The regional training workshop on strategic planning and policy development in food security organized by the IOFS Secretariat in cooperation with the Abu Dhabi Agriculture and Food Safety Authority continuing for two-days concluded on 25 May 2022.
The workshop attended by the more than 45 participants, including 30 government officials from OIC member countries and representatives of public and international, as well as other stakeholders present in UAE.
The second day of the event was enriched by the sessions of experience of ADAFSA applying the ADAFSA Strategic Map and integrated food security and agriculture data platform; Research programmes for the implementation of food policies in Bangladesh; Practical tools of developing comprehensive strategies and legal frameworks to address the food security issues introduced by the International Food Policy Research Institute; and the presentation on Food security tools in action followed by the group exercises led by the Sustainable Food Systems of Ireland.
The IOFS Secretariat also conducted the survey among participants to evaluate the content of the event and receive the feedback of beneficiaries for further consideration in future IOFS activities. Also, the IOFS ensured to provide the Workshop report which will consist the training presentations, discussions and outcomes of the event.
At the end of the event, the IOFS Director General H.E. Yerlan Baidaulet have made concluding remarks of the event by outlining the necessity of joint close collaboration among member states in the domain of food security governance and ensured providing the inter-governmental umbrella in this aim by the IOFS. The IOFS DG reiterated the appreciation to H.E. Saeed Al Ameri, Director-General of ADAFSA for the great support extending to this IOFS activity and expressed confidence in further facilitation of mutual cooperation. The closing session was followed by the awarding certificates to participants for the active participation in the event and certainty of close communication with national authorities of member states.
The workshop content will be continued to the OIC member states in Africa in autumn this year..
