FAO HQ Rome Mauricio Mireles FAO RAF FSN Forum policy dialogues Contributing to food security and nutrition policy processes within the context of FAO Regional Office for Africa FAO in Africa ID: 499477
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10–11 December 2015 FAO HQ RomeMauricio Mireles, FAO RAF
FSN
Forum policy dialogues: Contributing
to food security and nutrition policy processes
within the context of FAO Regional Office for AfricaSlide2
FAO in Africa
The
major actions of the Office in Africa put a particular emphasis on
:
Country Offices are the key to FAO's
success;
Stronger, more demand-driven multi-disciplinary technical
teams;
Full
capitalization of the potential for extra-budgetary
funding;
Focused policy
dialogue;
Strengthened support to Pan-African
institutions;Slide3
Regional Action Plan for Africa 2014-15
RI 1
:
Renewed Partnership for a Unified Approach to End Hunger in Africa by 2025 under the Framework the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development
Programme
RI 2:Sustainable production intensification and commercialization through integrated management of agricultural landscapesRI 3: Building Resilience in the Drylands of Africa (SO5,SO3)
Regional Initiatives Slide4
RI1 -
Africa’s
Renewed Partnership to End Hunger by 2025
A
dd
value to ongoing work at country level by promoting an integrated approach to food security and nutrition;The first group of countries consists of Angola, Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger; Firmly grounded in the CAADP process;Interventions spanning from expansion in food production, strengthening social protection mechanisms and the promotion of right to food legislation;Slide5
Programs and projectsC
arried
out by the Regional Office, Sub-Regional Offices (SROs) together with Headquarter divisions
;
Over half of the projects operated by RAF and the focus either on supporting policy work, addressing transboundary issues, and/or providing technical assistance to a Regional/Sub-Regional Economic Communities (RECs) - such as the African Union, ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC, and CILSS.Slide6
New and on-going FSN RAF projects under RI1
Strengthening linkages between small actors and buyers in the Roots and Tubers sector in
Africa
Ending
Date:
10/2018Mainstreaming Nutrition in CAADP and Agriculture Policies and Programmes in Sub-Saharan AfricaEnding Date: 07/2017Strengthening of School Nutrition Programmes in AfricaEnding Date: 12/2016Slide7
New and on-going FSN RAF projectsStrengthening Capacity of ECOWAS for effective Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP) Implementation in West
Africa
Ending
Date:
31/12/2016
Strengthening Regional Initiatives to End Hunger and Malnutrition in West AfricaEnding Date: 31/12/2016Exchange of Experience and Dialog about Public Policies for Family Farming in AfricaEnding Date: 31/12/2017Slide8
Recent collaborations between FSN Forum & RAF Policies
,
programs and agricultural investments in West Africa: what Analyses and perspectives are there?
This
discussion contributed to the
Civil Society Organizations Forum organized by the Zero Hunger Initiative – Ref. Adama Taoko and Leonidas Hitimana.How school food and nutrition activities can promote lifelong healthy eating habitsHow to develop the hydro-agricultural resources in West AfricaRaising awareness and improving understanding on the role of hydro-agricultural resources for FSN in West Africa – Ref. Gregorio VelascoSlide9
Priority processes
in Africa which
have or could benefit from broader stakeholder
participation
Social Protection Agenda + Agriculture + Nutrition in Africa;
Mainstreaming of nutrition at the policy-level, (CAADP) particularly in the context of Agricultural Investment Plans; School Food and Nutrition;Slide10
Priority processes in Africa which have or could benefit from broader stakeholder participationPromotion and understanding of Family Farming in Africa;
Constitution of National Councils on FSN in CPLP countries (Portuguese challenge);
Mainstreaming of Gender in FSN related issues;Slide11
Priority processes in Africa which have or could benefit from broader stakeholder participationOverall engagement of civil society in FSN public policy design;
Engagement of parliamentarians on the human right to food;
Promoting dialogue between National Alliances on HR2F & parliamentarians; Slide12
Thank You!