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People Shaping their Sustainable Futures

People Shaping their Sustainable Futures. Please, feel free to use and transform this Power Point Presentation to share it with your respective constituencies!!!. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (SARD). led by Civil Society, supported by Governments

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People Shaping their Sustainable Futures

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  1. People Shaping their Sustainable Futures

  2. Please, feel free to use and transform this Power Point Presentation to share it with your respective constituencies!!!

  3. Sustainable Agriculture and Rural Development Initiative (SARD) led by Civil Society, supported by Governments & Intergovernmental Organizations, convened by FAO

  4. Introduction • What is SARD? • The SARD Initiative (who, objectives, priorities, history) • What is new? • How the Initiative would work • What happens next?

  5. What is SARD? ecologically sound culturally appropriate SARD economically viable socially just

  6. Who is involved ? Governments Farmers Youth Media and Consumer FAO convened & other Inter- governmental entities Local Authorities Science and Technology Indigenous peoples Business and Industry Workers Women Trade unions

  7. SARD Initiative-Objective people centred sustainable agriculture and rural development to conserve, restore, and improve • environmental • economic • social well being

  8. Why do we need an Initiative? Disadvantaged people often unable to secure or improve livelihood due to resource constraints, lack of influence over policies, processes and institutions

  9. fairer conditions of employment in agriculture improved access to resources better sustainable agriculture and rural development practices SARD Initiative-Priorities

  10. SARD-Forum, COAG 16 World Food Summit+5 SARD Initiative-History? Themes emerged at CSD-8 Dialogue Adelboden 2002 Multistakeholder process Johannesburg WSSD

  11. What is new? catalytic support to strengthen capacities SARD Initiative scales-up successful experiences provides a framework for local, regional, national initiatives promotes greater use and benefits from existing resources links resources, expertise, knowledge and technology

  12. How would the Initiative work? SARD-Initiative Funds & Seed Money Decision support tools, guidelines and training

  13. Why the process is important • support, complement Type 1 outcomes • catalyze joint action • involve all stakeholders • improve equity and participation of weaker “partners” • reduce fragmentation, support coordination and synergies among smaller initiatives • build on existing local experience • recognize and strengthen the capacity and influence of the poor and disadvantaged

  14. How to get involved? • provide successful cases, findings, tools • sponsor workshops/conferences • support learning exchanges, site visits, targeted training • offer services, expertise, knowledge, technologies • link an existing project to the SARD Initiative • develop regional/local resource centres • provide financial support • others?

  15. SARD-Forum, COAG 16 World Food Summit+5 What happens next? Themes emerged at CSD-8 Dialogue Adelboden 2002 Multistakeholder process Johannesburg WSSD ???

  16. SARD-Forum, COAG 16 World Food Summit+5 What happens next? Themes emerged at CSD-8 Dialogue Stakeholder design workshop planned for March 2003 to refine design and define mechanism for SARD Initiative Adelboden 2002 Multistakeholder process Johannesburg WSSD

  17. Thank you very much for your attention!

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