The most comprehensive global collaborative governance initiative of its kind with a clear mission to promote safe and quality food and the notion of respect for “terroirs”.
N°6 – JAN/FEB 2024
Our platform for dialogue and exchange is celebrating its second anniversary this March. In the January/February issue, we presented a report on the online forums held in Toyama and Hiroshima last year, welcoming over 500 readers of the SGS newsletter. We also introduce our ongoing collaboration with Carbon Maps, a startup partner based in France, highlighting the Index Solution. Additionally, we shed light on the analysis focused on Nature Positive, aiming to create and foster successful businesses. Stay tuned for more updates and insights in this issue.
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N°5 – AUG/SEP 2023
Noting the key actions outlined in the G7 Hiroshima Action Statement for Resilient Global Food Security of May 2023, the above leaders intend to jointly take a set of actions in order to strengthen global food security and nutrition. In this issue, we had the opportunity to interview Minister Tetsuro Nomura, Minister of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries. The SGS Forum, is scheduled to take place online in 2023. Details of the comprehensive program will be presented in our next newsletter.
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N°4 – May/June 2023
Since the Nara Forum in 2022, GS has consistently organized its activities to promote various initiatives. In this issue, we introduce the outlook on the establishment of working groups in five action areas aimed at transforming the food system through sustainable food. We also present analyses from Japanese and French stakeholders, discussing topics such as the concept of terroir, geographical indications (GI), and the introduction of new members
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N°3 – April 2023
SGS has now officially launched a new initiative. In this newsletter, we provide information on participation of SGS's partnership, which we call the First Members Coalition, and an overview of the G7 agenda and Japan's essential leadership in the governance of global affairs, as told to us by Ambassador Kazuhiko Nakamura of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, who serves as G7 Sous-sherpa.
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N°2 – March 2023
2023 is already here and we made good progress towards ourobjectives: the broadening of our Engagement Platform as coordination ofpeople is mostimportant to address the challenges. Oursecond issue will see a focus on 2025 World Exposition in Kansai-Osaka and a focus on our Engagement Platform works for co-creating a movement towards sustainability on the food value-chain to achieve our vision for Sustainable Gastronomy in Society.
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N°1 – December 2022
On 15 November 2022, more than 500 participants gathered in Nara for the Forum on Food culture & GI, including both on-site and online.
The first Forum of this meeting has seen the holding of substantive thematic panels on Trade agreement and Food, Tourism, Health and Food system, with distinguished speakers coming from Japan and Europe.
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SGS NARA FORUM 2022
CEO/ LEADER’S INTERVIEW SERIES
"Inspire the Table”
APPROACH
We call for building a multi-layered platform to enable stakeholders at key moments to promote sustainable and quality food production and consumption including bringing the GIs system into the 21st century.
We invite new networks to join us to jointly promote intangible assets, GIs on the European model into Asia and beyond to advocate an action-based approach to expand the food sustainability based on the notion of respect for “terroirs”, a different concept from the industrialized mass food production.
GOALS
Action n1
Governance on Sustainable Gastronomy
Action n2
Sustainable food production
Action n3
Sustainable food processing, wholesale & food services
Action n4
Sustainable food consumption & healthy diets
Action n5
Food loss & waste
Action n6
Region-to-region Network & Advocacy
FORUM
Forum dialogue is a flagship track II multilateral dialogue to bring together stakeholders with either a business, political, cultural or academic focus from Asia, Europe and around the world with the aim of facilitating the creation of networks and coordinating a policy proposal for a better international joint approach.
The club main activity consists to offer a new look at challenges in global governance in response to the need to reinforce old-ties between Japan and Europe. A unique venue dedicated to the exchanges between members and youth about governance system and their place in it, as well as, their power to affect change.
Create a trust dialogue with stakeholders and young people
Foster educational activities to producers, consumers and youth