From 9 to 13 June, a delegation of 35 members of the CSIPM Coordination Committee (CC) gathered in Brasilia. As the governing body of the CSIPM, the CC held sessions focused on knowledge sharing, capacity building, and in-depth discussions on global food governance, the current social, economical and political context, and its implications for food sovereignty and the right to food.
The CC also identified key priorities that the CSIPM should collectively address in the coming period. These reflections were grounded in inputs from the various working groups, as well as regional analyses highlighting advocacy challenges and opportunities.
A dedicated discussion was also held on how to strengthen the dissemination and uptake of CFS policy outcomes, ensuring they better support rights holders and local and regional realities.
For some time now, it has been a priority for the CSIPM to strengthen links with civil society participating in other decision-making forums relevant to the right to food. For example, the inter-platform dialogue held with civil society and Indigenous Peoples’ organizations at UNCCD. For this reason, the CC also dedicated a session to identifying which spaces could benefit from the political outcomes and discussions of the CFS, and vice versa.
Almost at the end of the week, the CC held a dialogue with civil society representatives and the Brazilian government authorities to exchange on public policies for food sovereignty, focusing on strengthening family farming, agroecology, and combating hunger and inequalities, as well as the challenges faced in multilateral food governance spaces.
The CC also met with local food producers of the Chapadinha Settlement in the rural area of Brasilia, for an exchange on the Brazilian agrarian reform, the Food Acquisition Program and the National School Feeding Program, which have been key to achieve food sovereignty, and financial sustainability of farmers.
The meeting was organized with the support of the Ministry of Agrarian Development and Family Farming (MDA), the Ministry of Development and Social Assistance, Family and Fight against Hunger (MDS), FAO Brazil and several civil society organisations based in Brasilia.