International Seminar
"Global Challenges to the human right to food, food and
nutrition sovereignty and security"
October 29 and 30, 2012
Auditorium of the Annex of the Palácio do Planalto Presidential Palace
Brasilia, Distrito Federal, Brazil
Program
Day 1 – October 29
9am-10:30am
Panel 1 - The global food system: trends and challenges of global governance
and regulation from three points of view - international, Brazilian civil society
and the Brazilian government
Coordination: Maria Emília Lisboa Pacheco, President of Consea
9am-9:30am
Flávio Valente, General Secretary of Food First Information and Action
Network (FIAN International)
9:30am-10am
Renato Maluf, National Member of the National Council on Food and Nutritional
Security (Consea) of Brazil
10am-10:30am
Guilherme Patriota, Special Adviser of the Personal Cabinet of the Presidency
10:30am-11am
Break
11am-12:20pm
Discussion
12:20am-12:30pm
Launch of the Publication "The social construction of a public system of
food and nutrition security: the Brazilian experience" – Abrandh/Oxfam
12:30pm-2:30pm
Lunch
2:30pm-4pm
Panel 2 - National and international strategies and policies in food sovereignty and
food and nutritional security and the right to food in Ecuador, India and
Mozambique
Coordination: Pedro Kitoko, National Member of Consea
2:30pm-3pm
Biraj Patnaik, Principal Adviser, Office of the Commissioners to the Supreme
Court in the Right to Food Case at India
3pm-15:30pm
Saquina Mucavele, Executive Director of Non-Governmental Organization
Woman, Gender e Development (MuGeDe) and Member of the Network of
Organizations for Food Sovereignty (Rosa) at Mozambique
15:30pm-16pm
Fernando Rosero, Coordenador Geral do Centro Andino para a Formação de
Líderes Sociais (Cafolis) do Equador
16pm-16:30pm
Break
4:30pm-6pm
Discussion
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Day 2 - October 30
9am-10:30am
Panel 3 - Building the System and the National Policy of Food and Nutritional Security
in Brazil
Coordination of Panel 3: Edélcio Vigna, National Member of Consea (To be confirmed)
9am
Marília Leão, National Member of Consea
9:30am-10am
Maya Takagi, Executive Secretary of the Interministerial Chamber on Food and
Nutritional Security (Caisan) and National Secretary on Food and Nutritional Security
(Sesan)
10am-10:30am
Francisco Menezes, Member of the Brazilian Forum on Sovereignty and Food and
Nutritional Security (FBSSAN)
10am30-11am
Break
11am-12:30pm
Discussion
12:30pm-2pm
Lunch
2pm-4pm
Panel 4 - Performance of civil society organizations internationally
Coordination of Panel 4: Gleyse Peiter, National Member of Consea (To be confirmed)
2pm-2:30pm
Ana Maria Suarez-Franco, Permanent Representative of Food First Information and
Action Network (Fian International) in Geneva
2:30pm-2:40pm Alessandra Lunas, President of the Confederation of Family Farmers Organizations on
Expanded Mercosur (Coprofam) and Member of Civil Society Participation Mechanism of
the Global Committee on Food Security (CFS)
2:40pm-2:50pm João Pinto, Secretary of the Regional Network of Civil Society for Food and Nutritional
Security on the Community of Countries of Portuguese Language (RedSan-CPLP)
2:50pm-3pm
Alzira Menete, Member of the Board of the Food Security International Network
(IFSN)
3pm-3:10pm
Muriel Saragossi, Coordinator of the Campaign “Grow” of Oxfam in Brazil
3:10pm-3:20pm Adriano Campolina, Director of ActionAid in Brazil
3:20pm
Discussions
4:30pm-4:45pm Break
4:45pm
Future Action: Identifying areas of action for Consea internationally, and final
remarks
Renato
Maluf,
Rappourteur
of
the
Synthesis
of
the
Seminar
Statements by participants
6pm
Closing Table
Maria Emília Lisboa Pacheco, President of Consea
Ambassador Fernando José Marroni de Abreu, Director of the Brazilian
Cooperation Agency
Maya Takagi, Executive Secretary of the Interministerial Chamber on Food and
Nutritional Security (Caisan) and National Secretary on Food and Nutritional Security
(Sesan)
Maria do Rosário Nunes, Chief Minister's Secretariat for Human Rights of the
Presidency (To be confirmed)
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