Food Security Governance Workshop Rome, 5 December · PDF file1 Food Security Governance...
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Food Security Governance Workshop!Rome, 5 December 2011!
Dubravka Bojic!Human Rights Specialist, FAO !
!The concept of governance! Origins and key elements
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World Bank and the concept of “good” governance Focus on economic dimension, 5 key principles:
Ø public sector management; Ø organizaHonal accountability; Ø the rule of law; Ø transparency; and Ø access to informaHon.
Origins of the concept
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Academia, civil society Focus on social dimension Ø acHve and meaningful parHcipaHon
Broadening and ‘democratisation’ of “good governance”
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UNDP, EU, OECD... Focus on poli-cal dimension, other principles added:
Ø government legiHmacy; Ø downward accountability; Ø the rule of law; Ø ProtecHon of human rights; Ø responsiveness; Ø equality and fairness, etc.
Broadening and ‘democratisation’ of “good governance”
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Key components of governance
Ø Governance refers to the ac-vity or process of decision-‐making and implementaHon;
Ø It is broader than “government”; Ø It arHculates how interests are accommodated and power is exercised in a society;
Ø It includes formal and informal rules;
Ø Quality dimensions or principles: accountability, parHcipaHon, transparency and the rule of law;
Ø It is contextual.
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Where do we stand at FAO?
Ø Global governance (within CFS) Ø Sector level governance – land, forestry, fisheries
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Current initiatives for assessing the quality of governance
World Bank InsHtute’s Worldwide Governance Indicators UN University’s World Governance Assessment (ODI) UNDP Global Programme on DemocraHc Governance Assessments Transparency InternaHonal (corrupHon) Freedom House (protecHon of human rights and freedoms)
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Governance at sector level Natural resources
Ø REDD+ Framework for Assessing and Monitoring Forest Governance;
Ø Drad Voluntary Guidelines on Responsible Governance in Tenure of Land, Fisheries and Forests in the Context of NaHonal Food Security
Ø Technical guides focused on gender, capture fisheries, water, indigenous peoples and agricultural investments;
Ø Drad Guidelines on Governance of Small-‐Scale Fisheries
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Ø InternaHonal Treaty on Plant GeneHc Resources for Food and Agriculture;
Ø InternaHonal Plant ProtecHon ConvenHon
Ø Rogerdam Treaty on hazardous chemicals and pesHcides trade
Ø The Codex Alimentarius
Agriculture and consumer protection
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”If we could first know where we are and where we are heading to, we could be?er judge what to do
and how to do it”
(Abraham Lincoln)
Food security governance
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Thank you !