Lobbying…Advocacy…Politics??? Oxford Real Farming Conference 2014.

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Lobbying…Advocacy…Politics??? Oxford Real Farming Conference 2014

Lobbying = politically selling your idea n What is the appropriate level of governance for you to address? n Who is the person responsible for this brief? n Who will support you? n What is the most effective form of action? n What is/are the most effective medium?

Levels of government WhatLevel of government Local planning issues and land use Local Authorities (Council…) Allocation of grants and subsidies Regional Government National laws and policies National Government European policy (seeds, CAP…) European Authorities International Guidelines/policy United Nations

What kind of action is appropriate? n Individual or collective? n Use of social media? n Article or press release? n Public demonstration? n Civil disobedience?

We’re lobbying the local council to ask them to resurface the road so I can drive my tractor safely

n Tweet to the European Commissioners today! n Example tweets: Protect people and planet, #stopthecrop: reject toxic GM maize #GMO n Protect Europe’s #nature + butterflies by rejecting new toxic GM maize! #stopthecrop n Would you really give green light to a GM maize that your safety experts say will harm nature? #stopthecrop Twitter accounts of n Spread and share this action via

Advocacy: Marketing for social movements n Promoting concepts and ideas n Agroecology, CSA as an alternative form of consumption… n The importance of networks and allies

Tweeting A different Irish farmer each week tweeting about life on their farm! This week Sarah and William from Tynedale goat and suckler farm in Ireland · farmersfeedfamilies.ie

Where and how to advocate n Parliamentary groups and lobbies (national and European) United Nations (FAO and CFS (Committee on World Food Security and Nutrition) via the CSM (Civil Society Mechanism)

Some of the CSM success stories n Global Strategic Framework n Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests n Responsible Agricultural Investment…

How to link UN-level with what’s happening on the ground? A 2-way process n Constituency outreach and consultation n Using the existing documents at local level