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Kick-off meeting Food & Business Global Challenges Programme The Hague, 11 December 2014

Food & Business Knowledge Platform The gateway to knowledge for food and nutrition security. Connecting business, science, civil society and policy.

Strategic Goals of F&BKP In the field of Food and Nutrition Security: Improve relevance (focus and coherence) and efficient use of Dutch, local and international knowledge and research capacity. Strengthen policy in the Netherlands and abroad. Facilitate knowledge and research that suit Dutch and local entrepreneurs, traders and investors. knowledge @ work for policy & practice

Providing overview, Connect, deepen, disseminate and Strengthen research translate, co-create inspire NWO-WOTRO PORTAL SUPPORT NETWORKS RESEARCH HOT EMERGING CLUSTER 2 CLUSTER 1 F&B Global F&B Applied SPOTS NETWORKS Challenges Research • Nutrition Security • Integrated Soil • Inclusive Business Program (GCP) Fund (ARF) Management • Partnerships • Food Waste / 1a Food Chain Four pillars Dutch • Inclusive Finance Efficiency Chain Efficiency food security policy: • Land Governance • Regional Trade 1b Sustainable 1 Increasing Increase of sustainable Quality Food agriculture production 2a Inlcusive 2 Ensuring equitable BLIND SPOTS TO EXPLORE Business access to better CLUSTER 3 CLUSTER 4 • Fruit and 2b Regional Trade nutrition CoPs may be formed Vegetables sector’s 3 Improving inclusive on areas with a clear role in Food & access to markets need Nutrition Security 4 Enabling a better • Capatilizing of business climate Knowledge Knowledge @ Work

What can you do in the F&BKP? Disseminate relevant research results, good practices and innovative approaches. Create synthesis documents, overview articles, policy papers and other (visual) materials. Organize (international) online or offline dare-to-share dialogues and debates. Develop jointly-focused knowledge and innovation strategies. Establish (international) learning partnerships. Feed policy in the field of food and nutrition security. Organize (international) conferences. Translate research results and learning experiences into practice. Receive assistance in exploring (national and international) research funds.

Knowledge@work in GCP-1; generating impact of research Stakeholder Multi-stakeholder Support by Local key process persons / org. engagement F&BKP Defining the target groups Sounding board Stakeholder analysis - Innovation or Briefing Kick-off: joint learning platform Mapping workshops learning - inspiration capacity needs Training manuals Training staff of Linking to other projects, Capacity ToT-sessions key organizations programmes, networks Develop Master-or building TVET-curriculum Seminars Thematic meetings Conferences Expert meetings (local.-reg.-int.) Peer reviewed Publications for articles Website F&BKP: Communication specified target group Policy briefs start-progress-results - -> feed policy Info sheets Social media Regional Newsletter and practice Newsletters newspapers Website

F&B Applied Research Fund F&B Global Challenges Programme F&B Knowledge Management (ARF) (GCP) Facility (managed by NWO-WOTRO) (managed by Office) (managed by NWO-WOTRO) 3 Funds Steering Advising Min. of FA Steering Interaction (commissioning body) Committee Private sector Civil society OFFICE (Support to Platform, Steering Com., KMF) Knowledge Government organizations (North and South, International; Existing and new networks and CoPs; Organizations/institutes and individual professionals)

Knowledge Agenda of the Platform Criteria to assess whether theme/topics may be part of knowledge agenda: F&NS and poverty reduction are central (development perspective). Topics where the Netherlands has added value and can make a difference. Clear demand from practice and policy (existing and emerging networks/CoPs, private sector, ministry, embassies). Impact at system level (enabling environment: business, policy, …). Prospect to generate new knowledge and innovations (technological, methodology, organisational, institutional). Forward looking agenda. Link with networks which are developing new solutions / business models and have relevant experience to offer.

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