BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.2.3.1//EN BEGIN:VEVENT UID:0-299@iwmi.org DTSTART:20210415T090000Z DTEND:20210415T093000Z DTSTAMP:20210611T130633Z URL:https://www.iwmi.org/events/unfss-independent-dialogue-in-central-asia / SUMMARY:UNFSS Independent Dialogue in Central Asia DESCRIPTION:Advancing Water- Energy- Food Nexus for achieving food systems transformation under climate uncertainties \nMeeting platform: Zoom (Will be shared soon)\, By invitation only\n\nJoin us for an Independent Dialogu e convened by the International Water Management Institute (IWMI) and part ners to discuss water-energy-food (WEF) nexus approaches to achieve food s ystems transformation in Central Asia. Insights emerging from this regiona l\, multi-stakeholder forum will be presented to the United Nations Food S ystem Summit (UNFSS) in September 2021. Transforming #foodsystems is among the most powerful ways to make progress towards all 17 #SDGS. Expected ke y outcome of this dialogue would be getting involved and sharing the views of Central Asian stakeholders on sustainable foods systems transformation and importance of WEF nexus under climate uncertainties. Reaching a commo n understanding of the challenges and finding local solutions to the chall enges facing food and water systems transformation along with attendant is sues of water security for a range of other sectors will be explored.\n\nT he session is designed to be interactive\, allowing for small group discus sion\, collective brainstorming\, and agenda-setting. As the region maps o ut the road to UNFSS 2021\, this Dialogue will focus on the role of water and energy in food systems transformation. Speakers and panellists from ac ross the world and the region will discuss how systems transformation for equitable food and water security in Central Asia can be achieved.\n\nThis dialogue is based on invitation and participants are expected to present from Key line Ministries and Agencies of Central Asian States\, Academies of Sciences\, National Research Institutions\, Basin Authorities of the re gion\, NGOs\, Private Sectors and other Development Partners including CG Centers.\n\nProvisional program:\nCurators: Mr. Oyture Anarbekov\, Country Manager IWMI-Central Asia Office\nDr. Kamiljon Akramov\, Senior Research Fellow\, IFPRI\n\n[su_table responsive="yes"]\n\n\n\nIntroduction\, scene- setting\, and order of the day\nCurator\nmins\n\n\nThe Road to UNFSS2021: Achieving water and food security\nVideo from Joachim von Braun (Chair of the Scientific Group for the UNFSS)\n3-5 mins\n\n\nThe Road to UNFSS2021: The role of water in food systems transformation\nDr Mark Smith (DG\, IWMI )\n10 mins\n\n\nRepresentative of Key Line Ministry of the Region\nTBC\n10 mins\n\n\nIntroduction to break-out groups\nCurator\n5 mins\n\n\n8 Breako ut group discussion\nAll\n75 mins\n\n\nPlenary discussion on feedback from break-outs\nAll\n30 mins\n\n\nWrap-up of key messages and next steps\nRep resentative of Central Asian Regional Organization (TBC)\n10 mins\n\n\n\n[ /su_table]\n\nLanguage: Organizers will arrange simultaneous translation f rom English into Russian and vice-versa.\n\nDialogue is expecting to gathe r around hundred participants/stakeholders of the region and discuss topic in identified following eight breakout working groups.\n\nThematic areas of breakout group discussions:\n\n Moving towards low carbon energy for f ood production\nKey question: How can we sustainably produce more food in the region using low greenhouse gas energy sources?\n\n\n Climate change impacts on water and food security\nKey question: How can we sustainably e nhance food security without compromising water security in the context of climate change?\n\n\n Policy coherence and institutional coordination in water\, food\, energy and climate change that operationalize the WEF nexu s\nKey question: What practical steps can/should be taken to ensure policy coherence and institutional coordination to improve water\, energy and fo od security in the region?\n\n\n Advancing technical WEF models\, tools a nd frameworks for decision making at multiple scales\nKey question: How ca n WEF nexus models/tools facilitate new understanding of interdependencies and trade-offs in the WEF nexus\, as well as foster data sharing and enha nced decision-making in the region?\n\n\n Enhancing resilience of water s ystem across multi-sector (agriculture\, domestic\, industry and environme nt) demands:\nKey question: How do we build more resilient food and liveli hood systems while protecting critical water sources\, biodiversity\, and other ecosystem services while satisfying growing water demand?\n\n\n Soc io-Economic Benefits of WEF Nexus\nKey question: What steps needs to be ta ken to assess the benefits and trade-offs across sectors\, especially from a socio-economic point of view (employment\, health\, migration\, equity\ , GDP\, etc)?\n\n\n Community approaches to operationalise the WEF nexus\ nKey question: How can we promote equity and inclusion in WEF nexus govern ance to create opportunities for transformation towards more just food\, w ater and energy systems?\n\n\n Trading in the WEF nexus across scales\nKe y question: How do we build resilience in interconnected food systems\, fr om local to global scales?\n\n \;\n\n\n\n \;\n\n[su_note note_colo r="#eff7fd" text_color="#323232" radius="0" class=""]About the UNFSS Dialo gues\n\nThe Food Systems Summit Dialogues are an approach for enabling sys tematic\, inclusive opportunities for stakeholders to be engaged in food s ystems. The approach enables participants to contribute to the 2021 Food S ystems Summit by building on efforts already underway\, working together o n pathways that lead to sustainable food systems\, and setting out intenti ons and commitments in the run up to the Summit. These Dialogues contribut e to shaping the pathways which will lead to equitable and sustainable foo d systems by 2030. They will also be valuable to the different work stream s preparing for the Food Systems Summit: the Action Tracks\, Scientific Gr oups and Champions as well as for other Dialogues.\n\nThe Dialogues are mo ments for: engaging actors in the food systems approach\, in unusual ways\ ; enabling them to explore ideas together\; encouraging creativity\, empha sising equity\; emerging more powerfully through connections\; elaborating pathways\, intentions and commitments together.\n\nThe International Wate r Management Institute (IWMI) and global and regional partners have commit ted to host a series of multi-stakeholder dialogues that emphasise water ’s transformative role in food systems. The objective is to bring the di scussion on food and water systems in a changing climate to the global pol icy level and to provide tangible inputs into the discussion of the UNFSS. 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