SEED FUNDING JOINT PROGRAMMES

Egypt

Strengthening Sustainable and Resilient Food and Nutrition Systems in Egypt for SDG Acceleration

SDG 2 Zero Hunger Logo SDG 3 Good Health and Well-Being SDG 12 Responsible Consumption and Production

PROJECT TITLE	Strengthening Sustainable and Resilient Food and Nutrition Systems in Egypt for SDG Acceleration
Context	Egypt engaged actively in the 2021 Food Systems Summit process, convening a national dialogue and developing national pathways with recommended interventions for improving food security and nutrition by 2030. To enhance multi-sectorial coordination and spearhead the transformation process, the Government created a National Committee for Food and Nutrition Systems chaired by the Prime Minister and bringing together several ministries to coordinate joint actions. Strengthening coordination mechanisms, fostering multi-stakeholder partnerships, consolidating accountability structures, focusing on the availability of evidence, analysis, and data, are identified as key priorities to strengthen the food systems governance structure in Egypt.
PUNOs	WFP, FAO, UNICEF
Contribution to SDGs	SDG 2 Zero Hunger, SDG 3 Good Health and Well-being, 12 Responsible Consumption and Production.
Contribution to other SDG transitions	Climate, biodiversity, pollution
Duration	June 2024 – May 2025
Expected financial leverage	$87,000 (PUNO co-financing)
Alignment with SG Call to Action	Policy integration; Food systems governance; Research, data, technology and innovation; Inclusive and participatory design; Private sector engagement
Outcomes	The JP contributes to strengthening policy and governance frameworks for food systems transformation and generating evidence and analysis on key dimensions of food systems to inform decision-making, supporting the work of the National Committee for Food and Nutrition Systems. The JP complements the government’s flagship program “Country Platform for the Nexus of Water, Food and Energy”, which provides a mechanism to mobilize climate finance and private investments.
Partners	National Committee for Food and Nutrition Systems, including Ministers of Foreign Affairs, Supply and Internal Trade, Health and Population, Planning and Economic Development, International Cooperation, Social Solidarity, Youth and Sports, Agriculture and Land Reclamation, Water Resources and Irrigation, and Trade and Industry, as well as representatives of the Defense Ministry and the National Authority for Food Safety Central Agency for Public Mobilization and Statistics CSOs, private sector, IFIs
Outputs	Strengthen capacity of government institutions including the National Committee for Food and Nutrition Systems to effectively develop, implement, and monitor multi-sector, climate resilient, and gender responsive plans and initiatives for food system transformation. Develop recommendations on financing options, partnerships and M&E for Egypt’s food systems strategies ad national pathways addressed to the National Committee for Food and Nutrition Systems. Support development and/or drafting of M&E plans and costing plans for key policy frameworks relevant to food systems agenda, including on anaemia reduction and marketing of breastmilk substitutes. Conduct analysis on gender-disaggregated impacts of economic crises on different food systems segments. Carry out analysis and develop recommendations for: 1) more efficient, climate resilient, and gender responsive food value chains; 2) food loss and waste systems in small-holder farming systems; 3) food marketing.

Guidance on Ministerial level interventions from the floor in the UNFSS+2 Plenary Sessions

18/07/2023

Ministers that are interested to deliver interventions from the floor during the UNFSS+2 Stocktaking Moment Plenary Sessions are kindly invited to register for a specific Plenary. Interventions will be prioritized for Ministers that are not involved in any panels and do not have speaking slots in any other session (Leadership Dialogues, Special Events, High-Level Session, and panels of Plenary Sessions). Please note that due to the large number of Ministerial level Delegates one registration per country will be considered in a first-come first-served basis.

A total of 90 minutes is allocated for interventions from the floor in each of the three Plenary of 25 and 26 July. The time allocation per each intervention will be set to 2½ minutes with a buffer time of 30 seconds to conclude the intervention. A countdown clock will be visible in the room and at the end of the 2½ minutes, it will alert the speaker on the remaining time to close the intervention. At the mark of the third minute the Moderator will ask the speaker to conclude and will pass the floor to the next pre-registered intervention.

Pre-registration for interventions is open until Thursday 20 July 2023 at 18:00 Rome time using the following link: https://rebrand.ly/UNFSS2STM

For more technical information on the Plenary Sessions, please contact the following colleagues:

Plenary Session 1: Food Systems Transformation in Practice - Successes, Challenges and the Way Forward

Halima Hodzic ([email protected]) and Paul Kiernan ([email protected])

Plenary Session 2: Reversing the food and hunger crisis: building resilient food systems

Susana Rico ([email protected]) and Sarah Piccini ([email protected])

Plenary Session 3: Mobilizing means of implementation for food systems transformation

Manuela Rizza ([email protected]) and Valentina Polacchi ([email protected]).