Food and nutrition security is at the heart of priorities of the Hungarian Presidency of the Council of the European Union in this second half of 2024. Dr Katalin Freier, President (CODEV-PI) of the Hungarian Permanent Representation, will present the unfolding Council Conclusions on food and nutrition security scheduled for December 2024, and Hungary’s vision and key principles in this domain. 

The European Commission, represented by Mr Leonard Mizzi and Helena Guarin, will then present the main findings of the eighth progress report of the EU Nutrition Action Plan that take stock of the EUR 2.5 billion EU financial commitments since the pledges made at the N4G Tokyo 2021 and the commitment taken in London to reduce the number of children affected by stunting of 7 million between 2012 and 2025. Examples will be shared on approaches adopted through the Global Gateway initiative and various EU tools to bring about the transformative changes needed to contribute to offer sustainably a healthy diet and improve the strategic autonomy of partner countries in their food and nutrition security. Netherland will present the results and lessons learnt from their Public-Private Partnership projects connecting agri-food production and nutrition. It will be then followed by a discussion led by FAO represented by Raschad Al Khafaji on their role together with other Rome-based agencies to support investments in nutrition-sensitive agriculture and healthy diet and the tools they developed to achieve it.

As host of the Olympic Games, France is also responsible for organising the next Nutrition For Growth (N4G) Summit. This event will take place in March 2025 in Paris and is supported by the EU in a Team Europe Approach. In particular, it aims to put nutrition at the centre of the sustainable development agenda and make the fight against all forms of malnutrition a universal cause. Mrs Louise Burdloff, form France’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs will present the goals, scope of the N4G and the mains steps that will lead to the Summit. 

Speakers

• Leonard Mizzi, Head of Unit, INTPA F3-Sustainable Agri-Food systems and Fisheries
• Dr Katalin Freier, Chair CODEV-PI, Permanent Representation of Hungary to the EU
• Helena Guarin, Head of sector nutrition, INTPA F3
• Marijke de Graaf – Senior Policy Advisor Food Security and Nutrition – Netherlands – Ministry of Foreign Affairs
• Raschad Al-Khafaji, Director of FAO Brussels – Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium,  FAO
• Louise Burdloff, Deputy Head of the Human Development Unit at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs of France

Language: English

Q&A session languages: English and French

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