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Member State Dialogues are ahead

in preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit

- To collect opinions from producers, consumers,

and experts on sustainable food systems -

	《 주 요 내 용 》
◈ In preparation for the UN Food Systems Summit, scheduled for September this year, the Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs holds “Member State Dialogues“ to gather stakeholder’s opinions. ㅇ The second dialogue is to be held on April 21 under the theme of “food security”. ㅇ Later, by early May, two dialogues will be held under the theme of "sustainable production and consumption" and "food for all".

□ The Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs (MAFRA) and the Korea Rural Economic Institute (KREI) announced that they would hold the second member state dialogue on April 21 to gather opinions of producers, consumers and experts in order to establish sustainable food systems policy.

ㅇ The term “food systems” refers to the constellation of activities involved in producing, processing, transporting and consuming food.

ㅇ The “member state dialogue” is a part of preparation for the United Nations (UN) Food Systems Summit in September.

ㅇ The main topic of the coming dialogue is “food security” and two other dialogues with the topic "sustainable production and consumption" and “food for all”, respectively, will be held by May.

□ The UN will hold the summit in New York in September to explore pathways to improve food systems, in consideration that food systems transformation is crucial to achieve the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) such as Zero Hunger, No Poverty and Climate Action by 2030.

ㅇ The UN Secretary-General asked the member countries to hold their own “Member State Dialogues”, or “National Dialogues”, in order to have various stakeholders engage in the summit, and said 95 UN member states had committed to convene dialogues by April 19.

ㅇ In February, in line with the international community’s move, the Republic of Korea nominated President Kim Hong-sang of the KREI as the convener to lead member state dialogues.

ㅇ The first dialogue for sustainable food systems in Korea was held in Seoul on March 30 with participation of consumers, producers and experts.

□ As a result of the first meeting, participants agreed to set three main topics for future discussions: food security, sustainable production and consumption, and food for all.

ㅇ The three topics are based on the National Food Plan recently initiated by the Presidential Committee on Agriculture, Fisheries and Rural Policy, by taking into account the opinions gathered for the previous two years.

ㅇ In the second meeting on April 21, producers, consumers, experts, relevant businesses, associations, and international organizations are going to address issues on food security such as stabilizing food supply, maintaining production base, and boosting crisis response.

ㅇ The next two meetings will be held in the next week and in May, on the theme of "sustainable production and consumption" and “food for all”, respectively.

ㅇ KREI will operate a website (www.krei.re.kr) from May, on which KREI will put the related materials and results of the discussions, and anyone interested in food systems will be able to share their ideas.

□ Regardless of attending the meetings or not, all stakeholders are encouraged to engage in the UN-level preparation process for the summit in several ways.

ㅇ Those who have ideas for game-changing solutions can share them via public surveys posted on the UN Food Systems Summit website (https://www.un.org/en/food-systems-summit/action-tracks) by the end of April.

ㅇ Currently, more than 1,200 ideas and propositions to transform food systems have been summitted by April 1, including wide range of ideas such as making social protection programs more nutrition-sensitive to address hunger and malnutrition, and scaling out agro-ecological production systems.

ㅇ In addition to member state dialogues led by government, anyone with an interest in food systems is invited to convene an “Independent Dialogue” and share it on the with the international society as a form of engagement to the summit, provided that the three key guidance from the UN are met.

ㅇ The three key guidance are as follows: respecting the summit’s principles of engagement such as diversity and trust; featuring structured conversations among groups with different perspectives; and reporting back to the UN through an official feedback form.

ㅇ The voices and ideas gathered from member state dialogues, independent dialogues and the UN surveys will be valuable to the UN’s workstreams in preparing the summit.

□ MAFRA said, "Ahead of the pre-summit in July and the summit in September, the member state dialogues in Korea, which will continue until May, offer a powerful opportunity for Korean people to have a seat at the table at the milestone UN Summit“.

