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Component 2 of the project is designed to expand and deepen the capacity
within civil society to conduct food security related research, and to
establish stronger links between the policy analysts in the GoB and the
researchers in civil society and within civil society for the
elaboration and implementation of the National Food Policy (NFP) and its
Plan of Action (PoA).
The specific
objective of this component is to improve research and dialogue in civil
society, private enterprises, universities, research centers, think
tanks, NGOs and the general public (‘non-state actors’) – in order to
inform and enrich the implementation of the NFP.
Activities under this component comprise the Research Grant Initiative
with a number of associated supporting activities. In order to promote
dialogue on food security issues and policies between government and
civil society, several workshops and seminars have been organized to
discuss research needs and priorities in relation to the Research Grants
Initiative. Various consultations with civil society have also taken
place in the process of developing the NFP PoA. These interactions will
continue and expand as part of the NFPCSP follow-up on food security
research work and NFP monitoring activities.
NFPCSP also actively supports knowledge sharing on food security within
the broader development agenda. This includes the development of this
website for disseminating project substantive outputs, and enhancing
national stakeholders’ access to relevant national and international
sources of information on food security. Also, NFPCSP regularly
participates in major consultative platforms such as the
Local
Consultative Group (LCG) and in particular the
Sub-Group on Agriculture. Knowledge
sharing also takes place as part of NFPCSP collaboration and
coordination with other UN agencies, including WFP and UNDP. NFPCSP also
made a substantive contribution to ECOSOC’s Annual Ministerial review
assessing the attainment of the first Millennium Development Goal (MDG). |
