NEEMA Workshop on Public Food Policies and the Right to Food: Lessons from Observatories in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe

NEEMA Workshop on Public Food Policies and the Right to Food: Lessons from Observatories in Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, and Europe

This workshop will take place on 4 December 2024 at the University of Seville. This activity aims to foster academic and political dialogue among regions in Latin America, the Caribbean, Europe, and Africa to develop concrete commitments for addressing hunger and malnutrition. It leverages multilateral tools to strengthen the role of academia and scientific evidence in driving impactful solutions.

About NEEMA

NEEMA means food in Fula, a Senegambian language. The starting hypothesis of the NEEMA project is that the conceptual framework provided by the European Green Deal (EGD) and the Farm to Fork (F2F) Strategy must be adapted to the conditions of the Sahel and West Africa (WA), identifying, minimising and reducing its negative impact on Food and Nutritional security, especially for the most vulnerable populations.

The project will be implemented by the NEEMA consortium, established in June 2021 and made up of 14 HEIs from Africa (8) and Europe (6), with the participation of leading universities from the Ulysseus Alliance. The main outcomes of the project will be a new and adapted FNR curricula, a FNR Social Innovation Pilot Model, the development of the NEEMA Strategy and Action Plan on FNR challenges in the WA-Sahel region and the creation of a Regional FNR training and research Network. The project will contribute to strengthen and modernise the 8 participating African HEIs through the generation and transfer of new knowledge, adapted to local needs.

Delegates

The event will bring together representatives from key organizations, including:

  • The Technical Secretariat of the Right to Food Observatory for Latin America and the Caribbean (ODA-ALC)
  • The Right to Food Observatory of Spain (ODA-E)
  • African and European universities involved in NEEMA
  • The University of Seville
  • Spanish cooperation agencies such as AECID, FIIAPP, and AACID
  • International partners like FAO, Expertise France and the SUN Movement

Agenda

9.00 – 9.45: Opening session

Speakers:

  • Ángel Luis Trigo, University of Seville
  • Ana Regina Segura, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID)
  • Noëlle Salah, FAO
  • Alba Rodríguez Díaz, NEEMA
  • Angélica Hernández, ODA-ALC
  • Miguel Ángel Martín, NEEMA

Facilitator: Miguel Ángel Martin, University of Seville

9.45 – 10.15: Introduction speech

Speakers:

  • Ana Regina Segura, Agencia Española de Cooperación Internacional para el Desarrollo (AECID).

Facilitator: Noëlle Salah, FAO.

10.15 – 11.00: The role and actions of academic articulation at the regional level

  • The Right to Food Observatory: The case of Latin America and the Caribbean (ODA-LAC) & the case of Spain (ODA-E).
  • The case of Africa: SUN Movement.

Speakers:

  • Jorge Vanegas, ODA-
  • Héctor Silveira, ODA-E
  • Judith Kabore, SUN Hub

Facilitator: Noëlle Salah, FAO.

 

11.15 – 12.00: Challenges and opportunities of the academy in the process of building public policies: potential and strategic aspects with parliamentary partners

Speakers:

  • Bárbara Villar
  • Noëlle Salah
  • Alba Rodriguez
  • Mélance Ntunzwenimana 

Facilitator: Miguel Ángel Martin, University of Seville

 

12.00 – 13.00: First round table: The Possibilities of Regional University Cooperation in Food Security and the Right to Food: Exchange of experiences, good practices and identification of priorities

Topics: Attention to current challenges and threats: food crises, climate change, rural women and governance: Research tools, analysis and possibilities for a common approach.

Facilitator: Alba Rodriguez, FIIAPP

 

13.00 – 13.30: Conclusions

Facilitator: Alba Rodriguez, FIIAPP.

 

15.00 – 16.00: First steps for academic articulation between Latin America and the Caribbean, Europe and Africa: draft presentation and document approval

Speakers:

Miguel Ángel Martin, ODA-E. University

Facilitator: Fernando Terreros, ODA-ALC.

16.00 – 17.00

Intervienen:

  • Miguel Ángel Martin, ODA-E. Universidad de

Facilitator: Fernando Terreros, ODA-ALC.

Speakers:

  • Rocío Martínez de Pablos, Ulysseus
  • Fernando Terreros, ODA-ALC
  • Alba Rodríguez Díaz, EU4SUN
  • Noelle Salah, FAO
  • SUN Africa
  • Miguel Ángel Martin, University of  Seville

Facilitator: Miguel Ángel, ODA-E, University of Seville

17.00 – 18.00

Speakers:

  • Rocío Martínez de Pablos, Ulysseus
  • Fernando Terreros, ODA-ALC
  • Alba Rodríguez Díaz, EU4SUN
  • Noelle Salah, FAO
  • SUN Africa
  • Miguel Ángel Martin, University of  Seville

Facilitator: Miguel Ángel, ODA-E, University of Seville

Organisation Committee

This event is organised by the University of Seville and the Spanish Right to Food Observatory (ODA-E) in collaboration with FIIAPP and Expertise France. Support has come through the EU-funded EU4SUN and NEEMA projects, along with contributions from the SUN Movement and the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) via the Support Project for the Latin America and the Caribbean Without Hunger Initiative (IALCSH).

About NEEMA

NEEMA Co-funded by the European Unio
NEEMA: Capacity Building in Higher Education through the development of a Food and Nutritional Resilience curricula adapted to the European Green Deal, Farm to Fork Strategy and to the needs of West Africa. NEEMA has received funding from the European Union under the Grant Agreenment no 101128930. The views and opinions expressed in this communication are however those of the author(s) only and do not necessarily reflect those of the European Union. Neither the European Union nor the granting authority can be held responsible for them.