REPORT: Support to GAFSP CSO Asia (August – December 2017)
Introduction and Background
The GAFSP Steering Committee, the Program’s decision-making body, has allocated three seats to Civil Society Organizations (CSOs): a seat to represent the voice of CSOs in African developing countries, a seat to represent the voice of CSOs in Asian developing countries, and a seat to represent the voice of CSOs in developed countries. The Representatives are chosen through a self-selection process managed through their respective networks. The role of the CSO representatives is to inform/consult with their constituents on GAFSP, and represent and advocate their views on their behalf to improve the working of GAFSP. In Asia, the representative is Mr. Lyam Bahadur Darjee, Chairperson, Asian Farmers Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA). The alternate representative is Mr. Raul Socrates Banzuela, National Coordinator of Pambansang Kilusan ng mga Samahang Magsasaka (National Confederation of Peasant Movements), a national farmers’ organization in the Philippines.
The Asian Farmers’ Association for Sustainable Rural Development (AFA) was tapped, as a support organization to the CSO Asia representative. The objective of the support organization is to provide technical, administrative, and logistical support to their respective CSO Representative of the GAFSP Steering Committee to facilitate:
(1) consultation among constituency CSOs
(2) dissemination of information to CSO constituencies
(3) dialogue between the CSO Representatives and other members of the Steering Committee (including other CSO Representatives)
(4) dialogue between CSOs, Supervising Entities (SEs), and governments at the national level
This report presents the activities conducted from the period August 2017 till December 2017. A quick review of the whole year 2017 is given in the last section of this report.
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