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The EU Approach to Resilience : Learning from Food Security Crisis

The EU Approach to Resilience : Learning from Food Security Crisis. An increasing fragile World. Resilience - Definition.

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The EU Approach to Resilience : Learning from Food Security Crisis

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  1. The EU Approach toResilience: • Learning from Food Security Crisis

  2. An increasing fragile World

  3. Resilience - Definition Resilience is the ability of an individual, a household, a community, a country or a region to withstand, to adapt, and to quickly recover from stresses and shocks.

  4. Resilience at different levels, with various dimensions International National HumanEducation, Health PhysicalInfrastructure SocialPolitics and institutions Economic Naturalwater, land, forest Local/communities Individual/household

  5. Areas of resilience improvement Strengthening Capacities

  6. SHARE and AGIR: 2 pilot initiatives

  7. Resilience supported by EDF- Regional Programmes Réserve régionale de sécurité alimentaire pour l'Afrique de l'Ouest (pilot phase: 56 millions €, à partir de 2013) « Répondre efficacement aux crises alimentaires aux côtés des Etats et des acteurs, tout en contribuant à la mise en œuvre de l’ECOWAP/PDDAA dans une perspective de sécurité et de souveraineté alimentaires régionales »  • Three level of intervention: • Local stocks (at local community level) • National reserves (managed by each country) • Regional reserves (managed through regional institutions) • Sites of storage: • North Nigeria/south Niger • South Mali/South Burkina/North Ghana • Senegal • Guinea/ Liberia/Sierra Leone • Mobilization of the stocks done on the pay back principle!!!

  8. Sustainable agriculture • Improved and more resilient agricultural techniques and practices • Seeds varieties resistant to pests and extreme weather • Sustainable use of water and other natural resources • Improved positive interaction between agriculture and natural resources • Better management of waste and reduced post-harvest losses • Reduce dependence from energy and non-renewable resources (fossil fuels, mineral fertilizers) • Sustainable intensification of agriculture

  9. Whatis the Commission proposing? (1) 1. Resilience as a priority for EU funding: support to partner countries' own resilience strategies 2. A new strategic approach • - Address root causes of vulnerability • - Long term commitment • - Strengthening capacities at all levels – from individual to regional institutions • - Coordinated planning and programming between humanitarian and development actors - Flexibility and adaptation to changing circumstances - Local ownership and working in partnership

  10. Whatis the Commission proposing? (2) 3. Developping a deeperunderstanding of riskreduction and management (methodologies+ replication of successfulapproaches) 4. International advocacy 5. Developping new instruments: innovativeapproaches to riskreduction and management, use of trust funds…

  11. Way forwards: Geographical evidence - lack of resilience to food crises ? ? ? ? ? LDC LMIC UMIC & Graduated

  12. Nextsteps: • - Action Plan in 2013 • - Council Conclusions • - EDF / DCI 2014-2020 & AGIR Politicalcommitmentshouldbetranslatedinto practice ! …

  13. Package for 2013: overview of EU policy initiatives

  14. Thank you !

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