FSN Forum policy dialogues: Contributing
to food security and nutrition policy processes
within the context of FAO Regional Office for Africa
10–11 DECEMBER 2015
FAO HQ
ROME
MAURICIO MIRELES, FAO RAF
FAO in Africa
The major actions of the Office in Africa put a
particular emphasis on:
 Country Offices are the key to FAO's success;
 Stronger, more demand-driven multi-disciplinary
technical teams;
 Full capitalization of the potential for extrabudgetary funding;
 Focused policy dialogue;
 Strengthened support to Pan-African institutions;
Regional Action Plan for Africa 2014-15
Regional Initiatives

RI 1 : Renewed Partnership
for a Unified Approach to
End Hunger in Africa by
2025 under the Framework
the Comprehensive Africa
Agriculture Development
Programme
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RI 2:Sustainable production
intensification and
commercialization through
integrated management of
agricultural landscapes

RI 3: Building Resilience in
the Drylands of Africa
(SO5,SO3)
RI1 -Africa’s Renewed Partnership to End Hunger by 2025
 Add value to ongoing work at country level by
promoting an integrated approach to food security
and nutrition;
 The first group of countries consists of Angola,
Ethiopia, Malawi and Niger;
 Firmly grounded in the CAADP process;
 Interventions spanning from expansion in food
production,
strengthening
social
protection
mechanisms and the promotion of right to food
legislation;
Programs and projects
 Carried out by the Regional Office, Sub-Regional
Offices (SROs) together with Headquarter divisions;
 Over half of the projects operated by RAF and the
focus either on supporting policy work, addressing
transboundary issues, and/or providing technical
assistance to a Regional/Sub-Regional Economic
Communities (RECs) - such as the African Union,
ECOWAS, IGAD, SADC, and CILSS.
New and on-going FSN RAF projects under RI1
 Strengthening linkages between small actors and
buyers in the Roots and Tubers sector in Africa
Ending Date: 10/2018
 Mainstreaming Nutrition in CAADP and Agriculture
Policies and Programmes in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ending Date: 07/2017
 Strengthening of School Nutrition Programmes in
Africa
Ending Date: 12/2016
New and on-going FSN RAF projects
 Strengthening Capacity of ECOWAS for effective
Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development
Programme (CAADP) Implementation in West
Africa
Ending Date: 31/12/2016
 Strengthening Regional Initiatives to End Hunger
and Malnutrition in West Africa
Ending Date: 31/12/2016
 Exchange of Experience and Dialog about Public
Policies for Family Farming in Africa
Ending Date: 31/12/2017
Recent collaborations between FSN Forum & RAF
 Policies, programs and agricultural investments in
West Africa: what Analyses and perspectives are
there?
This discussion contributed to the Civil Society Organizations Forum
organized by the Zero Hunger Initiative – Ref. Adama Taoko and Leonidas
Hitimana.
 How school food and nutrition activities can
promote lifelong healthy eating habits
 How to develop the hydro-agricultural resources in
West Africa
Raising awareness and improving understanding on the role of hydroagricultural resources for FSN in West Africa – Ref. Gregorio Velasco
Priority processes in Africa which have or could
benefit from broader stakeholder participation
 Social Protection Agenda + Agriculture +
Nutrition in Africa;
 Mainstreaming of nutrition at the policy-
level, (CAADP) particularly in the context of
Agricultural Investment Plans;
 School Food and Nutrition;
Priority processes in Africa which have or could
benefit from broader stakeholder participation
 Promotion and understanding of Family
Farming in Africa;
 Constitution of National Councils on FSN in
CPLP countries (Portuguese challenge);
 Mainstreaming of Gender in FSN related
issues;
Priority processes in Africa which have or could
benefit from broader stakeholder participation
 Overall engagement of civil society in FSN
public policy design;
 Engagement of parliamentarians on the
human right to food;
 Promoting dialogue between National
Alliances on HR2F & parliamentarians;
Thank You!