Naar aanleiding van de Internationale Voedseldag organiseert de Coalitie tegen de Honger dit seminarie met als doel de kennis en het begrip van maatschappelijke organisaties, politici en burgers over de situatie van voedselonzekerheid in de wereld te vergroten en de oorzaken van honger te analyseren. We zullen ook kijken naar de alternatieven die op politiek niveau moeten worden ingevoerd, met bijzondere aandacht voor de verantwoordelijkheid van België en de EU, om het tij van de voedselonzekerheid in de wereld te keren.

Het seminar wordt voornamelijk in het Engels gehouden, maar ook in het Frans. Er wordt voor vertolking naar het Engels, Nederlands en Frans gezorgd.

PROGRAMMA

09:15 – Welcoming & networking

09:30 – Introduction to the seminar by the Coalition against Hunger
Agenda and goals of the seminar. Introduction with a new campaign video from CCF

• Suzy Serneels – Broederlijk Delen

Introduction with Joke Bosteels, member of the Belgian ministerial cabinet for Development Cooperation
How does Belgium evaluate its cooperation policies at the halfway point of the SDGs ?

• Joke Bosteels, member of the belgian ministerial cabinet for development cooperation

10:00 – SDG 2 : state of play & perspectives for 2030
How have hunger and malnutrition figures evolved since 2015 and what are the prospects for 2030 ? What are the impacts on women ? A look at the root causes of hunger : conflict, economic shocks and climate shocks. How is international financial assistance evolving ?

• Mr Raschad Al-Khafaji – Director of the FAO Liaison Office with the European Union and Belgium
• Amaury Ghijselings – CNCD-11.11.11 & Coalition contre la faim
• Introduction & facilitation by Victor Beaume, Caritas International Belgium

11:00 – Coffee Break

11:20 – Economic inequality as a cross-cutting structural cause of hunger
Zoom on economic inequalities as a structural factor of hunger. What are the origins of these economic inequalities (debt, liberalization, etc.) ? How are women affected ? How can these structural causes be addressed ?

• Lim Li Ching (online) – IPES FOOD (Report : Breaking the cycle of unsustainable food systems, hunger, and debt)
• Bhavani Shankar (online) – HLPE (Report Reducing inequalities for food security and nutrition)
• Sanni, Sefu (Kenyan) from CSIPM (Women and/or small holder farmers)

Introduction & facilitation by Fairouz Gazdallah, Oxfam Belgium

12:30 – Lunch

13:30 – The right to food at the heart of the governance of food systems
Since the 2008 crisis, the governance of food systems has been singled out in the context of food crises. What improvements have been made since 2008 ? What are the weaknesses of the current system ? What are the threats to governance (corporate capture, UNFSS, etc.), why should the right to food remain the foundation of food security ?

• Jennifer Clapp (online) – HLPE, Ipes-Food, University of Waterloo
• Martin Wolpold-Bosien – FIAN International
• Dee Woods – Landworkers Alliance UK – CSIPM

Introduction & facilitation by Florence Kroff, FIAN Belgium

14:30 – Fighting hunger in a degraded environment. Agro-ecology as a solution ?
At a time of extreme weather events and widespread biodiversity decline, agroecology as a pathway to achieve food systems transformation is also gaining importance. It is often highlighted for its effects on food security and its many co-benefits. But it is also highly contested and competes with many other solutions. What are the levers to accelerate its support by the public authorities ?

• Marion Michaud, Policy officer DG INTPA, European Commission
• Khady Thiane Ndoye from CICODEV (Senegal)

Introduction & facilitation by François Grenade, Humundi

15:30 – Break

15:45 – Food sovereignty to eradicate hunger ? Urgent or utopian ?
What must Belgium and the EU do to make an effective contribution to reversing the hunger curve ? What measures should be taken as a matter of urgency to build food systems based on the principles of food sovereignty ? What are the risks and opportunities for food sovereignty and for the fight against hunger of the return of protectionism and desires for strategic sovereignty ?

• Thijs Boelens – Boeren Forum & European Coordination Via Campesina
• Paula Sanni, Sefu (Kenyan) from CSIPM (Women and/or small holder farmers)
• Dee Woods – Landworkers Alliance UK – CSIPM
• Suzy Serneels – Broederlijk Delen & Coalitie tegen de honger

Introduction & facilitation by Jonas Jaccard, Humundi

16:30 – Final Words by the Coalition against Hunger

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