1. MOZAMBIQUE: Puting the Right to Food in Practice
Right to Food Forum
Roma, 1 – 3 Out. 2008

2. The International and National Framework of FSN
World Food Summit, Rome, 1996;
1998: GoM approved Food Security and Nutrition Strategy (ESAN I).
The Technical Secretariat for Food Security and Nutrition (SETSAN) was created, based on the FSN Working Group.

3. ESAN I: 2005 EVALUATION Strengths Weaknesses
Institutionalization of the FSN working group
Multi-sector approach
Focus on three pillars: availability, access, use & utilization
Weaknesses
No integration of the Right to Food approach;
Missing the linkages HIV/AIDS – FSN;
Focused on rural FN Insecurity;
No plan & budget;
No clear-cut indicators of M&A.
Strengths
Institutionalization of the FSN working group
Multi-sector approach
Focus on three pillars: availability, access, use and utilization
Weaknesses
Missing the linkages between HIV/AIDS and FSN;
Not clear-cut indicators of M&A;
Focused on rural to the detriment of urban FN Insecurity;
No operational plan; no implementation budget
no integration the Right to Food dimension

4. ESAN I: EVALUATION Main Recommendation That is: To update ESAN I:
including
the new pillars
missing issues
That is:
Formulation of ESAN II.

5. ESAN II: FORMULATION PROCESS (2006-2007)
Interviews with Key Informants- Government and Civil Society;
Participatory consultation at national, and sub-national levels;
Workshops: national and sub-national level; and
Meetings of SETSAN Consultative Council.

6. ESAN II: Status
Slogan: “Food Security and Nutrition: a Right for a Hunger-free and Healthy Mozambique”.
This strategy calls for integrated approach:
activities that promote FSN;
Safety nets and social protection.
ESAN II approved in October 2007;
Advocacy of ESAN II in progress - starting with II FSN Symposium.
ESAN II approved in October 2007
Dissemination of ESAN II in progress- starting with II Symposium FSN

7. ESAN II: Updated Pillars
Food Production and availability of food;
Access;
Use and Utilization;
Stability;
Adequacy.
Pillars look at socially, culturally and environmentally acceptability and legal mechanisms to enforce the RtF.

8. ESAN II: Challenges IMPLEMENTATION of the strategy;
Setting up COORDINATION mechanisms;
Enactment of the RIGHT TO FOOD LAW.
Establishing food security and the right to food as central elements of sector strategies;
putting the three levels of state obligations (respect, protect and fulfil mentioned by ESAN II) into practice;
establishing recourse mechanisms for the right to food;
implementing ESAN II as a multi-sectoral and in an inter-institutional manner;
basing food security interventions on underlying and root causes of food insecurity; and
strengthening SETSAN capability to coordinate
strengthening the role of civil society in monitoring the realization of the right to food.

9. II SYMPOSIUM ON FSN Maputo, Moz, June: 18-20, 2008
Attendance: 728 participants:
Mozambique delegates;
International delegates : Angola, Brazil, Cape-Vert, São Tomé e Príncipe, FAO HQ.
Official opening by The President of the Republic of Mozambique.
June: 18-20, 2008
Maputo, Mozambique,
728 participants:
Mozambique: Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, Governors of Province, District Administrators, High Level Civil Servants, Academia, Research Institutions, Members of the Diplomatic Corps, UN Agencies, Donors, Civil Society Organizations, common Citizens;
International delegates : Angola, Brazil, Cape-Vert, São Tomé e Príncipe, FAO HQ
Official opening by The President of the Republic of Mozambique

10. II SYMPOSIUM: Objectives
General:
To advocate for FSN and RtF and discuss appropriate ways to accelerate the reduction of Hunger and Chronic Malnutrition in Mozambique.
Specific:
To disseminate ESAN II and its PASAN;
To advocate the legislation on RtF in Mozambique.
Objectives:
General;
To advocate for FSN and RtF and discuss appropriate ways to accelerate the reduction of Hunger and Chronic Malnutrition in Mozambique.
Specific:
To obtain commitments to fight against hunger and malnutrition from the public sector and cooperation partners;
To disseminate ESAN II and its PASAN;
To sensitize for the importance of the crosscutting nature of FSN as a structural pillar of national and sub-national policies, strategies and plans;
To discuss the institutional setup for the coordination of the FSN;
To reflect on the importance of a legislation on the RtF.

11. II SYMPOSIUM: Declaration
Food security as a cross-cutting concept: The role of each sector;
Investing in a future free of hunger;
Coordination of implementation of ESAN II;
Decentralization of the FSN programmes;
The role of the legislation for realizing the right to food in Mozambique.

12. RtF: What was done
Diagnostic studies on policies, strategies, plans and programmes related to FNS, HIV/AIDS, Budget and Legislation;
Manual for identification of vulnerable rights holders: OVCs and PLWHA, pregnant women and other vulnerable people.

13. ESAN II and RtF in policies/regulations
Green Revolution Strategy: to increase food supply;
Action Plan for Food Production: to face rising prices;
Health and nutrition programmes: Nutritional vigilance, education & rehabilitation centres, Supplements, Primary health care;
Employment generation;
Social transfers as social protection tools: to most vulnerable households;
Approval of the Law of Right to Adequate Food through public consultation.
Green Revolution Strategy, to ensure an increased food supply;
Action Plan for Food Production - to minimize negative impact of rising food prices;
Health and nutrition programmes: Nutritional vigilance, Nutritional education, Food supplements, Provision of primary health care, Establishment of nutritional rehabilitation centres;
Employment generation;
social transfers as social protection tools, ensuring human dignity and adequate access to food to most vulnerable households;
Drafting of the Law of Right to Adequate Food through public consultation.

14. Thank You Obrigado