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The World Food Forum’s School Assembly
Each year the during the WFF flagship event, the School Assembly gathers young students from around Rome and Italy to FAO HQ, alongside many more from across the world joining online. The School Assembly is one of the largest events during the WFF flagship event and aims to foster dialogue between international leaders, youth activists and students on agrifood systems transformation. Each year, during the School Assembly, students discover the thematic areas of the WFF in an interactive and engaging way.
The 2024 School Assembly
This year, during the WFF flagship event, the Junior World Food Day (JWFD) and the WFF's School Assembly joined forces to host the 2024 School Assembly x JWFD event at FAO Headquarters, in Rome. The general theme for this year's WFF is “Good food for all, for today and tomorrow”, complemented by this year's WFD theme, “Right to foods, for a Better Life and a Better Future”.
This year, the School Assembly had an interesting twist: during the Assembly, students embarked on an exciting journey and engaged in an interactive quiz related to FAO's Four Betters, presented by various guests and speakers.
2023
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School Assembly 2023
In 2023, the YUNGA School Assembly hosted approximately 600 children on-site and many more online to learn about FAO’s work and the importance of bettering production, nutrition and environment to achieve a better life for all. All participants engaged in a learning and fun journey built around FAO’s 4 Betters and composed of interactive sections and quizzes, presentations, videos and musical performances.
The 2023 YUNGA School Assembly was themed around a journey in the waters of the 4 Betters in order to reach Better Life. Students had to answer questions from guests and participants to pursue the journey. After the Assembly, the children embarked on a more personal journey by jumping from one station to the other, held in the FAO building, by FAO staff (Fisheries, OCB, ESN, ESA-Economics, NFO-Forestry Divisions).
2022
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School Assembly 2022
Follow all the action from the 2022 installment of our School Assembly: watch the entire assembly.
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FAO Director-General encourages young change-makers
Read what FAO’s Director General QU Dongyu had to say about the event.
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