A proposal prepared for the international symposium on agroecology 3-5 April 2018This document presents the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative, a vision to bring agroecologya to scale and transform food and agricultural systems to achieve the SDGs. The document responds to four key questions: What is the potential of agroecology to contribute to the 2030 Agenda?€ ; What are the key challenges and opportunities to scale-up agroecology?€ ; Which core areas of work should the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative focus on?€; and What is the way forward for the Scaling up Agroecology Initiative?€.