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Title: The International NGOCSO Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty


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The International NGO/CSO Planning Committee for
Food Sovereignty
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Facilitating participation and strengthening the
dialogue capacity of Food Producers
organisations at international level

• A summary of principles and action proposals

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
1996

• World Food Summit

NGO forum
A global network specialised on Food Security
issues was born
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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
2001/2002
Regional NGO/CSO consultations

• Regional Conferences

The International Planning Committee Organises
with FAO the Consultations
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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
2002

• World Food Summit five years later
• WFS fyl

NGO/CSO forum
The International Planning Committee organises
the Forum, focal points are elected
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The IPC for Food Sovereignty

• The IPC was mandated by the NGO/CSO Forum for
  Food Sovereignty to carry forward the agenda
  adopted by the Forum.

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Basic principles adopted at the June 2002,
NGO/CSO Forum for Food Sovereignty

• The Right of All Peoples to Food Sovereignty
• The Right of Local Populations to Manage and
  Control Local Resources
• The Need to Move Towards Sustainable,
  Agro-Ecological Methods of Food Production
• The Need to give primacy to food security and
  food sovereignty principles when considering
  trade measures.

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Food Sovereignty is the RIGHT of peoples,
communities, and countries to define their own
agricultural, labour, fishing, food and land
policies which are ecologically, socially,
economically and culturally appropriate to their
unique circumstances. It includes the true right
to food and to produce food, which means that all
people have the right to safe, nutritious and
culturally appropriate food and to food-producing
resources and the ability to sustain themselves
and their societies.
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The IPC for Food Sovereignty

• Its legitimacy is based on its ability to be the
  interlocutor for the concerns and the battles
  which a broad diversity of civil society
  organisations and social movements are conducting
  daily in their practical and advocacy work at
  local, sub-regional, regional and global levels.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty

• PRINCIPLES
• The IPC serves as a mechanism for diffusion of
  information and capacity building on issues
  regarding food sovereignty and food security.
• The IPC dialogues with international institutions
  dealing with Food and Agricultural policy issues,
  this relations are based on principles of
  self-organisation and autonomy
• The IPC does not centralize the activities and
  decision-making of its members nor speak on their
  behalf.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
Organisation of the network

• Regionally-based in order to strengthen the
  debate on food sovereignty at national and
  regional levels
• Social constituencies (farmers, fisherfolk,
  indigenous peoples, agricultural workers, women
  and youth) in order to represent major social
  actors
• Thematic focal points in order to strengthen
  policy debate on key issues within civil society
  at national, regional and international levels.
• The IPC Liaison Office in Rome, acts as the
  international secretariat of the Network,
  facilitating its activities.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
2003
Exchange of letters

• Resulted from the Meeting between the Director
  General and the IPC, held the 1st of November
  2002, where a course of action was planned with
  NGOs/CSOs in follow-up to the WFSfyl and The
  Forum.
• Identifies an agreed programme of work on the
  four areas of the Action Agenda
• It indicates that steps will be taken to
  reinforce civil society participation in future
  sessions of the FAO technical committees and
  commissions and of the regional conferences .

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
2003

• ACTIVITIES
• The International Secretariat/Liaison Office was
  set-up
• Food producers organisations participated to the
  FAO technical committees (forests, fisheries,
  commodity products, agriculture, world food
  security)
• The Regional Focal Points worked on basis of the
  five identified major constituencies and
  geographical division, Common IPC/FAO Regional
  meetings were also held
• A common IPC/FAO Agroecology working group was
  set-up
• A general meeting in November 2003 previous to
  the FAO Conference.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
2004

• The IPC organises NGO/CSO Consultations held in
  conjunction with FAO Regional Conferences, as
  indicated in the FAO guidelines for the NGO/CSO
  consultations.
• The IPC continues supporting the Food Sovereignty
  agenda in the regions and at international level
  (world forum on fisheries, workshop on GMOs,
  trade and food sovereignty in Beirut).
• In May 2004, the IPC facilitates the diffusion of
  the Open letter FAO declares war on Farmers, not
  on Hunger to the DG of FAO in response to the
  SOFA report 2003 Biotechnology meeting the
  needs of the poor. 670 organisations and more
  than 800 individuals gave their support to this
  initiative in less than two weeks.
• Food producers organisations representatives
  participated to the Committee on World Food
  Security.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
2005

• Food producers organisations participated to the
  FAO technical committees (fisheries, commodity
  products, agriculture, world food security)
• The IPC continues supporting the Food Sovereignty
  agenda in the regions and at international level
  the Caravan for Food Sovereignty in Asia,
  workshops on GMO and food sovereignty in Amman,
  Tunis, Porto Alegre, IPC general meeting in
  November.
• The IPC facilitates the NGO/CSO/Social Movements
  preparation process towards the International
  Conference on Agrarian Reform and Rural
  Development.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
2006

• The IPC participates in the World Social Forum in
  Bamako and organises a seminar on Land Reform.
• First Steering Committee of the Nyeleni 2007
  Forum for Food Sovereignty to be held in Mali in
  February 2007.
• The IPC facilitates the 5th NGO/CSO Consultation
  for Africa.
• The IPC facilitates the participation of civil
  society organisations at the Forum Tierra,
  terriorio y dignidad, to be held in parallel to
  the International Conference on Agrarian Reform
  and Rural Development in Porto Alegre, March.
• Other events where the IPC will facilitate
  NGO/CSO participation FAO Regional Conferences,
  WFS Special Forum.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty
Funding

• Currently the IPC is mainly funded through FAO
  with trust fund support. The principle donor
  until now has been the Italian Government. The
  German government supported the participation of
  civil society in the Voluntary Guidelines for the
  Right to Food process.
• IFAD also supported international events like the
  participation of Social Movements and Civil
  Society organisations in the Forum Tierra,
  territorio y dignidad held in Porto Alegre,
  Brazil, from March 6 to 9 2006, in parallel to
  the International Conference on Agrarian Reform
  and Rural Development.
• Some NGOs and of course the contribution of focal
  points organisations through the time of work
  dedicated by their leaders or staff.

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Enhancing the institutional environment for
FAO-NGO/CSO relations

• Respect and support the role of social movements
  and their effective participation in policy
  processes at local, regional and global level
• Reinforce institutional capacity to address
  emerging issues in an interdisciplinary fashion
  with the participation of civil society actors.
• Open spaces of dialogue among Social
  Organisations and Governments in order to have
  their voices heard and influence government
  decisions.
• The IPC has requested FAO on many occasions to
  strengthen the Unit of partnership with civil
  society in order to ensure effective
  collaboration.

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The IPC for Food Sovereignty is the result of the
NGO/CSO and Social movements process that
developed the Forum for Food Sovereignty Rome,
8-13 june 2002