GLOBAL AGRICULTURE and FOOD SECURITY PROGRAM A presentation to CSOs in Asia

BACKGROUND Food Crisis in 2008 High level task Force FAO W orld Food Security Committee G8, Italy $20 billion were pledged, of which about $ 6 billion were new additional funds Entrusted to World Bank.

FOCUS FOOD SECURITY Through Grants, Loans, Equity investments in poorest countries mainly through governments

Priorities Scale up agri productivity including improved tech, land tenure, agri innovation Market link including strengthened producers organizations Reducing risk and vulnerability rural Non-farm income Environmental sustainability

Eligible countries East Asia : Cambodia,Laos, Mongolia, Myanmar, Papua New Guinea, Samoa, Solomon Island, Timor Leste, Tongo, Vanuata, Vietnam Europe and Central Asia: Armenia, Azebajtan, Bosnia, Georgia, Kosovo, Kyrgz, Moldova, Tajikistan, Uzbekistan

Recipient Countries Bangladesh (USD 50M) And 6 other countries (Rwanda, Sierra Leone, Togo, Haiti, Mongolia, Nigeria)

Key Principles o Country-led o Pooling of resources o Filling gaps o A broad-based multilateral coalition o Matching efforts: governance and allocation o Finding the right framework- trust building and flexisbility

Steering Committee Members Voting: 6 donors; 6 recipient countries Non-Voting: Trustee, Supervising Entities, UN High Level Task Force, Donors in Non Voting Status, Recipient Reps in Non Voting Status CSOs (3): North, Africa, Asia

The Steering Committee role Studying and Deciding Allocating Identifying independent experts Informing the countries

CSO Participation Four Meetings Attended 22 requests Made

Output 18 of 22 requests approved some with modifications (see paper) Increased CSO Participation PO participation in project devt guidelines Increased participation of small holders in Private Sector Window

CSO Participation From observer to full member status From one to three From voluntary to Funded participation From voting to consensus

KEY ISSUES Communicating with National Governments re CSO participation Strategy of the GAFSP GAFSP and other International Initiatives

Where CSO engagement is now Reflection on effectiveness of CSO engagement in the GAFSP Steering Committee Review of CSO participation in GAFSP country projects ( by April 2011) GAFSP-tracking CSO colleagues esp at country levels

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