CFS Plenary is held annually, typically in October. The Plenary is an opportunity for all CFS stakeholders and members to gather, and is the main decision-making body of the CFS.
The PFM’s contributions to Plenary include official statements on items of interest to the PFM; and the co-organization of, and participation in, side events organized by other stakeholders.
CFS 53 (20-24 October 2025)
PFM Statement on agenda item II. The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 – Strengthening Coordination and Collaborative Actions.
PFM Intervention on agenda item II. Regional Panel, The State of Food Security and Nutrition in the World 2025 – Strengthening Coordination and Collaborative Actions.
PFM Statement on agenda item V. Building Resilient Food Systems for Food Security and Nutrition.
PFM co-organized side event 2 (SE02), Bridging global policy and local action: catalyzing CFS products and implementation of the Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty through philanthropic engagement, with Brazil, the United Kingdom and the Republic of South Africa. See the agenda here.
PFM co-organized side event 24 (SE24), On the road to COP30: synergies between the right to food and the 3 Rio Conventions, with Brazil, the Civil Society and Indigenous Peoples’ Mechanism (CSIPM) and Colombia. See the agenda here.
CFS 52 (October 2024)
PFM statement on agenda item II. Strengthening coordinated policy responses to the food crisis –the state of food security and nutrition in the world 2024
PFM statement on agenda item VI. Addressing multiple dimensions of inequalities: endorsement and uptake of the CFS policy recommendations on reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition
PFM intervention during the third panel of agenda item IX. Forum on the uptake of the CFS voluntary guidelines on gender equality and women’s and girls’ empowerment in the context of food security and nutrition
PFM co-organised side event 14. Uncovering the invisible – A feminist call to urban food system transformation
CFS 51 (October 2023)
The 51st Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was held from 23 to 27 October 2022, in a crucial point in time, with an alarming state of food security and nutrition putting the world seriously off track to achieve the Agenda 2030, including its Goal 2 “zero hunger”. For the second time in its history it was adjourned.
To enrich and complement the CFS 51 Plenary and give partners and other stakeholders an opportunity to highlight their work, CFS organized 36 side events over the five days.
PFM, GAFF and AEF statements on item agenda IV. Global Interlinkages Dialogues
PFM statement on item agenda VI. Leveraging the use of data for driving food security and nutrition policy
PFM statement on item agenda VII. CFS strategic direction toward 2030
PFM statement on item agenda VIII. Addressing multiple dimensions of inequalities
PFM statement on item agenda XI. Other matters (a) Modalities for a Philanthropic Foundations Mechanism for relations with the CFS
CFS 50 (October 2022)
The 50th Plenary Session of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) was held from 10 to 13 October 2022 and adjourned.
To enrich and complement the CFS 50 Plenary and give partners and other stakeholders an opportunity to highlight their work, CFS organized 30 side events over the four days. Each of these 75-minute side events enriched and complemented the CFS 50 Plenary sessions by highlighting work of stakeholders relevant to the vision and mandate of CFS, especially where CFS policy guidelines and frameworks are being effectively utilized to foster partnerships for advancing the 2030 Agenda - in particular, SDG 2.
Summary of the side event “philanthropy in times of crisis: A new approach with the CFS”
Video of the side event “philanthropy in times of crisis: A new approach with the CFS”
