The Global Council for Sustainable Food Systems (GCSFS) is a Spanish non-profit organisation that builds on the years of experience of professionals engaged in the research and development of sustainable agri-food systems

Director

Vicente Domingo

Director of the FAO-affiliated World Sustainable Urban Food Centre (2017–2023). Bachelor’s degree in Audiovisual Communication and a degree in Language Theory, University of Valencia (UV).

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Raquel Oliver

Secretary

Expert in social and public policy, ethnic minority issues, culture and development, and public project management. University of Valencia (UV)

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.
Project coordinator

Antonia Ferrer

Director of IUMPA, the University Institute of Pure and Applied Mathematics at the Polytechnic University of Valencia (UPV)

Far far away, behind the word mountains, far from the countries Vokalia and Consonantia, there live the blind texts. Separated they live in Bookmarksgrove right at the coast of the Semantics, a large language ocean. A small river named Duden flows by their place and supplies it with the necessary regelialia. It is a paradisematic country, in which roasted parts of sentences fly into your mouth.

Non-profit organisation registered in the Spanish National Register of Associations, Section 1, Number 630924 Tax Identification Number G21738679

Selection of experts supporting the GCSFS

 

José Graziano da Silva: Director-General of FAO 2012-2019

Laura Fernández: Director-General of EUFIC European Food Information Council

Amparo López: Director of IATA-CSIC. Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology of the CSIC

Luigi Ferrajoli: Philosopher and jurist. Professor Emeritus of Philosophy of Law at Università Roma Tre. Author of the book ‘For a Constitution of the Earth’

Elena Diego: Director of the Spanish Cooperation Training Centre in La Antigua, Guatemala

Deborah Burks: Director of the Prince Felipe Research Centre, Spain

José Esquinas: Doctor of Agricultural Engineering, humanist, Doctor of Genetics, and Master of Horticulture University of California. University professor and researcher. FAO Ethics Committee

Nuria Matarredona: Director General of Urban Agenda and Architecture. Ministry of Transport, Mobility and Urban Agenda. March to December 2023. Higher Technical School of Architecture. UPV. Research Centre for Architecture, Heritage and Management for Sustainable Development.

Pedro Fernández de Córdoba: Physicist. Professor of Applied Mathematics. Ibero-American Network for Futurisation, UPV. Honorary Doctorate from the University of Santander, Mexico, and the University of Pinar del Río, Cuba. Expert in quantum futurisation, President of Open Future Lab

Fernanda Peset: Professor at UPV, E-LIS (eprints.rclis.org) and the CIEPI Group (www.ciepi.org); of projects such as IraLIS (iralis.org), the ODiSEA inventory (odisea.datasea.es) and the ThinkEPI group, responsible for the CRECS meeting. External consultant for the FAO-UN, AGRIS and AGROVOC

Marcela Villarreal: Director of the Partnerships and Alliances Division of FAO 2011-2024

Steering Commitee

 

Gabriel Ferrero: Chair of the United Nations Committee on World Food Security 2021-2023 and Ambassador on Special Mission for the fightagainst hunger for the Government of Spain

Marta Arroyo: Research Coordinator, Institute of Agrochemistry and Food Technology IATA CSIC

Erica W. Campos: Expert in Systemic Thinking. Global leadership roles at Microsoft, ABN, Amro Banco Real, and PwC. Founding partner, Embedded- Knowledge, Inc. Co-author, From Problem Solving to Solution Design (Forbes Books)

José Eduardo Campos: Expert in Systems Thinking. Senior executive at PwC, Embraer, Bell Canada. Director of Business Development, Microsoft Global Public Sector, including Innovation Centers worldwide. Founding partner, Embedded-Knowledge, Inc. Co-author, From Problem Solving to Solution Design (Forbes Books)

Antonio Alonso: Doctor of Ecology. Manager at the University of León and the University of Salamanca

Edward Rubin: Coordinating Lead Author of IPCC Nobel Peace Prize 2007

Dolores Raigón: Professor of Soil Science and Agricultural Chemistry. UPV Universitat Politècnica de València

Joan Romero: Professor Emeritus of Human Geography at the University of Valencia

José Mª García Álvarez-Coque: Professor of Agricultural Economics at the UPV Universitat Politècnica de València. Member of the FAO panel of experts for the designation of Globally Important Agricultural Heritage Systems (GIAHS)