FAO Regional priorities and FSN policy processes in Latin America and the

Caribbean

FSN Forum policy dialogues: contributing to food security and nutrition policy processes at the country and regional level

December 10th, 2015

Background

• Latin America and the Caribbean met the 1C goal of the MDGs and additionally the WFS goal.

•Implementation of public policies to eradicate hunger and malnutrition under a positive economic and political scenario.

• One of the main lessons from these positive results: the role of the political commitment.

Background

• Political commitment expressed at national and regional level.

• Schemes of FSN governance in several countries of LAC: Brazil, Ecuador, Nicaragua, Guatemala, etc.

• Expressions of interest at regional bodies: OAS, UNASUR, CARICOM, SICA, CELAC.

The role of CELAC• I CELAC Summit (Santiago, 2013): Support to the Hunger Free Latin

America and Caribbean Initiative• I CELAC Meeting of Ministers and those Responsible for Social

Development for the Eradicaction of Extreme Poverty and Hunger (Caracas, 2013): Definition of the Pillars for the Caracas Action Plan

• II CELAC Summit (Havana, 2014): Request to FAO with the support of LAIA and ECLAC to prepare a Plan for Food Security, Nutrition and the Eradication of Hunger

• III CELAC Summit (Costa Rica, 2015): approval and mandate for the implementation of the CELAC Plan for Food Security and the Eradication of Hunger 2025 (CELAC FSN Plan).

CELAC FSN Plan 2025• The Plan is based on 4 Pillars defined by country

members, in order to cover all 4 dimensions of food security and nutrition (FSN).

• Contains Lines of Action in each pillar containing sectorial policies and directed towards a wide vision of FSN.

• All pillars have proposed policy measures for enabling results in the short and medium term.

CELAC FSN Plan 2025

Source: FAO (2015). Regional Overview of Food Insecurity: Latin America and the Caribbean. Santiago de Chile.

FSN Platform

• The plan asks explicitly to FAO to develop a tool for knowledge sharing in FSN. This is the Food Security and Nutrition Platform (www.plataformacelac.org).

• FSN Platform Sharing of information (policies, legislation, governances schemes and indicators) to promote south-south cooperation.

Inter-sectoral meeting to strengthen capacities of countries to conduct nutrition education actions to fight malnutrition

Food and Nutrition Information, Communication and Education to promote Food and Nutrition Security in Latin America and the Caribbean

San Salvador, El Salvador– December 2011

A network• promotes and facilitates the exchange of

experiences and best practices in NE,• amongst different actors and professionals

in Latin America and the Caribbean,• through a web-based platform

Red ICEANOverview

http://www.fao.org/red-icean/inicio/es/

HQ-RLC-SLM

Coordination and support

• Asociación Mexicana de Miembros de Escuelas y

Facultades de Nutrición (AMMFEN), México

• Universidad de Antioquia, Colombia

• Coordinación General de Alimentación y Nutrición

(CGAN), Brasil

• Departamento de Nutrición Comunitaria del

Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México

• Núcleo de pesquisas epidemiológicas en nutrición y

salud, Escuela de Salud Pública. Universidad de Sao

Paulo, Brasil

•Steering Committee

Regional entities

• Instituto de Nutrición de Centroamérica y Panamá (INCAP)

• Programa Regional de Seguridad Alimentaria y Nutricional

para Centroamérica (PRESANCA II-PRESISAN)

• Confederación Latinoamericana y del Caribe de

Nutricionistas y Dietistas (CONFELANYD)

• Sociedad Latinoamericana de Nutrición (SLAN)

• Organización Panamericana de la Salud (OPS)

• Coordinación Educativa y Cultural

Centroamericana/Sistema de Integración Centroamericana

(CECC/SICA)

• FSN forum

National entities

478

Nutritionists

827

Total

59117

111

93

82

94

56

43

19

57

15

11

77

4

Members

News and events

• Weekly update of relevant news articles and events of NE at national, regional and international level

• Members can submit their own news and events• Great potential for further dissemination of

programmatic and professional experiences

Webinars• Development of interventions in NE• Food-based dietary guidelines • Next week: Food and nutrition education in schools

Forums• Key collaboration with Global Forum on Food Security and

Nutrition (FSN Forum)

Thank you and greetings from Latin America and the Caribbean!

Ricardo Rapallo – Food Security OfficerMaría José Coloma – Nutrition Consultant

Giovanni Carrasco – Food Security Policy Consultant