Working Group on the Voluntary Guidelines for the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Forests and Fisheries
This Working Group will be facilitated by the “IPC Facilitating Team”, which until now has already been fulfilling this role for the International Planning Committee for Food Sovereignty, and will continue to do so under the mandate of the CSM. Specifically, they will continue to facilitate CSO participation in the CFS Open-Ended Working Group (OEWG) dedicated to the process of drafting and negotiating the several drafts of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests which will be presented in October 2011, for approval/endorsement.
Please check back regularly for updated consultation deadlines, documents etc.!
Facilitator:
Sofia Monsalve (FIAN)
Contact:
monsalve[@]fian.org or cso.vg.landandnaturalresources[@]gmail.com
Timeline:
April 15 : Public reading in FAO of Zero Draft
April 18 – May 16: E-Consultation on Zero Draft
May 5: Deadline to collect comments from CSOs on draft response to the Zero Draft (please send comments to Sofia Monsalve at Monsalve@fian.org)
May 10: Final version of consolidated CSO comments to be circulated
June 1: First draft of VGs to be submitted to the open-ended working group (comments to be compiled by the CFS Secretariat)
June 15-17: Open-ended working group to focus discussion and prepare for July negotiations (Rome)
July 12 – 15: Guidelines to be finalised in an open-ended working group CFS Plenary session October 9: CSO Preparatory Meeting
October 10 – 14: New Deadline for finalisation of Guidelines in open-ended working group CFS Plenary Session
October 18 – 22: Consideration of the Voluntary Guidelines in the 37th Session of the CFS March 5 – 9: Third round of negotiations for finalisation of VGs in open-ended working group CFS Plenary Session
Background Documents on Process and Methodology:
- CSOs and the Voluntary Guidelines – Process, Methodology and Motivations for Engagement
- How can Civil Society participate in the VG e-consultation?
- CSOs Proposal to the Voluntary Guidelines, March 2011
- Lobby Strategy Note for VGs, 24 April 2011
- List of Organisations participating in the FACILITATING TEAM
- List of Participants for CSO Consultations 2010
- IPC comments on Voluntary Guidelines work plan
- Voluntary Guidelines PP Presentation, 24 January 2011 by Paul Munro-Faure FAO
ZERO Draft of the VGs (E-Consultation from 18 April to 16 May)
FIRST Draft of the VGs, June 1st 2011
- First Draft of the Voluntary Guidelines on the Responsible Governance of Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests_EN
- CSO draft comments on First Draft of VGs (draft 1) - The elaboration of these comments has been facilitated by the International CSO Facilitating Team.
Open Ended Working Group (June 14, 16 & 17)
- Guidelines for Participation in VG Open-ended Working Group
- Proposed Process for Open-Ended WG on VG
- FAO OEWG meeting report for CSO FINAL, 17 June 2011
- CSO Lobby note on controversial issues VGs, 17 June 2011
- OEWG Wednesday meetings with Reps, 15 June 2011
- CSO REPORT on CSO evaluation and planning, 17 June 2011
- OEWG Opening Remarks by Gregory Myers, Chair
Documents for July Negotiations, (12 – 15 July)
- OEWG_Meeting_FIRST Draft_bracketed document_ FINAL doc
- OEWG_Purpose of the Voluntary Guidelines
- OEWG_Terms for the Voluntary Guidelines
- CFS Process Negotiations for the Voluntary Guidelines, 12 – 15 July
- CFS VG Civil society negotiating positions, 13 July 2011
- Chair’s Summary of July VG Negotiations – EN
N.B. Although great progress and headway was made after three long and tough days of negotiations for finalising the first draft of the VGs, they have been adjourned and will continue between 10 - 14 October, 2011 just prior to the 37th Session of the CFS.
FIAN Report from July Negotiations
DRAFT Lobby note – US & Canada - please send comments to Kalissa Regier by August 22 at kjregier@gmail.com
Documents for October negotiations (10 – 14 october)
- First Draft VGs from July negotiations with proposed changes – EN
- CSM Work Plan Proposal for OEWG meeting, October 10-14 – EN
- CSM Work Plan Proposal for OEWG meeting, October 10-14 – ES
- CSM Work Plan Proposal for OEWG meeting, October 10-14 – FR
- Proposed Agenda for Preparatory Meeting 09.10 / Propuesta de agenda para el Encuentro Preparatario 09.10/ l’ordre du jour pour la réunion préparatoire 09.10 ( EN, ES, FR)
- Information Note for CSO Participation during October VG Negotiations_EN-FR-ES
CSO De-Briefing on Results of October VG Negotiations
- Voluntary Guidelines De-Briefing_EN
- Voluntary Guidelines De-Briefing_FR
- Voluntary Guidelines De-Briefing_ES
First Draft of VGs with changes from july and October negotiations
DOCUMENTS FOR MARCH NEGOTIATIONS (05 – 09 MARCH,2012)- Invitation Letter_Voluntary Guidelines March 2012
- VG Negotiations Process Letter from Dr. Gregory Myers
- Information Note – CSO Participation during Voluntary Guidelines_ March_EN
- Information Note – CSO Participation during Voluntary Guidelines_ March_ES
- Information Note – CSO Participation during Voluntary Guidelines_ March_FR
- VG Negotiations Process Letter from Dr. Gregory Myers (2)_ 05.02_EN
- CSO Lobby Note – Core Issues for March Negotiations_EN
- CSO Lobby Note – Core Issues for March Negotiations_ES
Thematic Working Group Breakdown:
- Working groups in preparation for October, 05 August, 2011.xls - For each of the following 12 themes within the Voluntary Guidelines, coordinators have been assigned and participants for the October meeting, foreseen:
- Gender and Women’s Rights
- Harmonization Human Rights
- Violent Conflicts
- FPIC
- Tenure Reforms
- Investment
- Spatial Planning and Policy Coeherence
- Non-State Actors
- Water
- Indigenous/Customary/Informal Tenure
- Monitoring/Implementation
- Climate Change
