consultant, Breard & Associates.
Panel discussion moderated by Carlos Tarazona, Senior Evaluation Officer, FAO, with:
- Ms Sarah Laughton, Chief of Social Protection, WFP
- Mr Patrick Jacqueson, Programme and Results Team Leader, Office of Emergencies and Resilience, FAO
- Ms Joan Carling, indigenous human rights activist and environmentalist, Philippines
Questions & Answers and discussion with participants
Conclusions
Emergencies and shocks affecting food security are not new: the development community has accumulated a wealth of experience, lessons and good practices from addressing past crises. The evidence on what works, and what does not work under different conditions is invaluable to help shape the response that governments and the development community are providing to affected populations.
To contribute to greater effectiveness of the UN system and aid sector in addressing the impact of the COVID pandemic on food security, the United Nations Evaluation Group has recently published an Evidence summary on COVID-19 and Food Security. The Evidence Summary draws from numerous evaluations conducted in recent years by bilateral and multilateral agencies, summarized and curated by the three food agencies, FAO, WFP, IFAD, and by UNIDO.
This gLOCAL session will engage policy makers, programme managers, technical and financial partners in discussing what and how we can learn from evaluative evidence in order to design informed and context specific programmes. The event will feature findings, key good practices and lessons learned from evaluations of interventions to protect food security in times of crises, in particular looking at social protection, economic response and recovery, and social cohesion and community response.
AGENDA
Opening remarks – Ms Andrea Cook, Director, Office of Evaluation, WFP
The Evidence Summary on COVID-19 and Food Security – Mr Patrick Breard, international consultant, Breard & Associates.
Panel discussion moderated by Carlos Tarazona, Senior Evaluation Officer, FAO, with:
- Ms Sarah Laughton, Chief of Social Protection, WFP
- Mr Patrick Jacqueson, Programme and Results Team Leader, Office of Emergencies and Resilience, FAO
- Ms Joan Carling, indigenous human rights activist and environmentalist, Philippines
Questions & Answers and discussion with participants
Conclusions
Speakers
| Nome | Título | Biography |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Cook | Director of Evaluation | Andrea joined the World Food Programme in 2017 as Director of Evaluation providing leadership for the evaluation function globally. She is currently Co-chair of EvalPartners and serves on several expert advisory groups and scientific panels for research and evaluation initiatives at global level. |
| Patrick Breard | International Consultant | Patrick brings 25 years of experience primarily dedicated to the modernisation of national and international public sector organizations. Before founding Breard & Associates, he coordinated KM activities for the United Nations Development Programme in New York. |
| Patrick Jacqueson | Senior Progamme Officer | Patrick is currently leading the Programming and Outreach team within the FAO Emergency and Resilience division. Graduated from the Institut National Agronomique, Paris-Grignon, he has over 20 years of experience in the field of agricultural development, food security and humanitarian response. |
| Joan Carling | Indigenous human rights activist | Joan is an indigenous Filipino human rights activist and environmentalist who has defended the rights of native and marginalized peoples for over two decades. She received the Champions of the Earth Lifetime Achievement Award in 2018. |
| Sarah Laughton | Chief of Social Protection | Sarah oversees WFP’s social protection portfolio and proves strategic guidance and support to regional and country offices around the globe. She holds a MSc in Development Studies from the London School of Economics and has over 20 years of experience in both humanitarian and development work. |
| Carlos Tarazona | Senior Evaluation Officer | Carlos is an evaluation specialist with more than 15 years of experience in the evaluation of agricultural and rural development programmes. He is currently Evaluation Officer at FAO Office of Evaluation, where he is responsible for coordinating selected thematic and country evaluations. |