the fsn forum in practice by max blanck
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The FSN Forumin practice
www.fao.org/fsnforum
by Max Blanck
Examples of FSN Forum uses
• Sharing and making knowledge available
• Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive
• Awareness raising and advocacy
Sharing and making knowledge available
• A Zimbabwean graduate research assistant at Mississippi State University explores the role of the impact of indigenous methods of food preparation on food security and nutrition
• A Kenyan graduate student at the University of Alberta investigates the role of social relations and networks in household food security and nutrition
ProposedAnnotated
Outline
Task Team to draft V1Review and facilitate buy-in by
stakeholders
CFSSecretariat
Regional Consultations
Final Draft
CFS
Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive
Review to set the
track
Seek suggestions and inputs
ProposedScope
Preparation of draft report
Preparationof final report
CFS
Recommendations to countries
HLPE
Draft report
ProjectTeam
Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive
High Level Panel of Experts of the CFS
Quote from Maryam Rahmanian (Vice-Chairperson of the HLPE Steering Committee) at the presentation of the reports on Climate Change and Social Protection.
The HLPE holds open online consultations so that any informed voice can be brought to our attention and to widen the circles from which evidence is made available, including experiences from the ground. […]
These consultations and the growing network we are building through them are invaluable to our work. In particular the contributions from civil society are important in bringing fresh and challenging perspectives and are particularly appreciated. […]
Discussion with CFS Stakeholders
E-consultation to brainstorm
on new agenda
High Level meeting in Madrid
UN General Assembly
Discussion
Adoption of post 2015 global development agenda
Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive
Post 2015 Development Agenda
Physical consultation meetings facilitated by CSOs
Enact Legislation
Villages
Draft Law
Draft to be presented to Parliament
Online Consultation
Dominican Government
Making policy and drafting processes more inclusive
Food Security Law for the Dominican Republic
Awareness raising and advocacy
• The secretariat of the ICN2, a big international conference on nutrition, uses a series of online discussion to expand outreach and inform the meeting’s agenda
• The How to feed the world in 2050, a high-level international meeting on food governance is made accessible and participatory through the organization of a preparatory online discussion
The online consultations reached out to:• 5000 FSN Forum members • 800 experts from CIS countries• relevant platforms and communication channels
Number of visits
During the two online consultations the website received over 3000 visits from 114 countries
Online platform for the Eurasian Center for Food Security (ECFS)
Global FSN Forum
Regional Forum
Thematic Forum
Global audience
Regional audience
Thematic audience
Regionalization/Specialization
Tools Used
• Global Forum (Drupal platform, with registration)
• Targeted discussions spaces (Drupal platform, with or without registration)
• Mailing lists (Listserv)
• FAO Intranet
• Social Media (Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn)
• Cross posting and advertisement on other networks and websites
• SMS (testing now)
Number of comments
Average number of comments for regular FSN Forum discussions: 50
Average number of comments for HLPE consultations: 58
Comments on the Post 2015 open consultation: 280
Average comments for Protracted Crises discussions: 25+
Activity on the website
06/2011 – 06/2012 06/2012 – 06/2013 % Change
Visits 26,020 49,098 +47%
Unique Visitors
16,051 27,672 +42%
Pageviews 68,999 124,981 +45%
Pages / Visit 2.65 2.55 -4%
Avg. Visit Duration
00:03:06 00:03:36 +14%
Bounce Rate 60.25% 60.78% +1%
Avg. Monthly Subscribers
84.60 54.80 -35%
Thank you
For further information contact us at:[email protected]
and visit our website:www.fao.org/fsnforum