The Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia (ESCWA), in collaboration with the National Convenor for Food Systems Transformation in Mauritania, the Arab Organization for Agricultural Development (AOAD), and the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub, are organizing the capacity-building workshop “Advancing Coherent Climate and Food Systems Action in Mauritania”, to be held on 6–7 October 2026 in Nouakchott. The workshop will bring together government officials from food systems, climate, environment, agriculture, water, and related sectors, alongside development partners and technical experts, to strengthen coordination and promote more integrated action across these interlinked agendas.
This workshop is part of the project “Bridging the Climate-Food Nexus: Coherent Climate Action and Food System Transformation for Resilient Arab Least Developed Countries” (2025–2028), which aims to support Arab LDCs in aligning food systems transformation processes with national climate action plans. The project was officially launched in Amman, Jordan, on 3–4 December 2025 under the title “Climate and Food: Building Resilient Food Systems in Arab LDCs”, and convened food systems focal points and climate representatives from Djibouti, Mauritania, Somalia, Sudan, and Yemen, alongside regional and international experts. The project is also aligned with the UN Food Systems Coordination Hub’s Convergence Initiative and builds on these efforts to strengthen climate-resilient food systems in Arab LDCs.
The workshop in Mauritania forms part of the series of national capacity-building workshops planned under the project between 2026 and 2028. It builds on the country’s ongoing efforts to strengthen convergence between food systems transformation and climate action, including the development of its Food Systems Transformation Pathway, the updated Nationally Determined Contributions, and the national Convergence Roadmap. Through this engagement, the workshop aims to strengthen national capacities, foster cross-sectoral coordination, and support Mauritania in translating these priorities into coherent and sustained climate and food systems action throughout the project’s implementation period.