November 9, 2023
November 9, 2023

International Responsible Business Conduct

On October 12th 2023, the Netherlands Food Partnership (NFP) organized the World Food Day event at the Rijtuigenloods in Amersfoort. FoodFIRST was also present during the afternoon to facilitate a workshop on the topic of International Responsible Business Conduct (IRBC). This topic was selected in alignment with the overall theme of World Food Day: recognizing the role of the private sector in creating sustainable food systems. Manon Wolfkamp, Ruud van Soelen (Social Economic Council), and the NFP collaborated to lead the workshop.
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May 17, 2023
May 17, 2023

Walking the talk: the global and Dutch response to Africa’s food systems challenges.

How to walk the talk in accelerating food systems transformation? During the first of a two-part Vijverberg Session series, 60 stakeholders came together on March 29th 2023, to jointly sharpen their perspectives: how can the global and the Dutch community of knowledge institutions, private sector, banks, civil society and government, effectively contribute to this transformation?
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December 14, 2022
December 14, 2022

Sustainable food systems are not only green but also robust
– The external perspectives on the EU Farm to Fork Strategy

We must feed nearly 10 billion people on this planet by 2050; the question is how we can do so within the planet's boundaries? “The United Nations Food Systems Summit has made it very clear that we need bold actions to transform the ways we produce, process and consume food across the world”, stated EU Commissioner for Agriculture Janusz Wojciechowski in February 2022. [...]
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August 3, 2022
August 3, 2022

Lecture on the ‘Geopolitics and the war in Ukraine – the weaponization of economy and food’ by Professor Haroon Sheikh

Socires organised her first Socires Lecture on June 27th, 2022 in the House of Europe in the Hague, the Netherlands. The lecture was hosted as one of the Vijverberg Policy Dialogues. Pieter van Geel, chairman of Socires introduced the lecture. Hans Bruning, acting director of Socires, moderated the afternoon. Professor Haroon Sheikh of the Dutch Scientific Council for Government Policy (WRR) delivered the lecture followed by a dialogue with participants on "Geopolitics and the War in Ukraine: The Weaponization of the Economy and Food."
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