The meeting ‘Capacity building for safeguarding foodways: Lessons from the International Food Atlas project’ is being organized in the framework of the ‘International Food Atlas and Digital Platform for safeguarding, promoting and transmitting foodways to future generations‘ (hereafter referred to as the ‘Food Atlas project’), generously funded by the Ministry of Culture of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia, within the framework of the UNESCO Programme on Culture and Digital Technologies. 

This global results meeting will take stock of the first cycle of field project activities and is designed to facilitate reflection and exchange on the three components of the country-level activities:

1. Capacity-building activities, focusing on how the project’s capacity building activities have supported and enhanced the safeguarding of foodways as living heritage, and identifying the approaches that have been most effective for the communities.
2. Documentation of good safeguarding experiences, sharing examples of community-led safeguarding experiences of foodways as living heritage, and discussing how digital technologies can further support and increase visibility of these safeguarding efforts.
3. Policy research, presenting findings on the current policy landscape for the safeguarding of foodways as living heritage in the project countries, and discussing prospects for future developments.

The meeting will also serve as a space for peer learning among stakeholders involved in the project, providing an opportunity to share experiences and identify key lessons, challenges, and opportunities in safeguarding foodways as living heritage.

Documents

• Concept note (LHE/26/PRO FOOD/1): English|French
• Agenda and timetable (LHE/26/PRO FOOD/2 Rev.): English|French
• List of participants (LHE/26/PRO FOOD/3): English / French