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Fast for Life” Calendar of Events Fast, Pray, Give Alms Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance Paul Jeffrey/EAA Fast, Pray, Give Alms - “Fast for Life” Calendar of Events Fast, pray, give alms. This is the ancient discipline of Lent. We should all ask ourselves 7 March - 15 April 2011 the following questions: What does God call you to resist? From what activity will you Lent 2011 (Eastern Orthodox tradition) refrain for the next 40 days? In what ways will you express your compassion for others? What will you do this Lent so that the hungry are fed and that food is distributed because 9 March - 23 April 2011 of need and not just because of profit? Lent 2011 (Western tradition) The EAA’s “Fast for Life” highlighted Ash Wednesday, 9 March, as a special time for 22 March 2011 fasting, praying, and taking action. But you are invited to “Fast for Life” throughout Lent. World Water Day We are all asked to assess our own levels of consumption in light of global food security and commit to making changes to our personal eating habits. The 10 Steps on the Road 18 April - 16 May 2011 from Consumption to Solidarity postcard can help with fasting ideas. Discuss the steps Electronic consultation on a zero draft with your family or church members or send to friends and colleagues; see how many of the Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance of Land and steps you can take and whether you can add more. The 10 Steps and other resources are Natural Resource Tenure available at: http://www.e-alliance.ch/en/s/food/sustainable-consumption/fast-for-life-resources/ 24-25 May 2011 G20 Agriculture Ministers Meeting, Tell us your action ideas by writing to [email protected] Paris, France 26-27 May 2011 Act Now: Calling for Respect of Communities’ 37th G8 Summit, Deauville, France Land and Water Rights 10-17 October 2011 Churches’ Week of Action on Food The lack of adequate and secure access to land and natural resources including water for the rural and urban poor is one of the key causes of hunger and poverty in the world. The 16 October 2011 EAA, in collaboration with the Ecumenical Water Network, is calling for action to ensure World Food Day that the FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Good Governance on Land and Natural Resources respect and integrate food and land rights of communities – taking due account of the 18-22 October 2011 right to water and the right to a clean environment. Sign the letter addressed to the Chair 37th Session of Committee on of the FAO Committee on Food Security by 15 April 2011 at: World Food Security http://www.oikoumene.org/en/activities/ewn-home/resources-and-links/seven-weeks- for-water/week-1/act-now/letter-to-the-fao.html continued inside Food for Life • Food Campaign Bulletin no. 02 - March 2011 1 Consultations on FAO Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Bulletin no. 02/2011 Governance of Land and Natural Resource Tenure March 2011 The FAO Committee on World Food Security (CFS) is in the process of developing Volun- 2011 Ecumenical Advocacy tary Guidelines to improve States’ governance of land tenure and other natural resources. Alliance In addition to providing a framework for governments to use, the guidelines also will allow others to assess whether their proposed policies and actions constitute “accept- The Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance able” practice. is a broad international network of churches and Christian organizations The drafting process includes three major steps: cooperating in advocacy on food and HIV and AIDS. The Alliance is based in 18 April - 16 May: A zero draft of the Voluntary Guidelines will be submitted for the Geneva, Switzerland. For more infor- review of FAO member countries, the High Level Panel of Experts and the Voluntary mation, see www.e-alliance.ch/ Guidelines Advisory Group. In parallel an e-consultation open to all interested parties will be held through the Voluntary Guidelines website. The EAA invites everyone to review This bulletin is located online www.e- and comment on this draft document. More information will be available at: alliance.ch/en/s/resources/bulletins/ http://www.fao.org/nr/tenure/voluntary-guidelines/en/ Photographs in this bulletin do not 1 June - 29 July: A revised First Draft of the Voluntary Guidelines will then be submitted necessarily represent the situations, for the review of the open-ended working group of the CFS. opinions or beliefs of the persons depicted and in no way imply their HIV 18-22 October: The final text will be submitted, in all six FAO languages, for the consider- status. ation of the 37th session of the CFS in October 2011. Safeguarding Plant Genetic Resources for Food and Agriculture Plant genetic diversity is probably more important for farming than any other environmen- tal factor, simply because it enables adaptation to changing environmental conditions, such as climate change. The realization of farmers’ rights to save, use, reuse, exchange From 2009 - 2012, the