Objectives: ● To highlight the role that local governments are playing in improving their urban food systems as well as identify key food systems challenges, opportunities and priorities
● To generate discussions, action and commitments from local governments on food systems reforms to achieve the SDGs and the health and wellbeing of people and the planet. These will feed into the UNFSS processes such as game changing solutions (“actionable messages”)
● To connect these dialogues with the national UNFSS Member States Summit Dialogues and involve Ministries as well as other strategic stakeholders working with the cities (e.g. UN bodies, organizations with consolidated work track on food with respective cities).
● Where possible, register some of the Multi-stakeholder Food Dialogues in the format of the UNFSS Independent Summit Dialogues.
● To achieve a lasting collaboration on urban food systems and strengthen the CITYFOOD engagement platform and draw in key stakeholders to continuously support and elevate the voices of cities in regional and international fora.