SFS-MED Platform

The new SFS-MED Platform landing page is available at this link.

WHO

The SFS-MED Platform is a community to leverage the existing knowledge, experience and skills of food systems actors across the Mediterranean region. The SFS-MED Platform is led by: the International Centre for Advanced Mediterranean Agronomic Studies (CIHEAM), the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) and the Secretariat of the Union for the Mediterranean (UfM), in collaboration with the Partnership for Research and Innovation in the Mediterranean Area (PRIMA), as an affiliated project of the One Planet Network’s Sustainable Food Systems Programme.

The SFS-MED Platform is open to all food systems stakeholders in the region: representatives of governments (governmental agencies, authorities, etc.); international organizations (UN, IFIs, development agencies); civil society (including NGOs, foundations, NPOs, consumers' organizations and movements); academia and research institutions; private sector (including food producers’ associations and cooperatives, MSMEs, etc.).

WHAT

The SFS-MED Platform is:

• A forum for dialogue and collaboration on priority themes for sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean, acting as a neutral facilitator of multi-stakeholder exchange to enhance policy coherence, build trust, and promote the effective implementation of actions. 
• An ideal setting to rebalance sustainability and finance. Dedicated support for the co-creation of flagship projects and investment proposals will enable actors in Mediterranean food systems to access funding and scale up sustainable investments.
• A network for strengthening knowledge sharing and capacity building related to sustainable food consumption and production across the Mediterranean.
• A catalyst of opportunities for regional cooperation for data sharing, science diplomacy, and the advancement of green and blue practices, as well as inclusive and digital innovation.

For further information, please contact the SFS-MED Platform Coordination Desk.

USEFUL RESOURCES

• SFS-MED introductory video
• FAO, CIHEAM and UfM. 2021. Food systems transformation – processes and pathways in the Mediterranean: A stocktaking exercise. Rome, FAO.
• Independent Food Systems Summit Dialogues organized by SFS-MED in 2021:
  • Pathways for the future of sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean (April 2021)
  • Enabling actions for more sustainable food systems in the Mediterranean (June 2021)
  • Way forward for regional collaboration (December 2021)
• Executive brief “Accelerating food systems transformation in the Mediterranean” (also available in Arabic and French)
• Report of the 2nd World Conference on the Revitalization of the Mediterranean Diet
• Working draft of the SFS-MED Platform Common Ground paper