2. Ag. Investment

Working Group for the
1) CFS 37  Round Table:

“How to Increase Food Security and Small-holder-Sensitive Investment in Agriculture”

and the

2) Open-Ended Working Group for developing:

            ”Principles on Responsible Agricultural Investments”

Facilitator:

Nora McKeon

Contact:

Nora.Mckeon@fastwebnet.it

1) CFS Task Team for CFS Round Table on Agricultural Investment

CSO Members of the CFS Task Team:

1. Mamadou Goita, IRPAD, mamadou_goita@yahoo.fr

2. Margaret Nakato, WFF, mnakato@worldfisherforum.org

3. Nico Verhagen, La Via Campesina, nverhagen@viacampesina.org

4. Sofia Monsalve, FIAN, monsalve@fian.org

First Meeting of the Agricultural Investment Task Team, 15 June 2011:

The first meeting of the Agricultural Investment Task Team  took place on June 15th at the FAO HQ. The purpose of which was to present the draft concept note for the Roundtable, prepared by the CFS Secretariat, and receive feedback from the different Advisory Group stakeholders. Civil Society representatives at the meeting were: Sofia Monsalve (FIAN), Nico Verhagen (teleconference), Mamadou Goita (ROPPA via teleconference) and Antonio Onorati (Crocevia) standing in for Francic Chachu.  The Chair of the TT is meant to be IFAD, but confirmation has yet to be received. In the interim, Keith Wiebe of FAO lead the presentation and discussion.

Task Team Deadlines:

22 June: Revised Draft Outline
18 July: Final Outline
22 July: CFS Bureau meeting
30 July: Discussion paper completed by
15 September: Powerpoint slides received from presenters by …

Full List of Task Team Members

Background Documents:

1. For comments made by the CSOs during the meeting: CSO Comments TT

CSO comments on final draft of RT concept note

During the joint CFS Bureau/Advisory Group Meeting, September 1, 2011, it was decided that due to much contention on the final decision box in the background document, civil society would be able to include official alternative texts that they would presented and discussed during the round table. The two bullet points which the CSO Task Team members have proposed to include in the final background document, for consideration of the CFS Secretariat are:

1. The Committee should invite governments to report on all relevant action taken at national level with regard to public and private investment in agriculture, starting with the implementation of the four above bullet points. These reports should be prepared with national stakeholders, following the pattern of the CFS, with particular emphasis on organizations representing those sectors of the population most affected by food insecurity. The secretariat should prepare a summary of these reports for presentation to the annual CFS sessions, and best practices emerging from them could be highlighted in CFS plenaries.
2. In its discussions and decisions, the Committee is asked to consider the Report from the HLPE “Land tenure and international investments in agriculture”, and in particular the summary for policymakers and list of recommendations of the HLPE reproduced in this document

Guidelines for Presenters:

Guidelines_Policy_Round_Table_Investment_in_Agriculture_Presenters_Draft

2) Open Ended Working Group (OEWG) for Responsible Agricultural Investments within the CFS

Adopted by the CFS Bureau on 26 May 2011, the proposal for consultation on agricultural investments will be brought to the Round Table discussion during the 37th Session of the CFS.

Upcoming Meetings: 

First Meeting of the OEWG on principles on agricultural investment
9.30-12.30 on 20 July 2011 at FAO

 Proposed Agenda:

• Adoption of the agenda
• Update on ongoing developments and initiatives for responsible agricultural investment, e.g. Voluntary Guidelines Land Tenure, HLPE report, G20, RAI
• Agreement on tasks to be performed by the OEWG and modalities, including:
  -Mapping activities and initiatives
  -Web-based working space
  -Detailed consultative road map

• Report and decision box for CFS37

Chair’s Summary: OEWG Meeting RAI Summary Points, 20 July 2011