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ICC Agri-Food Initiatives
ICC Agri-Food Hubs provide support to companies in the sector to help them navigate pressing challenges and provide a platform for engagement, partnerships and advocacy.
ICC Agri-Food Hubs facilitate discussions and active collaboration between institutions and businesses in the agri-food sector. It aims to create tools, activities, and events to share knowledge and best practices to encourage the development of innovative projects that help companies adapt to rapid changes in the global market.
What is the ICC Agri-Food Hub?
ICC Agri-Food Hubs facilitate discussions and active collaboration between institutions and businesses in the agri-food sector. It aims to create tools, activities, and events to share knowledge and best practices to encourage the development of innovative projects that help companies adapt to rapid changes in the global market.
Launched in March 2022, the first Agri-Food Hub was strategically established by ICC Italy where the United Nations Rome-based agencies that focus on food and agriculture are located. ICC’s Observer Status at the UN offers a privileged channel for starting collaborations with FAO and WFP by encouraging the involvement of companies in international development and cooperation projects.
What are the priorities of ICC Agri-Food Hubs?
Sustainability
Support companies and operators in the agri-food sector to meet market demands and expectations that are increasingly changing towards conscious consumption choices in support shared objectives such as the UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
Innovation
Support agri-food companies by encouraging innovation to foster competitiveness, and long-term sustainable economic growth through Open Innovation projects
Trade & Policy
Provide a platform to facilitate dialogue between companies and sector experts.
Who can join the Agri-Food Hubs?
- COMPANIES: Small, medium, and large. Differentiated paths are envisaged based on revenues and size.
- PRIVATE PARTNERS: Service providers, consulting firms, individual professionals and experts. To participate, an association with ICC is required.
- INSTITUTIONAL PARTNERS: National and international organizations and associations.
Want to join ICC Agri-Food Hubs ?
Send an email to the ICC national committee in your country or contact Ercole de Vito
What are the Agri-Food Hubs’ activities and services?
WORKING GROUPS
Formulate technical policy direction of the Hubs and the operational plan for each of the three pillars. Examine major issues of interest of the sector by preparing policy products to contribute to intergovernmental discussions facilitating international trade.
ADVOCACY
Active engagement in discussions on policy and regulation both at national and international level.
EVENTS AND TRAINING
Regular events and training sessions that provide platforms for discussions and in-depth analysis on current issues which have a strong operational impact on the agri-food sector.
ICC HELP DESK
Technical support from ICC partners with one-to-one meetings and concrete activities based on the three thematic pillars.
BUSINESS NETWORKING
Serve as an incubator for developing collaborations, pooling and leveraging resources and skills to develop new synergies among companies, professionals and institutions at national and international level.
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