A consultation published by UK organisation St George’s House has identified critical roles and recommendations for International Civil Society Organisations (ICSOs) in transforming our global food system.

The recommendations are outlined in its Global Food Systems Consultation Report. They place a clear emphasis on ICSOs aligning and working together. The report is based on consultations over three years involving more than 50 representatives from around 30 organisations including ActionAid, Compassion in World Farming International, Oxfam, World Obesity Foundation and WWF international.

Recommendations for ICSOs include:

• · Concerted action to reframe the purpose of global food systems
• · Strategy review from all concerned with Sustainable Development Goal attainment to ensure food systems transformation is a key goal
• · Working together and aligning to make a collective impact on food systems that leads to deep, lasting and effective change
• · Combining resources to develop the narratives, values and frames to reclaim the food justice agenda, and to challenge the status quo
• · Working together to articulate to governments and world leaders what ‘good’ looks like for food systems transformation and ambitious outcomes

St George’s House was founded in 1966 by HRH The Duke of Edinburgh and the then Dean, Robin Woods. Their intention was to establish a safe physical and intellectual space where people of influence from right across society could come together to debate and discuss issues of national and international importance.