ㅇ “In order to have “a people’s summit” as UN said, MAFRA with KREI will convene member state dialogues in an inclusive manner and provide relative information so that various people can participate and share their opinions.“

붙임1		UN 푸드시스템 국내 논의를 위한 이해관계자 2차 회의 계획(안)

□ 회의 개요

○ 주최 및 주관 : 농림축산식품부, 한국농촌경제연구원 공동 주최 / 농림수산식품교육문화정보원 주관

○ 개최 목적 : UN 정상회의 준비과정으로서 국내 논의를 진행하여 ‘식량안보’ 세부 주제에 관한 다양한 이해관계자 의견수렴을 통해 지속가능한 푸드시스템 계획 수립

○ 일시 및 장소 : ’21.4.21(수) 14:00~16:00 / 오송 H호텔 세종시티 대연회장

○ 참석 대상 : 생산자단체, 소비자단체, 학계 및 연구계, 산업계 및 관련 협회, 국제기구, 농식품부, 한국농촌경제연구원 등 10명 내외

□ 진행 순서(안)

구성	시 간		주요 내용	비고
1부 발제	14:00-14:05	5’	․인사 말씀	KREI 우병준 박사
	14:05-14:20	15’	․UN 푸드시스템 논의 현황 소개 - 국제 논의 및 국내 논의 추진 상황	농식품부 김경은 서기관
	14:20-14:30	10’	․‘식량 안보’ 관련 내용 소개 - 농특위 국가식량계획 중심으로	농식품부 김정락 서기관
2부 토론 좌장 우병준 박사	14:30-15:55	85’	․토론 : ‘식량 안보’를 중심으로 ① 안정적 식량 공급 ② 자급기반 유지 ③ 위기대응력 강화	토론자
	15:55-16:00	5’	․논의 정리 및 마무리	KREI 우병준 박사

붙임2		UN 푸드시스템 정상회의 개요

□ (배경) 지속가능개발목표(SDGs) 달성을 위한 푸드시스템 개선 방안을 논의하는 UN 푸드시스템 정상회의 개최 예정

* 푸드시스템: 농업 생산·가공·유통·소비 등 먹거리를 둘러싼 환경 전반

ㅇ 일시: UN 총회(9.21(화)~27(월)) 계기, 장소: 미국 뉴욕

ㅇ 결과물: 정상회의 시 UN사무총장이 세계 푸드시스템 이해관계자들의 실천계획을 포함한 행동선언(Statement of Action)을 발표할 것으로 예상

□ (국제 동향) UN은 “사람을 위한 정상회의(people’s summit)”를 목표로 글로벌·국내 논의 등을 통해 다양한 이해관계자의 의견 수렴을 제안

ㅇ UN은 SDGs 달성을 위한 5대 실천분야(Action Track)*를 제시하고 실천분야별 팀 구성, 자문 및 공개세미나(public forum) 진행

* UN특임대사를 중심으로 UN기구 직원으로 구성된 5개 팀이 글로벌 논의 담당, 과학그룹, 자문위 등이 자문 제공

< 5대 실천분야(괄호는 예시 분야) >

① 안전하고 영양가 있는 식품에 대한 모든 사람의 접근 보장(식량손실·낭비)

② 지속가능한 소비패턴 정립(안전·건강한 소비, 도농연계)

③ 충분한 규모의 환경친화적 생산 촉진(환경 보전, 생태계보호)

④ 평등한 생계·가치 배분 촉진(평등한 고용, 여성농업인)

⑤ 취약계층·충격 등에 대한 식품시스템 복원력 증진(코로나19·재해관리, 푸드뱅크)

ㅇ 글로벌 논의 결과는 주기적으로 정리하여 홈페이지 게재 예정

□ (국내 논의) UN측은 각 회원국별 의장(National Dialogue Convenor)을 선정하고 국내 논의를 진행할 것을 각국에 요청

ㅇ 각 회원국 정부 등이 주관하여 국내 푸드시스템 이해관계자들이 SDGs 달성을 위해 실천할 방안을 논의하고 결과를 UN에 통보

* 우리나라는 한국농촌경제연구원 김홍상 원장을 의장으로 지정하고 UN에 통보(2.10일)

□ (향후 일정) 글로벌 논의 참여(`20.11~`21.6) → 국내 논의 진행(`21.3~6) → 장관급 사전회의(`21.7, 로마) → 정상회의(`21.9, 뉴욕)