Ecumenical and multiply seeds is a pre-condition for achieving sustainable agriculture, food security Advocay Alliance (EAA) is focusing and conservation of bio-diversity. The International Treaty on Plant Genetic Resources for on food - in order to overcome hunger Food and Agriculture (ITPGRFA), which entered into force in 2004, is intended to support and to improve livelihoods in harmony farmers’ rights in various ways, including: with creation and social justice. EAA members will advocate for: Protecting rights over traditional knowledge to ensure benefit-sharing from commercial use; • Just and sustainable food Ensuring farmers get an equitable share of benefits that arise from the com- production, trade and distribution mercial use of traditional crops; and systems Ensuring farmers have a say in national decision-making on the conservation and sustainable use of plant genetic resources. • Just and sustainable consumption The fourth Governing Body Session of the ITPGRFA has just concluded in Bali, Indonesia. • The realization of the right to food To follow the discussions please visit: http://www.iisd.ca/biodiv/itpgrgb4/ for all people Agro-ecology and the Right to Food Ecumenical Advocacy The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food presented his new report “Agro-ecology Alliance and the right to food” before the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva on 8 March 2011. The report demonstrates that small-scale farmers can double food production in criti- 150 route de Ferney cal regions by using ecological methods. The report therefore calls on States to make a P.O. Box 2100 fundamental shift towards agro-ecology as a way for countries to feed themselves while 1211 Geneva at the same time addressing climate and poverty challenges. Switzerland “Whether or not we will succeed in this agro-ecological transition will depend on our ability to learn faster from recent innovations, to disseminate works more widely and to (+41 22 791 6723 support farmers and their organizations”, said Olivier De Schutter while presenting his +41 22 710 2387 report. Read more at: [email protected] http://www.srfood.org/index.php/en/component/content/article/1-latest-news/1174- report-agroecology-and-the-right-to-food Human Rights Accountability Project Provides Tools for Advocacy Through the redesigned website of the Human Rights Accountability project at http:// 2 hrap.wikidot.com, churches and Christian organizations have easy access to information about the United Nations human rights system and how to use human ACP Economic Partnership Agreements were organized. rights tools and processes in their advocacy efforts. The ecumenical delegation joined the opening march on 6 Febru- The website is managed by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance on ary march with t-shirts and banners proclaiming: “Churches advo- behalf of the ACT Alliance Rights and Development Group in collabo- cating for a world free of poverty and other forms of oppression.” ration with the World Council of Churches and The Lutheran World Federation. The following action points by churches to address food insecu- rity in Africa were identified: Review national land laws to ensure protection of community land rights. Lobby and advocate for national governments to ratify the Op- tional Protocol to the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights using EAA model letters and press release. Raise awareness of the findings of the IAASTD Report on agro-ecological approaches and multifunctional nature of agriculture. Lobby members of the Food Aid Convention to support and Armin Paasch/EAA promote local, national and regional food reserves initiatives. Raise awareness of the impacts of Ecumenical Partnership G20: 8 Priorities to Avoid Food Crises Agreements (EPAs) in local languages and mobilize the public in a STOP EPA campaign. The G20 Agriculture Ministers will be meeting for the first time on 24-25 May in France. This group of 20 economies (19 countries plus Include economic justice issues in theological education the European Union) will seek to find collective solutions in order to curricula. reduce excessive price volatility, particularly of agricultural com- modity prices, which undermines world growth and threatens food For highlights of ecumenical activities in Dakar, please visit: security for populations around the world. But what should the G20 www.e-alliance.ch/en/s/food/worldsocialforum/ do to prepare us to confront food crises, now and in the future? Welcome: New EAA Food Strategy Group Members The Special Rapporteur on the Right to Food lists eight priorities that G20 leaders should focus on to address the roots of food price crises. The EAA food campaign is led by a strategy group consisting of According to him, “the measures proposed by the World Bank may representatives of Alliance members who have special personal mitigate the consequences of peak prices, but they are inadequate to expertise on food policy issues and related advocacy.
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