European Food Security Group
Being
the network that represents British Overseas NGOs for Development
(BOND) on global food and farming issues, the UKFG attends CONCORD’s
European Food Security Group (EFSG) meetings. The UKFG was
selected in September 2008 to join the EFSG Steering Group that
supports the Chairs in developing the work of EFSG. The role of
the EFSG is important in developing common European positions
on issues related to food and agriculture, in doing advocacy work
at the European level, including for the European elections in
2009.
Downloads
EFSG Joint Contribution to the EU Consultation on the Issues Paper "Towards an EU policy framework to assist developing countries addressing agriculture and food security challenges" Read more - download 160kb PDF
EFSG statement on the Food Price Crisis
The
Food Price Crisis: What needs to be done? October 2008 (110kb
Word document)
The European NGOS members of CONCORD common position on the
reform of the FAO Committee on Food Security (CFS)
The European NGO members of Concord have been heartened by the
steps towards more effective cooperation and coordination that
have been taken by international institutions over the past months.
Now the reform of the Committee on World Food Security (CFS) provides
a decisive opportunity to set the global governance of food, agriculture
and nutrition on a firm basis. As we move toward the final negotiations
of the reform in the coming session of the CFS in Rome on 14-17
October the position of the European Union is crucial since its
stance thus far has been generally supportive of the effort to
transform the CFS into a strong and authoritative global policy
forum. Read
more - download 177kb word document
Reports of meetings
Report of CONCORD EFSG meeting - 28 May 2010
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Report of CONCORD EFSG meeting - 5 February 2010
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Report of CONCORD EFSG meeting - 25 November 2009
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Report of EFSG meeting - Rome, 25 June 2009
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the 98kb word document
Report of EFSG meeting - 7 May 2009
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the 190kb Word document