Food and nutrition security policies in Brazil social participation in the formulation and monitoring

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Food and nutrition security policies in Brazil
social participation in the formulation and
monitoring
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National policy of FNS characteristics and goals

• Strategic and permanent goal
• Wide range of concerns
• - From production to nutritional adequacy
• - FNS and hunger
• Respecting diversity (regional/ethnic)

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Main challenges

• Introducing FNS approach
• Promoting inter-sectoriality
• - Intra-government dialogue
• - Government - civil society dialogue
• Mobilizing social actors (capabilities)
• Creating institutional spaces - FNS councils
  (national, state and municipal levels)

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National Council on FNS

• Nature/status
• Consultant to the President of the Republic
• Supra-ministerial civil society majority
• Composition (59 members)
• 17 Ministries of State (Social Development,
  Education, Health, Agrarian Development,
  Agriculture, Fishery, Environment, Labour,
  Planning, Economy, Cities, National Integration,
  Women, Racial Equality, Human Rights, SG/PR,
  Ad/PR)
• 42 Civil Society Representatives (NGOs, Social
  Movements, Churches and Business)
• 15 Observers (Intern. Organ. and other national
  councils)

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National Council on FNS

• Structure
• President civil society representative
• 3 thematic chambers Production and provisioning
  Health and nutrition Programmes for specific
  groups
• 4 working groups Right to food Monitoring and
  database National system and framework law
  Harvest plan
• 5 permanent comissions Indigenous people, Black
  people, Northeast region, Social mobilization,
  Relationship with state councils

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National Council on FNS main themes I

• International agenda
• - International agreements
• - International actions against hunger and
  poverty
• National provisioning policy
• Family farming
• Urban agriculture
• Genetic resources and agrobiodiversity
• Access to water

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National Council on FNS main themes II

• Healthy feeding (FLV) family farming healthy
  and sustainable food consumption
• Monitoring system of nutritional condition
  (children, mothers and pregnant women)
• Income transfer programmes
• School meal programme

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National Council on FNS main themes III

• Special actions for black communities and
  indigenous people
• Database and monitoring indicators of food
  programmes
• Implementing the right to food
• Building up of a national system on FNS