Food Policy Meeting: Engagement of Young People into Food Policies Process

Taking into account the impacts of agri-food policies on young people in V4 and on future of our countries, it's important to involve young people into it from the beginning. We should engage youth in food policy work by facilitating workshops at schools and community groups, by providing youth an opportunity to become community members and attend meetings on local/ regional food policy issues, and by providing a platform for youth to share their ideas, opinions and needs in a "youth food councils." These youth food councils exists in many countries around the world and they have a main task to mobilize and engage young people into the food policies. This meeting will discuss the position of young people in the whole process. (Food Policy Meeting at the heart of this process will host 25-30 people, including scientists, policymakers, civil society and food and farming sector actors, to engage in 3-hour round-table discussions. Each Lab will be focused on a key nexus in food systems, i.e., the focal points where various policy imperatives, regulations, incentives and trends converge to shape our food systems. As such, the Labs are designed to bridge policy areas and constituencies that are typically kept apart (e.g. agriculture and nutrition, trade and environment). The discussions will take place under Chatham House rules, allowing for open dialogue and for common ground to be sought between different positions.)