Participation in a Regional Workshop

SAWTEE participated in a regional workshop “Translating Commitments to Actions toward Results: An Asian CSO Regional Workshop on Food Sovereignty” being organized jointly by the Global Secretariat of the Alliance Against Hunger and Malnutrition (AAHM), which includes the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO), among several other organizations, and the Asian NGO Coalition for Agrarian Reform and Rural Development (ANGOC) from 22-23 August 2011 in Jakarta, Indonesia. The workshop is being organized with the following objectives:

  • Keep abreast on the current global and regional processes spearheaded by international organizations on the area of food security, hunger and malnutrition
  • Identify central issues that shape the current debates on food sovereignty in the region
  • Explore possible areas for regional cooperation among CSOs in Asia in attaining food sovereignty
  • Define and agree on way forward and next steps

 

SAWTEE made a presentation on CSOs’ perspectives on the major challenges, opportunities and mechanisms to address food insecurity, hunger and malnutrition in the context of Nepal and South Asia.